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[seraphscrypt]

[midnight-raven]

Hazbin Hotel Fankids Ideas

ARIA MAGNE

Charlie and Vaggie’s Daughter.

Kind-hearted, always willing to help someone in need, and has a slight temper.

Talented singer, fierce fighter, speaks fluent demonic and spanish.

Growing up, Aria has met Lucifer a handful of times but she’s never met Lilith.

Has heterochromia; a pink and a yellow iris.

Her full demon form has wings, horns, and she wields a sword and shield.

Wants to help her mothers dream come true, and is insecure about being heir to the throne.

On occasions, Lucifer sends her a rubber duck for her birthdays.

OSCAR

Alastors’ Son

Oscar is a Shadow that Alastor brought to life as a deer demon and raised (without revealing the truth of his origins)

Polite, curious, has little social skills and a slight dark sense of humor.

Has antlers, one is half broken.

Collects old records and other relics.

Talented chef; cooks Hannibal Lector style.

Loves visiting Rosie in Cannibal Corner.

Smiles often but not as much as Alastor, and inherited a sliver of his powers.

HOPE

Husk & Angel Dusts’ Daughter

Nickname is ‘Wild Card’

Independent, feisty, and fiercely protective of the ones she loves.

Has wings, sharp claws, a second set of arms, and can cough up web-balls.

Hopes to someday break her Dads free of their contracts.

Has a strong dislike towards Overlords.

Adores Fat Nuggets.

The big sister to everyone in the youth group, she makes the best ice cream sundaes and milkshakes.

THE SNAKELINGS

Triplet sons of Sir Pentious.

FANG; The Leader (self proclaimed since he hatched first) Adventurous, Loyal, Assertive.

COYLE; The Powerhouse. Energetic, Playful, Impetuous

WRENCH; The Inventor. Timid, Curious, Imaginative.

Each of the snakelings adore their Dad and will do anything to help him.

The Egg Bois are the best babysitters/uncles.

THE VEES 2.0

VERA; Daughter of Vox

One of Hells most popular Influencers. Works with her Dad to promote Voxtec products on Voxtagram.

Has Techonopatic powers that she uses for her vlogs, and to stream shows with her friends.

Online; Vera is bold, confident and a tad boastful. Offline, with Virgil and Valerie, she’s fair, playful, and quieter.

VIRGIL, Son of Velvette.

Works as an enforcer for the Vees; dealing with unsatisfied customers, incompetent employees, etc.

The strong and silent type but is more talkative when around his mother and friends.

In his free time, Virgil enjoys sketching and spending time with Vera and Valerie.

VALERIE; Daughter of Valentino.

Passionate and Affectionate; Daddy’s Little Princess

Valentino spoils her with gifts but doesn’t let her out of V Tower very often, and scares off any suitors that look her way.

Only friends are Vera, Virgil, Kitty, and her litter of queeves.

HENRY HAVOC

Son of Katie Killjoy & Tom Trench

Blunt, Arrogant, & Insolent (Basically a Mini Sociopath)

Has to wear a muzzle and gloves because he both scratches and bites.

Works as a cameraman for 6 6 6 News, mostly so his parents can keep an eye on him.

(Sorry, that’s all I got)

[starryeyeddreamer21]

@speakofthedebbie you asked me what my radioapple fankid is like and I literally cannot give normal answers so take this I guess 😭

Background:

Before Alastor went missing he was in a sort of relationship with Lucifer. No one knew about them and even they had never had an actual talk about their relationship, mostly just enjoying each other's company. One day Alastor started getting sick.

He didn't understand why especially because it was very rare for sinners to get sick. He mostly ignored it, he threw up a bit but he would be fine afterwards. Lucifer was obviously worried but him but didn't push the subject.

Eventually Alastor decided to meet up with Rosie for tea but he never made it to Cannibal Town. On the way there he felt sick and ended up throwing up in an alley. While in the alley a figure appeared to him. He recognized her, it was Lilith.

She explained to him what was happening and he was horrified. Sinners couldn't get pregnant. After a long explanation over tea she offered to help him.

Lilith had made a deal with heaven a few months before that (a deal Alastor never did actually get all the details of). She was going to be staying in heaven and wanted to take Alastor with her so she could help him and the baby.

Alastor thought about it and agreed. Heaven didn't like this very much and never agreed to let Alastor stay in heaven so they changed things around. They set up a house for them in purgatory which is a place in between heaven and hell (imagine the beach Lilith was on). Lilith was allowed in heaven but Alastor was not.

The pregnancy was fairly normal at first (it was a bit difficult to get the food Alastor needed to survive but they managed). He was pregnant with twins. They were devastated when one ended up absorbing the other. Alastor ended up giving birth to a baby girl.

He named her Morgana (Morgie for short).

She lived a good life in purgatory. It was a bit lonely with only her Papa and Auntie Lily for company but she loved them. She was even allowed in heaven sometimes as long as she was with Lilith. Though she felt very out of place amongst the angels and other children.

Everyone was nice to her or at least they weren't purposefully mean. They all seemed a bit frightened of her though even though she would never hurt a fly (she would eat people though but they don't have to know that).

A few months before Morgie's seventh birthday Lilith started acting strange and distant. They learned that Lilith's daughter, Charlie, had started a hotel to redeem sinners. Morgie immediately started asking about redemption but what she was really interested in was learning more about Hell. Alastor and Lilith noticed how fascinated she had become with Hell and came up with an idea.

Alastor and Morgie would go back to Hell to help out with the Hotel. It really did seem like the best solution. Alastor missed being the Radio Demon and after all Lilith's done for him he might as well keep an eye on her daughter as well.

So Alastor went back to Hell and quickly got situated in the hotel before sending for Morgie. He created the bayou specifically for his daughter. Deep in the swamp they have a cabin for the two of them where Morgie stays. She's specifically told not to leave the bayou unless Alastor is with her.

The only people who know about Morgie are Husk and Niffty who stay with her when Alastor is busy with his hotel duties.

Honestly this goes better than you'd think, Morgie isn't really happy about it at first because she can't really leave and she misses Lilith more than she thought she would. She does like the bayou much better than the beach though. Thankfully she isn't stuck in the bayou all the time either. She inherited shapeshifting abilities from Lucifer so she's able to disguise herself and ride around in Alastor's coat pocket as a small animal (usually some kind of lizard or a spider). She's also been on some trips to cannibal town because Rosie is one of the only people Alastor trusts and they don't have electronics there to video tape it and out them. Morgie quickly becomes attached to Niffty, Husk, and Rosie.

Things stay the same for much longer than Alastor originally planned, the extermination being moved up was definitely inconvenient. Lucifer showing up wasn't great either. Alastor immediately pretended they had never met, Lucifer was infuriated by this but played along because his daughter was there.

After their whole song battle Lucifer pretended to leave but really just teleported up to Alastor's room because they obviously needed to talk. Alastor was pissed. His room was way too close to Morgie and he did not want her and Lucifer meeting at that moment (or ever really but he's not completely delusional). They fight, Lucifer gets zero information, then he leaves and isn't seen at the hotel until the battle.

After the failed extermination Morgie starts getting impatient. She was promised this wouldn't be forever but after Lucifer moved in she stopped getting answers. So she decided to rebel. Alastor was out on an errand with Charlie and Niffty was late so she snuck out of the bayou. She wandered the halls until Lucifer found her.

Lucifer was obviously confused at finding a child roaming the halls so he brought her down to the lobby to see if anyone knew her. Husk has a heart attack on the spot and when Morgie waved at him everyone could tell that they knew each other. Then Niffty ran in a moment later near tears and also freaked out when she saw Morgie. The group hadn't managed to get any answers out of the two by the time Alastor and Charlie arrived.

Charlie was confused as to why her dad was holding a random child and Alastor was FURIOUS. Morgie greeted him with an awkward "Hi, Papa" and Lucifer immediately put two and two together. He's actually a bit surprised it took him that long because he could definitely see the resemblance now that he was paying attention. He didn't say anything in front of the others though. He had to get Alastor alone to talk about this.

Now that everyone knew about Morgie she stuck around though she was told to stay away from Lucifer and not mention heaven or Lilith.

It was obvious to Lucifer but Alastor refused to say it out loud. Mostly telling Lucifer to stay away from his daughter (coughhypocritecough). Soon enough it became obvious to everyone else in the hotel too (besides Charlie and Morgie who might be ignoring it on purpose tbh) but no one said anything for obvious reasons.

Looks:

She's definitely got a mix of both her dad's features. She has Alastor's deer features, his ears, tail, hooves, she even has fawn spots and a deer like nose. She has white skin though and the red circle blush on her cheeks like Lucifer. She has wavy blonde hair with red tips. Her eyes are the opposite of Lucifer's with red sclera and yellow irises. She has the gradient limbs of both her parents as well as their sharp claws and teeth. She has wings too, they're an ombre of red feathers but the feathers are super sharp like sharp enough to cut. When she's angry she grows antlers and her eyes turn completely red.

Powers:

She mostly inherited Lucifer's powers. By that I mean his shapeshifting abilities. She's unable to control shadows like Alastor does but her shadow does have a personality of their own. Morgie started calling her shadow Avalon (Avi), which shocked both Alastor and Lilith because that was going to be the name of her unborn sibling. She also has a bit of radio wave powers, just being able to communicate through and change the radio station at will.

My Hazbin Hotel OCs Original Post

[zibiscusloon]

Thanks for the tag! ^^

Favorite Color:

Odd as it may be, I have a love for dusty colors, if that makes sense, like any color that has tinges of yellows, oranges, and browns added in? Love that shit I don’t know why I like the sorta vintage look.

Currently Reading:

Nothing as of now. Unless fanfiction counts. Imma say fanfiction counts- in which case my most recent read has been Hurt/Comfort Hunter fics with the Owl Fam cause I’m a sucker for Noceda siblings-

Last Song:

“Clip Clop into the Light” from Puppet History. Look it gets me in a great mood and it oddly fits my OCs despite being a song about God singing with a horse shortly before sending him to hell-

Currently Watching (series):

As of now nothing new, I’m more so deciding which shows I wanna give a try out next! I’m torn between starting Amphibia or The Ghost & Molly McGee. Mainly rewatching Owl House cause I’m in denial about it being over-

Currently Watching (movie):

Mostly rewatching the original & prequel Star Wars trilogies. I need my goofy space family ok I’m not normal about the Skywalkers- the next movie I wanna start is Nimona cause it just looks beautiful and I’m really excited to watch it-

Current Obsession:

The Owl House & Security Breach Ruin. I don’t think any show has had me in such a tight grip like toh tbh- it’s my ultimate comfort show cause I love it’s depiction of magic and the wildness to it, the amazing queer rep (which Luz has helped me so much to be comfortable in my own skin as a bi kid), and of course I’m obsessed with every single character-

The Ruin DLC has reawaken the feral fnaf fan in me who is stirred every time there’s new fnaf news- Cassie is my new favorite protagonist, Gregory & I are currently beefing, I have a renewed love for Roxy, and I get to see my dearly beloved Daycare Attendant (yes I’m a simp, no I’m not ashamed), I’ve been obsessed with trying to work out the new plot points introduced, trying to find if there are any secret endings, and working out how I’m gonna fit it all into my personal FNaF AU-

Currently Working On:

I’m doing writing for my FNaF AU due to the new information from Ruin, as well as updating character designs from my AU that are outdated and need revamping (I plan to post proper refs for Vanny, Vanessa, Gregory, the missing children, William, and Mrs. Afton), just trying to figure out everyone’s place with everything we’ve learned.

I’ve also been working on more Owl House art! Plenty of it is my OC x Canon ship cause Hunter & Sam are my comfort ship- as well as just general goofy domestic drawings with the Owl Fam. Also want to post more art of my Fankids as I think about them a lot and wanna make silly family content with the Hexsquad + chaotic Granny Eda.

(Feel free to participate if you’d like! ^^ no pressure!)

9 People to Know Better (except I'm not tagging 9 people)

I don't normally do tag games, but I got tagged in this twice (by @jealous-kippen and @remmixx, my beloveds <3) so here I am! (also as I'm writing this out I am realizing that while both posts were titled the same way, it looks like they had different question prompts??? So I'm just gonna combine the two)

Favorite Color: Purple! Any shade will have my heart but I am partial to more red-toned purples. (PV, if that means anything to anyone who sees this other than me, you know who you are)

Currently Reading: Three things! In terms of actual books, I've been slowly making my way through the Riordanverse since my university did The Lightning Thief in my second year (first school in my state to do it once the rights were released!) since I somehow never got into Percy Jackson as a kid, and I'm currently on Son of Neptune. I'm also one like my third or fourth re-read of Eurydice by Sara Ruhl, since that's the play I'm designing the costumes for for my senior project. And in terms of fanfic, I woke up to a notification about this yesterday and Actually Screeched.

Last Song: Dial Drunk by Noah Kahan (ft. Post Malone), which was a bit of an accident. I use siri to request music while I'm driving and I asked for Dial Drunk and was singing along until I got jumpscared by the slight difference before Post Malone's verse. Although if you look at my spotify, the ROTPL album has been on repeat for weeks.

Currently Watching (Series): I've been hyperfixated on ROTPL and have watched it over a dozen times at this point, which is probably not healthy, so I put on NCIS last night for background noise while I ate dinner and accidentally watched like six episodes.

Currently Watching (Movie): Saw the Barbie movie the night before the actual opening with my coworkers (We don't cross picket lines people! I was not asked nor invited by any company, and I paid full price for my ticket. There's a one-screen theatre in the town where I'm doing summer stock, this relic from the 50's, and they were able to get access to the film a day early and did a special first come first serve premiere.) and we all sobbed the entire way through.

Current Obsession: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Full stop. I'd seen clips of it when it first aired in April but I was iffy on it in spite of how good it looked. Like most, I'm a little tired of reboots and remakes, and while I did clock Cynthia as being queer within two seconds, (I believe my exact words were "That's either a very butch lesbian or the eggiest egg to ever egg.") I was Convinced it was a queerbait situation. Plus I was nearing finals and didn't have time to get into a new show. But then Crushing Me was trending on tiktok and I realized this was not queerbait, so I put it on to have something playing while I packed for summer stock and it's been the only thing I can think about since mid May. It got me writing fanfic again for the first time in years, if that tells you anything. Speaking of,

Currently Working On: A follow-up to my previous fic, Steady, Steady! I wanted to have it up this week, but it is a behemoth. I'm a little over halfway through my plot outline and I'm at 10,441 words. Fun fact, this will be my longest single-chapter fic so far. Not just in the fandom, not just on AO3, but ever (so far!)

No-Pressure Tagging: @merely-a-player, @penguin-writes-books, @el-fandom-birb, @marley-barnes112, @isweartheyregayyourhonor, and @look-at-those-niceass-rocks (since I've already dragged you back to tumblr kicking and screaming)

[bonesklok]

OC: Harley Baker/Explosion

I JUST REALIZED I NEVER POSTED MY GIRL

This is Harley! My Nathan fankid, she's bright and bouncy in direct contrast to her big shy dad, but she loves him lots and pushes him out of his shell.

Her Pinterest board

I have....so much lore and thoughts about this pink baby BUT I'll keep it short here....for now

Age: 16

Height: 5'10"

Birthday/sign: June 15th (Gemini)

Sexuality/gender: cis, lesbian

Parents: Nathan Explosion, Allison Baker (oc, she's a model, actress, and bitch) plus her mom's ex husband who partially raised her: Marcus Baker (oc, musician, was married to Allison when Harley was born so she originally has his last name...it was also a manipulation thing on Allisons part)

Nathan didn't know about Harley until she was about 13 because her mom never bothered to let him know (she's awful) and it was actually Harley herself that reached out to him!

(warning: mentions of neglect, drug/alcohol abuse, and implied suicide attempt)

Once Nate was over the shock of everything he quickly made effort to get to know Harley and be in her life, and was naturally very angry at Harley's mom. Their attempts at bonding are sometimes pretty awkward, with Nathan not really knowing how he's supposed to bond with a very girly teenager and Harley being excitable and hard to manage, but in the end they like hanging out and trying cool stuff together!

Once Nate was over the shock of everything he quickly made effort to get to know Harley and be in her life, and was naturally very angry at Harley's mom. Their attempts at bonding are sometimes pretty awkward, with Nathan not really knowing how he's supposed to bond with a very girly teenager and Harley being excitable and hard to manage, but in the end they like hanging out and trying cool stuff together!

Until finally meeting Nathan, Harley was neglected and left on her own by both parents. Marcus was too busy and too sick to care for her properly, Allison only cared about Harley as an accessory. Poor Harley had unlimited freedom and money, minimal consequences, and no adult supervision.

Through a combination of bad influences around her, neglect, minor fame (as a model and influencer,) and underlying mental health issues, Harley was coping with everything through substances and overspending.

After a month long spiral, Harley ended up near death via drugs and blood loss and reached out to Nathan, who had Charles send klokateers to help her and fly her to mordland immediately.

After some legal arrangements and PR nightmares, it's decided and finalized that Harley will stay at mordhaus with Nathan. As insane as mordhaus is, it's safer and healthier, and she has the support of her dad and the staff. She eventually changes her last name to Explosion as a final way to cut ties with her mom and adoptive father.

On a lighter note, here's some facts!:

She has two pets! A little black cat named Inky, and a day gecko named Mango. She takes them both with her all over the place, especially mango who likes to sit on her head and in her pockets.

She plays guitar! Her guitar is a bright pink ibanez standard S561, and she shreds like hell. She's also a great singer!

Incredibly crafty, 100% chance of making everyone a friendship bracelet, she's very friendly and loves making things for people.

She's autistic! Because of this she has some trouble understanding other people and behaving in a "normal" way. It's a bonding point with Nathan, and it also makes communicating a little easier because there's no "language barrier"

She skateboards! She had a small collection of them, mostly pink, and likes to do tricks.

She's down for anything as long as it's fun, and is also very easily entertained, so she ends up in constant shenanigans just for the sake of fun.

[lycaran]

Meet Lonnie

So uh...May have made a Hardenshipping fankid.

His name's Lonnie, an orphan street kid that Archie and Maxie adopted who counts as a fankid in my eyes, god damn it.

I can’t draw muscles or children to save my life.

Originally @cryptidanaphafsi​ did this I with their fankid I believe? 

Info under the cut because I really started to ramble about details...A lot. 

Bad Quality picture, but his adult versions both have a keystone in the middle of their mask that they use for Mega Evolution.

Notes:

RSE canon is Emerald, which leads in Alpha Sapphire in the future, though in this canon way, RSE events get resolved Without a protagonist. Hypothetical game futures for the SM and USUM games.

RSE Version -

-Still living on the streets at this point, 8-10 in age.

-Met a few times over the course of the story, usually found hiding around a corner after an encounter with Maxie or Archie(outside of hideout encounters), seems mostly in awe of how cool the plans seem.

-Selectively mute, if talked to he'll make gestures towards the player but since the player is about ten, all you really get from talking to him is "...."

-Jumpy, running off as soon as the player is done talking

-Vitiligo

-In the Sapphire & Emerald versions of the game, post game, he's absolutely Terrified of Kyogre, developing Aquaphobia as he grows older.

-Sometime post game, Archie and Maxie pick him up bc he still seems to tag along just behind one of them, and hey, the kid needs a home. And when they’ve patched things up, they’re really good dad’s.

ORAS Version, constants-

- Adopted pre-game and raised by Maxie and Archie before they split bc of differing ideals...again.

- Mid-twenties.

- Team Magma Admin.

- Aquaphobia from past trauma, selectively mute.

- I can't draw muscles but he's definitely the strongest person there, thanks to Archie and a bit of Matt.

- As an adult, Vitiligo patches have spread and caused part of his hair to grow in white.

- Personality wise, he's a rather nice man, only really being a sore loser. And takes after Maxie alot in the brains department, including dumbassery. 

- He’s dating both an Aqua Grunt and a Magma Grunt, don’t tell his dads though. A grunt in the Magma hideout asks you if you want to place a bet on that happens when the bosses find out, then realizes you are Not one of the grunts, and runs off.

- Aqua Grunt is named Dew

- Magma Grunt is named Ashe

- I will draw them eventually, they will be mentioned elsewhere.

Omega Ruby -

-he appears somewhat sporadically, usually around Maxie. Fought once at Mossdeep city when the player beats the gym, viewing the player as a threat to Maxie's goal...and wanting to make use of himself, aquaphobia keeping him from following the rest of the team down to the Seafloor Cavern. Team: Crobat, Camerupt, Mightyena, Sealeo.

-A Grunt, Ashe, follows him around and acts as an interpreter. Talking directly to Lonnie is always "..." before the grunt buts in to explain what he's trying to say.

-When defeated by the player, he'll turn to the grunt, signing furiously, only for the grunt to exclaim "I can't say that to a child!" before Lonnie leaves in a huff.

- During the Delta Episode he's fought at the Magma Hideout, without Ashe, absolutely Livid about what Zinnia did to Maxie, and fighting the player as soon as they enter, seeing them as just something else that'll upset his dad. Team: Crobat, Camerupt, Mightyena, Walrein.

- Post Delta Episode, you'll actually find him alone in a house on the Battle Resort. When talked to, he still won't talk, but after interacting with him Maxie walks in to explain that he and his son were there, trying to lay low, relax a bit, and they're waiting on "a certain someone" to show up for a talk.

Alpha Sapphire Version, aka the Canon Version-

- Not very active story wise, always seen rather ominously popping up mere seconds after an interaction with Team Aqua. He doesn't have an interpreter this time, so all the player really gets is "...." then a yes/no text box before he leaves.

- Appears on Mt. Chimney with Maxie to try and stop Team Aqua's little attempt. Maxie will actually translate some of what Lonnie's trying to say, and while it would be nice, he doesn't exactly explain Why Lonnie tends to be tailing Team Aqua, Archie most specifically

-And ho boy. When Kyogre gets awoken, this poor man is having the Worst day.

- In Sootopolis, he's seen quite visibly shaking, signing Something at Archie, who might be having a "Oh shit." moment and a half because his Son is VERY MUCH AFRAID OF WATER, AND VERY MUCH CAN. NOT. SWIM.

- So yeah. Not a fun time.

- Half of what he's signing is ruined by how shaky his hands are. Ashe looks ready to strangle Archie, and Dew is reeling from the reality and Actually starts cursing Archie out as soon as the player leaves to handle Kyogre.

- Tbh if the two boys didn’t start trying to murder Archie first, Maxie might’ve.

- When Kyogre is captured, when the player leaves and all is said and done, he gives the player a piece of Cameruptite with a small little Thank You note.

- Battle Resort/Battle Maison, he is once again found in a house, but this time Maxie is already there. And once the player talks to the two, Archie walks in, but when that happens, the player is asked to leave so they can have a Family chat.

Sun & Moon Games-

- Okay this is just me being self indulgent and including him in my favorite games of the series, plus it’s just neat.

- Basically, he’s there on a honeymoon with Ashe and Dew.

- Even after the teams disbanded, he’s very partial to his Magma outfit. Only real change coming coming from the removal of the Magma symbols on his vest. Still keeping the combined symbols on his mask.

- More or less appears as a cameo. The only reason they’re even having a Honeymoon in Alola is because it has both Water and Volcanos near eachother.

- Shows up in post game, investigating the Altar of the Sunne/Moone as the idea of other worlds really peaked his interest.

- Funny Images: 6′0″ string bean and a 5′7″ man with average muscle trying to carry a 6′5″ man with muscle from hell because the waves touched him and he freaked out.

Ultra Sun & Moon Games - 

- Mostly the same.

- With the addition of the player actually getting his help against Rainbow Rocket

- When reaching the mansion, Lonnie will be there. Along with Ashe and Dew.

- He’ll then “ask” which side the player wants to take on, fighting either Archie or Maxie depending on choice. Vs. Archie, he takes Ashe with him, Vs. Maxie, he takes Dew. The other of his husbands goes with the player to help handle the other boss.

- After this, you can find Lonnie, Dew, and Ashe at the battle tree.

- Funny Images: Trying to get Lonnie onto Aether, a man made island in the middle of the ocean.

Pokespe Version -

- His age is more me throwing darts at a board trying to guess when shit happens.

- He’s alot more playful and joking in this version.

Ruby Sapphire Chapter -

- 16

-Actually adopted prior to the Ruby&Sapphire Chapter, but in a surprising twist, stays mainly with Archie.

- Interacts with Ruby and Sapphire once, maybe twice through the whole Manga.

- Hard for Archie to be intimidating with a giant of a teen in a life jacket clinging to him everytime they get near water, but he makes it work

- He stays with Arche and team Aqua for two reasons and two reasons only

- One, he lacks past trauma with Kyogre in pokespe, thus doesn’t fear water as much and can stand to be around it more. Two, alchoholics scare him more than water ever could.

-Along with that, Archie also has the safer public persona, so win win on his part

- Lonnie, being a teen, does tend to wander though. Barely seen for most of the chapters. When Archie and Maxie have their fight, he's there for a split second, before letting out his Crobat and fleeing.

-I don't have it all ironed out, but basically, the whole battles between Magma and Aqua through the whole arc have slowly built up this fear in Lonnie's brain when it comes to his dad's, and this is the tipping point.

- Sadly, both leaders are a bit preoccupied to notice at first that he's gone, and it's a fullblown panic after the fact.

-Sadly tho, this doesn't slow down their plans. But Blaise and Amber are put in charge of trying to track him down and find him.(Not in a bad way, more in a Extremely worried parents with a missing son way)

- Cue end of arc.

Emerald Arc

-still 16

-Makes brief cameos, he tends to linger around the back.

- Actually, screw it, I'll make this pretty later but he and Emerald do become friends.

- Has a small interaction with Emerald, writing about how he finds his equipment cool, and is in awe of how he calms pokemon.

-And boy oh does this lead to some Fun

- Cut the confrontation with Guile in the cave, the first Jirachi attempt

- Alot changes here.

- First of all, while Jirachi still escapes, Guile lingers for a moment. Looking at Lonnie for a long moment. And while he does 'reflect' back the attacks with his sword, he sends the attack flying off into a wall instead of at Emerald and Lonnie.

- Later, Guile actually snatches the poor kid, pulling off somewhere just to have a few moments to make sure he's okay

- If you know the manga, you know it's gonna be revealed to Lonnie at this point that Guile is, in fact, Archie. And while he tries to avoid the details, he does tell Lonnie he needs Jirachi to fix things

- Lonnie assumes, sadly naive, that this has to do with Maxie and their family. Even asking Archie where his other dad is, only to be met with silence.

- That doesn't settle well with him, actually demanding to know what happens, atleast as much as you can demand when you can’t talk. The last he heard about them was nearly destroying Hoenn so what happened?

- Archie doesn’t tell him, straight up Refuses to tell him what happened.

- This does not go well. Leading to Lonnie once more running off.

- Lonnie keeps in touch with Emerald after the arc is over, basically adopted him as a little brother because they’re both weird looking kids, Emerald being unusually short, and Lonnie having Vitiligo.

- He runs into Amber after this and kind of just, vibes there, treats Amber like an uncle, and that’s who looks after him for the next few years.

ORAS Arc -

- 20

-Lives with Amber, mostly helping the man with fishing and all around, just trying to have someone around he can 'talk' to without needing an interpreter or to write down every word he says.

-Team Aqua....2!

-He does end up joining the New Team Aqua, since he feels more safe with them in Pokespe. Along with this, he’s curious about where they came from and what’s going on here.

-Looks most like my concept sketch for him in this version.

- Eventually just, disepears in the midst of fighting. He's learned enough and doesn't want to face that all.

- Listen when I tell you. When he sees Maxie and Archie, he's pissed.

-And when The Dustening happens...

- He actually does cry. Hell, it's probably the only time he speaks, begging in a hoarse voice he never uses for his dad's to stay there. Just for once. Let them be a family just for Once.

- It doesn't work.

- Funny Images: Emerald, looking up at Lonnie who is like 3-4 times their height: “I AM GOING TO STEAL YOUR KNEECAPS!!!!” Lonnie, amused, signing: “You-can-try.”

-Pokemon Seen: Crobat, Sharpedo, Sandslash.

Sun and Moon Arc -

- 22

-He actually appears here.

- Listen, he's a smart man, and he knows a lot.

-Appears after that small time skip after Sun and Moon disepear through the portals, ultimately he's here investigating the portals.

- He 'talks' with Kukui and Burnet to try and figure out what's going on.

-I don't know how it'd be incorporated, but basically, he's trying to figure out where the Hell his dad's are. And if these Wormholes can help him, by god is he going to use them

- Knows that, most likely, they’re dead and gone for good. But still holds out hope that somewhere out there, they’re still alive.

- He's still wearing the life jacket. Less for Aesthetic, more because he’s scared shitless about being on an island.

- Are this chapter is where he would have started dating Dew and Ashe, having met them when that whole, other Team Aqua & Magma were made in ORAS.

[nitewrighter]

Heya, Mun!! :Dc

I absolutely adored the Thing fic with the fankids!!! And I was wondering if there would be a continuation/part 2/sequel to that fic? Or was the gang's leaving through the elevator them leaving to safety? I was just imagining them just unwittingly sinking deeper into the bowels of that lab for more terrifying encounters! I hope you're doing well!!! :DDD

(Referring back to this fic)

The elevator was supposed to be them going up to safety, but I think followup would be interesting...

----

Winston, Jack, Mei, and Mercy were all seated at the conference table, opposite of Marti, Aedan, Jaime, and Samir. A part of Aedan was relieved that the people looking at their debrief was mostly scientists, but it still made his stomach turn as Jack frowned at his tablet.

“...a blob,” said Jack Morrison, glancing up from the tablet that held the team’s debrief, “...you went into the Talon lab, and you were attacked by a blob.”

“A mass of nanites and human tissue, yes,” said Samir.

“A blob,” said Jaime.

“It’s unclear if it was attacking or attempting to communicate,” said Marti, not fully making eye contact with him. Jack’s wrinkled brow furrowed wincingly at her own words, lending further reality to the events described to him. Jaime had bullshitted him before, and Aedan and Samir both had a habit of launching off into multiple tangents that suggested muddled observation, but Marti had eyes on a mission that he could count on as his own--probably better than his own, with his age.

“Was--was this like back at Urdr, or--?” said Jack.

“You have to understand, this wasn’t a nanite amalgam,” said Aedan, “It had human DNA. In all likelihood, it had your DNA.”

“And Reyes’s,” Samir added in as Jack paled.

“So, what, this was a failed attempt before they made the woman that attacked you back in Japan?” said Jack.

“Andrea,” said Aedan.

Jack gave him an odd look, mulling over the name.  

“Her name is Andrea,” said Aedan.

“From the Greek ‘Andros,’ ‘of man,’” Winston chimed in, “Quite a clever name considering her--” Jack shot a look at Winston and Winston cleared his throat.

“Yes--We’re pretty sure the lab was the site, or a site, where they were attempting to clone you and Reyes,” said Marti.

“And you said you sealed the lab behind you?” said Winston, looking at Marti.

“We could open it again, with decryption,” said Marti.

“Don’t really want to do that anytime soon though...” said Jaime.

“And you said it apparently ‘fed’ on biotics and... biomass?” said Mercy, looking at her own tablet.

“Our working theory is that it must have consumed several scientists, forcing Talon to abandon the site,” said Samir.

“If it made it out, it could spell ecological disaster for the surrounding area,” murmured Mei.

“Well, that might be dependent on how... resilient it is,” said Aedan, “I mean, just outside that lab is unforgiving snowy peaks and glacial ocean. If it has human DNA, it might be subject to similar limitations.”

“So it can be killed,” said Jack.

Aedan paled.

“If it’s sealed in the lab, it could just... starve to death on its own, right?” said Jaime.

“With the artificial aging on clones and biotics basically shutting down decomposition on the clones that were still in their amnio-tanks, it’s not actually clear how long its been down there,” said Aedan. His gaze had become fixed on the wood of the table, “But based on how it reacted to our presence...”

“I think it was hungry,” said Jaime.

Aedan could feel Mercy’s eyes on him, studious, discerning, and he wanted to shrink into his chair and disappear.

“If the lab is sealed, I think we can assume it doesn’t currently present a threat to the surrounding area,” said Winston.

“So, we just stick a pin in the secret lab in Cordillera Darwin that has a cannibalistic human-nanite blob lurking around in it?” said Jack.

“Well, we could call in Interpol,” said Winston.

Aedan tensed in his seat at the mental image of a wall of armed agents of some unknown country fixing their sights on the blob.

“We still don’t know the extent of how much Talon may have infiltrated the UN or different governments,” said Jack.

Mercy shuddered, “Just as well, if the existence of such an organism becomes mainstream knowledge, it could kick off a biological arms race. Even governments who abhor Talon’s biological experiments may see the need to create their own... projects... to try and counter it.”

“Keeping secrets never went particularly well for us, either,” said Jack.

“Mei and I could test the waters with other scientists in our correspondence,” said Mercy, “Get a gauge on how desperate other countries might be with regards to Talon’s research...”

“We could have Athena re-direct one of our satellites to send us more regular updates of imagery of the area if anything changes,” suggested Mei, “I could set up cryo-mines to stop it without too much damage to the lab...”

“If it could be frozen...” said Winston.

“if I had some samples of it... just to get a better idea of what we’re up against...” Mercy started.

“Why are we against it?” said Aedan, his voice came out as a flinch. “It didn’t ask to be made, but now we’re talking about killing it like it’s--it’s-- some sort of infection!”

“We didn’t say we would kill it,” said Winston.

“Only that it could be killed--” Aedan argued.

“It’s not an infection--” Mei started calmly.

“You said it was an ecological threat!”

“It consumes biomass---” Mei started.

“It has human DNA---” Aedan’s voice was overlapping with hers, “What, because it’s ugly? Because it’s a blob?”

“Even if it has intelligence, it’s highly likely that intelligence was also shaped by Talon’s brainwashing. If it’s smart, it could be as hell-bent on destroying us as that other cl--Andrea,” said Jack.

“But LaCroix came back from it!” said Aedan, “What, it comes into the world with no context except what Talon pumped into it and we just decide it’s a monster!? Let it be locked away in that lab or--?”

Aedan felt a hand on his shoulder and he glanced sharply over at Marti. “What?!” he snapped.

“...it tried to eat us,” said Marti.

“I--” Aedan inhaled and found his breath was short. Aedan wasn’t sure what he was arguing. He could remember the sheer terror of that thing pursuing him, the sheer horror that it came from an amnio-tank like he did. For a few mad flailing seconds he wondered if this was some instinct his mother implanted in him--an unconscious kinship with the monstrous, some mental building block for the world she wanted to build--no, no, too much speculation, too much spiraling. “I’m emotionally compromised,” Aedan said, standing up, “If you require further details on the debrief, you can call me but--I--I need some air.”

“Aedan--” Samir started as he stood up but Aedan was already out the door.

“...so... putting a pin in it?” said Winston, after a long pause.

----

David Bowie’s ‘Quicksand’ warbled through Aedan’s earbuds as he listened to the song on his comm and sat on the small bench in the Watchpoint garden. Aedan closed his eyes and took in the smell of upturned earth and orange blossoms on the ocean air. The sunlight glowed red through his eyelids, but he opened his eyes as he felt a shadow pass over him and startled slightly to see Mercy blocking the sun. He tensed a bit. “...is... there something you need, Doctor Ziegler?” he said warily.

“May I sit?” said Mercy.

Aedan scooted over and she took a seat next to him on the garden bench. A long silence passed between them.

“You know, we planted that olive tree over there when Rei was born,” Mercy said, pushing brightness into her voice and pointing at an olive tree with some canvas spread beneath it to catch the falling olives.

“Yes, she, um... told me when she gave me the tour,” said Aedan.

“Oh,” said Mercy. And they sat in silence a while longer. Aedan couldn’t recall a time when Mercy had ever actively sought him out, and she seemed too awkward to have any malice in her actions--not that it was really in character for her to go out of her way to be malicious to him, but he knew his presence in general made her uncomfortable, especially with regards to Rei. Mercy clasped her hands together in her lap.

“Aedan--” she started.

“Look--” Aedan started speaking at the same time but he caught himself and glanced down, “Sorry. You go first.”

“I... wanted to apologize for that debriefing,” said Mercy, “Of course it was standard procedure that those on the mission be present, and given the nature of the mission, it was important that you were there, but we should have taken more care.”

“I know... time sensitive,” said Aedan, slouching his elbows onto his knees.

“And... I apologize for the precedent I’ve set in how I’ve treated you,” said Mercy.

Aedan blinked. “What?”

“You threw all security and your entire future with Talon away to save Rei, but I still viewed you as a potential threat to us for months,” said Mercy.

“Well... that’s fair,” Aedan said a little helplessly, not really sure what to say, “I mean, given the history with LaCroix---”

“And we all rationalized it as that for all that time when it must have been incredibly lonely to you,” said Mercy.

“I was scared of it, too,” Aedan blurted out.

“What?” said Mercy.

“I--I was scared Mum put something in me. Something in my head. Some unconscious set of automatic orders that I would follow just when we’d all let our guard down,” his breath shook a little, “I even looked for it--Master Zenyatta helped me search for it in my head--some Shambali hypnosis thing--but it wasn’t there. But a part of me’s still scared of it,” Aedan threaded his thin fingers into his red hair, “Zenyatta said, maybe this fear is some... manifestation of having this-this consciousness just... propped up within me all at once. Like... I don’t have... the physical chronology so my brain keeps thinking there has to be something more and then jumping to the worst conclusion---” he curled his knuckles against his forehead, “Seeing that thing in that lab--Mum made me to prove that nanite organisms can survive infancy--and once Talon knew they could do that, they just started making....” His other hand unconsciously went over the point on his solarplexus where Andrea’s fist had torn out of him, “They just... started making...” He drew a steadying breath before letting his hand drop from his solarplexus.

He felt a gentle hand on his back and his head jerked over to look at Mercy. She was looking at him gently.

“I don’t know what I could say that could comfort you,” Mercy said quietly, “I wish I did.”

“Honestly I’m still kind of processing the fact that you’re even listening to me right now,” said Aedan.

Mercy snorted. “Fair,” she said with a slight nod before looking over at him, “Have you... mentioned any of this to Rei?”

“I’ve heaped enough clone hangups on her,” muttered Aedan, “And she’s scared enough about Mnemosyne nearly being used on her back in Urdr without me adding my anxieties to the list.”

“You shouldn’t think like that,” said Mercy.

“Like what?”

“Making yourself smaller and living with a problem rather than working through it,” said Mercy, “But... you could talk to me, or Genji, or Zenyatta about it. There was a time when Genji had a lot of anxieties about how human he was, as well.”

“Oh--Uh, thank you,” said Aedan, honestly more than a little intimidated at the prospect of talking to Rei’s father.

“You’re a part of this team, and you’ve proven that plenty of times,” Mercy went on, “And... we wanted you in that debriefing not just because you were on the mission, but I think... we thought you might know better than anyone how to deal with..”

“A giant cannibalistic human tissue nanite blob that we’re not even sure is sentient?” said Aedan.

“Yes,” Mercy caught herself, “But I don’t mean ‘deal with’ like--”

“I understand,” said Aedan. He paused, “I--I don’t want to kill it. Or hurt it. Not unless we have to, and not until we understand it more.”

“I agree,” said Mercy.

“Maybe it could even help you find that cure for Reyes,” Aedan mentioned offhandedly.

Mercy gave him a slightly shrewd look.

“I knew it crossed your mind,” said Aedan, he caught himself, “But--it can’t be a lab rat, either...” his voice trailed off a little, “I wonder if it’s in pain right now...Maybe it had been down there so long, the nanites in it couldn’t distinguish between loneliness and hunger...” 

A softness filled Mercy’s eyes and she tilted her head at him slightly. 

“What?” said Aedan.

“You know... your mother was always trying to push humanity to something... beyond human. I just think it’s very special that you try to see humanity in what we don’t understand.”

Aedan scratched at his temple blankly, weighing her words for a few long seconds. “Uh... thank you.”

Another pause passed between them, not uncomfortable, but both ruminating on passing over a threshold of mutual discomfort into a sort of cautious familiarity. 

“Does loneliness sometimes feel like hunger to you?” said Mercy, her brow crinkling slightly with some amused curiosity, “With your nanites?”

“Well, I don’t know if the connection is that direct, but sometimes I feel them... perking up when I’m with Rei, and I wonder if they’re responding to the biotics her body naturally--” Aedan realized he said the words ‘perking up’ and ‘her body’ regarding Rei to Rei’s mother, instantly caught himself, and noted that Mercy’s face had shifted from gentle curiosity to maternal alarm. He cleared his throat. “Er--I mean... it’s probably psychosomatic---It’s not like I feel the same around a biotic rifle---That is---nanites are--You know what? I’m going to stop talking.”

“Mm,” Mercy forced a nod, “Yes. I think this is a good point to stop.”

“Good talk?” said Aedan.

“Good talk,” Mercy huffed before standing up. 

“And--Doctor Ziegler?” Aedan said as Mercy started to walk away. She glanced over her shoulder at him.

“Thank you,” said Aedan, “Really.” 

Mercy smiled a little. 

[church-of-lavorre]

(Ignore this ask if the "only one of these types of questions per person" rule is in play) 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 for the Tiberius/Caleb/Essek poly ship please cause I love these dorky spellcasters as a ship.

ask as many times as you’d like! i love writing headcanons and Tiberius/Caleb/Essek is a fun dynamic!

6) do i have any fankids for this ship?

well, until your first ask i hadn’t really thought about it! shadowgast didn’t feel like the sort of pairing where they’d want children, the two of them being more focused on study and research than family but with the inclusion of Tiberius i can definitely see them as parents! as of right now, i have 2 fankids for WidoStormHand, a boy and a girl. the little girl is named Kiva and has a mowgli-jungle book-esque vibe about her, she’s a baby half-elf druid that they stumbled upon one day while researching some ancient ruins. Tiberius couldn’t stand the thought of her being out in the world all alone so he got Caleb to use Frumpkin to calm her down; Essek allowed Caleb and Tiberius to bring Kiva home but kept saying that she couldn’t stay with them and that they’d have to find her a family soon that could take care of her properly and give her a childhood. of course, it never actually happened and it was only when Kiva was 14 that Essek realised that he’d never actually made true on his threats to give her to a family that could take care of her and, at this point, he loved her too much to bear the thought of sending her away. being a druid, Kiva’s magic was at the other end of the spectrum to Tiberius and Caleb’s so she spent most of her days learning magic with Essek or Caduceus when he could spare the time. she calls Caleb ‘Papa’, Tiberius ‘Dad’ and Essek ‘Father’. the boy’s name is August and he’s a human sorcerer; Caleb went to the empire for a short period of time to sort some things out and, while in Rexxentrum, had August attempt to pick his pocket. used to how sticky fingered Veth is, Caleb recognised the tug of someone going through his coat and caught August by the hand. Releasing a burst of bright light directly into Caleb’s face, August ran for it but Caleb soon tracked him down and asked where he’d learned to do that. August explained that he didn’t know, Caleb asked where his parents were and August admitted that they’d abandoned him so Caleb offered for August to come back to Roshona with him, the little boy agreeing. Essek and Tiberius hadn’t been expecting their boyfriend to come home with a child but the way that August clung to Caleb’s coat and looked at the two shyly had them warm up to him almost immediately. Kiva was confused as to where this little boy had come from and why he now had the room next to hers but she soon got used to the idea of having a little brother and they proceeded to steal any shreds of sanity their parents might have had left. when Caleb brought August home, Kiva was 12 and August was 5.

12) who brings home a bunch of rescue animals and who has to send them back?

Caleb, with his love of cats, once adopted 17 cats from the local animal shelter and tried to convince Essek that they were all the same cat, just really fast and of the faerie variety like Frumpkin. Essek knew that something was up but didn’t question it because Tiberius had yet to realise that not only did they have 2 children but they had an over abundance of cats. it took 2 months for Tiberius to realise the cats, but only after he tripped over one while reading and sipping a mug of coffee, spilling the coffee down his robe and all over his book. Tiberius loved animals, after all he had traveled for quite a while with Trinket, but once he’d become aware of the cats it was hard for him to ignore the way their fur stuck to everything and the incessant, never ending meowing so he put his foot down and said that they had to go. Caleb tried desperately to convince his boyfriends to let him keep all the cats but his pleas fell on deaf ears because Essek had long since gotten sick of the cats.

14) who gets cold and who offers them their jacket?

Caleb, being the fragile human that he is, often forgets how cold it gets in Roshona. Essek is used to plummeting temperatures and Tiberius has a naturally high core temperature, it comes with being a red dragonborn, so neither of them are as bad with the cold as Caleb. out of the three of them, Essek is generally the only one wearing cloaks to spare, Tiberius almost always forgetting to put one on before leaving because he’s so scatterbrained but also because he’s always warm, so he has to lend them to Caleb when the human starts to feel the chill. on the rare occasions that Tiberius actually has a cloak, Caleb prefers to steal his because it’s already very very warm from the dragonborn’s body temperature but taking Tiberius’ cloaks always end in a long lecture from the dragonborn about human body temperatures, fragility, the human immune system, weather patterns and meteorology. Essek doesn’t mind when this happens but Caleb sometimes does as all he wants is the cloak and Tiberius hasn’t given it to him yet because he’s talking so passionately.

15) who tucks who into bed after a long night of studying?

Essek and Tiberius are able to study for hours without needing sleep, though Essek as an elf always outlasts Tiberius but Tiberius can stay awake for a disturbingly long amount of time. Caleb always falls asleep first, his boyfriends letting him nap on the books as they keep studying for a little while before Tiberius gets excited about something and his voice raises considerably, almost shocking Caleb awake. at this point, Essek carries Caleb off to bed and tucks him in with a kiss on the forehead before returning to Tiberius in the library. they’ll spend a while discussing Tiberius’ find before Caleb appears in the doorway, hair sleep mussed, and demands that the two of them get their asses to bed because he’s cold.

16) who organises most of the dates?

Tiberius! Tiberius likes doing nice things for his boyfriends and always goes to great lengths to organise the best dates possible whether it be the three of them going on a picnic or getting Beau to let them into one of the Cobalt Soul libraries through a transportation circle and some fast talking. no matter what they do or where they go, Tiberius always makes sure to include elements of discovery and learning things in the dates because nothing is more fun than a little debate between himself and two of the most beautiful magical minds he’s ever met.

17) who gets them banned from their favourite restaurant and why?

this one was both Caleb and Tiberius’ fault though neither of them will accept that they had any part in it. sick of cooking, Essek made a reservation at their favourite restaurant in Roshona, at their favourite table overlooking the koi pond, and had both his boyfriends dressed nicely by 6:30 so they would arrive on time. they got to the restaurant, sat down and Caleb, unintentionally, summoned Frumpkin who was set purring around his shoulders. a waiter came over and notified the trio that animals weren’t allowed in the establishment and if they would be so kind as to remove it they could continue their evening. immediately, Tiberius stood up, throwing his chair back into the pond and demanded to know what the waiter’s issue was with the cat. the poor waiter just tried to explain that this was a restaurant and they could get shut down for having animals in there; still not understanding what the waiter was saying so the waiter went to get the owner of the restaurant. the owner tried to explain to Tiberius why Frumpkin couldn’t be in the restaurant, Essek behind him with his face in his hands and a tomato red Caleb. eventually calming Tiberius down, the owner went back to her work and so did the waiter. Caleb dismissed Frumpkin and the trio ate their meal in relative peace. as they were leaving the owner of the restaurant came up to them and politely asked that they never come back, Tiberius was furious but Essek immediately shut him up and replied with “trust me, we won’t be, i am so sorry”. Caleb then may or may not have bamfed Frumpkin into the kitchen of the restaurant and set all hell loose.

18) AUs i’ve seen for this ship?

i haven’t actually seen any AUs for this ship but i hope i start seeing some soon! if not, i’ll have to annoy some people until they do!

19) AUs i have for this ship?

i really like the idea of a college/university AU for Tiberius/Essek/Caleb. Caleb being brand new and in his first year of uni while Tiberius is a teachers assistant and one of the RAs in Caleb’s dorm. Essek is this genius student who is studying like 20 degrees at once and struggles with social interaction, Tiberius is completely unaware that Essek is in his form until he’s helping Caleb move in, opens a door and finds Essek sitting in almost complete darkness reading the biggest damn book he’s ever seen. for the first couple of months, no matter how hard he tries to interact with Essek, Caleb just can’t breach the other man’s walls. they have a couple of classes together and it turns out that one half of Caleb’s degree is the same as one of Essek’s. the entire time, Essek has been unable to communicate with Caleb because he goes into gay panic™️ whenever Caleb opens his mouth. still at a loss for how to make friends with Essek, Caleb goes to Tiberius and starts venting his concerns, the dragonborn trying and failing to provide emotional support. it’s fine though because Caleb finds this endearing. just before winter break, when caleb is planning on going home, Essek musters enough courage up to ask Caleb to get a coffee with him but he’s so awkward that he ends up inviting Tiberius along too, the dragonborn having been in the hallway at the same time to make sure anyone who needed to catch a train off campus was ready to go, having recognised him as the dorm RA and Caleb’s friend(?). the three go and get coffee, all of them very awkward at first until Tiberius starts rambling on about baking and chemistry and the importance of using the correct flour. soon, the three of them are in a deep conversation about molecular biochemistry (1/2 of Caleb’s double degree and one of Essek’s degrees) and quantum biomechanics (Tiberius’ degree and the other half of Caleb’s degree). from there the three of them fall in love! i just love the idea of that as an AU for them because they’re all so smart and i just wanna see the three magic boys as uni students! also, a hogwarts AU would be amazing! Essek and Caleb as Slytherins with Tiberius as their delightful Hufflepuff!

[caubool]

*Puts back on candy corn horns* I know it's a canon Classpect, but I've always been enamored with a Knight of Blood. I've always seen Blood as dealing with ancestry, bloodlines, and history, able to call upon those sources literally in regards to their class. A Sylph would be able to restore someone to the peak health of say an athlete in their lineage, or a Seer would be able to see and know the actions and intentions someone's bloodline. Which, taken far enough back and then forward, would (1)

“be a majority of a region. A Knight might be able to use the physical boons of everyone in their bloodline. Unparalleled pooled physical strength, a pooled immune system making them damn near immune to life, and taken far enough, enough youth to live as long as your bloodline has existed. However, we know that getting this can't be easy, and based on evidence from the comic, it can't really be wanted. SBURB and its subsidiaries are, in a sense, tests to challenge flawed people and grow them (2)

into "worthy" gods. So the only people that would get this Classpect, and its land and boons, would be someone with no interest in the past. No respect for where they came from. No real interest in anything but the now. They'd have to learn those things to complete their land, and most definitely to satisfy their Guardian. I'm not saying they'd be an asshole, just indifferent at best. The Land is, dare I say, more personal than the Classpect, if only because the Classpect is there to reward (3)

you for your growth, while a Land is there to challenge you into that growth. So the Land would more be determined by who they were, and why they didn't care about their past. I used to have a fankid. Didn't make any content for him, he was just mine. His name was Adam Therin, and he never made roots anywhere. Even when he beat his game, he just left his session behind. Took a tool that boosted his Blood powers for a short time, allowing him to basically dimension hop, and just hopped around (4)

(Made it easy to justify any appearances I used him for in forums or chatlogs, a totally reasonable thing to have lol) I used to think him free, but looking back he was really lonely. He probably didn't finish his Land, his Session ending before he really learned the lesson it was trying to give him. It would probably be about isolation, and the need for connection. A Land hostile to encounters, but where banding together with the denizens, or learning its history through its people, would (5)

be crucial... I think Adam was abandoned. Knight of Blood, isolation, need to connect, it all fits. Someone that was rejected, and turned that sorrow into a cold disconnect to survive. Has no real connection to his past, doesn't wanna dig it up. Probably feels like an outsider in most all of his personal relationships, which is why he left his session. So I offer: Land of Freaks and Photos. A Land where the denizens are ghouls, monsters, and seemingly hostile. Other. On the other hand, it's (6)

full of family photos, and the denizens archive and want to remember most every aspect of their shared existence. A society that thrives on connection. And a hell for someone that only wants to be left alone. Plus, LOFAP sounds like a very Hussie(TM) move. Adam's challenge would be openness at its core. There'd be some SBURB bullshit thrown in there, but his final stage might even be a co-op quest, requiring a deep connection with one or more of the other players of his session. Ultimately, (7)

I don't know how good a Knight of Blood he'd be. His immediate leaving, his hopping from place to place. I can say for certain, his ascension to God Tier was definitely an act of desperation from the other players, it'd take him a long time to accept that mantle. Even still, he'd need to go on a deeper quest to really grow into his powers, probably more working with a weapon SBURB gave him that unwittingly works astoundingly with his powerset, if he ever learns his full potential. It's funny (8)

I had this whole concept of his session being Glitched, the death of a Lord of Time that affected so much as Lord English sending ripples through SBURB, slowly corrupting the next session until it fell apart around the players' ears, forcing a Scratch. During the fight to reset, though, he got wounded, and his session had no Sylph. Having used his Dream resurrection early on, his only hope was ascension, but his bed was already destroyed with the Scratch. But as soon as they finished the (9)

Scratch, his Dancestor, an Heir of Space, appeared to take him to their own Bed. Down the road, the Dancestor gave Adam's session's Time player a note that had been given to him months ago, explaining when and where Adam would appear. And so the serpent ate its own tail, and Adam was reborn. I probably just did more than you do for this, but eh. Maybe if I write more for him, I'll give him a happier ending. (10)”

My guy...I honestly don’t know what to say to all this? It looks like you’ve already thought pretty deeply about Adam and his land and his journey as a character. I’m not even sure what kind of question you’re asking? But I’ll try to answer the only one I can pick out.

Is Adam Therin a good Knight of Blood?

In simple terms: No, but let’s get complicated about it.

The first question we need to answer is: what makes a “good” Knight of Blood?

A good Knight of Blood, one that fulfills their roles prescribed by their classpect. These roles would be A) Overcoming their internal conflict and being open about whatever it is they’re trying to suppress or hide. B) Actively manipulate Blood in order to assist other characters in their session. C) Assisting with the creation of the Genesis Frog and keeping their sessionmates together.

Those are the three criteria Adam would have to meet in order to be considered a “good” Knight of Blood. This does not mean those are the things he needs to meet in order to be considered a good character. Any character can be “good” in the sense that they’ve grown and changed in response to the narrative. A “good” character can be a shitty Knight of Blood and a proper Knight of Blood can be a shitty character. Adam himself is not a shitty character by any stretch or means. He has depth and complexity, and no doubt the capacity to grow into his role in the session. But he doesn’t.

Adam leaves his land early, eliminating the most straight forward possibility of coming to terms with his own struggles. Of course, this can still be achieved but as his character is one that’s always pushing others away the instigator would have to be very determined to get close and get him to open up. It could even be his Dancestor, the Heir of Space. An Heir of Space would certainly be very tenacious. Maybe a tad obsessive, even, if how Hussie acts is reflective of all other Heirs of Space. So as it stands now, Adam has not met criteria A, but the possibility to meet it is still there, but it would be very hard to do.

Criteria B is all about how he uses his aspect. For this I would say he’s met it already, just at an uncomfortable angle. He actively manipulated his lack of connections to justify jumping universes. “There’s nothing left for me here so why stay?” The only thing wrong about this is that he’s manipulating Blood for himself and his own sensibilities instead of his teammates. It makes how this criteria is supposed to lock into the others ring sour instead of true. That’s a vague sentence but I hope it makes sense. Bones in your arm have to click together to work. Criteria A is the humerous and B & C are the radius and ulna. With B around but just slightly out of place the bone is resting in the joint at a slightly off angle, making motion and elasticity very limited. So in this way he meets criteria B, but limits himself in how he uses it. By continuing to use it for himself he only furthers himself from achieving that “good” status.

Criteria C is entirely impossible as their session got scratched. He could still technically assist with the new Genisis Frog but based on how A and B are going it probably won’t happen.

From this I conclude that, no, Adam Therin is not a good Knight of Blood. He has the opportunities to better himself in the eyes of his classpect but he won’t if what you’ve described continues. Of course there is a way to get back on track but at this point I can’t offer any real solution. If you want him to represent what a Knight of Blood is then that’s something you’ll have to think about on your own. He certainly matches the pregame requirements to be a Knight of Blood but along the way he failed to make those essential connections and ghosts the Breath aspect. He is not a good Knight of Blood but that’s okay because he sounds like a brilliant character that has deep flaws and complexities. He is a good character who’s chance to change has passed which just Adds to everything that he is.

I’m not sure if this has helped you in any way, but these are my thoughts on the matter. I wish you the best of luck deciding where to go from here, but I think whatever you do with Adam will be interesting. Thank you for sending in your request!

[narusakufactory]

Shinachiku and Art Theft

Hello everyone. As you may or may not be aware of, there is a user on DeviantArt editing fanart into Shinachiku and Hanami. 

Before we get knee deep in the weeds, I will give everyone a brief history on the creation of Shinachiku and the struggles we had with him and other NaruSaku kids such as Hanami. 

Note: Shinachiku existed before the ending happened, but he wasn’t super popular

When the ending happened, much of the NaruSaku fanbase was devastated and upset. We didn’t know what to do with all the energy we had stored up to celebrate Naruto and Sakura getting together, not until we remembered an interview Kishimoto gave around the release of Road to Ninja (a movie which we loved and gave us great hope)

F: If Naruto ever has a son what name will you give him? 

Kish: If Naruto has a son what name hell have…hmm…I used to think Menma would be fine. people often jokingly asked me "Won't you start Menma when you finish Naruto?" "You should write about Naruto's son, Naruto the 2nd" or "Why not write Menma?" but now I used the name for the movie, that...ummmm…(the name of Naruto's son will be) Shinachiku* I guess. (shinachiku is another name for menma, seasoned bamboo shoots)

Although it was probably a joke, the NaruSaku fandom started asking, “But what about Shinachiku??” And thus, Shinachiku was born, just like that. A bunch of fellow NaruSaku fans started discussing who Shinachiku would be. NaruSaku artists started cracking out concepts left and right on what he would look like. Writers wrote drabbles about him and his family. Within a few days of the ending, Shinachiku just existed, as if he were real. The following weeks and months, Shinachiku had many many siblings, the one who has stuck around the longest and gained the most traction was Hanami. 

Many people, including myself, expected the NaruSaku fandom to just die off, but suddenly the NaruSaku fandom was more active than ever before with these children and the parents we loved. I have never seen a fan character become so popular and widespread. Even people who hate Shinachiku know exactly who he is and what he looks like. We were happy. We were proud. 

But then the trouble began.

First, it started with fans from the opposite side sending our Shinachiku concepts to some of the official Naruto twitter accounts asking for opinions. The people currently in charge of Naruto didn’t say much except something like, “It’s good that fans can create what they want.” or something like that. Nothing negative, nothing positive, it didn’t matter. But we weren’t happy, we didn’t WANT people like that to know about Shinachiku. 

Then things snowballed from there. People on the other side started taking our fanart and editing them into NH works and NH children. A good portion of the NH fanbase at the time decided, “Since the name Shinachiku came out of Kishimoto’s mouth, that means Shinachiku belongs to us and he is the third child of Naruto and Hinata.” Edits of Shinachiku started popping up of him with his hair painted red, whiskers on his cheeks, and byakugan eyes. 

We asked and demanded that people stop taking our fanart and editing it, and the general response was, “Who cares.” “Shinachiku is ours.” “We can do what we want because it’s Naruto fanart.” “This character doesn’t belong to you.”

Guys... it was very hard. I cannot stress how many reports we had to file. How much time we spent arguing about Shinachiku. How much effort we put into creating even more content for Shinachiku to drown out the people trying to associate him with NH instead. It was the worst. 

At some point, the editing stopped. Every now and then it pops up again, but it’s come to a point where most people recognize Shinachiku now, you can’t really get away with stealing him anymore. We still stay vigilant just in case.

So that brings me to today, Shinachiku art theft in the opposite direction.

A user named “Shinachikubetter” on DeviantArt joined only a few days ago and immediately began posting very VERY bad edits of the canon children into Shinachiku and Hanami.

The edits are reminiscent of what they used to do to Shinachiku. Badly color his hair or his parents and post them up. In all honesty, the person who did this might not be a NaruSaku fan. It’s not the first time someone has posed as us acting a fool, but regardless, we must make an effort to get this art taken down. 

So far, the user hasn’t posted anything new, nor have they responded to a NaruSaku artists asking for the art to be removed. Unfortunately, DA has a pretty horrible reporting system, but if enough of us report it, maybe they will do something about it.

If all else fails, we should kindly contact the original artists and tell them their art has been stolen. Please make an effort not to post these stolen art pieces fully anywhere else. They aren’t deserving of that attention and would only spread further. Don’t personally attack the person either, if they bother to respond. All that matters is getting this stolen artwork removed.

The account in question is located here >>> https://www.deviantart.com/shinachikubetter

The reason why you should care? Because Shinachiku and Hanami don’t deserve this. If you’ve read this far, you already know our struggle to keep Shinachiku and the amount of effort it took. Shinachiku is ours and we won’t stand for people editing him into someone else.

In this case, we must spend the same amount of effort removing edits like this that are obviously not Shinachiku and Hanami. We should never be editing other peoples fanart for our fankids. We don’t need that. You can’t make the canon kids Shinachiku and Hanami by badly painting over them. 

Any help you can offer is great. Thank you for reading. 

[boopsterliv]

Hackeratom + Newborn #12

(Hi, I’m Liv, I love taking seemingly sweet prompts and adding on serious emotional conversations between characters. Anyways, this prompt sparked a lot of inspiration! I decided that switching between Zari and Ray wasn’t enough and now Charlie gets her own passage! Gotta love an emotional rollercoaster. Line up everybody! Seriously though, thank you for the prompt. Hackeratom has been so fun to write.

Instead of adding it on my OTPs fic, I’ve decided to make an entirely separate series for fankid fics. It helps me stay less cluttered and more organized with my writing prompt stuff. AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38870871 Series Link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2898957)

"This fucking sucks!" Zari flopped down on the couch with a dramatic, yet very reasonable, groan. Pregnancy was exciting, and she was more than happy to be having kids with her husband. But it seriously hurt. Especially when she found out she was having twins. Twins!

"Zari, please remain calm." Gideon looked at the medbay screens analytically. She insisted on performing the exams in her robotic body instead of staying hooked up to the ship, which Zari had no problem with. Gideon was one of her best friends, considering how many nights Zari spent in the engineering room talking to her.

“Ugh, I can’t wait to go into labor. I want my babies and I want to stop feeling like shit every time I wake up.” Gideon snorted but smiled at the comment. Zari tapped the arm of the medbay chair as her friend/obstetrician turned back to look at her.

“Everything is healthy and as it should be. I’ll try to find you more remedies for your pain.” As she helped Zari up, Gideon couldn’t help but sigh. “You know, the last time I was overseeing a woman’s pregnancy was with Mrs. Hunter.”

Zari just blinked, completely blanking on a proper response. “Oh.”

But then, Gideon smiled as charmingly as ever. “It’s been quite a long time. I am... more excited now than I was before. New life is something I’ve come to understand since gaining a body. And assisting my team when they have their own offspring is an honor to me.”

“... Gid, have I ever told you that you’re sweet? You should show off that wholesome, caring side more often.”

Gideon mimed gagging, although was clearly amused. “And ruin my reputation? Like hell I’d do that! Thanks for the suggestion, though, love.”

Zari laughed; the pain forgotten for the moment. She then remembered her... babies. “It’s... It’s easy to say I want to go into labor, but Gid... do you think I’ll be a good mom? I’ve spent a lot of my life running from the government and hacking. I’m a superhero. I... I’m nervous. I don’t wanna let them down. Or Ray.”

Silence filled the room for a moment, before Gideon gently took Zari’s arms and sighed. “Zari, you’re one of the strongest people I have come across. And I’ve met many strong people. You’re compassionate and protective. I believe in you. So does Ray and everyone else. You’ll have us to help you along the way if you need it. But, if it makes you feel better, you have a one hundred percent chance of being an incredible mother.”

She just laughed for a second, tears stinging her eyes a little. “Thanks Gideon. I really appreciate it.”

---

Ray was freaking out. Like, a lot. Of course, they had all had their doubts about delivering a baby, let alone two, in the medbay. But Gideon was confident in her abilities. Plus, with Caitlin Snow being called in to assist her, she was confident the labor would be fine. 

Of course, that all ended when they hit hour nine and the babies still weren’t out. Zari was covered in sweat and screaming (he couldn’t feel his hand from how tight she was squeezing it). Caitlin and Gideon had both decided to send Ray out onto the bridge for a minute to give an update while they prepared a c-section in case nothing changed soon.

“How is she?” Charlie immediately asked. 

“Uh... in pain. A lot of pain. But the docs have got it handled!” He was jittery, but no one was willing to call him out on it. “I’m going to head back in. I’ll come out when the babies are here.”

An uproar started between the crew about who would hold the babies first and what kind of gifts they’d get for the little ones. The noise and faux arguing kept them busy. Ray faintly smiled and walked back silently, heart pounding, but when he reached the medbay doors he finally heard the footsteps behind him. He turned around to see Leonard standing there, hands in his pockets and looking unusually out of his element. 

“... Is something wrong, Snart?”

He got his bravado back and smirked a little. “Not with me. I saw how you were back there.”

Ray chuckled. “Well, fatherhood is pretty big. I want what’s best for the kids. I’m just... nervous, that’s all. I mean, I could turn out to be horrible even if I do my best. I don’t want to let them or Zari down.”

Leonard stood still for a moment before taking a deep breath. “Raymond, believe it or not I actually view you as a very close friend. Don’t tell anyone, I will deny it.” Ray snorted. “I know a thing or two about bad dads. I know you know about how shitty my old man was. And I don’t need to be Gideon to calculate how good of a father you’ll be.”

Ray was already close to tearing up (he was an emotional person, okay?), but held the tears in as Snart took another deep breath before he continued. “Look, you’re an incredibly, for lack of a better term, loving person. No matter who on the team snaps at you or ignores you all you do is respond with compliments and forgiveness. If I thought you weren’t going to be a good father, you would end up a cold case that won’t be solved for the rest of time.”

He knew not to take offense to that or be afraid. Snart wasn’t threatening him, not really. He was making a point, and Ray saw it. He had worked with Captain Cold long enough to somehow understand the morbid statements he threw out didn’t mean he wanted him dead.

“Point is,” Leonard continued, “you’re a good human being. You’ll be fine, trust me. I... respect you Raymond. More than you’d probably think. Those kids are going to look up to you and Zari. Two badasses who are compassionate to everyone and are protective of their family. You’re going to be the best father, and I can only hope that when Sara and I have kids that I’ll be half the man you are.”

Okay, now Ray was crying. He tried going for a hug, but Leonard just held up his hand. “No.”

“Fine, fine.” He laughed and smiled while wiping his tears. “Thanks, Snart. That’s probably the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.”

“Don’t get used to it.” There was the classic Cold response. Ray nodded before turning back to the door. Before he went in, he looked over his shoulder.

“Don’t sell yourself short, Leonard. You’ll be an amazing father one day.”

He then went into the medbay, not noticing Leonard’s gentler and more thoughtful smile in response to his words.

---

Charlie was about ready to scream. Zari was in pain, her best friend was in pain, and all she could do was wait. Oh, this was unbearable. Lenny came back and sat down, whispering to Sara about something. But that wasn’t important right now! What’s important is that her bloody friend is going through a painful and lifechanging experience and she was trying not to think about the pain part.

Back in her more fearful godhood days, Charlie had given children to the humans who wanted them. Now that those days were over and she was in her ‘party phase’ (as she liked to call it), she couldn’t control whether or not everything worked out okay. It wracked her with anxiety and she bit her nails, a nervous habit that didn’t really hurt her considering a shapeshifter could always grow them back.

Just then, as if the man was somehow psychic, Ray Palmer came running into the room. He stopped and panting, a wide grin on his face and tears rolling down his cheeks. “They’re here!”

Charlie hopped up, the first one to run to the Medbay, leaving Ray in the dust. She ran through the open door. “Where’s the kiddos?!”

Zari laughed tiredly, exhausted and crying but looking good for the most part, sitting up and looking at them. Next to her bed were two bassinettes, each with a little baby inside. “Right here.”

Ray (and the others) came back in as Charlie went to go see the little ones. All babies looked pretty similar when they were born. But Charlie could see the subtle start of strong facial features. They had skin darker than Ray’s but lighter than Zari’s. They were so little but resembled their parents so much already. Oh fuck, she was about to cry! 

One of the little bundles of joy started crying, an obvious sign they were hungry. Caitlin, who was silently tearing up behind them, grabbed a bottle for them. Zari went to pick them up before Ray beat her to it, gently grabbing the baby (his kid!) and cradling them in his arms. 

“Nope. You dealt with them for 9 months. Now it's my turn.”

Zari smiled so wide it nearly broke Charlie’s composure, but she stayed strong. She could do this. She wasn’t going to cry.

“So, what are their names?” Sara asked, hand on her hip as she looked at the still sleeping baby.

Ray smiled wide as he fed the baby, looking at Zari. “You want to tell them?”

She nodded. “I’d like to introduce to the Waverider crew their newest members: Behrad Charley Palmer-Tomaz and Anna Nasreen Palmer-Tomaz.”

Charlie took a deep breath. No crying, no crying. She could keep it in. But she was also internally screaming because her best friend named her kid after her! Must stay calm and collected. “Zari... that is one of the sweetest things ever. You... you named your kid after me...”

“Speaking of you guys,” Ray cut in, “we’ve also decided on who to ask about being godparents. They’re more of a secondary guardian if anything were to happen to us, instead of something religious. Zari and I liked the idea of them also being potential mentors if the kids want to enter the family business.”

His wife nodded in agreement. “Ray and I spent a lot of time talking this out. We love all of you, some of you reluctantly-” John barked out a laugh. “-but we could only choose a few. Don’t get it twisted, though. I know for a fact you guys’ll still spoiled the kids rotten.”

Murmurs of agreement were heard all around as Ray cleared his throat. “So, uh, I guess I just ask this, huh? Okay.” He took a deep breath. “Um, Nate, Gideon. Would you like to be Anna’s godparents?”

The historian immediately broke into tears while the AI looked like she would’ve cried if she was flesh and blood. It was a resounding yes on their ends. 

“Alright, Mick, Sara.” Zari looked at the two intently. “Would you like to be Behrad’s godparents?”

Mick blinked before a shrug, although Charlie could tell he was trying not to tear up. Sara wasn’t one to cry much and just nodded with the widest smile she’d probably ever seen in her life. 

“And Charlie.” The shapeshifter looked up. She hadn’t been asked to be a godparent, and that was honestly okay with her. She wouldn’t complain. They named their son after her. That was more than enough. But Ray still had hope in his eyes. “Zari and I decided that you were our closest friend. And that’s why we were hoping you would be a godparent of both of them.”

And there came the tears. “Y-You want me to be...”

“The Allfather!” Ray exclaimed cheerfully, although made sure he was quiet considering Anna was falling asleep in his arms. 

Zari rolled her eyes. “That’s Ray’s nerd term for it, but I’m assuming you get the gist.”

Charlie nodded, rushing to gently hug Zari, before giving Ray a pat on the arm. “Of course I’ll be! Yes, yes, yes, yes!”

Zari laughed, while conversation started up in the room. Those who felt comfortable took turns holding the babies. Zari looked up at her husband as their teammates talked amongst themselves about them.

“They’re gonna be spoiled rotten, aren’t they?”

Ray grinned. “Oh, one hundred percent.”

---

In the end, the birth of the Palmer-Tomaz twins was an emotional night to say the least. Ray and Zari being the second and third of the Waverider crew to have children, and unsure how exposure to the temporal zone could affect any children they had. Anna and Behrad would later grow up to be powerful time traveling superheroes in their own right, but that’s another story. 

One thing is for certain, though. They were one hundred percent spoiled rotten. It just happens when the Legends are your family.

[gummysnom]

Woah, Check it Out! A Fanventure Guide

Hey, you. Yes, you! Are you a dirty Homestucker that didn’t fly the coop like all the over disappointed fans after that flop of an ending? A younger fan trying to find their place in the dwindling fandom? Just someone who wants to screw around in photoshop or MS Paint with a simplistic style?

Cool, you’re all losers. 

ANYWAY, after reading the gargantuan webcomic Homestuck, you might’ve thought to yourself “Woah, I think I can put a cool spin on this!”, and chances are, you can. That is, if you put some DAMN WORK INTO IT.

Yeah, that’s right, Webcomics take work, and some other things, like, you know, CREATIVITY. 

As you know, most fanventures are on mspfa, or http://mspfanventures.com . So, go have a look on there, and check out the average fanventure. The ones with 8-50 or so pages, with three favorites at most, sadly abandoned. Yeah, those. Sadly, there are a couple hundred of those, and a few actual diamonds in the rough. But, what makes these on-going fanventures keep going, and how did the others fail? 

That’s what we’re here to look at.

THE CHARACTERS:

So, you wanna make a fanventure now, right? Cool. The first thing you need is: A Character. Or two. Or three. Or maybe four. Sburb adventures need at least two main characters, and a few others that usually come with a main character.

The biggest thing is, your character needs to be developed, and have an interesting personality. Why do I say this? Because that’s gonna influence how you write this story. The biggest mistake any creator makes is making unenjoyable/unrelatable characters that nobody, not even the creator, cares about. What most fanventures do nowadays is try to rush all the character intros to get to the “good part”. 

The problem with this is, well, your entire comic is supposed to be the good part. Your readers are supposed to enjoy your comic all the way through, or they will drop it like a rock (Like a really hot, lava rock. They will probably throw it at someone they hate too). If you don’t enjoy your characters, your readers won’t either, and they won’t want to go on a journey with your characters and get to the “good part” with them.

Sub-Point: The Amount of Characters:

If you have too many characters, and you try to introduce them all, you’re gonna have even more pacing problems. For a fanventure, of course most people have 4, or due to the popularity of Hexane, 6. 

This is fine and all, and you can have as many characters you want, but you don’t need a million characters if you can’t dedicate enough development or characterization to them.

 People try to copy Homestuck by having Fankids AND Fantrolls. You don’t need both just because Homestuck had them. You can just have trolls, or just kids. Hell, you don’t need kids OR trolls. Make your own species, make whatever you want! Make hybrids, have fun with it! Just don’t make a bunch of characters you don’t care about!

THE STORY:

So, you’ve got like, ten characters, and you think you’re hot shit now. You’re WRONG. What are these characters even doing now? Sitting around sucking on pixie sticks and browsing Ebay like a bunch of LOSERS.

“Vicky!! How can I fix this?” Well, don’t even worry about pal, because I have the solution. It’s called a, well, err

Uh, //looks left and right

Now listen, you can’t go around telling people this but it’s a

A PLOT!

Yes, your characters need a story, something to do, and they need it now. “Well, that’s easy!” You say as you pull open note pad and...sit there for an hour.

“Damnit!” You say in frustration, because you forgot you don’t know how to write a plot outline. (Second Grade plot outlines be damned, T-Charts are for babies!)

So, this is easy. Your fanventure needs three things: A beginning, middle, and end. More importantly, a beginning and end. You need to know where you started, and you need to know where you’re trying to go. The middle is the big gooey middle that’s how you get there.

For a fanventure, your beginning will usually be a couple of acts where you enter your main characters (NOT ALL AT ONCE, but we’ll get to that later.) and introduce THE GAME. Your end will be...well, that’s up to you! Make it cool, original, something you wouldn’t expect.

Sub-Point: Pacing:

Remember how I said you should introduce all your characters at once? Yeah, that’s a big deal, and it will overwhelm your reader, and make them not care about the individual characters. We all enjoyed John as the main character because he had an entire act dedicated to him, and we spent all that time learning what he was all about, what he enjoyed, what he liked. We need that time with your characters too.

Remember that while you need good pacing in the beginning, since it will determine whether your readers will stick with you or not, you also need a good middle. We aren’t trying to go rushing to the end. Make it an enjoyable trip, and have some fun with it. Keep the pacing at a medium pace, not too slow (Boring) or too fast (Even more boring).

THE ART:

Cool, you’ve got a story outline planned out, some cool characters ready to go on a piping hot adventure, and now there’s one one thing left to do: Get to work on those panels! (Err, unless it’s a written story, to which I say, more power to you! Like, damn, you  have a lot of dedication because it is ROUGH in the fanfiction world. We don’t get enough reads and views anyway, but OCs are treated like trash. Just keep your head up, and hell, I will support what you do!)

The big thing here is: How do you want to draw your comic? Do you wanna make it a panelled comic like how comic books do it? Do you wanna go for the iconic Homestuck Style? A mix of the two? Cool! Go for it! But be consistent with your style, and make sure it isn’t just “boring” and really blank like a lot of adventures are. 

Most people like it when you use your own art and parts, but there’s nothing wrong with using some of Hussie’s parts too if you want. But you should use oiginal parts too, and don’t use people’s work who haven’t consented to it, cause that’s theft.

Sub-Point Suggestions:

Homestuck was, at one point, completely based on suggestions. Now, you don’t have to, but it can really help you when you’re in a rut with your story. You don’t have to take every suggestion, but engaging with your fanbase can be incredibly helpful! (Making a discord or a blog for your comic can be helpful!)

POSTING YOUR COMIC:

Cool, cool, you’re straight up ready. You have a few good pages ready with some commands, a rockin’ story, and some characters. What’s left? Posting, of course!

Now, this isn’t about “how” to work the MSPFA website because there are some better guides for it, but! This is about how to real your readers in.

So, firstly, you need a catchy name.

“How about, Cool-Stu-” NO, DO NOT EVEN. Every person and they mother, grandmother, and disowned uncle have named their story something like “Cool-Stuck” or “IDK-Stuck” but that’s not how the name works guys. Let’s try  to get better.

“Hexane” had six characters main characters at first, Hackbent was a hacked Sburb Session, so think about a title that fits your story.

Now, like any good creator knows, and any english teacher that wants to ruin your life will remind you, you need a good hook. Something that will pull your reader in. That’s why you shouldn’t advertise “This is probably shit” or “IDK what I’m doing” because you won’t get any readers. Make your blurb interesting. Write what would interest you!.

ORIGINALITY:

This is the final point, because I feel like it is the most important. (You know, save the best for last and all.) This mostly comes from the fact that I’ve had a few bad experiences with doing fanventure collabs. (Especially with a certain person. if you want the deets I live to over share)

So, uh, here we go:

You aren’t gonna make the next Homestuck. You aren’t. It isn’t going to happen. No, no matter how original, cool, and unique it is, it isn’t the next Homestuck. So, DON’T TAKE ALL YOUR CARDS FROM HOMESTUCK. If you take every cue from Homestuck, with nothing new or original, or something YOU made, you will be another chump with a failing fanventure.

I have dealt with a person who told me that all of my ideas were “bad” and “trash” and couldn’t happen because they weren’t exactly like Homestuck. She critiqued my characters not by their own merit, but because I didn’t use the right pants for a teal blood and that my spriting style was too unique and too colorful.

Listen, this is YOUR story, this is YOUR adventure. Be creative, create new worlds, species, new versions of your game. Homestuck was popular because of the pure creativity in it. By copying it exactly, you’re doing both Homestuck AND your readers a disservice. 

So, that’s about that. Now you have the basics about a fanventure, and you should be able to succeed. Now, of course, I’ll always be here, ready and willing to talk and explain and post more guides if you need it. And if you disagree with anything, I will be willing to debate on it.

Hell, just send me your fanventures and we can talk about it for a while! (And if you’d uh, like to collaborate on a fanventure *wink wink* I’d be down with that)

Bye for now, and if I see a fanventure called Cool-Stuck, I am suing all of you!

[wonderlandselfshipping]

Fuck it I’m doing the self ship ask with Sam and no one can stop me

1. What kind of blog does your f/o have? Do they selfship on main? Do they look like a regular fan? Quiet reblogs or lots of gushing? Lots of analyses of your character and your source or incoherent blabbering? Do they have a headcanon blog? Do they try to roleplay as you?

He’s more of a secretive type because no one would believe that he’s that weird??? Right? Wrong, Hyper Dimension Traveller Koi is like the one thing besides his brother that keeps him from arson. Quiet reblogs but he becomes a little more vocal when someone adds him to the “official group chat.”

2. Do they prefer selfshipping by inserting themselves into your source, or by daydreaming about you in their own little / personal world, or by imagining you by their side during their daily life?

Both. Sometimes he could be looking all stern and calculating before an interview but could literally just be thinking about just holding her hand and no one would realize it.

3. What’s their self insert like? Is their s/i literally them? Is it basically them but with just a few changes - to be more like the person they’d like to be, or to “fit in” your source better? Is their s/i totally OP or extra or more realistic? Is it an OC that’s totally different from them?

Her series is all about dimension hopping so why should he change a thing about himself?

4. Do they spend more time on wikipedia, on your fandom wiki, on your TV tropes page? Looking for official content they might’ve missed, like fun trivia? Looking for fanart, for fics? Looking for information and details and references for fics or art or other fancontent they’re making because they want to make sure they get everything right?

He has a special skin on his phone that makes everything look like scholarly articles so he can hide his tvtropes. He eventually combined enough references from the official Twitter to make an “official reference.” That’s used by the widespread fandom. He literally cannot read any fics because he can’t insert himself into them and like 90% of the x readers are f/f. Help him

5. Do they create anything inspired by you and/or their ship with you? Fanart? Fanfics? Gifsets? Moodboards? Edits? Songs? Dances? Crafts? Playlists? Cosplays? Do they post them (or pictures of them) online? Do they sell any merch (online, at cons, etc)? Do they make pics of their selfship in dollmakers? Do they spend hours on otp prompt generators? Do they commission art of their selfship?

No, he’s subtle about it. See he has this folder titled “Homework and Interview stuff.” And while normally you’d just find stuff, it’s where he hides his self ship stuff. Just doll makers because he’s too shy to commission art and doesn’t have time to comitt to writing anything. Once he joins the server, they get art for him. He also got a signed autograph from Koi’s va in character as her during some event and it’s his most prized possession.

6. Does your f/o have a selfship wedding with you? Do they celebrate it on their blog or more privately, with their fellow selfshipper friends? Do they make any content (like art, fics, etc) to celebrate?

He’s not comfy with that stuff and he sure as hell can’t get a ring because he knows the fans will be apeshit over it.

7. Does your f/o have fankids with you? If not, maybe pets?

Not comfy, plus in the current arc, she just had a birthday in the height of the Hawk Virus and wasn’t able to celebrate it so everyone’s debating if she’s 18 or not because she certainly doesn’t look it. They’re all still wanting an official confirmation on it.

8. Do your f/o and your friend’s f/o plan for double dates since their f/os (you and your friend) are from the same source? How would that go?

Koi’s the only main character plus 1, he doesn’t have friends and I don’t have friends.

9. If you have multiple f/os (romantic, platonic, anything), imagine them making or joining a Discord server or a group chat about you or your source. Who gushes, who shares art and fics, who analyses everything, who sends memes?

Sam’s quiet, Ingrid basically lore connects everything, Bernie basically has 100000+ ways to gush.

10. Does your f/o have very creative ship names, or are they bad with finding tags / ship names, or do they just use regular fandom tags?

He is exactly like me. Sometimes creative, other times not

11. What’s your f/o like when they read / watch / play your source? Do they reread / rewatch / replay their favorite parts over and over? Do they make comments aloud? Which parts of your story made them laugh? Made them cry?

He has to secretly gush and react since “he can’t be a fan of stupid shit like that, he’s too smart for it.”

12. Do they post any videos related to your source? Like AMVs? Or reaction vids (with them reacting to your source as they read / watch / play / etc)? If your source is a game, do they make a walkthrough? Is it a perfect walkthrough, a more casual one?

No, he’s gotta be on the dl about this, he’s supposed to be an outstanding member of the community

13. Which of your f/os has “y/n’s husband / wife / partner” as a username online?

He doesn’t but Bernie does

14. Do they have merch of you? What kind of merch? Posters? Keychains? Stickers? Stuffed toys? (And if they have a plush of you, do they kiss it and sleep with it?)

Actually he got a surprise plush from a creator he follows online, not realizing Bernie gave it to him bc to her, everyone needs a cuddle buddy.

15. What kind of content do they like / make the most? Is it fluff? Angst? Hurt / comfort? (btw: imagine your f/os going to you when they need comfort, because they love you and you’re comforting to them.) Do they respect canon or do they make lots of AUs? What kind of AUs do they like?

Soft all the way bc they both have trauma and need to work through it with cuddles

16. Which of your f/os has 1341 pics of you saved on their phone / laptop? What kind of pic did they choose as their phone / laptop background? Is it a canon pic of you, or fanart, or art of their selfship with you?

Has one image and that’s a commission Ingrid got him from Ignatz.

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(( I’m in fankid hell, please send help. ))