#for funsies and chaos reasons

[gayafsowhat]

Mutuals I don't think you know how fast I would design a persona for you at any given moment

[sunarryn]

DP X Marvel #22

Nick Fury hadn’t known peace in years. Aliens, HYDRA, interdimensional rifts, Tony Stark’s emotional instability—he thought he’d seen it all. That was until a small, gremlin-like twelve-year-old girl phased through the wall of the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, exploded three vending machines with a casual flick of her wrist, and declared with unshakeable confidence, “You guys owe me a snack for saving the multiverse.”

Her name was Danielle Phantom—Dani, with an “i”—and she was, allegedly, a clone of a ghost-human hybrid from another dimension. She was twelve, made entirely out of spite and ectoplasm, and Nick Fury made the catastrophic mistake of not immediately tossing her into a containment chamber.

Not that it would’ve helped. The last time they tried, she melted the titanium walls by burping.

“She’s not a threat,” Banner had insisted.

“She’s twelve!” Steve argued.

“She called me a rotting rotisserie chicken and set my cape on fire,” Thor grumbled, looking genuinely unsettled.

“She’s perfect,” Tony said. “Can I adopt her?”

“NO,” Fury barked. “She’s mine.”

And that’s how Dani Phantom became Nick Fury’s personal chaos goblin.

It started with the incident in Belarus. Fury had sent her to shadow a low-risk intel extraction mission—get in, get out, observe. She got bored. Two hours later, she returned with the mission completed, three HYDRA bases blown up, and a new trench coat she’d stolen off an agent twice her size. She looked proud. She also had a churro.

“Where the hell did you get that?” Fury asked.

“Multiversal Costco. Long story.”

She ate it while hovering upside down.

Dani didn’t walk. She floated. She didn’t knock. She phased through walls, floors, and sometimes people, which she claimed was “great for making dudes pee themselves.” She kept trying to haunt Clint Barton’s hearing aids (“for funsies”), called Natasha “Murder Barbie,” and threatened to sell Peter to the Tooth Fairy for “a good price.”

“I don’t even have ghost teeth!” Peter shrieked.

“Exactly. You’re rare,” Dani replied ominously.

She made the mistake of touching Loki once. Just once. She’d been told not to.

“Don’t touch the Asgardian,” Fury had said.

“Why not?” she asked.

“Because he’s the God of Mischief.”

“Oh. Cool.”

She poked him.

Loki screamed. She screamed louder. Everyone screamed. For some reason, there were snakes involved by the end of it.

Now, every time Loki sees Dani, he immediately teleports to another continent. “She’s worse than Odin,” he whispers, eyes wide and glassy.

Fury had to admit: Dani got results. She was an absolute menace—a glowing, cackling, miniature poltergeist in ripped jeans and combat boots—but she could sniff out a Kree spy from fifty yards away, beat an Ultron drone with a piece of rebar, and disable alien tech by licking it. (He didn’t approve of that one, but she claimed it was “a ghost thing.”)

“Why do you keep her?” Hill asked him one day, as Dani was in the background convincing a rookie agent that she was a resurrected Soviet weapon.

Fury sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Because the little gremlin saved my life.”

That part was true. He’d been cornered by a Skrull impersonating Agent Coulson, and before he could blink, Dani had flown through the ceiling screaming, “NOT MY BALD DAD, YOU SLIMEY LIZARD BASTARD!” She obliterated the Skrull with a ghost ray and threw Fury over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

“You weigh like a thousand pounds!” she’d grunted, struggling to fly him out of danger.

“Put me down!”

“No! You’re grounded and dying on my watch is against the rules!”

It was, somehow, the most competent rescue Fury had ever experienced.

From then on, Dani followed him everywhere. She sat in on briefings, chewing bubblegum obnoxiously loud. She hacked into S.H.I.E.L.D. files just to draw little ghost doodles on top of agent profiles. She replaced the AI’s voice with her own. Every time the intercom came on, it was her:

“Attention all agents, remember to hydrate or I will personally possess you and make you chug milk.”

She terrorized the Avengers with zero remorse. Steve got glitter-bombed. Clint was stalked by a floating sandwich. Banner’s lab notes were mysteriously replaced with eldritch doodles and “Dani was here” scribbled in the margins. Tony found all his Iron Man suits programmed to play “Ghostbusters” every time they powered on.

“I SWEAR TO GOD, IF I HEAR THAT SONG ONE MORE TIME—”

“Who ya gonna call?” Dani whispered from inside the vents.

Tony screamed.

But in her own completely deranged way, she was loyal. Deadly. Protective.

When some alien parasite tried to mind-control Fury, Dani showed up mid-briefing, opened her mouth, and screamed—a full-on ghost wail that shattered the windows and disintegrated the creature instantly.

Silence.

Everyone stared.

Dani wiped her mouth and grinned. “Oops. Was that loud?”

Fury was on the floor, bleeding from the ears. “You think?”

Later, she brought him noise-canceling earmuffs with skull stickers. “For next time.”

Fury eventually stopped questioning it. He’d wake up and find her floating three inches above his bed.

“Sleep check,” she’d say.

“I am very awake now.”

“Good.”

She haunted meetings, stole alien artifacts to make jewelry, and referred to Maria Hill exclusively as “General Mom.” She threatened to possess Tony’s coffee machine and did it. It only made decaf for three months. He cried.

And somehow, Dani ended up as the unofficial child mascot of S.H.I.E.L.D.

She was terrifying.

She was beloved.

She bit Deadpool once. He cried.

And yet, when Fury got taken by a rogue faction of former S.W.O.R.D. agents trying to expose classified data, the first person to show up wasn’t Steve, or Natasha, or even Carol.

It was Dani.

She burst in mid-interrogation, glowing, floating, and furious. Her eyes blazed green. Her ponytail whipped behind her like a comet trail. She didn’t say anything.

She just started throwing people.

“YOU THINK YOU CAN KIDNAP MY DAD?!” she screamed, hurling a desk at someone’s face. “I live in his walls! I KNOW THINGS!”

“You’re not even related to me!” Fury yelled as she fried a guy with ectoplasmic lightning.

“I TOOK A BLOOD TEST ONLINE AND IT SAID I’M 78% NICK FURY, 22% CHICKEN NUGGET!”

“You WHAT?!”

She ghost-punched the lead agent into the ceiling, caught Fury by the collar, and flew him out of the crumbling compound as everything exploded behind them.

When they landed, she wiped the soot from his coat, then hugged him hard.

He stood there stiffly before awkwardly patting her head.

“You’re insane,” he muttered.

“Thanks, Dad.”

“I’m not your—”

“Too late. I already wrote it in my diary.”

Later, at S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, Dani threw her feet up on the command table and declared, “This whole place is my haunted house now.”

Nobody argued.

The AI was programmed to greet her.

The agents stepped aside when she passed.

She had a personal couch that she’d painted green and black, and a glowing “NO NERDS” sign that Tony kept trying to steal.

Every so often, she disappeared into the multiverse. “Gotta stretch the legs,” she’d say, then come back two hours later with three infinity stones, a new jacket, and a baby goat.

Fury didn’t ask.

He learned not to ask.

But when the next alien invasion hit—when half of Manhattan lit up with something eldritch and writhing and very not-from-Earth—it wasn’t Thor who responded first.

It was Dani.

Hovering above Times Square, cracking her knuckles, eyes glowing like nuclear fallout.

“Alright, weird space tentacle thing,” she said. “You just messed with the wrong twelve-year-old.”

And from the helicarrier, sipping his bitter coffee, Nick Fury watched the ghost girl he never asked for absolutely wreck an interdimensional horror, cackling like a goblin while civilians cheered.

He sighed.

“God help us all.”

[sonic-fankid-showdown]

Welcome to the Sonic Fankid Showdown!!!

Where we make babies beat each other up with sticks!!!

This is the tournament we fanchild enjoyers have been waiting for! Sonic fankids put against each other to see who can beat the rest and get the victory!! All for FUN!!! Meaning that the only ones that will be fighting are the fictional characters that participate in the tournament (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

Hosted by yours truly, @head---ache

RULES:

One character per person. This means that if you have twins, sadly you'll have to separate them 😔 The ONLY exception allowed to this rule is if your character has any pet, chao, wisp, etc. If that's the case then you can submit them as one.

Fankids derived from PRO-SHIPS are NOT be allowed to participate (this includes incest, inappropiate age gaps, etc). I'll be deciding what's appropiate or not (with the help of some people I trust), so what's already decided will NOT be discussed any longer.

Ship discourse is NOT allowed.

The last rule also means that the ONLY propaganda allowed is about the CHARACTER, and not the pairing they're inspired by. I do NOT want to see ANYONE fighting about ships.

Oc x Canon kids are allowed!! Go crazy with it people!!!

Any hate towards the characters and/or creators will NOT be allowed. If I see ANYONE sending hate I will block them! And if it's someone participating then their character will be disqualified. I want this to be a safe space, so be nice, everyone!!

I will be accepting submissions until May 18th.

The limit of submissions is 60, however the number of participants will depend on the number of submissions I actually get (it HAS to be an even number, so I'm sorry if anyone gets left out for that reason).

TO ENTER:

Name of the character.

Ship they come from (if oc x canon then put '[canon character] x oc').

Short introduction to your kid.

Photo (transparent PNG is prefered).

Creator's URL (for proper crediting).

Now that you've read everything above and you think your kid has what's needed to win (or you just want to join for the funsies, that's also valid) here's the form you need to fill to participate!!! (We already reached the limit!!)

Good luck and have fun everyone!!!

[trappedinacomputer]

Bad's reputation makes it seem like he's withholding information for funsies

Aimsey and Sneeg brought up when he killed Foolish and withheld the reason why because he wanted chaos

The ONE time he's withholding information because he has to

[y0-yo-yo]

Another fic/comic idea:

The justice league for whatever reason need a large scale intervention, they want to contact the Titans and young justice and superman propose to also ask help from his cousin.

Batman refuse. Why?

Anyone who has met Nightwing the leader of the Titans can vouch that he is one of the most skilled and professional young man they met, plus, despite his amazing acrobatics he's just a human like batman! And he's really smart surely he'd get along with batman!

Same thing for Red Robin, he's a great leader and is very respected by his teammates and his wits and cleverness had rivaled batman's on multiplie account, surely he'd finally be somewhat pleased to have someone match his intellect on a mission

And Kara's friend (in a universes where kara know Stephanie as spoiler and not Batgirl) isn't well known but Clark can attest that he's seen her fight and that girl is also clever, plus they can use all the help they can get

But no. Batman think it's a bad idea. Why?

Because no one knows that the four of them are affiliated, no one knows they are his children (minus Steph but yk) and no one knows them like he does

Batman know that if there are more than two bats in the same vicinity their personalities does a 180° and they start acting like the chaos craving siblings they are when in gotham.

And his fear are founded when the JL summon the three teams anyway and the moment the kids lay eyes on each other they start visibly shaking with anticipation

Steph, sliding between Tim and Dick: "y'know what I'm thinking?"

Tim absolutely not giving two shit he's in front of his teammates and the justice league: "stalk one of the rogue, blackmail him for funsies and location and blow up the base with those illegal explosives we stole from the government?"

Dick having also thrown his professionalism out the window to mess with his dad and have fun with his siblings: "I already stole the batmobile's key, wanna see how fast we can do donuts on the way?"

And everyone is collective concerned and slightly horrified because. WHAT??? Who are those people?? They are not our leaders/teammates?? And what do you mean Nightwing, the most serious of them stole THE BATMAN'S car??? Do they have no fear? Do they wish for death?

And Batman look so tired and he's probably regretting having kids and he's even too tired to have a "told you so" look

And Tim,Steph and Dick run off to a zeta tube and before Bruce can even say anything Dick turn and say "you raised us!" So fair, B brought this upon himself

But that only leave literally everyone else present shocked.

What do you mean batman raised them?? What do you mean he raised them to be such psycho when put together?? What is going on!!!

[wukyma]

yeeop hi, it’s me, the loser who’s writing fanfic for your ghost antinous au! i’ve got some vague and ideas and a decent amount of words done but i saw one of your posts saying you’re writing a document for the au?

i’m thinking i’ll be waiting for that before i make any other big writing decisions, i’m very excited for it :D

Ahhh sorry for the confusion, that was for another thing :'D

Regardless, I do have some ideas for ghost Antinous if you're interested!

(sorry for mentioning but u said u were interested too so @bb-bugspot)

Yappery under the cut 👇

You know that Hermes was also a guide for the dead? One of his "jobs" was bringing souls of mortals to the underworld – the 108 suitors as well, apparently, and whether they were buried appropriately or not doesn't really matter here

What happens? A certain ghosty someone (Antinous) spends the whole day trying to strangle both Odysseus and Telemachus (spoiler: he can't), missing Hermes' arrival to Ithaca like a loser ☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

Hermes bringing a hoard of souls to the underworld: let's see... One, two, three, four... ten......... nah I'm too lazy to do that, bye idiots *flies away*

Now we have Antinous, stuck in the mortal plane where no one can see him, having to watch the happy and thriving family, annoyed, jealous, and alone. Like he deserves tbh

And since I was leaning into comedy in the beginning, Telemachus starting to hear (and later even see; idk maybe Hermes' heritage activated or smth) him is a source of all kinds of moments where he has to act like ✨ everything is fine ✨ while there's an angry dude screaming in his ear "PAY ATTENTION TO ME"

If we sprinkle it with sad vibes then Antinous is pestering Telemachus for two reasons:

he hates him and has nothing better to do anyway

it's the closest thing to human interaction he has now lol

Basically talking to (read: pissing off) Telemachus is the only entertainment, and as time passes he just becomes something of a voice of conscience but diametrically opposed, and by that I mean:

"Who does this prick think he is?! Kick his ass Tele KICK HIS ASS"

"Wow, loser (Peisistratus probably idk) actually likes you, what a moron. You too btw"

Probably the first thing Telemachus sees in the morning too,, poor boy; maybe Antinous even tries to trip him up from time to time (they can't touch each other but small things like these work), invades his personal space, swipes off random objects from their designated surfaces, talks shit during family dinners (Telemachus actually thinks some of it is funny but he won't say that out loud, nuh uh) Penelope and Odysseus are a bit concerned about the strange expressions he makes XD

That dynamic goes on until the moment Antinous says a particularly foul joke and Telemachus slaps him (not really hoping for anything since every time he tried his hand just went through); the hit lands, both are like wtf just happened??? That puts an end to random chaos because (1) Telemachus is older now and will/can beat the shit out of him (2) Antinous just doesn't find the same satisfaction in annoying the prince like before, for some reason

So they just....... come to accept the situation and stick together like the weirdest pair of mismatched socks. END

(one more crumb of comedy material: Antinous now drops random objects on people's heads when they disrespect Telemachus or some similar thing)

That's it! There's one important thing I wanna say tho,, what I wrote is just my vision, if you had something else in mind and it doesn't align with this don't worry too much!! I want to know your ideas as well, and honestly, there wasn't a lot of thought put in cooking up an actual plot on my side; write whatever you feel like writing, I'm already happy those sketches inspired somebody X)

(And! Guys!! A bit of disclaimer: it's not like I'm sticking fingers in ears and going lalalalalala when it comes to Antinous' canon jerk behavior, or justify him – this whole au retains ✨funsies rights✨, don't take it too seriously please)

[mellowwillowy]

Yandere Mafia Octario thoughts: You are what Azul would call a 'rival' as they say, in a friendly way, of course. Surely smashing each other's heads onto the wall is just a greeting shared by you two.

CW: Like, violence, gore and torture??? On both parties? smut.

Just because Jade is always smiling at you despite all the chaos that ensues in the background doesn't mean he is not as threatening as Floyd. In fact, you are more concerned about him than the moody brashy Floyd.

You've seen it firsthand when the two of you were working together on how he was oh-not-so-merciful with the pitiful souls that couldn't even die without prolonged torture.

You totally didn't have to rip someone's fingernails off for funsies when they had admitted everything you both needed to know and you totally didn't have to send their limbs to their unknowingly family or beloved, or even neighbors as a ground meat.

Even so, sticking with Jade has more merit than sticking with the moody Floyd most of the time. Having to go along with Floyd's mood is tiring and taxing physically and mentally. You don't know when he is happy or angry with you for staying silent. You don't when he will push you forward into the enemy just because he doesn't feel like facing them and you don't know when he will single-handedly ruin all the plans you've had under your sleeve just because he felt like doing the other way.

Alas this resulted in a warped vision that sticking with Azul is to be the best option. For a man who doesn't dirty his gloved hands, all you have to do is be wary of his silver-tongued nature and not tangle yourself into a contract with him. Easy, right? No.

Chances are that whenever you two are left alone, it will either be a momentary solace or a bloody fight that breaks out between you two again. Fractured nose, scrapped knees, wounded arm, stabbed thigh, and so on. You couldn't even count the number of times you two have fought each other over a little difference with both of your hands anymore.

Nonetheless, Azul finds this... endearing. His little angelfish throwing a tantrum, surely giving you a kiss from the wall compensated the stab wound to his thigh.

"Fuck-! I'll fucking mince you into fillet!" "I'd love to turn you into my tea leaves first before you try!"

The tweels could only snicker in front of the room, second-guessing the reason you two fought again. Was it because Azul mentioned how you used to fidget giving him and the tweels chocolate for Valentine's? Or was it because you mentioned how slow he was during PE class?

Your men were not fond of the tweels at all, seeing how nonchalant they were around you. To be fair, they were a bit tad too... nonchalant to the extent of groping you, or better worded, kissing you in the darkest corner you could find.

Smeared lipstick on the tweels' lip, unruffled hair, and disheveled clothes, it's a dead giveaway on what was going on. Definitely was when they proudly made you show your underlings their marks on you.

The time you spent with Azul that was not wasted on a bloody fight, would be a sensual one. Rewinding the old days sweetly while either of you stuff your face down on the crotch, fingers rubbing the other's scalp. It was a momentary bliss in which you were kind enough to not bite down on his length.

The tweels would either whine or sour down due to the fact they were not invited to join in your little play inside. But Azul is a kind and generous man so there would always be a chance for a group play inside the room. Their goal was to let the men in front know just how noisy you all could be.

Most of the time, you two don't really clash with each other so there were no internal problems, just sharing a friendly rivalry considering the amount of network you two could gain.

They are definitely going feral when they find out there's someone who can comatose you. Will cover it up as, "Haha, I got what you couldn't." when they don't really need to do that.

What a tsun.

[animentality]

How do I write good morally grey characters? (Genuine question)

you give a character a morality that makes sense, and could be understood by most rational human beings on this earth, but then have it also be harmful to others, whether that's intensely or mildly.

most people in this world are morally gray, you know?

selfish and self centered, and likely to do bad things in their own self interest, if they think they won't get caught...but you know. most people are not raging psychopaths who will go out of their way to harm others....nor will they make much of an effort to help others who are not their friends or family.

gray morality is sort of hard to pin down, but it always comes back to...

black morality is This Bitch enjoys killing, and does it for funsies. they cause suffering to others just because they want to, and can, and this is morally wrong, because...uh, well. the basics of human interactions suggest hurting other people without any cause at all is the lowest of the low.

white morality is This Guy is a hero, who saves kittens and little old ladies and refuses to harm others (intentionally or unintentionally). most people can agree, someone who saves other people from death or injury is good.

gray morality, though, is that guy is a selfish piece of shit, but sometimes, occasionally, he does good things. only for his own self interests, of course, but it's a net positive for the world.

he threw a bunch of people down river, when it suited him, but was there when it counted, or maybe, accidentally does help the good guys with his selfish actions.

let me give you an example... Jack Sparrow.

Pirate. Thief. Murderer.

Not a hero. Will sell out other people to save his own skin. Kills wantonly, drinks too much, steals anything that isn't nailed down.

Doesn't really go out of his way to save people...except occasionally, he does.

Except in the end, he does save his friend, and he does save his fellow pirates...who are.

you know. pirates.

bad people.

he's an agent of chaos. he's whimsical, lawless, lives as he likes, and causes all kinds of trouble.

and that's a good morally gray character.

someone who both helps and harms.

and that's something to keep in mind, when you write your morally gray character, btw, whether you want them to be more helpful to your heroes, or more of a hindrance.

either one works for the morally gray.

and then we have a character like say, Dexter.

A serial killer who kills serial killers, right?

Yeah, killing is bad, especially serial killing, but if it's other serial killers...fun, right?

Weird.

Interesting to think of.

So.

To come back to it.

My advice for morally gray characters is to sit down and think of a character who has good traits and bad traits.

Mix them together, according to how you want this character to affect, say, our villains or our heroes.

Then decide, well, are they more inclined towards helping the evil side, the good side, or is it more pure chaos they exude?

I myself tend to write a lot of morally gray characters.

But that's only because I love writing murderous MCs, and most people do see murder as amoral, for some reason.

Anyway.

That's my advice on the morally gray.

Give them rules. Give them motives. Let them have good traits and bad traits.

Let them be rude to old women, but have a soft spot for kids...and also do awful things that affect both negatively.

the most important thing to avoid, as that post indicates, is just making a grumpy hero who just seems kinda mean sometimes.

that's not morally gray.

morally gray, to me at least, implies that that character does actual harm.

if they're only mean to bad people, only negatively affect the bad people, then newsflash, they're just heroes. they're white morality, just not disneyfied into sterility.

make sure your morally gray characters do harm!!!

[dr-spectre]

I saw your most recent post and noticed you somewhat said (kind of idk I don’t know how else to phrase it) you were on team present! Do you have any specific reason or just joining for funsies

I've explained my reasoning for joining team present in the past but you know what? I'll explain it again for you.

When I think back to moments on when I'm truly happy, it's always when I'm in the present. When I'm just thinking about the here and now. Thinking about "what do I wanna do today?" When I think of the past, it often makes me feel sad because... those feelings are gone... the places I used to go all the time... are gone... and that... stings. It really REALLY STINGS!

When I think of the future, it makes me feel scared and worried. I think, "will I be successful? Will the choices that im doing now will send me down a bad path filled with regret? Will I find a girlfriend? Will I be able to start a family?" In the past where I got sucked up into the """productivity""" advice youtube pipeline, it made me feel fucking miserable and awful. That I wasn't some robot, that I wasn't disciplined, that I didn't "work hard" and that "if you don't work hard now you'll regret it in the future!! You could be great!"

But then I realised something... the future doesn't fucking exist yet. There is no predetermined path. This ain't no fucking RPG where you choose the good or bad ending.

Life is chaos. Life is pure mayhem. Even if you work hard, your life could still be god awful. So what if I wanna relax today? I aint gonna end up broke, dying on the street in the future. I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!! BEING IN THE PRESENT MEANS FREE WILL!!! ITS REAL!!! YOU CAN FEEL IT!! YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT!!!

I now live life by one quote... one phrase...

I CAN DO WHAT I SO PLEASE! I HAVE CONTROL!

I dont pick teams based on which Idols are in them, I pick them based on my own beliefs as a human being. I hate getting into Idol wars because it's so fucking stupid. DO Y'ALL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME WE GOT INTO AN IDOL WAR?!?

We got a whole fucking hero mode based on that idea. The idea that we should NOT do those sorts of things. That we should not fight. But come together instead. To celebrate what we have. To create more memories together. Because that will make us happy.

You paint the world and I will play my melodies...

I will not choose team past because Callie is in it.

I will not choose team future because Frye is in it.

I am choosing team present because that is what I truly believe in.

Plus. I'm a Splatoon 2 baby. Without that game, I would not be where am I today. I would not have the chance to voice my opinion to hundreds of people. To express myself and feel heard and seen for the first fucking time in my life.

I feel like I owe something back to that game and I will do so by picking team present, aka....

Off the Hook.

[triangulum-theory]

Headcanons I've been cooking;

-the paradise theater doing a mystery science theater 3000 bit most days (I'm like 90% sure that its basically the equivalent in their multiverse anyway, oops)

-frank and clementine still tries to keep contact and make visits if even possible anymore. June likes to receive letters and postcards as a loose penpal relationship as proof of their "mad lib situation"

-I feel robbed that June and Ava didn't interact much, they'd have so much fun and nobody would be able to handle these bar buds. Never mind theres probably a reason why these two aren't allowed in a bar together, but I love their raw chaos and hijinks would definitely go on

-Gloria makes the storage closet her room at first but when Caspar gets back, he gives her the main office since she's da b0ss now, she still spends a lot of time camping with her bts wolves making stew for them, its her own therapy

-Leif putting together a game console for the gang when theyre bored, Caspar is the best at retro games surprisingly aside from the fact hes been asking for a pinball machine forever, everyone cracks old man jokes. Mostly David and Ava, his biggest hecklers <3

-eventually they begin to cultivate a small arcade, leif fixes up a few machines for the diner (its free) kids across the cosmos go 'you mean you have to play the game with your hands?? Its like a baby's toy :/" caspar is flabbergasted, Leif just shrugs and goes "i warned you bro" and does more Leif shit

-David plays cod on their designated staff console in the office space in their down time between shifts. Feet kicked up and the lazy fan blowing, do you see my vision? this is the most important highlight so far

-David used to stream sometimes on earth in LA for funsies now and then during lockdown when he wasnt up for running out at night vandalizing the blank canvas known as the streets

-he still talks to his mom and plays catch up even from space despite the time it takes to send messages. David continues to find her drunk calls entertaining (canon anyway) Caspar doesn't really drink alcohol and is worried about the loss of control, I think hes just anxious and insecure about it.

*I don't really think caspar was much of a dick when he drank raising david, he probably was a rambling annoying dad with a shitty attitude that was hard to tolerate. like, okay, old man, we get it the world sucksss stop being so sad and let's play legos and not roleplay the state of the economic decline about it (shh, I'm not projecting gay son and drunk well meaning dad dynamics)

-Ava peer pressures Caspar *only* for celebrations anyway

-micheladas for everyone the next day, some sweet hair of the dog when the various drank theyre able to get their hands on is too much to cope with the next day if they still even have moonshine to spare left

-Leif stocks up on so much fucking hash whilst in Pasadena (as one does stuck in shitty corners of California for hangovers, generalized depression, and dread. hence all the alcohol mentions I'm not promoting alcoholic diner dwellers I swear-) which tbh parallels the way Ava stocks up nicotine from ye old moonshiner imo

Idk I have more I might add and tack on later I love these doofuses

[thewisaaaaad]

Alright so.

I have a rough outline for the KH cotl au.

Prelude: the “bishops part two” is done, but no follower bishops were retrieved. Nari is dead, entombed in the cult grounds. Tension between Lamb and the crown. (The crown wanted to have BOTH bearers survive, but given that it is darkness given form… it lost control and went from “save” to “KILL”)

We then see lambs side of the prayer convo. The lamb gives the crown another chance after discovering that the corpse is gone (and also after H!Nari mentions that the world will fall apart without a god)

World 1: keyblade graveyard/ abandoned gummi garage. Mission: escape. Nari gets a (very biased) crash course on the kh lore from the villains perspective, ending just before the third keyblade war. Nap time. Dive into the heart sequence, with crown weapons, a lonely keyblade, mystery goat, and the shadows of past betrayal. WAKE UP. Quest for the outside. Get there, surrounded by Nobodies. The key arrives. Big fight, Nari feels much better. Prayer time.

CHASE DAT GOAT

end up in a dark corner of mickies castle, find abandoned gummi ship (the kingdom). Have just enough energy to get out of there.

World 2: Popstar/ halberd. Search for a power source. Allies: shadow Kirby, and meta knight from a distance. Boss: Mirror knight.

World 3: traverse town. Search for a power source. Fight Micky, Donald, and goofy. Power problems solved. CHASE THAT GOAT. AGAIN.

Path to Teufort opened.

World 4: TF2. The fucking bots are back, but now aiming for civilians (for more heartless). Allies are Soldier and Scout. Boss: Mecha Shamura. Profiting off of war. New mission: find siblings.

World 5: splatoon. Plague of black ink, the zapfish is missing. Again. Allies are agent 8 and Captain. Boss is Kallamar. Beat him with the incantation because otherwise he keeps fleeing.

World 6: ???? Something something Heket is causing a zombie apocalypse through shrooms.

World 7: Leshy. General chaos.

World 8: Land of the old Faith. Secret :)

I uh. Would like some suggestions for the other two worlds. (Also any extras that might be thrown in for funsies.)

Only Two rules!

One: Cannot be from kingdom hearts or any Disney or Square properties. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Two: preferably, a video game world. It could be some niche animated film, but there better be a good reason for Nari to end up there. ALSO NO DC MOVIES. I just don’t think Nari would care enough to help them at all. (“I work alone” “all right cool, I’m leaving then”)

[butchbenrey]

listen to me. ive already talked about how ptsd haver gordie would struggle to be around the science team, but think about darnold. okay?

(this turned out longer than i thought it would so im sparing you the experience of scrolling past it. true darnold pepper heads will read on. i know this to be true)

think about her. she was like, one of the only people who ever really Helped rather than hindered gordie during canon, and she did it completely of her own goodwill. the bit of time where everyone met darnold was a distinct respite from the chaos of the rest of black mesa. at least, it was as calm as it could get with the whole crew there fucking around. and darnold, while eccentric and silly, is undeniably the most emotionally intelligent person gordie met that whole time. and she had some self-preservation instinct, causing her to stay behind, which i would say makes darnold way better for gordie to be around than any of the other characters. because darnold knows and understands to some extent what happened, she was there after all, but she's not so intimately connected to the events that it would make gordie uncomfortable.

i think darnolds narrative function as a respite in canon could carry over to post-canon stuff too... i think darnold is someone gordie could confide in and actually get some reasonable responses from. i know a lot of people put tommy in the role of like. designated gordie therapist post-canon but i really can't see that. tommy just does not share the same outwardly friendly and curious demeanor that darnold does, at least not to me. and i can't imagine him really giving a shit about anything gordie says 😭. sorry. but darnold is different to me! i can imagine a frazzled and traumatized gordie going through old work emails trying to find a way to contact darnold again, looking for closure she'll never get. i can imagine her contacting darnold, anxious out of her mind, but finding that, when they do eventually meet up for coffee and darnold does some wacky shit to her own drink for funsies, she can roll with this. this is nice, to her. i think she can be a lesbo about it to be quite honest with you.

i have this scene in my head of like. somebody— probably coomer— throwing some kind of party and of course gordie feels obligated to come despite knowing in her heart its a terrible idea. and of course, she ends up spending much of the party standing awkwardly in a corner trying not to freak the fuck out and jumping out of her skin when coomer gives her a friendly (hard as fuck) punch on the arm. darnold has been spending the whole party rummaging around the bar and making all kinds of beautiful and fucked up cocktails, and when she notices gordie shes like "dear god that poor thing." so she makes a special little drink just for her, approaches gordie, and offers it to her, saying: "you seem a little glum. this should cheer you up!" and gordie breaks down sobbing on the floor because its so nice and shes so overwhelmed and nobody has shown her that kind of kindness and generosity in so long.

darnold also internally freaks out a little bit, scared she fucked something up, but she reasons that regardless of why gordie's crying, it's probably a good idea to take her outside and away from all the lights and sounds. so she does; she helps gordie up, escorts her out to the porch, sits her down. and they talk. gordie apologizes profusely for ruining the party and being weird and whatever and darnold earnestly replies that she was only there for the drinks anyways, she doesn't quite care for parties in the first place. gordie chugs the cute lil drink darnold gave her, and its good, and she tells darnold as much. darnold is very thankful that its so dark out because she is so so so flustered and she hopes gordie can't tell. gordie leans on her, though darnold is well over a foot shorter than gordie, so really it's functionally gordie resting her head on top of darnold's.

gordie is very much a lightweight and she gets more drunk from that one little glass than someone whos like 6'2" should, so darnold offers to drive her home to her apartment. gordie agrees, and she's even more handsy with people when she's drunk, so she's all holding onto darnold for support and rubbing her thumbs into her shirt and getting distracted. it is not good for darnolds composure in the slightest but she is trying so very hard to be normal about it. they make it back to gordie's apartment.

as they make it inside, gordie, drunk on both alcohol and the overwhelming feeling of being cared for for the first time in ages, tries to kiss darnold. darnold is a hopeless romantic to me. she wants to accept so bad but she's responsible, so she laughs it off and tells gordie they should get her to bed. gordie agrees and within minutes she's out like a light.

darnold stays the night, hopeful for the morning.

[journey-to-the-attic]

I'm making this for funsies so basically is a project assignment for creative writing class, and we are writing a play.

So basically is a urban fantasy, monster hunting school setting, where a secret organization called The Company of the Tree of Life make it their duty to protect humanity from Maleficia; beings from another world, who feed off on negative emotions, reek chaos they emit a dangerous aura, that causes humans to go besserk, and muderous. The Company uses Magi, people with natural or artificial resistance, to Maleficium Aura, those who with no resistance, have to take a special pill that gives them 24 hours resistance to fight Maleficia. Magi use magitek type weapons such as staves, wands, blades, bows, guns, or bracelets. Young Magi must attend, schools that train them, and go on missions with a group of four, or, duo. The schools curricular depends in each country but in America is like 4 years, where students join at 16 and graduates at 19, all the schools are named after trees from their region, and country.

This is just a rough draft but I like, so does my friend, and that got me thinking what if IK was in my story so, I decided to think what her weapon and abilities, then I just got a eureka moment, what if the Yi family have the Esoteric Art (magic) to heal mental wounds, and IK having boots that make jump like the Jump card in Cardcaptor Sakura, only she makes a makes a great impact on the ground stomping enemies, but she's more of a supporter, there is a school in Britain but I only made the American uniforms of Aspen Institute, Britain is school is called Hawthorne Academy. I just headconnon that Zhao was hired, to heal a special student, and so not wanting to leave IK decided to transfer her Aspen Institute, for her education.

P.S.

Magic in this universe, is learning skill and natural talent, so any regular Joe can do magic, but is kept a secret because of its wonders, and dangers.

oohh this is super cool!! i do love when there are accessibility options for the 'mundane' in a world where not everyone has the special magic... and there's so many directions you can take monsters that feed on negative emotions, you can't really go wrong with them

and it's so lovely that you thought of the yis while you were making your world! that means everything to me <3

god i love the image of ik having both esoteric art and the ability to mario-stomp monsters to death. she's apprenticing under her dad but lacks his own more refined methods for self defence so it's just "i'm a healer, but-" (THWOMP)

your artstyle is charming too! for some reason this drawing in particular reminds me of a dolly one of my cousins had.. there were spirits behind her eyes but she was very polite so it was all good

[cherllyio]

Lego Monkie Kid x Moana AU

Rewatched Moana and was like: "Man, Maui is kinda like Wukong" and now we have this

Explanation

(i might edit this as i go)

MK(Moana): A strange but hyperactive boy, who dreams about great voyages at sea. The same his hero, Sun Wukong, also went on. From a young age, he has felt connection to the ocean, that can never truly be explained.

Wukong(Maui): "The great demigod equal to the seven seas. He has been on many great voyages, on which he has liftided up the sky, created coconuts among many other things. He once had compainions with him on these journeys, but they are all gone now. He also possesed the abilty to transform, but for some reason, cant anymore... He is currently trapped on an Island, unable to get away. He also hates that he is demigod, and will correct anyone who says he is one.

Pigsy and Tang(Moanas parents): The head chief of the island, and his husband, who despartly tried to get MK to stop waisting his time with The Monkie Kings stories and instead become the head chief of the island. They simply dont want him to be like thoughs monsters, from the Monkie king stories, that they may be related to in some way or the other...

Nuwa(Grandma Tala): She isnt MK's real grandma, but he still calls her it (even though her dads does not like her). She told MK all the great stories of the Monkie King, which started his hyperfixation on Sun Wukong and dreams about fantastic voayges. She did this in the hopes he could do... something with this. Im making her morally grey in this AU, since in canon we dont know Nuwa yet.. She was also the one who gave him, his staff-shaped necklace.

Sandy(The water): He is literally a water demon originally- of course i had to make him the morally support water that helps MK through his journery.

Spider Queen(Tamatoa): A giand spider crab, that loves gold as much as herself. She also seems to have the knowledge of why Wukong cant transform anymore.

The Demon Bull family(The coconut pirates): Yea- they just here for the chaos, the funsies, and being good villians, just like the show. :D

Macaque(Tefiti): Once a mighty warrior, that traveled with the great sage, and had a very close bond with. But now he is an angry and terryfing shadow monster Why has he changed? Well, that is the quiston isnt it?;) (Dont worry i have a good angsty backstory for it)

[spark-circuit]

probably not canon at all theory regarding two spoiler characters in Everhood 2 below the cut

think i nailed down a possible time frame for Shade getting into Bobo's head:

important to note that it's extremely up to interpretation due to:

how much influence did Shade really have over Bobo's attitude and actions (compare the Riley attitude change to this)

in relation to last point: was Bobo fucking around here and playing dumb for funsies or is this them 'normally', either could be true

possession could've happened earlier or later - Shade shows up Literally Fucking Everywhere so we can't account for them being chronological (they were at least in two different places during the Jungle/Abyss section for obvious reasons)

alternatively imagine these two being in saturday cartoon villain cahoots with each other. the money switching thing could've been planned, or maybe Shade just knew what Bobo needed and capitalized on using Player for it. maybe Bobo wanting chaos and Shade wanting conflict = besties but judging by the end of the lategame Bobo fight (them saying they don't want to win), maybe there was some regret there?

this isn't any coherent theory i just think Shade going suspiciously Bobo-shaped around this timeframe is funny considering how early in plot this could've happened

[duckprintspress]

Duck Prints Press’s monthly “created works round-ups” are our opportunity to spotlight some of the amazing work that people working with us have done that ISN’T linked to their work with Duck Prints Press. We include fanworks, outside publications, and anything else that creators feel like sharing with y’all. Inclusion is voluntary and includes anything that they decided “hey, I want to put this on the created work’s round-up!”

Check out what they’ve shared with us this month…

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TTRPG Portrait - Tiefling 1 by May Barros / @mayarab

art || original work || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || ongoing series

TUMBLR - LINK

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Leonine Contract by May Barros / @mayarab

fiction || original work || no ships || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 752 || ongoing series

summary: Flash fiction for the Flash Fiction Bingo. This flash fiction is the 4th in the series and is about a Leonine Contract

other tags: Coercion, Fire

LINK

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make me your wife by corduroyserpent / @corduroyserpent

fiction || the scum villain's self-saving system || f/m || su xiyan/tianlang-jun || mature || no major warnings apply || 1,018 || complete

summary: Sometimes you swap clothes with your annoying demon boyfriend for funsies and it awakens something in both of you.

other tags: Sharing Clothes, Genderplay, Pre-Canon

TUMBLR - AO3

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A Modern Family by edupunkn00b (E.D. Punk) / @edupunkn00b

fiction || sanders sides || m/m || logan/janus; patton/remus || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 4,078 || complete

TUMBLR - AO3

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I Love You Heart and Mind by edupunkn00b (E.D. Punk) / @edupunkn00b

fiction || sanders sides || m/m || logan/patton || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 4,283 || complete

summary: (Final chapter)

Patton and Logan, Morality and Logic, the Heart and the Mind, were just… well. Sometimes they were peanut butter and jelly, caramel and salt, dark chocolate and strawberries. Sometimes, they were a bit like oil and water. And then there were the times they were little more than gasoline and fire.

Still, there was no-one else in the Mindscape who held a bigger piece of Patton's, well, heart. And his mind.

Logan knew his limitations. He knew the boundaries of his role and he knew what happened when his… demeanor crossed those boundaries. He knew how to handle it. What he didn't know was how to handle his growing difficulty keeping it all under control.

Especially around Patton.

TUMBLR - AO3

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On a Butterfly's Wing by edupunkn00b (E.D. Punk) / @edupunkn00b

fiction || sanders sides || platonic or familial, m/m, f/m, poly (one gender: male), it's complicated || logan/remus; logan/remus/janus; janus/remus; logan/kelly croft (oc) || mature || no major warnings apply || 2,448 || ongoing series

summary: (New chapter)

"As the system changes, the motion of the point represents the continuously changing variables. It traced a strange, distinctive shape of a butterfly's wings." - Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick

Fluctuations, even small ones, in a chaotic environment can make a outsized impact on a life: Arriving three minutes late to a student club fair. Never walking home alone after that party at Jack's house. Trying a new goal planner that year.

Deciding to stay just a little longer to try and make the marriage work.

Universes collide in this story, as Logan Croft—and Logan Sanders—finds himself waking to a world that is not his own, stumbling down roads he might have taken throughout his life but for a few small changes.

What each man learns—and teaches—will change everything.

TUMBLR - AO3

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reasons to play by the rules by ilgaksu / @ilgaksu

fiction || all for the game - nora sakavic || m/m || neil josten/andrew minyard || teen & up || creator choses not to use warnings || 4,520 || complete

summary: “Ugh,” Nicky sighs, hands on hips, surveying the deep and endless blue of the skyline from his standpoint on the ship’s deck, frowning out at the unwavering, unceasing sea. “I hate it here.”

“Did anyone fucking ask?” Aaron retorts, waspishly, and scrambles further up the ship’s rigging.

(One night in Nassau, with the crew of The Flying Fox.)

other tags: Alternate Universe - Pirate, Meet Cute Amputation, Period-Typical Attitudes

AO3

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The Prince is Dead. You are the Dragon. by Nicola Kapron

fiction || original work || m/deliberately ungendered || mature || graphic depictions of violence, major character death || 9,149 || complete

summary: The prince is dead. His kingdom lies in ruins. All life in the country of Sothien has been extinguished to facilitate the rebirth of the dark dragon god known as Shura, ruler of death.

You are that dragon. And you are paralyzed with grief, for before you were revived, you were living a human life, and you fell in love with the prince.

Process your grief or succumb to it. Seek out destructive solutions to your problems. Blame yourself because the alternative is admitting you, too, are a victim in all of this. Only one thing is certain: there is no moving on from this loss. Not for you.

Features & Warnings:

Interactive Twine story

About 9,000 words

3 endings

Guilt, grief, death, unhealthy coping mechanisms, cults, fantasy blood and violence, depression, suicidal ideation.

If this sounds a bit grim, please take care of yourself.

Cover image edited from MythologyArt. It isn't tagged as AI in the source. I will remove it if this changes.

other tags: dark fantasy, major character undeath, interactive fiction, romance, LGBTQIA, short

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Worthy by Linnea Peterson / @lpetersonwrites

poem || original work || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 91 || complete

summary: A free-verse poem about my strengths, quirks, and accommodation needs as an autistic person.

LINK

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Re-learning by Linnea Peterson / @lpetersonwrites

poem || original work || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 100 || complete

summary: A sonnet about my experience with ableism as an autistic person.

LINK

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Beau and the Beast by Amalia Zeichnerin

video || beauty and the beast || m/m || beast (or prince)/original character called beau || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 5,304 || 00:39:50 || complete

summary: An arrogant, selfish French prince gets transformed into a hideous beast by an enchantress, and his whole castle is cursed, including all his servants who become pieces of furniture, cutlery or other objects.

His personal servant Beau has become a mirror. Beau has always felt attracted to the prince but also repulsed by his arrogance and selfishness. But then everything changes ...

other tags: Tags: queer inclusive utopia, anti-monarchist ideas. Content Warnings: a bit of queerphobia, also internalized, self-hatred, violence, blood

AO3 - YOUTUBE

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The Story of Alexander Lemtov by Amalia Zeichnerin

fiction || eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga (2020) || m/m || alexander lemtov/original character || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 7,379 || complete

summary: Former Euro Vision Song Contestant Alexander Lemtov has cut ties with his home country because of the war against Ukraine and queers are not welcome in Russia. In a gay club in Edinburgh, he meets the goth Linus and the two spend the night together. When Alexander finds out that Linus is a musician, he offers him to work together, but the goth refuses, because he has other plans …

other tags: mentioning of the Russian war against Ukraine (no violent descriptions), homophobia (only mentioned)

AO3

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Hell and the Dough Boy by ShannonXL / @shamwowxl

video || original work || no ships || mature || no major warnings apply || 00:04:45 || complete

summary: Video reenactment of an unhinged Discord conversation featuring dog toys, marketing mascots, and a cameo from Satan.

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