#found the ooc tag-

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

well. i can't find my original fic rec list so here's a new (updated) one!

Daily Routines by The Garden of Unusual Delights (Shadowland) A number of people who feel depressed turn to comedy. Routines can also help. / As can having someone to care for. 4k words / oneshot / complete - TOP fucking tier. this rewired my neurons, shifted my view of Barnaby & his relationship with Wally, and also made me Deeply emotional

How to Greet New Neighbours by The Garden of Unusual Delights (Shadowland) He doesn't know what's happening, but he knows it isn't good. 8k words / oneshot / complete - STELLAR. an intriguing and engaging (and heartbreaking!) take on how Wally wound up sending material to the whrp

A Matter of Care by The Garden of Unusual Delights (Shadowland) When Julie is too sad to take proper care of her hair, Frank is happy to help out. 2.5k words / oneshot / complete - this person always gets characterizations Just Right, don't they? this a very sweet and tender moment between the besties <3

What to call it? What to call it? by Anonymous Wally tries to figure out what is different about the Neighborhood. But maybe there is no difference at all. 2.2k words / oneshot / complete - a fascinating exploration / behind the scenes interpretation of the secret 14 audios. the end always has me in my feels <3

Strings Of Fate by A_Cypress_Coffin Frank Frankly lived life by simply trudging along most days, but all of that changes when a new neighbor, quite literally, crashes into him. 27k / multichap / ongoing - a very fun interpretation of Franklydear and how the puppets perceive / experience / handle the true nature of their reality. i Cannot recommend it enough!

To Read a Clock by TurnedWorm Frank and Eddie try to teach Wally to read a clock. They get a bit more than they bargained for. 2.7k words / oneshot / complete - sweet and also Haunting! a stellar combination, and an interesting take on Wally's perspective. ngl it gave me chills!

my chest is bursting with abnormality by springtrap_wiki Wally realizes that something about him isn't as it should be. 1k words / oneshot / complete - a little peek into Wally realizing that he's different than his others neighbors. I like how this is handled - it hits home if im being honest!

Goin’ Out of My Head by 5_24 Picking someone up from the bus station seems like an easy task. But when adding Eddie Dear to that equation and the passenger just happens to be Frank Frankly, the results may vary... 5.4k / multichap / complete - genuinely funny, cute, and entertaining. the perfect read for a laugh!

Inside Jokes by The_PastelVoid In which the puppets are waiting for Sally and discover that Wally apparently has a contagious laugh when Barnaby tells what is called an "inside joke". 2k / oneshot / complete - pure fluff and laughs <3

Goodnight, Wally! by PastelDemon ... But what would happen if, one day, without any warning, Wally suddenly could sleep just like everyone else? 19.5k / oneshot / complete - very sweet with a sprinkling of angst, and an entertaining take on what a new-to-sleep Wally might be like

Welcome Home: Fantasy AU by ImaginatorOfThings What would happen if we took our lovable cast of puppets, and put them into a Fantasy alternate universe? 28k / series / complete - a VERY fun fantasy au with a fascinating twist. it made me tear up, it made me feel some dread, it made me smile! what more could we ask for <3

[ask-the-rag-dolly]

// okay but actually knowing that the ending isn't totally tragic makes it way less scary to get involved. Certain "bad ends" can be terrible for people with past experience, so knowing that eventually it will get better is relieving to say the least.

yeah i do actually have phase 2's ending planned out and i'll say that it's a lot more positive and hopeful . i mean it's not a happily ever after or something but we'll see some character development

i guess i'm throwing out all of these reassurances because - i think it's apparent already but phase 2 will have considerably darker topics ( trauma , identity crises and whatever 00 has going on to be specific ) , and i fully believe that the message i'm going for will be shattered if it ends badly . she'll be alright /genuine .

[the-arbiter-general]

Oh, Jing Yuan! A question: the little finches... sparrows??? Whatever they are... how do you like their company? They seem to like you very much and feel safe enough to shelter in your hair. I don't know what the Xianzhou may think about it but I'd say that a high sign of trust, which if little small creatures like them feel safe with you, I think that is undoubtedly a sign that you are a good person.

(Ooc: HI ERU ALSO SCREAMS BECAUSE OMG BEST JING YUAN AAAAA HE IS MY FAVORITE AND BIG COMFORT CHARACTER AND ALSO MY CHOSEN HUSBANDO SO FINDING BEING DIRECTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT WAS DAY MADE)

“Those little, harmless critters that flock me at specific times of the days?” He finds himself chuckling fondly at the memories of peace, but he finds his gaze towards yours, the softness remaining on his features, but his eyes were calculating to the comment of him being someone of decent, if not, high praise.

A good person, she says. He remains silent, but the corners of his lips rise into an expression of warmth. “You flatter me, you do, however,” his eyes averts from yours, towards the scenery of the Ambrosial Arbor tree, his gaze distant, and reminiscing.

“Had it not for my status as the beholder of the Reignbow Arbiter's wishes, had it not been for my fierceness in strategy that led me to a high position, had it not for this title, this life,”

He pauses, looking over his shoulder, his former expression shifting into a somber smile. “I would've been able to accept your statements to the fullest, with great gratitude,”

“But know,” he turns around to your direction, fully, a calculative and authorative look looms over his features. “That those little, fleeting birds, have no clue as to what I have done, nor they will ever find out what I currently do.”

“Good, you describe me,” his face falls, down to his desk, his expression softening, saddening, casting shadow over the table. “Long overdue, is what I would describe myself.”

His head perks up, in realization to his rambling, and the additional added air of sorrow, thickly unpleasant. “Forgive me and my ramblings,” he sighs, giving you a forced smile, with one hand up and covering half of his face.

“How unsightly of the Arbiter General, truly.”

[zappedbyzabka]

[best-bro-ben]

Uh

What do you do when you find out some of your friends are actually not very nice

And your brother and cousin are leaving with the rest of their friends so you have to go with them

Even though you still don't know if your parents are going with you

But you..

You still want to know why they did it and why they didn't say sooner

Um

I want to know for a friend

Not one of the people I'm talking about though

[araneitela]

Alright, I've been mulling on this for most of the day, and unless a night's sleep changes my mind, I'll be working on returning (remaking) a very old multimuse of mine, that used to be over at iniziare. The blog will be entirely remade, and I'll post it here when it's done!

For those wondering, it will for now house: Guizhong, Yelan, Kafka and Arlecchino. Time to finish up that other WIP theme for this, I suppose! See you guys on the flip-side of this brighter future.

[same-pic-of-juno-everyday]

[This Day, 13 Years ago, Juno was Launched.] [This Day, 13 Years ago, Juno road along the Atlas rocket] [This Day, 13 Years ago, Juno left the soil we walk on.] [August 5th, 2011.] ... ... ... 🎉Happy Launch Day JUNO!! 🎊

(featuring the most stupidest image ever lol - ADMIN)

[basslinegrave]

i was being a completely sane person today (/s) and was creating a timeline tree for snm would anyone even be interested in that. and collecting my shipping thoughts (or specifics about them being a couple etc). know that i still consider my knowledge of the franchise as poor. its just tidying it up in my head so when i talk about something i can pinpoint a specific thing (i was too deep in fnaf theorizing so now i have to suffer thru a franchise that doesnt even have a canon)

in short/tldr the comics are the base that happened in every possible timeline and everything else is derived from that, happening after, except the cartoon, which shows some events the same way so that would be more intertwined; not everything is connected/within one timeline. and the cartoon is my most fav and where i see them as a true couple.

long rant ahead

on one hand i really like the time travel theory where its like comics -> ttg -> cartoon etc by them travelling back in time for that, however there are many holes especially thinking about their families and stuff so

i like the idea of things branching off. one branch is comics - htr - cartoon, as something more intertwined

second is comics -> ttg -> poker night 2 (since it references ttg events) (idk bout 1 i havent played/seen that)

third would be comics -> ttiv (or comics -> htr -> ttiv, i have no idea atm if bosco's is mentioned in the comics but it is in htr and mentioned in ttiv. ttiv is also set in the year it came out, so theres a huge gap inbetween ttiv and htr but i wouldnt say its where the ttg games happened!)

and i dont mean this in like a multiverse way, since the creator seems to dislike that, its simply just a very loose canon that differs with each installment (simply due to different people working on these imo. nothing too deep imo)

but the juicy part!! i even made brackets that im too lazy to remake digitally so i will just write it out for each bigger installment. im excluding poker night 1 as i havent played it nor watched much gameplay

M = married, BF = best friends (in all technically)

comics: M - unlikely; BF - yes absolutely

htr: M - possible; BF - yes

cartoons: M - i take it as canon here. BF - yes million percent

ttg all seasons: M - no; BF - yes.

poker night 2: M - not sure, implied dating, i take that as good enough; BF - yes

ttiv: M - absolutely not. not a couple at all. BF - they seem too tense, yes, but from my experience playing, their interactions were imo the worst in all of their media, so i wasnt buying it at some points

note - ttiv has to be like the straightest they ever were and i also see it in S.P.'s more recent work. im looking too deep into that, perhaps, but im just thinking were never gonna get anything similar to what we got from back in the 90s again, if theres any future projects

people are also saying they got married like 4 times and its making me a bit confused here. do people mean cartoon, htr dress up card, cake topper and tdph ring scene or am i missing something big?? because to me that is married once, other ones being just for jokes (first one as well but its less vague), and in the ttg games its so extremely vague i cant count that (being realistic here) that said its still fun to joke about them getting married several times, but in this case wouldnt it be more of a marriage per timeline?

and to end this, a personal tierlist

my most fave obviously is the cartoon. not only is it the easiest to work with for me, with the fast pacing and short watch time (but ofc i wish it was longer) i absolutely love how their relationship is depicted there, even if a lot of stuff there is just jokes, but if everything is a joke then its also fine to take everything as canon within this media, to me! like when haters say that people only take the wedding scene out of the intro and ignore the rest - as if the other stuff couldnt happen (isnt one of the shots them fighting a giant octopus, which they end up having an episode about too. like cmon. anything goes here) even if it was contained within this specific part of the franchise, im ok with calling them a couple here. and its S tier overall

another S tier is the comics. nothing else to say

HTR is like A tier to me, only taking off points because its soooo sloooowwww and playing it after watching the series took 3 years off my life immediately. otherwise gud game.

ttg is like A to B tier for me, because of some specifics and preferences but thats just me being nitpicky so, the games overall are good. A- it is. thats all

poker night 2 is fun, i watch the gameplay a lot lately when im too tired at midnight to do anything else, A tier

ttiv. oh how mixed i am about you. gameplay by itself and my first experience with the game - S tier. it made me so giddy more than one time and i kept wanting to come back until i finished the game fully. i dont mind the bugs, its just what i expect in VR games and even tho it made me a bit frustrated at times it wasnt all that bad. its also the only vr game i played for over an hour once and didnt get motion sick - the exception was the level at the store which seemed too bright and actually made me nauseous. which is a feeling that somehow comes back whenever i think about this game. what i dislike was the dialogue, while most of it was fun and fine, i had moments where i just burst out laughing, they (or max especially) were way too mean towards the player. i know its a joke and you could chalk it up to max being unhappy with us/jealous, but it got like, generally unpleasant very quickly. with stuff like good throw - "nice!" bad throw - *neverending insults* and the second was how painfully straight it was and like. the vibes i got from them two was like, oh theyre fed up with each other and my shipping self was just left quite disappointed. i did not get all lines during my gameplay which made it great but upon going thru every line manually after, i was just more and more uncomfortable with what they said in their banter. this drops the game to like C for me? maybe B if i squint. being generous. i also got sick of their talking animations over time... the models are fine just got to be too much. bonus points for max ragdoll physics tho. coming up with a conclusion that this is a completely separate timeline and has nothing to do with anything other than the comics and perhaps HTR. i talked so long about this one cause its the one thing that prompted all of this lol.

but its not that serious! i just knew this franchise for ages as "oh its the two animal guys that are married and its funny" and now that i got into it fully, i see a lot of the shippers are obviously daydreaming and taking things out of context - which is fun, i agree!! i also do that. but it just painted a completely different picture for me. so no. theyre not married, theyre not a couple, except for the cartoon, where its implied, which stays on top for me. but in ttg at least, they love each other, its not as romantic, but i can ship them there (so i ship them in the context of the cartoon and ttg basically)

anyway. nothing is canon for them, everything is canon for them, and everything they say or do is a joke so. its not that deep at all. they gay tho

[piningpercussionist]

hi kim :3c fucking BOOPS you with my paws

What the- hey!

*Kim scrambles around for something in her desk drawers for a minute, before spinning back around.*

You better have braced yourself... Get booped right back, idiot!

(ooc)

She's booping you back with something similar to one of these:

[enzie-ki]

OOC:

I found it.

it's real

[ponuchuu]

maybe im super depressed and crave affection rn but mmmm

yandere wanderer searching for a way to make niko immortal cause deep down he is still afraid of abandonment and doesn't want niko to leave him

[hammerbonk]

secaF railimaF | Familiar Faces

For @definesanity ! Love this sopping wet mangy old cat you’ve created.

CW for: Attempted descriptions of bodily decay and gore?

Regulus… try as Vertin might, had never really gotten used to Oneself being in the suitcase.

She supposed it was a bit silly when you have a personified celestial body, a bunch of ghosts, mathematicians and half a dozen killing machines walking around the place, but something about seeing Vertin, her best mate’s doppelgänger lingering in the doorways stopped that Pirate’s heart every time.

Speaking of doppelgängers, she was still trying to wrap her head around all that. But Kaalaa Baunaa and Matilda’s explanations of Realms weren’t much help, and neither were X’s addendums to his own theories of the Storm.

However, Regulus knew that Oneself had her own suitcase. And as much as she freaked her out, she was also horribly, terribly fascinated by her.

So on complete compulsion, the Pirate set out on what might be her most dangerous voyage yet - venturing into the depths of Oneself’s suitcase, alone! She waited for the one day her unsuspecting target would be out — with Vertin in the Wilderness, apparently — and quickly sprung into action.

Creaking open the door to Oneself’s room, Regulus was greeted by rather plain surroundings. Even though it had been months since she arrived, Oneself’s bed looked barely slept in, and her desk and was completely bare as well, save for the odd pile of papers and stash of toffees.

That, in a way, reassured Regulus that she was a Timekeeper through and through.

But this was no time for snooping, and the Pirate hastened to locate her treasure with natural ease: Oneself’s suitcase.

Stepping into a suitcase while inside a suitcase? She couldn’t wait to see what would happen—

“Regulus? What are you doing?”

Necrologist’s voice cut right through her, causing her to turn invisible on instinct.

However, it also did cause her to jump, which meant losing her footing and have one leg plummet into the depths of the suitcase prematurely.

The last thing she heard was hurried footsteps and a muffled shout before everything turned black.

———

The first thing Regulus noticed was the putrid smell. It crawled into her lungs, nearly suffocating her as it dug into both her brain and stomach.

The second thing she noticed, after she gritted her teeth and looked around with watery eyes, was just how off everything was.

It was definitely the suitcase lobby alright, but the cosy, warm ambience it usually possessed had been replaced by cold darkness.

The strange floating picture frames lay scattered and broken across the floor, as did the many memorabilia and other oddities that once sat proudly upon the lobby’s rows and rows of shelves. The vast windows that should’ve given light to the room every morning were now stained, and also covered by… were those Shamir worms? And there were no more plants to speak of, just dry husks that give a sickening crunch under Regulus’s foot.

Somewhere that should have brought safety and respite instead brought a growing dread settling in her bones.

All in all, it made HM Prison Holloway look like Buckingham Palace.

“Thank goodness you’re alright, Regulus.”

Necrologist’s voice caught her off guard again.

“Blimey! I know you hang around with ghosts, but are you one yourself?” Regulus retorted.

But Necrologist gave no response, gazing off into the endless corridors, her demure expression replaced with that of abject terror.

“Necrologist…?” Regulus’s toned softened as she came to her side.

Silence dragged on. As much as she was trying not to be a wet blanket, she couldn’t help but dart her gaze back and forth from her anguished companion to whatever was beyond that sprawling darkness.

“It’s so loud,” Necrologist gasped, as if every breath pained her. “They see us; they want us to see them.”

Suddenly, Regulus was being dragged into the unknown, out of the lobby and down the endless corridors of the suitcase. Wait, she was vaguely familiar with this route. Shouldn’t this be the conservatory?

The smell here was even worse than the lobby, with all sorts of critters littering the floor. If the stench from before crawled into her lungs, over here it dug its claws in deep.

What should’ve been clean, polished floors were cracked and stained with a red so dark it was almost brown or black — blood, to her horror.

“We’re all here now. They’re here. You’re here.” Necrologist choked out, her grip on Regulus becoming nearly painful.

“Wh— ‘course I’m here. What are you on about—“

Whatever Regulus was about to say in that moment died on her tongue, for what she saw was herself.

It could’ve been. It should’ve been, judging by the body’s tattered dress, with its vivid colours faded and muddied to time. A tiny, shrivelled up bow and collar lay beside it, no core in sight. Regulus was thankful that the worst for her Chief Mate was long over, because whatever happened to his Captain was far worse.

She had been carefully sat up against the wall — that was the only explanation, since there’s no way she could’ve propped herself up with the state of her limbs. Her arms were so mangled that the faint bumps of her dislocated bones stuck out against the puffy sleeves of her jacket, which had been eaten at by the critters.

So had her face, which still had some sort of content look on its face despite whatever the hell had been done to it. Funny how even in death, she looked peaceful. A rock-and-roller to the end. That’s how Regulus knew that was her.

Everyone else had suffered similar gruesome fates, and had also been granted some sort of dignity in final moments.

Druvis, Lilya, Sotheby, oh poor Sotheby…

Wait. Where was Sonetto—

“You found them.” Oneself cried hoarsely.

Regulus and Necrologist spun around at the same time, face to face with the looming figure whose property they had trespassed.

But instead of rage or betrayal, they were met with… misery. Years of repressed grief that writhed beneath a wrinkled face, watering hollow eyes.

“They were always here,” Necrologist gently replied. “They never left you.”

It didn’t matter how different Oneself was to Vertin. It didn’t matter how forsaken that saint was, for there would still be followers for their ark.

And Regulus, her first follower, or would’ve been, knew exactly what she needed to do for the Timekeeper.

Unapologetically, Regulus seized the gaunt figure before her in a tight bear hug, while Necrologist offered soft words of comfort.

“And we’re here now.”

[boyfriaends]

what if you could date a ghost?

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

[djsangos]

//who are THESE fresh squids?? (made here)

okay these guys might not get a mention on this blog for a while- if ever- so i'm gonna talk about them now bc i've been rotating them in my mind for a while

these are captain's siblings! the ones they left behind when they were 14 to run away to inkopolis. captain certainly isn't proud of leaving them behind at ALL, in fact the one thing they wish they'd done differently is taking them with them, even if it would've been damn near impossible to take care of 2 younger siblings all on their own away from home when they were already struggling to take care of themself. they have no idea how their siblings fared with their neglectful ass father after they left, but pierce (right) was only a year or 2 younger than them, so they hoped he'd be able to leave soon too- taking harper (left) with him

so yeah harper (left) i think is probably around 16 or 17 now, having been 7 or 8 when captain left. since she was pretty young she didn't really know exactly why they left, and they didn't tell her either, so i'd say she probably resents them for it. she's a hotheaded edgy teen, classic rebel, you know the deal.

and then there's pierce (right), who's around 21 or 22 now, so he would've been 12 or 13 when they left. even if they didn't say a word to him before packing their bags and hopping a train at the asscrack of dawn, he knows exactly why they did. because being a kid and not only growing up, but having to parent your 2 younger siblings in your father's place, is hard. he basically had to take on their role as caretaker of harper when they left, being the second oldest, and that's how he realized. he doesn't resent them exactly, but he does wish they'd at least said goodbye. he's an outwardly chipper guy, and puts on a brave face even at the worst of times.

and they both did eventually get out of that house- pierce didn't leave as soon as he turned 14 like captain did (though cod, he wanted to) but when harper was old enough to be left home alone he got a job and saved up what he could to get himself and his younger sister out of there. and then when harper was 12 and he was 17, he got them both out of there. they might have gone somewhere else first, but i wanna say they probably ended up in splatsville, living in an apartment together with pierce doing what he can to support harper through school, and she does some turfing herself to help with rent and save up her own money so she can get her own place eventually.

i feel like the reason they probably haven't run into captain is that captain lives in inkopolis and only really goes to splatsville to visit rookie, and the last time they saw their siblings, neither of them were fully transformed yet, and they aren't so easy to recognize anymore themself. so if they've happened to pass each other on the street, it'd take more than just a cursory glance to realize just who they're passing. so it could definitely, and likely will, happen eventually. who's to say.

[veiliisms]

my desire to make a comeback vs life gut punching me