#free idea to good home

[emperorsfoot]

okay, ya know how every company on the planet has a paid position that's literally just posting on the companies various social media pages

ya know how ever Conner Luthor AU kinda struggles to find a way to fit Kon into Lex's public-facing company?

well, Conner Luthor is Lex Corp (and maybe even just Lex's) social media coordinator. Boom. problem solved.

also, the premise for a hilarious fic

do with this what you will

[demenior]

Mighty Nein PacRim au bc it's been 10 years since the movie hit the market and we've been sleeping on good PacRim aus utilizing the terrifying ordeal of being known and punching giant monsters through giant robots with the power of love.

Here's my stab at roles, off the cuff. The intention is to spread characters out bc if you make everyone Jaeger pilots it can be hard to have unique storylines happening cause they'd all be too similar, and by expanding on the roles you get a more 3D view of The World:

Caleb: by default all wizards are scientists. He was originally trained for espionage between countries, left the program, but came back to work in LOCCENT. Yes he's trained to be a killer in canon, but specifically he's an assassin and those aren't big brawlers. He's best utilized for his brain and making the hard calls.

Beau: young jeager pilot fresh out of or pulled early out of the training program. At the start of the story she's a nightmare bc while she has amazing solo stats she's unable to drift with anyone. (She and Fjord later become a lethal combination to anything that gets in their way)

Jester: she didn't go through jeager jockey school and actually came to the program as a civilian reporter/influencer wanting to interview jeager pilots. The point being that she has no formal jeager jockey training so she's very unpredictable. She ran a few compatibility trials during her interviews, and turns out she could form a link with basically anyone.

Veth: Secret backstory is that she was a high stats solo jockey in her training years, but was never drift compatible with anyone and left the program when she met her husband (a scientist). Was separated from husband and son during a Kaiju attack and was asked to step back into a jeager as there are so few pilots left.

Fjord: worked as part of the Tides Breath (a jeager) support crew, after failing out of the jockey training program for being mediocre. When Vandran and Avantika (the pilots) went AWOL, as someone with at least some training, both he and Sabian were thrown into the Tides Breath as a desperate "no other choice" pick. They got the kill and the jeager was destroyed in the fight. Both pilots were presumed dead until Fjord solo'd the remains of the jeager to shore. He doesn't remember any of it, but now everyone treats him like he's some sort of Big Hero and he's afraid of letting everyone know he's a mediocre sham.

Caduceus: biologist studying Kaiju. This is basically a given. He, Veth and Caleb spend a lot of time together.

Yasha: jeager pilot. Has a reputation of losing drift partners (and everyone assumes she doesn't care). Doesn't want to drift with anyone ever again, but also feels like giving up fighting means letting down all of the people she's lost. Maybe worked in the black market for a while??

Molly: might be one of the first pilots who could drift with Beau. Dies while deployed with her? Or was the last partner that Yasha lost? Undecided abt him tbh. His importance as a character to the (original) narrative is dying to be the catalyst for the Mighty Nein to aggressively trauma bond, so I'd aim for that in this au or, bc the Mighty Nein in this au would be bonded through a battle, I might even style a Kaiju after him haha.

They all meet/end up in a similar place a la similar events to the first PacRim movie: there aren't any other pilots or jeagers left and the attacks are only getting more frequent etc etc.

From this we can have any combo of drifting jeager pilots of: Beau, Jester, Yasha, Veth and Fjord.

If following first movie events; Veth, Caleb and/or Caduceus could attempt a drift (possibly together) with a Kaiju for information. There's a potential storyline tying Uk'otoa as a kaiju or a precursor, meaning we'd have Fjord drift with a kaiju at some point, and then have some, well, lingering issues as a result...

This doesn't rule out other drift combinations (Veth&Caleb, Fjord&Caduceus, etc), we'd just have to be creative with Reasons for why they'd use them :)

[confuzing]

Luo Binghe is waiting at the base of the mountain for the entry exam to start when he meets and befriends a rich noble boy who's also planning to enter.

His new friend A-Yuan insists that Binghe eat with him and stay with him at the inn and the boy's servants just kind of nod and go "of course young master."

And like, Luo Binghe might be biased, but A-Yuan is like... Really Pretty? He didn't know boys could be that pretty...

They even walk up the mountain together and settle in to dig their holes side by side.

Meanwhile Shen Qingqiu is pretending to pointedly ignore the other Peak Lords at the selection while instead eavesdropping so hard because apparently Liu Qingge's youngest brother is an applicant this year, but the brute isn't planning on picking him because "A-Yuan doesn't like fighting" he says, strangely fond. Shen Qingqiu was not aware Liu Qingge was capable of being fond of anything.

When Liu Qingge singles out Luo Binghe Shen Qingqiu jumps on it- and then the boy sitting nearly shoulder to shoulder with the urchin looks up and my, isn't the family resemblance remarkable? The boy even has a beauty mark, though his is on his chin.

"That one too," he tells Ming Fan. He can feel Liu Qingge's eyes boring into his back as he approaches the two boys. He still gets the urge to dump his tea on Luo Binghe, but before he can Liu Yuan hugs the other boy and tells him "my mama is dead too." And that mollifies him. The boys are sent away dry.

Liu Qingge is furious and suspicious of course- that was the whole point. And Shen Qingqiu decides he'll just let the boy sink or swim on his own. No doubt the brute will be butting in to make sure his precious baby brother isn't mistreated.

Liu Yuan swims of course- that boy loves learning- and drags Binghe along in his protective wake. And maybe after his thirty-something stop in to check on A-Yuan Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu start like, maybe respecting each other a little bit more. They definitely don't like each other. No. Never.

Edit: More here

[ectoentity]

Danny's Not OP

So, there's a lot of fics about Danny being super OP compared to heroes in the DCU and the heroes are kind of overwhelmed about it. But what if that's not the case?

The Justice League deals with Kryptonians, and Martians, and Tamaranians, and other aliens with crazy powersets, not to mention magic users and gods. Highly varied powersets might not be the norm, but it's not unheard of.

So what if Danny, from a universe with no other superheroes, goes to the DCU. Maybe he tries to pretend he's less powerful than he is, or he gets in trouble and thinks it'll be easy to slip away. And instead of being caught off-guard by how powerful he is, the DC heroes just take it in stride. It's no big deal. Yeah, he can turn invisible and pass through things. So can Martians. Kryptonians have frost breath. Starfire has hand beams that are a lot like ectoblasts. Danny's not any more powerful than they are.

How would Danny react? Would he be relieved that he was among people with similar powers, or weirded out by it?

[theredrenard]

Househusband Buck this, househusband Buck that, what about househusband TOMMY?

Give me Captain Buckley-Kinard and his trophy husband who puts silly little sticky notes in his lunch!! Please!!

[itsbenedict]

soulslike where an extremely difficult boss drops a powerful piece of equipment once defeated. and where that boss is also respawning on death, just like you, and his mission is now to hunt you down and get the damn thing back.

he can't fast-travel, but for the rest of the game or until you lose the equipment, he knows where you are and is chasing you across the world on foot in real time, attacking you if you cross his path or stay in one place for too long. he'll jump-attack you in the middle of tricky platforming challenges. he'll drop in on other boss fights. sometimes he'll get killed by the same enemies you're fighting, and every time he'll respawn halfway across the map and have to run all the way back.

if he kills you, you lose the equipment. you can get it back by hunting him down and killing him again. this will make him extremely mad.

[a-most-beloved-fool]

fic wherein some of the TOS crew is being questioned by an entity who seems to think that the best way to take (and keep) control of the enterprise is to ensure Kirk's cooperation by figuring out which girl he's in love with and using her as collateral. The entity has got a truth compulsion thing on Kirk and keeps asking him things, forcing Kirk to answer, but... well.

ENTITY: You're in love with a woman. Who is she?

KIRK: I'm not.

ENTITY: Sure you are. You're James T. Kirk. You're always in love with a woman. Fine, if you won't answer that, then who's the most beautiful woman on the Enterprise?

KIRK: There are many beautiful women in my crew. I don't know if I could pick a most beautiful, though. I don't think about that when we're working. I'm their captain; it would be inappropriate.

ENTITY: Give me a real answer! It's a simple question! Who's the most beautiful person on-

KIRK, INTERRUPTING: Spock.

ENTITY: ... what?

KIRK, BLUSHING: Uhm. isaidspock.

[teletraantwo]

Thinking about TF Prime Optiratch angst.

Established Optiratch but nobody else knows it. Optimus has reasons for wanting to keep their relationship fully a secret but on Earth where the group is in such close proximity all the time they may as well not be conjunxed at all with how they interact. And it’s fine. Ratchet is fine. He’s closed off that pain because he has a JOB to do and Optimus has his reasons.

But when June Darby starts coming around that changes. Ratchet isn’t threatened by her, of course. Even if there was something going on Humans have such short lives compared to Cybertronians. But she serves to make fresh the hurt he’d learned to ignore. A reminder that things have grown so cold between them that another is wholly unaware she is flirting with a conjunxed bot. And yeah, Optimus has his reasons. And yeah, they’re good and logical reasons, after all the Decepticons catching on that they’re conjunxes would put a massive target on Ratchet’s back and Optimus is nothing if not protective. But that doesn’t make it feel any less like Optimus is so embarrassed to be conjunxed to a bot like him that he’d rather pretend they aren’t.

Ratchet getting snappier with Optimus. Not wanting to come out and say anything, not with the others around, but still being hurt and angry and afraid. Afraid that Optimus is going to realize it’s not worth being with him anymore and the one thing that kept him going when things got hardest, the idea that there would come a day where they’ve made it safe to simply relax for a bit and enjoy being together and all the lost time spent pretending can be made up for, will be gone.

It coming to a head when Optimus asks him to join him on patrol, and Ratchet starts to panic. It only getting worse as they drive out to a secluded location because there really was no patrol, Optimus had checked the area earlier to make sure they would be alone. Ratchet demanding to know what the breaking point was. Is he really so embarrassing to be conjunxed to? Why would someone like Optimus even be with a bot like him in the first place if he only intended to throw him away?

Meanwhile Optimus is very confused because he had noticed how on edge Ratchet had been getting, and sincerely missed their tine spent together too. He just wanted an evening out where nobody would bother them for at least a short while, not to break their bond. But now he has to deal with just how badly he’s hurt his partner.

[holmsister]

Au in which kabru is this super celebrity. Probably an unusual sort, like a short-lived races rights activist that started out as a model but then people started getting into his politics podcast. He started out as extremely online but by now he has been like... interviewed by the dunmeshi equivalent of conan O'brien. He's a household name people on the street recognise him.

One time it's like 3am and he goes to get a real dinner after this unending after party where they only served drinks and he's just so fucking tired of being himself you know? He just wishes he could be a fucking nobody for a bit.

Enter the waiter at this cafe. His name tag says Laios. He's blonde and 185cms tall. He gets Kabru's name wrong three times and stutters when Kabru calls him 'darling'. Kabru falls in love immediately.

[setmeatopthepyre]

Pole [@118dailydrabble day 10] [bucktommy | 118 words]

so @sugarpenchant sent me this post and said "there's a bucktommy au in this somewhere I'm sure of it" and then we got to chatting about post-breakup tommy deciding to straight up run to the ends of the earth to distance himself, and, well...

-

It starts as a joke, is the thing.

More accurately, it starts with Lucy dragging him to a cocktail bar, and Tommy moping into his third Sidecar (“Please tell me that's some sort of gay army euphemism”) while he contemplates, for the millionth time, calling Evan.

“So.” Lucy covers his phone with a menu. “Holiday plans?”

“Does researching 'most remote places on earth to wallow' count?”

She sips her Old Fashioned thoughtfully. “Well, if you really wanna get out of cell range, my buddy says they always need pilots in Antarctica.”

It's a joke. No one spontaneously decides to spend the holidays at the South pole.

Two weeks later, his paperwork is filed and he's on his way.

[symphony-calamity]

Fic idea: Nastya and Gunpowder Tim both see posters for the "fuck the moon club" and decide separately to attend, both interpreting the meaning of the name differently

[yummylavender-soap]

eddie munson imagine ✨🍒

We start with rockstar!Eddie Munson.

Corroded Coffin has just taken off; their debut album has reached number 1 in the charts, sold out shows across the country, massive break through.

To support the album, they're doing a press run, and now they're on the award show circuit. Enter the night in question, at an award show, where Eddie and Reader cross paths for the first time.

Maybe Eddie and Reader are aware of each other, but never had the opportunity to be in the same space at the same time? I like the idea that Eddie is very aware of Reader and her work, and has had a longtime crush on her, but because Corroded Coffin have only just made it big on the scene, he doesn't think she has any clue who he or the band are ~ this comes in to play later... Reader could be a fellow musician, actor, or someone in the entertainment industry, (dealers choice) it just has to be a career that would have her nominated for an award, and would have previously caught Eddie's attention growing up. (I'm imagining she's a film star for this specific scenario) Before the award show starts, everyone has to walk the red carpet, stopping for interviews and photo-ops, and this is where Eddie catches a glimpse of Reader for the first time that night; but because he's caught up with nerves and interviews, he talks himself out of approaching Reader to introduce himself. there will always be a chance to break away from the group at the afterparty, he reckons with himself. Red carpet formalities done, we enter the auditorium, and the show begins. The hosts make their way through each category, with some musical interludes, when we finally reach the category Reader is nominated for.

To no-one's surprise, she wins, graciously accepts her award, and makes her acceptance speech. She closes out with:

"shout out to, Donatella Versace for custom making this outfit for me; and shout out to, Eddie Munson, cause he's gunna be taking it off me tonight." locking eyes with Eddie, giving him a wink as she exits the stage. Eddie is so flustered; because despite him being apart of the biggest band in the country and having charisma out the wazoo, he's still that loveable dork from Hawkins, who was a virgin up until 12 months ago. (I don't know where I stand on the "is Eddie a Virgin" or not debate, because ofc we would all give it to him, but idk if his classmates would. I love him either way!). The Corroded Coffin boys would absolutely lose it, getting super hyped for their lead guitarist, and Eddie would be flattered, and bashful. I just love the thought that Eddie would be so taken aback by such a bold move, that he just folds.

Corroded Coffin would do a song towards the end of the show, Eddie playing with so much vigour; he's on a televised stage, going out to millions, and his crush, that he didn't realise knew he existed, just made a pass at him. dreams really do come true.

The show ends, and everyone makes their way to the afterparty, where Eddie and Reader finally get their moment to meet!

end

(this imagine is free to a good home if anyone wants to expand on it, I unfortunately am not a writer! please tag me if you do write this, or want to talk more about it <3) ~ yes this is inspired by Nicki Minaj's acceptance speech at the People's Choice Awards in 2018, don't look at me 🫣 ~

[ectoentity]

For one reason or another, the JL is trying to get in contact with Danny. Maybe he is haunting their hq, maybe they've heard about a ghost hero. In any case they pull out all the stops and have a full on seance.

Danny has been watching with amusement for a while, and then they go to the ouija board. He guides their hands to a message.

W-E H-A-V-E B-E-E-N T-R-Y-I-N-G T-O C-O-N-T-A-C-T Y-O-U R-E-G-A-R-D-I-N-G Y-O-U-R C-A-R--

[buttercupshands]

I'm not home rn so just some sketches I saved yesterday after the stream not all of them

Was in a bad mood yesterday to post them.... Or clean them, or anything really

Meh

[gayferrari]

I'll never write the DTS Winner's Room AU. have a snippet

[avelera]

I definitely don't need more WIPs right not for Dreamling, but sometimes it is fun to brainstorm a total nonsense fanfic-y premise played totally straight, which is why I'm fondly remembering the Cinderella Dreamling AU I brainstormed on one of the servers.

(Canon Divergence AU, because that's how I roll)

2022 rolls around and Hob and Dream are friends. Just... friends. Hob would love there to be more. He sometimes suspects, more like wishes really hard, that Dream would like more but, as usual, the guy isn't talking if he does. And Hob is too chicken to ruin the friendship they finally achieved to do something so uncouth as proposition his oldest friend.

He comes to the sad and perhaps inevitable conclusion that Dream has had all the chances in the world to say something so the only conclusion is that Hob's just not that interesting to him in that way. Stands to reason. The more Hob learns about the Dreaming and Dream's fantastical realm and all his adventures, the more Hob's almost single-minded dedication to living a normal life despite his immortality seems a bit... dull.

Enter Desire. Or Death. Or both. This is fanfic-y nonsense, after all, the point is there is a device and the device is our fairy god-person who is also sick to death of watching Dream pine from afar but is also a huge fan of chaos.

They (let's go with Desire for now, even if the trope is a bit overplayed, because it seems like their sort of thing) offer Hob a proposal. The chance to go into the Dreaming each night to woo Dream. Best of all, it will be with Desire's protection of his identity and a small amount of magic to create a persona for wooing Dream that won't be immediately obvious.

Oh, also, Dream is throwing a big fuck-off bash for Faerie or some other Dreaming ally so there's gonna be a party for weeks up there. Perfect place to slip in a new stranger. (Hob is a little charmed by the idea that he gets to be the stranger for once.)

Enter: the Knight of Roses.

Basically, Hob creates a persona into which he pours all of charm, wit, and courtier's polish from 600s years of life. If nothing else, he's having the time of his life at what is essentially a fancy magical masquerade ball where he gets to try his damndest to sweep Dream off his feet.

And it seems to be working. Hard to tell with Dream. But each night, Dream seems excited to see the Knight of Roses again.

(It is working. It's working very very well. The Dreaming is awash in flowers. Dream spends every waking moment he's not at the ball pacing his quarters, interrogating his subjects as to how in the world he can't get to the bottom of who this is, and every person who could nominally be considered his friend including his siblings and subjects are tearing their hair out with how sick they are of hearing about the Knight of Roses.

Hob doesn't hear about it though in the waking because Dream is in love with him and doesn't want to ruin any chance they might have together someday by agonizing over a mysterious guest who is probably some trick sent by Desire or Lucifer or someone to mess with Dream. He has no idea how right he is and how wrong he is not to bring it up to Hob.)

Secret Identity shenanigans ensue, of course, until we hit a breaking point with drama, tears, etc etc the usual for the trope because of course (gasp!) Hob is the Knight of Roses and there never was any need to create a separate persona because Dream was also agonizing over whether Hob was interested and Hob was so chill around him he assumed he was misreading all the signs. (Hob was working so, so hard to appear that chill around Dream.) Identities are unmasked and everyone lives happily ever after.

(But Hob is keeping the outfit once they're officially together, because Dream really, really liked the romance of the whole Knight of Roses identity but he likes it even more now that he knows it's Hob and not an evil trap laid by one of his enemies.)