#fuck yea bug powers

[ramenwithbroccoli]

I was always jealous of other kids at school. It's pretty hard when almost everyone in your class is few months older than you, and it got even harder when they all began turning 10. During recess kids were flying around, shooting lasers from their eyes or screaming with their sonic voices loud enough to shatter glass. And I had nothing. Forever limited to sitting on my patch of grass, with curious ants as the only substitute for company. We were both small and defenseless, and so we had to stay out of range of all the cool kids with their cool powers.

When my 10th birthday approached, I was ecstatic. It was finally my time to shine! I had been thinking about it for so long, going over all of the powers I could posses many, many times. Should I ask for super strength to impress anyone? Be able to shapeshift to look more mature? Run super fast to win all the races? I just couldn't decide!

My mom planned out a picnic for us both, at my favourite place at my favourite park. We were eating fruit salad and strawberry cake while watching the ducks from the nearby pond. It would've been wonderful if it weren't for the swarms of insects that decided to attack either us or our lunch. Mad at the fly that landed on my plate, I loudly proclaimed "I wish I could tell all those bugs to buzz off!". Right after I said those words, a multicolored sphere of light erupted before my eyes. Mom asked me if everything was alright but I didn't hear her through the ringing in my ears. I would later learn that it was my 'special moment'. I had my chance to shine - but all i did was ask for a way to communicate with bugs.

If I was an outcast before, now it was even more prominent. There's a big difference between the kid who didn't get his powers yet and the kid who had a chance to become powerful, and yet picked an awfully lame superpower. It was safer to keep my distance, on my patch of grass. At least now I knew that ants were really chatty and loved gossip. I even brought them cookie crumbs sometimes.

It got easier with time. While it still wasn't considered 'cool', understanding insects helped me with many science projects, making me really good at biology. When it came to exams from other subjects, well - teachers can stop you from bringing a cheat sheet, but they won't stop a fly. A fly that just happens to remember all the important physics formulas. A fly that randomly chose to hang around your desk. Well.

While useful, it was still embarassing. For a long time, I used to tell people I had a different power - like being really good at hide and seek or remembering all pokémon. Something childish, but acceptable. After all, it wasn't rare for people to grow out of their powers. Who even used sonic screaming anymore? It seemed like my bugtalk would be my sweet, little secret.

That was, until the world went to shit.

It was to be expected. Water supply started running short, days were getting hotter, plants almost stopped growing. People were freaking out. And then the locusts came, swarms spreading through remaining crops. That was enough for the fights to break out, and fights can get really violent when people start using their powers to the full extent. It was a battle of survival - violent, full of fear, absolutely unnecessary. I didn't stand a chance. So I fled.

I found an old cottage on a hill, with a nice view and a vegetable garden. I did what I've been doing my whole life - I looked insects in the eyes and told them to fuck off. They did. While the world collapsed around me, I spent my time peacefully tending to my crops and laying in soft grass. The thought of helping others did cross my mind. I could arrange talks and resolve the whole thing - but was it really a good idea? They had the cool, useful powers after all. It would be derogatory for them, to be saved by someone like me. Someone so 'lame and useless'.

And so I just accepted my role of watching people kill each other with laser eyes or super strength, forever sitting on my small patch of grass.

In a world where at age 10 you pick your superpower, you picked the seemingly harmless one. Yet now at 26 you are considered the most powerful person in the world

[reitziluz]

went to a munch yesterday and ended up talking about fear & hunger to a friend (who Cannot do horror but enjoys hearing about horror stuff second hand).

their reaction was delight over how hard i got sniped. i am Target Audience. also immediately drew a connection to my forever writing project with its fucked up very bad ascensions to godhood. i have been Seen.

conclusion and consensus is that i need to remove my limiters and go batshit on the forever project. opening the damn and letting the guro in babyyyyyy

[tojisun]

https://x.com/joincosmic/status/1738333868724572356?s=61

this is so Simon coded omgoshhh

!! nsfw - minors dni

p link! STARED AT THIS BUG-EYED?? AYOOWANFHEHD no yea that is so simon im gonna screammmm xp

just. you have always had a thing for hands and arms. the arms is obvious, you know, with the tattoos or the scars or, and especially, the veins. but the hands? this one is a whole lot trickier to explain – how do you even begin to tell people that you fixate on the way the fingers could look bony and ridged, or how the palms are often calloused and rough, or how a knot tightens in your stomach when you see split knuckles?

perhaps the actual reason as to why you like hands is because of what they entailed – control. strength. power.

dominance.

those that simon does too well.

his hold tightens around your neck where his palm lays flat along your throat, feeling the way it quivers with your every moan. his thick fingers spread your folds apart, teasing along your slit and your labia, and then pinching your erect clit, before plunging deep in your cunt.

he crooks his fingers just right, prodding against your gummy walls, forcing more of the sticky wet mess to gush out of you. and all you could do was sob your moans, unable to escape the crescendo of your pleasure; unable to thrash from where he continues to pin you with his bigger and stronger body.

you’ve lost count of how many times you’ve cum now. your overstimulation has long ebbed into another rising euphoria, the flames of your desire racing from the tips of your toes to the synapses on the base of your neck. you feel so exposed to simon; so vulnerable to his promise of making you feel good.

he listens to every hitch on your voice. every whimper. every moan. and his hands, his glorious and thick and strong hands, shift the way they touch you as though feeding off of your pleasure. he is still so gentle even as he tightens his hand around your throat, the other increasing its pace as it fingers you. as it fucks you.

your hips lift from his lap, your abdomen clenched as another crashing wave of your pleasure licks up and threatens to spill over. simon senses it because of course he does – he has been so attuned to your reactions; so endearingly focused on the hitches of your breath and the tightening of your pussy.

he presses a kiss on the valley of your shoulders. “jus’ one more f’r me, sweetheart,” he says.

you garble out a reply, you think. a mixture of yes-es and too much’s and simon.

simonsimonsimon-!

this one was. holy shit. just. im actually so speechless im-

[ghostisun]

Gospels

cw: smut (m x m) - minors dni; poly!ghouls (but there is only one main pairing explored); size kink; D/s (includes hints of subspace); male anatomy; mentions of squirting (stares at u guys bug-eyed); unrealistic and gratuitous sex // 994 words (read at ao3)

an: uhh first official smut work. im so nervous putting this out :< but uhh yea! hope u guys like it ^v^

There are many things Dew told them not to talk about—his apparent size kink so happened to be one of them.

Don't mind the fact that they're all into it, Dewdrop still refuses to admit that he’s got it. He refuses to admit that he mewls at being manhandled, his body locking in pleasure when he is picked up and fucked against a wall. He denies the way he slips underneath the fog when they have him on his back, his knees pressed to his shoulders, exposing all that he is to his mates who bear down all of their weight onto him.

He cums just like that—eyes rolling to the back of his skull, jaw hanging open for a soundless moan.

It is the sexiest thing ever, so of course they decided to see what else of his size kink could they exploit.

Currently, and no shock there, it were Mountain and Aether who could make him squirt, his cock leaking and his walls spasming around theirs as he whimpers and whines because they fucked him stupid. Because they hit somewhere just a little deeper, snug against the muscles of his flesh, and turned his brain into a little mush.

It makes him choke, his words gurgled.

He is so, so beautiful like this—his spun gold hair is sticking to his sweaty, flushed skin, and his lips are so kiss-swollen and spit-slicked.

“Shh,” Aether croons.

He has Dewdrop for today, and the others are left to hear and scent the peaking pleasure of their little firefly.

He pulled Dewdrop to his lap, the smaller ghoul’s back pressed flush against Aether’s chest. Dew’s naked, shivering, stuffed, and Aether is still fully clothed—a power play, one that had Dew hissing at him only to end up like this.

His legs are thrown over Aether’s, the tips of his toes don’t even touch the floor—this was actually what silenced Dew’s angry burst. He balked at the simple way that Aether reminded him of their size difference, of how greatly he outmatched Dewdrop, and he went putty. Shivering. Brain turned off as he pawed at the side of Aether’s leg because he still refuses to beg.

That’s fine, Aether didn’t need him to. After all, there were many more ways to render Dewdrop into a sobbing mess, and all it took was to strip him off his clothes and fuck his cock into Dew’s already leaking hole.

“So warm ‘round me, petal,” Aether murmurs, before leaning back into the cushions, body sagging into it in comfort. It jostles the two of them, driving Aether further into Dew.

The new breach has Dew warbling out a whimper, his breath rasping out in wheezes as pleasure razes him. He clamps down on Aeth’s dick, his body lifting as he squirms, toes curled, and his head falling into the soft pudge of Aether’s chest.

He is crying, outright sobbing at the overwhelming euphoria filling him up. Sharp nails dig into the flesh of his thighs, tearing the skin open—more bruises; more proof of how good they’d made him feel.

Aether goes cross-eyed himself, his breath turning into a gritted hiss at the tight clench of Dew’s walls. 

Satanas. 

Dewdrop is a marvel. He is a freakish accident because Aether knew, even when the denial was strong from Imperator, that the ritual forced onto Dew was intended to burn him into nothing. There were precedents of this ritual of course, but all the ghouls forced into it had died. They were not banished to the pits, instead, they perished. Not even their remnants remained. 

(Omega had warned him that the Church held no affection nor respect for their kind. It took Dewdrop’s elemental change for it to truly sink in.)

But their starfire survived. Amidst all odds, Dewdrop had gritted through the burning of his flesh and the emptying of his element, and forged himself into something extraordinary. He is a miracle.

And Aether could not fathom how blessed he is to have Dewdrop as his mate. That this little star is his.

“Fuck, Dew,” he moans, guttural, his hands tightening around the fire ghoul’s waist. He is so overwhelmed with his emotions, pleasure and affection and lovelovelove are all blending together. He staggers at the intensity of it all, the storm raging on in his chest.

His tiny mate is squirming, calling his name and yowling with pleasure, and Aether keens. He is so in love. So addicted.

Amidst the pleasure, he maps his hands—big and callused—along Dewdrop’s body. He traces the supple flesh, quintessence seeping into his touch as Aether loses his hold on his element, before his hands fall on top of Dew’s belly.

Aether stills, tamping down on the jitters that are racking his own body. He clears his mind, forces himself to focus because here, right here, is where he and Dewdrop are the closest.

“D’you feel me here, love?” Aether asks, his voice rumbling from his chest and reverberating into Dew’s back. He hooks his chin on the fire ghoul’s shoulder, his eyes flicking down to gaze at the flushed body of his mate. Pre- beads on the slit of Dew’s flushed cock, pearly and pretty, and Aether vows to get down to his knees and lap it all up later. Much later. Because for now—

“A-Aeth…” Dew mewls, too overtaken with his ecstasy to notice.

To feel what it is that has Aether’s heart hammering. So Aeth takes pity on him.

He puts pressure on his hold, his hand slowly digging into Dew’s stomach. Dew’s breath hitches, his eyes peeling open. Clarity seems to seep back into him, holding him suspended just for a moment as Aether pushes and pushes and—

“I’m all the way here, Dew.”

Dewdrop cums, just like that, with Aether’s name spilling from his mouth. 

Aether pets him throughout, whispering promises of filth and care into Dew’s ear because they’re just not done yet. 

The rest have yet to join them, after all.

[shower-phantom-ideas]

Bruh yall fam I love Danny Phantom crossovers

Like hes so easy to plop in other universes

The idea hes in Miraculous Ladybug and gets akumatized and just talks to hawkmoth. Dudes stuck with this 14-16year old kid cause the bug wont/can’t get out. Kid please im trying to work stfu. Ok yes yes my fault for trying to use you in my evil plot hut it’s 4 am and I have a big meeting in the morning. Kinda shit. That or Ladybug thinks hes an akuma when hes Phantom snd doesn’t trust shit he has to say.

Mcu? Hawkeye getting another kid. Ironman finding out parenting is easy wtf is wrong with people. Captain America finding out parenting is hard someone help him. Bucky just chillin. Thor throwin hands. Loki 🤝 Danny

Fnaf? Dudes a dope security guard and befriends all the animatronics. Or hes just a dead kid haunting the place who befriends the DCA. Who probably don’t like him at first cause hes a dirty rule breaker. But a kids a kid man.

Saiki K? Do yall think Danny could clock Saiki? 20$ says Danny head empty so Saiki thinks hes either like him or like Nenduo and avoids him either way.

RWBY? Ozpin son and defence squad. Too easy next.

Soul Eater? Hell yes fuck yes. Bruh don’t need no one and is topping the charts as worst student ever cause he aint collecting one soul. Helping those fuckers move on. Oh now hes expelled. Well you can’t expels him sir hes walking out. Next new villain cause hes saving those souls you sick fucks. Oh yea these are bad people? Well doesn’t mean they should be used to give you a fucking one up. His own soul has been used to power a country and that shit sucked. No one deserves to have their own being used like that. Wtf (souls arent the same here danny smh you are starving some poor kids probably idk I have t seen the show in ages)

Honestly idk how I would put him in SAO? He would just win?

Psych? Yea hes called in a tip and everyone is sus about him like with how they are about Shawn. So fuck it. Plays it up. Holy shit a ghost! Shawn is going thru it in here cause ghosts arent real right? Gus probably making Shawn take a break from cases cause hes clearly lacking sleep. Though didn’t Gus believe in ghosts??? Lassiter actually ends up liking the kid. Pranking Shawn is just a bonus. Karen knows.

Doctor who? Again too easy next.

DC? Adopt him adopt him adopt him adopt him. No matter which dc character is it they gonna adopt. Unless it’s Joker cause he dies on sight.

MHA? Bruh still getting adopted by someone.

Why is Danny so adoptable???

Put that fucker in warrior cats and bluestar is gonna come fukin running

[zentriii]

i was thinking about tobirama's death [as one does] in the first war compared to how hiruzen led konoha during the third war and had to sit with the cultural change in warfare in which clan leaders [during the warring clans]/kages take a backseat to lead their men. and i was like okay well tobirama grew up and spent his life on the battlefield of course he dies in war. and with hiruzen only being selected right before he dies, clearly it wasn't a smooth transition to power, likely leading hiruzen to not fight in the next wars, knowing just how turbulent a change in power in the middle of the war can be [which adds to more reasons beyond age and increased manpower in the war for why he holds onto the hat until the end of the third war. it seems to be a choice the other kages either choose not to follow or can't by the time of the fourth war but anyways–].

tobirama. dying in the war. back to that.

hey why the fuck is the hokage even running missions during the war with only his escort unit anyways?? Clearly it must be something important, right?? i mean u got the leader of a whole ass village during the first ever war since peace was made, tobirama's presence had to be vital. yes you could explain increased risk taking behaviour coupled with apathy towards his life by grief but he's not kakashi. fun parallel but i think circumstances are different enough to explore the route that no one else could have taken this sort of mission. as in top secret. as in hush hush.

while i think the idea of a leak is great fuel for danzo's seal [beyond the obvious reasons], i think it's just standard shinobi luck that eventually got them. apologies for the brief powerscaling but i do NOT think tobirama couldn't have taken out the kinkaku unit by himself if he was in peak condition. like yea there were at least 20 of them, two of which were like. mini jinchurikis. so it wouldn't have been an easy, decisive win, but at no point do any of them suggest taking them head on. which i think is interesting because your options are that konoha's presence cannot be known due to the delicacy of the mission or something OR they're injured and know there's no chance of victory. i mean come on, it's 7:20, not the greatest odds but not impossible either, especially with a hokage in the mix. which given the plan they went with, it can't be a complete secrecy thing.

so yea. you got a weakened squad of seven, likely on their way back from a mission since there's no line about abandoning it after running something of importance. and like. not to pin everything on danzo [whom i find interesting and complex and want to squash like a bug], but building on the fanon that he played a role in the destruction of uzushio? i think running an errand or message or wtv to them of great importance bc of konoha's alliance with them but then losing their hokage for it?? oh it would be so easy for him to look the other way, to not quite consider sending help as an urgent matter. according to this analysis, konoha already had its hands full of their own matters anyways.

if danzo learns how easy it is to look away, mayb even how beneficial it is to konoha in the long run without powerful yet unreliable allies, well. the uchiha massacre is just another domino in this series of events, isn't it? [danzo my beloved unreliable narrator ur descent into madness captivates me babygirl]

[i referenced this timeline when my memory was a bit spotty bc kishimoto's timeline is a horrendous mess btw but i might have missed a few things. if you'll excuse me i have to go scream into a pillow or something]

[abysshare]

Normally i don't do this because like. While I'm well aware i can have my own opinions, i still don't want to make anyone feel bad for me being a disliker ( maybe hater? ).

Spoilers / talking about the new Venom movie below. If you liked it I'm glad you did! If you want to explain in why in comments, feel free! /genuine

I'll start with: i had a bad-ish day so maybe everything soured my mood and i wasn't ready i. The end. I also picked the wrong ticket and had to watch it in 3D < not a 3D fan due to being sensitive to flashing lights.

What i did like:

Implications of being bonded since v1

Knull ( surprisingly, i hate the comic story though I'm gonna be so real. But its been awhile since i looked up the plot/story ).

Agony and the Christmas themed Symbiote

Horse.

Dancing.

The blue symboite and that fire symbiote ( so pretty?? I loved the different powers and such. I want to draw both of them ).

The symbiote hunter, shes gorgeous.

What i Did NOT like:

Toxin being erased entirely.

They killed of Carnage and Cletus in 2 so this whole thing flopped without them IMO

You can see where Disney or Sony whoever wanted this or that but when Tom or whoever didn't want it, it got scrapped and had messy left overs.

Too much action and too much comedy ( the dancing was fine, but the hippie family deal went on a bit too long imo ).

Why was Agony introduced but not the other three? Specifically Scream at least?

Knull having his own thanos moment for sony, a spin off or whatever they're doing.

Eddie's ENTIRE attitude.

That Montage was ASS. Hate that song too.

Too much going on imo

I would have loved to have a genuine queer moment, a kiss, a "i love you", literally anything. I can MAYBE understand if they tried but Sony or Disney said no ( fuck them ) but still. And no i was one of the few that hope there wasn't fucking or kiss with HARD tongue ( i am ace and also these two are my dads to me, it would've been awkward ). Yeah i see some people saying "Its textual" !!!

Yea sure thats nice but aren't you tired? It doesn't have to be queer baiting but like. I'm so tired.

Even if you remove that um? Its not.. that great.

I'm WILLING to watch it again and read positive sides. Because my mood just may have soured.

i think my biggest issue if i take everything away what i just said, is Eddie just going back to being annoyed at every little thing Venom does or wants. ITS OKAY to be concerned about being found by the hunter, but even before then hes just so done. And even during? He should've been concerned. Or Yeah he CAN be annoyed / irritated, but it should be with care. This felt like he was back to thinking of Venom as a tumor, something he just needs to get rid of.

It was vastly upsetting as someone who has partners. Like.. it would be okay if this was the second or first- but it isn't!!!!! And yeah couples fight, but they didn't even do that. Couples have disagreements! But they didn't even talk it out or anything.

Also like? One of my things that bugged me was, when Eddie was complaining about his feet, and we knew Venom couldn't fully take over..... why didn't Venom just yk. Cover his feet for him and walk? That would have been a subtle sweet gesture while they could've still been bantering and so on.

If they had like. Argued, fought, had an emotional moment at the end, Eddie was upset he never got to apologize- i could see it. But thats another thing- he wasn't even THAT upset...

Its fine to not be a super empathetic person, fuck i dont always cry appropriately either. But he didn't show Nothing and not in a "i'm a no empathy person" way.

Idk!!!!!!!! My brain is scrambled.

People have said a lot of what i have problems with already but idk i just!!! Feel the need to put it out there.

Also i missed the second end credit scene :,)

Note: I'm not angry or completely a hater. More so neutral and not a huge fan of some things.

[raid3r-r4bbit]

Random f04 Companion Groups (for no reason and in no particular order)

Danse and Curie (aka mom and dad aka synth power couple )

-Danse is the tank and curie is the medic obviously, but Curie thinks it's important for Danse to learn how to take better care of himself and Danse thinks it's important for Curie to learn better combat.

-initially, Danse hates curie, he fully recognizes that of all the robots/synths out there she's the least likely to hurt anyone without good reason, but it doesn't help the inital frustration he has with how little personal awareness she has alongside not fully understanding her accent.

-Curie loves Danse and finds him interesting (as she does with most things) she admires his upkeep of power armor and despite clear signs of PTSD is able to take command and remain level headed in high stress situations.

-Danse eventually warms up to her, and although she occasionally creeps her out, he's even willing to go look for her when she wanders off or is left behind.

-if together with the ss, sole is never not going to get proper sleep, not take care of their equipment, or do anything dangerous (or fun) without essentially being reprimanded by the two.

Gage and Strong (aka you'll fucking die)

-again, initially would hate each other, strong doesn't like how mean gage is, and Gage just doesn't like strong.

-then Gage realizes "this big dumb meatball is stupid. I'm smart. Hmmm." And does his best to convince strong that if he listens to he listens to gages, he'll help him find 'the milk of human kindness'.

-strong is immediately like 'yea sounds good.'

-gage and strong in combat is like a walking saw trap parade, brutal and visceral, but so fun to watch.

-they get lost and into trouble a lot, and end up needing either gage to schmooze their way out of things or just fuckin demolish everything.

Codsworth and dogmeat (aka im...FEELING SOMETHING!)

-Two precious beans who need protecting. But are surprisingly good at protecting themselves.

-dog meat initially doesn't register codsworth as anything akin to a person so at first it's codsworth folling dogmeat around and rambling.

-after a few pets, and some treats he enjoys codsworths company, and then even starts taking commands. Almost considering him 'part of the pack'.

-codsworth is better able to analyze dogmeats behavior and is more clearly capable of understanding him.

-they take turns on watch, and codsworth will spend time picking fleas and bugs out of dogmeats fur.

-overall(from this list) not the most agile or combat heavy pairing, but definitely the two that get along the best.

[tomboyyyaoi]

things in episode 4 im gnna think about for a while (as usual spoilers for new fans and those who havent read the manga!)

the way vash looks at wolfwood/"i can see it in his eyes" wow that was so good

vash being so eepy. his snoring is so cute i want to wrap him up

wolfwood being a shitty priest n charging vash and meryl $$20,000 for a shitty makeshift service

wolfwood and meryl bickering, she hates his ass and he finds it so fucking funny

the fact its setting up for a really painful betrayal... its gnna sting so bad.. i can feel it. what if vash kills wolfwood instead of legato in this one holy fuck i would kill myself that would hurt so much

meryl being proud of vash for eating in the end, him repeating wolfwoods words then looking at him all smug my mashwood agenda is so real

roberto using a derringer...... the death flags are at full mast today theyr totally gnna fridge him for meryl development i can smell it

roberto being just really good. im liking him more n more every ep

everyone besides vash is joining the bully meryl club (but she can hold her own its ok, go off u angry lil chihuahua woman)

zazies voice and design are so fucking cool i love their bug mask. epic.

lots of fantastic Vash Noises this ep (snoring, screaming, sneezing, yelping, the lil grunt while he eats, his voice getting really deep for the "$$20,000?????" line was funny)

meryl fucking HATING the worms

the punisher. just in general. shit made me horny

the setup for wolfwood. zazie teasing him about what vash said. oh my god. i love this angle, he felt more dubious/mysterious but in stampede theyr SO clear hes working w the gung ho guns. i really like it actually, a lot of potential for them tearing out my heart n feeding it 2 me, looking forward 2 it

what the FUCK is going on w the "gate" and what conrad was saying? "hes more human than anyone" ???? HELLO "then we'll just have to rip it out" HHHGG what the fuck is going on w the plant abilities n powers in this i need to know more

sorry my mash brain really liked vash saying meryls name. the manga has conditioned me into seeing that as a big deal even if its clearly not in stampede. idc.

meryl and vash just continuing to be. So fucking Cute. not even many vashmeryl moments this ep just vash being cute and meryl being cute. im putting them in my i love you blender

VASH HADNT EATEN FOR 3 DAYS FROM GUILT. oh my god. hes so sad.

im gnna stop here b4 i go insane but yea come back next week for the same shit (me going fucking mental)

[justicerikai]

Charisma House - Superhuman Sharehouse Story “Charisma” - #75 I want to go home

Please read alongside listening to the drama track on Youtube.

This is officially the start of the 2nd season of drama tracks.

TL notes:

Obviously it's been a while since I translated crsm, but should be overall consistent.

Mob charas have been given the title "Public officer" and "Reseacher", no real basis for these other than context. (It's at least better than just "mob guy 1", "mob guy 2"...)

Stan is a replacement for 推し, it means to simply be a fan or supporter of someone (in a bit more aggressive ways than just, oh he's neat). I love Rikai, and would sacrifice my limbs for him, by that definition I am a Rikai stan.

Rikai: What nice weather

Sarukawa: yuh

Terra: There’s bugs everywhere♪

Ohse: yea

Fumiya: I’m hungry

Amahiko: yeh

Sarukawa: ! He’s back!

Rikai: Iori-san, how was it? Did you catch anything?

Iori: Nu-uh, not a single one

Iori: Grabbing char with your bare hands is tough

Iori: I still have a long way to go as a slave

Everyone: Haaaah………

Rikai: I want to have a proper meal

Fumiya: I want sweets

Amahiko: I want to stroke sexiness

Sarukawa: I wanna rampageee~

Ohse: I want to hole up in my room

Iori: I want to make yummy food

Terra: I WANT-! TO GO HOOMEEEEEEEEEE-!!!!!

-

Rikai: As for why we ended up the running for our lives in the mountains, is because of…

(Everyone is resisting against being handled)

Sarukawa: The hell’s your issue!

Nakagami: Lay off

Public officer: P-professor

Nakagami: I told you to not be violent.

Nakagami: You know none of you are on equal footing as them. 

Public officer: Yessir!

(Rikai blows his whistle)

Rikai: Who are you people! This is trespassing! Property damage! Battery!

Nakagami: Calm down, Kusanagi Rikai-kun.

Rikai: ?

Nakagami: Always prioritizing order, just as you’d expect from mankind’s leader

Rikai: ……!?

Nakagami: Motohashi-kun, fetch us some drinks.

Nakagami: I have no choice but to depend on your wonderful free service to settle things around here

Iori: Huh?

Sarukawa: The fuck ya sayin’ there!

Sarukawa: Leave, leave

Terra: LEAVE!

Nakagami: Do not be mistaken!

Nakagami: We are not a threat.

Nakagami: We’re on your side.

Fumiya: ….?

-

Iori: H-here you go.

Nakagami: Many thanks.

Rikai: (This man introduced himself as Nakagami Soemon.)

Rikai: (He’s affiliated with a special organization that stretches over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Pentagon.)

Rikai: (A leading presence within the national defense of this country.)

Rikai: (This Rikai-oniisan here verified his identity, so there is no doubt.)

Rikai: (Nevertheless, while he is not a publicly recognized figure, he’s a key figure in supporting the government from behind the scenes.)

Rikai: (Why is such a character here for us?)

Rikai: (The topic had somehow turned to the issue with energy.)

Nakagami: The amount of material resources

Nakagami: A curse that burdens this miniscule island.

Nakagami: Even by dispossessing territory, even by procuring people, this country can’t do anything. 

Nakagami: You could say acquisition of coal, oil, nuclear power and further as alternative energies, is this land’s- no, the whole world’s ultimate desire. 

Nakagami: And so I had miraculously discovered it.

Nakagami: There’s been several observations of an unknown amount of energy coming from the surroundings of a courtly pavilion, serving as a vacation house of a former embassy.  

Nakagami: “T-this is….! What…….!?”

Nakagami: I was shaken to the core

Nakagami: And then it struck me, 

Nakagami: Turning a blind eye to such power will put the existence of our country at stake.

Nakagami: I named it Charisma

Nakagami: It’s what this country, rotten by idiocy to the core, needs the most right now.

Nakagami: You charismas will save the country, and change the world 

Sarukawa: Huhn?

Iori: Hm?

Terra: Eh?

Ohse: Ummm….

Rika: What?

Fumiya: Heheh…

Iori: C-could you explain this one more time…

Nakagami: We’re dealing with a resource problem

Iori: Uh-huh

Terra: That I understand

Nakagami: Up until now humanity has acquired diverse forms of energy,

Nakagami: Coal

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: Oil

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: Nuclear power

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: And I discovered a new type of energy, and that is Charisma

Everyone: Huh!?

(Silence)

Nakagami: We’re dealing with a resource problem

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: So far humanity has acquired

Nakagami: Coal

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: Oil

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: Nuclear power

Everyone: Yeah

Nakagami: Charisma

Everyone: HUH!?

Nakagami: According to the observed data, 

(Everyone starts yelling at Nakagami, as he monologues)

Nakagami: Somehow, while going on with your daily lives, you’ve accumulated Charisma Charge, and shortly after emitted terrific power from Charisma Breaking. This will changed the world. Perhaps to the point of no more wars. You might not realize it yourselves, but all of you are amazing. It’s deviating from the norm! It’s out of one’s mind!

Everyone: YOU ARE!!!!

Sarukawa: YOU’RE the one that’s been outta your mind the entire time!!

Amahiko: Professor, rather than such incomprehensible power, how about using the power of sexiness to change the world

Amahiko: ECSTASY WORLD!

Terra: I don’t know about that one

Iori: Amahiko-san be quiet.

Nakagami: No, he roughly has a point there. 

Terra & Iori: EH!?

Amahiko: I had a point…

Sarukawa: Hold it, supposing that we do have that kinda power, why the hell should we work with ya

Fumiya: Nicely said. 

Fumiya: That’s right, that’s right. Leave

Nakagami: Ofcourse I am not saying it for no reason. 

Nakagami: I will make it so that the whole country shall compensate you all.

Fumiya: Guess we’ll hear him out

Terra: Ito Fumiya

Nakagami: Social status, fortune and fame. Everything will be guaranteed regarding the future.

Fumiya: And sweets.

Terra: Ito Fumiya.

Nakagami: I’ve somewhat looked into your pasts.

Nakagami: It seems that society has treated you quite unfairly.

Nakagami: As if you’re defective human beings.

Everyone: …..

Nakagami: I disagree.

Nakagami: I respect your existence.

Nakagami: Cooperate with us. 

Nakagami: I’ll put your power to good use and reform this country.

Nakagami: As compensation you will get everything you want.

-

Nakagami: “Together, to the next realm”

Nakagami: “Prayers alone will grant you nothing”

Sarukawa: Up yours ‘bout that cooperation

Sarukawa: You tried to force us to come along with ya

Fumiya: Kei’s outburst was a huge help

Sarukawa: Heh

Iori: I have slave contracts with everyone so no way that’s possible

Amahiko: He was a bit lacking in sexiness

Ohse: It was scary

Terra: I don’t need anything, just leave me alone

Fumiya: Well, that’s how society’s like.

Terra: Hm?

Rikai: Why~ Everyone! My condolences since it's my fault. 

Everyone: Huh?

Rikai: At last…..! At last this Charisma has been discovered!

Rikai: My daily achievements have been finally recognized by the state~! Ahahahaha!

Iori: What’s he all riled up over now

Rikai: Eh? We are talking about making me the prime minister, no? 

Ohse: Oh yeah true

Iori: NO!

Terra: Did you even listen?

Terra: We talked about saving the earth due to Terra-kun’s Terra-kun for Terra-kun’s sake

Iori: What are you saying?

Amahiko: It was actually about sending me out in the world as the Minister of Sexy Affairs

Iori: This isn’t a joke! The country will fall apart!

Rikai: Iori-san, we’re CHARISMAS here.

Terra: Exactly, what’s with that attitude against us Charismas

Amahiko: After all, we are Charismas here.

Iori: GEEZ! DON’T BE HAPPY ABOUT IT!!!

Sarukawa: I’m never gon’ cooperate with anything

Sarukawa: That kinda shit’s worthless anyway

Sarukawa: Just ignore it

Sarukawa: Right, Fumiya

Fumiya: Eh?

Fumiya: Ah, yeah…

-

Sarukawa: Fuck! They found us!

Everyone: ?

(Everyone starts running)

Public officer A: Found them! It’s Charisma!

Public officer B: Wait you Charismas!

Public officer C: Oi, the Charismas went over there!

Public Officer D: It’s Charisma!!!!!

Public Officer E: Charisma!!!

Iori: EEEH!? How did they find us!?

Amahiko: This deep in the mountains…

Rikai: (No matter how clever our escapes are, they will find us)

Rikai: (Due to this mysterious radar)

Public Officer G: Charisma over there

Fumiya: (We can’t shake them off)

Ohse: (What’s going to happen to us)

Everyone: Siiiiiiiiigh………..

Everyone: This suuuuuuuuuucks………

To be continued

Researcher A:  Uuuh… this is order?

Researcher B: An obedience…how-to? 

Researcher C: Ohse’s his first name?

Researcher D: What is a Minister of Sexy Affairs...

(Nakagami comes walking in)

Researcher A: Ah, Professor Nakagami

Nakagami: What are you doing.

Researcher A: We’re studying these 7 people. 

Nakagami: Studying, huh. Very well.

Nakagami: Then have you already decided who you stan?

Researcher B: Eh? Stan…?

Researcher C: W-what does that mean

Nakagami: By the way, I…

Nakagami:

Stan them all!

Researchers: Excuse me?

[rontra]

yknow it’s occurring to me that I just sorta skated past Red Helena and I haven’t got a single fucking clue what her deal is. Sleepwalker? Was she named sleepwalker? You tagged ONE post with sleepwalker and that is unironically an S-tier villain name. I miss her (didn’t ever know her)

SLEEPWALKER MY BELOVED!!!!!! she's a rotten little freak (affectionate) yes that is her name! a bit ago i went back and tagged the other posts under "sleepwalker" as well but tbh she doesn't have that many posts to begin with MFDHJBF

UM yea Sleepwalker (also Batman but primarily "red helena" "evil helena" and "freak helena" if you will) is the main acting villain of CTDE arc 3 ...!!!

arc 1 is focused on a PG problem, arc 2 goes to a SG problem, so arc 3 is helena's turn in the spotlight (despite trying so so hard not to get into the spotlight if she can help it). and to suit the formula obviously the villain has to be some kind of helena (famously pg herself is the antagonist of arc 1 and red lantern soupey for arc 2)

😭 she doesn't like it but honestly she should've seen the formula coming for her. babe its YOUR turn to unpack stuff about yourself while defeating the antagonist. who is also you

Sleepwalker is from a different place in the multiverse (Third Known CTDE Verse!!! (or Fourth i guess since carrie's is mentioned first)). in the CTDE, things like "the multiverse" aren't really Known except in very niche cases (eg. kara and helena obviously know about it since they are From A Different Earth) and power levels are generally hard-capped before reaching Close to multiversal levels. even the strongest characters can't affect anything beyond the boundaries of their own universe yknow. obviously this makes Sleepwalker an anomaly because she's very much breaking into the primary CTDE world and using Weird Powers about it too

well but okay so, she's basically, Helena Wayne From A Different World, more or less. her world roughly follows the same backstory as helena's, up until the day the big dumb apocalypse war is lost & the girlies get transported out of their universe (you know—this day)

in Sleepwalker's world, the war is lost as usual, but kara disappears Without Her. she's been left behind in the bad ending and had to make it on her own on an earth that's already fallen. it's kind of hopeless and there aren't a lot of pockets left for survival to exist in...

she picks up the Batman name ofc. and she also picks up a lot of new lessons in efficiency and brutality. it's rough out there so she's had to learn to play rough in return... she doesn't have a gadget guy or anything so most of her weaponry is scavenged tech that's barely safe to use, but when you're fighting out of a cornered position like she is, 😔✌

obviously she wants Out. this shit sucks. and she's bitter and jaded about a lot of things and holding on to a lot of grudges. shes not having a GOOD time. even less so when a brand-new bit of multiversal awareness shows her that it didn't have to be this way at all and there's Another Her that's living a way better life (WITH the girl who vanished no less)

basically once she's in play it's like. Sleepwalker is not stranded on primary earth. sleepwalker is loose. and shes making it helena's problem 😭

AND SHE HAS A GUN? AND NEW WEIRD MULTIVERSAL POWERS?

yea so there's a Plot Woman who exists in the CTDE solely to facilitate the plot of arc 3 (and then fuck off once it's done). she's sleepwalker's sponsor who's giving her the power required to not only transcend her home territory but also to affect things on the primary earth on a level no one inside the universe can overturn

as a bonus for being an interesting little bug, Sleepwalker has been given a minor restricted dominion over dreams and sleep (hence the overall Theme and Name). her swag new powers are the reason Arc 3 opens with both peegee and soupeygirl falling into an unnatural sleep that no one can disrupt. because it's a state they were put into by power of a scale and nature no one can approach, because we're working from inside the house. yknow?

the weeks leading up to Arc 3 had people increasingly gripped by nightmares until one day the karas don't wake up anymore. that's Sleepwalker, baby! the backfire is that sleepwalker is also extremely haunted in her own dreams but that's probably fine for her mental wellbeing i think

so you have like helena and raven fussing about their respective favorite karas and trying to solve all that while sleepwalker is out Lurking and like theoretically the league is free to help out for once in their lives but the sleep powder is in a universe-bending weight class so its like "superman finally showed up just in time to do fuck all"

as for how to deal with sleepwalker and the sleepy bitch situation i completely trust helena to take her out back and Handle It. but this post is getting long + solving it is what Arc 3 is like About so suffice to say

(thank u for asking i love when people are interested in my AU. -the rambler MDFHJBDFSG)

[dracononite]

7, 19, and 22 for the ask game !!

sorry this is a long one

7. What are your favourite relationships between your OCs? (romantic or platonic!)

oh I love this question. I'll focus just on my main headworld Sparrowmage for this one since character relationships are the main focus of the story.

Ryuuji and Haru. there's a secret third character in this relationship, Jun'ichi, belonging to my girlfriend - the three end up in a polyamorous relationship (all dating each other) and Ryuuji is such a big gentle giant for Haru and she kinda teases him for it LOL. there's a lot of intricacy to the story outside of just their dating, but like. bisexual queen pulling two literal spirit boyfriends is kinda iconic. I could talk about these three all day.

speaking of Haru, she's also besties with Juji, who's friends with Jun and Ryuuji as well. they're the type of friends to do spontaneous silly things, go clothes shopping, buy snacks, talk about dramas and music, have sleepovers and do each other's nails. they are SO cute.

Benjamin and Iosefa are the two that started it all. from the beginning, Benjamin was the "main" character and Iosefa his eventual love interest. The two have a very interesting and nuanced dynamic that I'm still working out... It takes until years after they both graduate for them to get together, because Benjamin has commitment issues and Iosefa has confidence issues. But finding each other again, they both saw how much the other had grown, and the puppy love stage they were in at Sparrowmage quickly grows into an actual relationship.

I love these two wives, Olivine and Jiya. they still need a LOT of fleshing out, but already the dynamic is lovely. Olivine is a trans femme lesbian wyverntaur, and a magical beasts professor. Jiya is a butch lesbian beastfolk who also works at the same academy as a dueling instructor/referee. Olivine is like three times Jiya's size which is the cherry on top. I NEED to draw them together (and finalize Olivine's design oops..)

honorable mention: Reuben and Lucian. these two rich boys fucking haaaate each other they HATE each other. they feud at school. it's so funny.

19. What are some things that inspired your stories? Real events? Maybe a dream?

I mainly pull from various media for worldbuilding inspiration! any narratives are inspired by my life or stories I like.. in order to nail those down I'd probably have to write an essay, so here are some media inspirations:

Sparrowmage: Harry Potter (decided I'd make a magic world of my own, as I have a lot of childhood nostalgia for the first few movies, but... yeah), Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (some of the areas like the academy being on the edge of a big cliff, giant crystal caves, etc). this is the story I've most projected my life events and relationships into

Dungeon RPG (unnamed story/world, but technically an AU for my main sonas?? I guess): Dungeon Meshi, Sword Art Online (yea. I know. look the setting and aesthetics of the first season go fucking hard and that's all I care about). I wanted a classic dungeon RPG setting to make cool areas and monsters and boss battles for. and a whole class/equipment/mount/etc system. sighs dreamily. It's not started in earnest but we're getting there.

Magica Terra: definitely Avatar. the alien planet one. I wanted to create a unique combination of sapient bipedal species (some anthros like insectoids, giants, elf- and troll-like humanoids), megafauna (giant bug creatures, draconic animals, dinosaur-like animals combined with the first two, etc) and magic (the magic system for the planet is quite literally fueled by the cosmic bodies in the same solar system and in the galaxy.. which is actually Arp's Loop. so basically what time of the orbit you're born ties you to the magic of whatever cosmic body is closest / in the most power. this includes the planet's multiple moons, the solar system's sun, recurring comets, etc)

Arp's Loop: it's a space bounty adventure with eldritch horror undertones. Lilo & Stitch, Space Dandy, Interstellar and probably some Star Wars thrown in, just with the alien design though

22. What are all the “kinds” of writing/art you do? (short stories, poetry, screenplays, digital, painting, clay, etc.)

Digital art for business mostly, traditional for fun ONLY. I scrapbook, doodle, very rarely paint.. I don't do any 3d art, I don't have the finesse really. occasionally I'll write poetry on my phone. short stories and blurbs featuring my OCs. I've written chapters for single-player TTRPG challenges but I'm not good at sticking to long projects so those have all been abandoned. I've written quite a few short fanfics in my day. a mini comic here and there.... I'm good at small projects cause I like the thrill of setting up and starting new things. that's probably why I have so many headworlds at this point :')

[pearlzier]

actually going to ramble some info to u on my ocs so i can get these brain worms out ( hope u don’t mind! also this is probably gonna be a bit long.. ) i have 3 currently but u can probably tell who’s my fav just by how much i YAP abt them.. I’ll send 3 sep asks just so that ur not bogged down much!! um warning for bug talk though like if ur irked out by bugs just delete this ask I won’t be mad!!!! -

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anyways,, number one, i call her queen sect but she probably doesn’t have a formal hero name bc she’s not totally marketable.. her govt name is june b banks and she can control insects! she can’t conjure them or anything so she usually carries them along, esp her favs.. running gag is that she has a new pet bug each time she’s talking to anyone bc they do not last 💀 but they’re quiet fearsome altogether, considering she carries the more dangerous ones. her control is sort of natural, she began understanding them at a RLLY young age while playing in the dirt alone at recess ( she was that kid, yes ), but didn’t fully step into her power of controlling them until she was much older. the trigger event or whatever was literally her out of NOWHERE making a cocoon for herself in her bedroom ( not blankets.. real bug cocoon #buggirly ) and her parents freaking out & cutting into it a bit too early.. so she’s lowkey freaky bc she didn’t reach her peak in the cocoon.. she’s got morbidly pretty butterfly wings but they are a bit flimsy & like constantly slick w cocoon matter bc that shit NEVER DRIES if u come out early. she can fly but only a little bit,, & it’s honestly draining, she barely untucks her wings anyways.

so yea u can probably tell why she’s not as marketable.. no one wants to be saved by the girl with bullet ants crawling on her. I like to think they use her for secret recon or cleanup bc she’s useful but not a good image. omfg wait i just realized she’s got the same aesthetic as queen chrysalis from mlp 😭😭 originality doesn’t exist w me but it’s okay.

and yes her parents call her june-bug :) I like to think that she’s still on good terms w her parents, they only took the compound v offer bc they were living on scraps. and anyways, it’s harder to love ur daughter when she looks like she snuck on earth sooooo she’s appreciative of that, if nothing else. also she likes being buggy it’s the ppl around her that don’t appreciate ‼️‼️if they were to put her on the seven it wld be a pity spot like “first AUTISTIC NONBINARY UNHUMAN FREAK member of the seven guys <3 SO progressive <3 now PLEASE put a bag on her head”

THE WAY I FUCKING. WAAAAA I LOVE HER SO SO MUCH IM 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 .. 🐠 ANON I LOVE U SOSO MUCH JUNE-BUG???? ADORABLE?????? ive never been this happy abt anything in my life ever. can i like. draw her

[autisticandoddlyspecific]

It's 2:40am and I just imagined a bunch of shit about Sun and Moon in the world of fuckin Hazbin Hotel of all things, specifically to build up to the dumbass ship of DCA/Alastor. So yea here are my notes.

Sun suddenly wakes up in like an alleyway or something in hell. The sound of the city – including the anguished screams, drunk arguments, and the occasional distant gunshot or explosion – overwhelms him. Sun, dazed and confused, is probably harassed by somebody lying around in that same alleyway and quickly darts off to avoid further issue. He’s immediately horrified by the grimy and gore-stained state of the streets, and decides to just keep running. Still in shock, he notices a few posters scattered about on the ground. One’s a very worn and barely legible one drawn in what used to be a fun handmade drawing of the “Happy Hotel”. He figures based off the name and the art that it might be in a cleaner state than his current location. He finds his way to the hotel, noticing it’s new name, “Hazbin Hotel”. He wonders for a bit if they went under some kind of rebrand, and if this change means it isn’t the happy place he was hoping for, but he decides to knock anyway just to see. He’s greeted by Charlie, who welcomes him in. 

At some point, he gets a moment to sit down, and starts coming out of shock. Probably whilst talking with Charlie. He starts to break down, crying he doesn’t know where he is or how he got here. He learns he’s in hell fairly quickly, and is unsure as to why. Does that mean he has a soul? Upon being asked, he simply answers that he is not human, that he never was. Just created as a theater robot, then a daycare attendant, and suddenly he was here with no warning. Charlie takes compassion on him in his distressed state, and assures him that the hotel is safe, and he is welcome, soul or not. Based off what we see in the end of the first season of the show, Lucifer probably lives at least part time in the hotel to be part of his daughter’s life and all, so it could be this soon that Lucifer is prompted to take a look at Sun, revealing a sort of soul, not quite like the human souls or the smaller sparks of life in beings such as Razzle and Dazzle(r.i.p). Also it’s a sort of dual-soul thing going on where it’s like two cells not quite done with cytokinesis. Sun isn’t sure yet that he’s okay with people knowing about Moon, so he doesn't give that away. The exact moment is pretty flexible and I could also hc that Charlie possesses the same ability so it doesn’t really matter if Lucifer actually stays there lol.

Sun gets along with Charlie, and is given a room despite his insistence that he doesnt need to sleep. She’s all like “You still need a place to yourself to relax!” so he relents. He’s pretty amazed at having his own fully furnished room. Even in its best state, Sun and Moon’s room in the ‘plex was just storage basically. Boxes.

I also imagine that he’d clash a little with Niffty, as they both have their own ideas of how things should be done to keep an establishment in working order, and neither likes their work being interfered with. Sun is also both disturbed and disgruntled at the fact that Niffty hunts down bugs with needles, intending to stab them, rather than use anything like bug traps or poisons.

Even more, Sun’s put off by Alastor, as he literally cannot look at him with his robotic eyes without visual distortion and glitches. At some point he’s gonna ask if Alastor can make it stop and he will, but I don’t know how long that’d take.

Before long, some unexpected event occurs, and the lights go out. Until this, he’d never been in any area too dark. He’s in some room alone at this time, and someone hears odd noises or something and either checks on him or just runs into Moon. Moon is immediately ready to fuck shit up, and unable to think clearly. He causes some drama and mild property damage, but fails to seriously hurt anyone before being trapped by at least one of the powerful magic users in the building. Charlie probably summons a light source, which upon realizing Moon reacts negatively to, brightens it enough to bring Sun out. Sun is probably nearly inconsolable and at least half-expects to be thrown our or decommissioned for what just happened, and Charlie asserts she wouldn’t, immediately understanding that Sun is suffering and unable to control what happens when it's dark, and offers to help. During this conversation, Sun either intentionally or accidentally lets it slip that something is wrong with Moon, and that he isn’t supposed to be like this.

This is the latest possible moment the existence of some sort of soul-like essence in Sun and Moon can be discovered, as Charlie asks to see what’s inside them to make Moon act this way. Sun is hesitant, as it requires turning off the lights to get a good look, but is assured by those present that now that they’re not being caught off guard and already have their weapons/magic at the ready that they will be able to handle it. Sun also needs to be reminded that Charlie genuinely wants and likes to help people, and Sun is gonna be a little caught off guard by being indirectly referred to as a person. He probably hugs Charlie, and asks her to be careful. Moon is like a rabid animal, but ultimately helpless with Alastor there, keeping him in like a barrier or whatever. Charlie examines the infection on Moon’s half of the dual-soul thing, and Vaggie and Angel taunt Moon with anything that triggers more aggression to make the infection more apparent/distinct and easy to remove without collateral damage. Vaggie just points her spear more aggressively at Moon, awkwardly shouting that she’ll hurt him and other people, and Angel goes like “OoOoOh I have a gun! And drugs!” Which sets moon tf off. "And sex toys!" and Moon isn’t having it and does more rabid animatronic shit which is funny as hell tbh, and was the intended effect. Charlie starts separating the infection from Moon, causing him to screech, flail around like that slug that touched the salt in that one tiktok, and claw at his face before going still. His red eyes fade as he goes quiet, before his hands slowly twitch, and his eyes light up blue. 

Moon is free from the parasite in his head, and falls to his knees. As the magical barrier recedes, he has no idea what to feel. He also just isn't sure what’s going on because he hasn’t had much of a coherent thought of his own since arriving in hell, but he has the vaguest idea. Moon’s like “How could I ever repay you” And Charlie’s like “All you have to do here is try your best.” and I think now’s a good time for Moon to get his turn to cry into her shoulder.

Over the course of the first few weeks at the Hotel, Sun, and eventually Moon, realize they are doing things they never were built or programmed to do. They learn they can emote with their faces much more than they ever could’ve before. They can cry with tears. They can get sleepy, and sleep like human sleep. They can even eat and drink somehow.

The first few interactions with Alastor are brief, most likely, the few words they do exchange being somewhat frustrating. Alastor doesn’t have any interest in associating with Sun and Moon, mainly as an extension of the general distaste he has for modern technology, partly because Sun said some passive aggressive things about/to Niffty. But a few taunting words with a thin veil to sound like a mockery of encouraging words is totally on the table still. 

Yea idk im going to bed.

[sylvainahyperfixation]

bro sometimes i get real confused about why so many people straight up hate minthara when they havent even TRIED her route. oh there's your answer right there. how could they like her when they have no idea what kind of person she is? also the fact that she's not fleshed out because of all the bugs, which is a damn shame.

and then there's also the reality some people live in that if you arent willing to commit war crimes for drussy (ugh, it's not like i didn't do it for this too but reducing a whole ass character to one sex scene is so disgusting) she's not "worth it". i would kill for larian to make her recruitable in a regular party because there's SO MUCH to her. i would wait years if it means there's as much content for her as there is for origin characters. and to the people who're gatekeeping her bc "if you cant handle being evil you dont deserve minthara" listen. fair. but i want more people to see her beyond The Sex Scene and The General Power Hungry Evilness. she's so much more than a one dimensional character a lot of people think she is and it's real obvious when they never take a look beyond her surface. but theyre willing to make excuses for Other Characters.

no shade on astarion lovers (and there are a lot of those) but what makes it so your traumatized horrible man is more worth exploring than my traumatized horrible woman? the level of devotion she exhibits to tav suggests that while she may disapprove of your actions she'll stand with you no matter what you choose (and honestly the bad ending proves that it's even to HER detriment, not that she knows that but there's an argument to be made for if you knew what would happen, would you still pick it? and therefore opportunities for character development). she's no less of a wonderful companion than all of the origin characters. in fact most people think wyll is bland af and yea, i agree. i romanced that guy in my first playthrough as astarion (which btw completely blinded me to what a Terrible Little Vampy Boi he actually is because i was the one making his choices) and i was like dude can this guy just be interesting. not that that's necessarily a bad thing...and wyll's probably the greenest flag companion there is because of how boring he is.

anyways my POINT is. all of our fucking companions are traumatized in some way and have a shady/sus past. why is minthara not worth "redeeming" (by this i literally mean i want to make her happy and not because i want to fundamentally break what makes her who she is, then i'd be no better than the absolute. but if you WERE to change someone it would be a slow and long process and there would have to be a lost of trust and openness, which from the way she's written i believe she's completely willing to share with tav by the end). i want to say this is because there's simply not enough content for her (and it's true) but also that just leads to the conclusion "my opinion of her is tbd because there's not enough info" and not "minthara evil therefore bad". but even with the content we're given if you think that her upbringing didnt completely fuck her over in a way that would take years and years to unlearn and heal from and That's Why She's Like That...not saying it's an excuse but it's a damn good reason. it's not that hard to recognize what makes a character good and the parts that you can poke and prod at to start making them question their worldview and also at the same time not be an apologist and be like "she did nothing wrong" (i would still say that ironically tho)

this has already been too long im just so fucking tired all the time of people who enjoy Other Terrible But Ultimately Redeemable characters and then turn around to slap a label on minthara when theyre formulaically the same because all of our companions are Problematic in one way or another. i guess some of them are just more palatable to you. i've also tried to keep this civil but i have So Many Words for astarion/shart/laezel enjoyers that dont have anything nice to say ab minthara. there's a reason those characters can make an actual party even if you slaughter the whole fucking grove

[skajador]

Girl what in the God Damn are those shows you watch about. Who is that ghost talker beyblade character. Why is marie antoinette in the background

Ohsama Sentai King Ohger (king sentai king kinger, basically) is a show about a fantasy world made up of 5 kingdoms that all have different themes. They're currently under attack from a big evil bug monster and his evil bug minions so the rulers of each country and 1 (one) very silly dude who isn't one have to become Power Rangers to stop this. everyone on this team so far is constantly bickering and messing with each other and it's hilarious.

Mr. Beyblade is Yanma Gust, who is the President of N'kosopa which is Yanki Hacker Land. it's like. a huge futuristic neon city and everyone's like part of one big Yanki gang and they have insane hacking battles. it's great. he's my favorite. his "throne" is a fucking Gamer Chair.

Marie Antoinette is Himeno Ran, the queen of Ishabana which is like... Pretty Flowers and Good Medicine land. She's like a badass doctor but also the most "OHOHOHOHOHO" bitch ever (and it rules).

but yea King Ohger. really fun show so far. only 5 eps have come out as of today. it just started!