#getting captured for fun and profit

[wisteriasymphony]

coming back to this. guys, i know it is so tempting to give adrichat an 8 pack or a 6 pack or huge biceps, but if we're choosing between giving him that and a collection of hand-painted tabletop rpg minis? WHY WOULD YOU NOT CHOOSE THE MINIS

too many jock adrien headcanons, not enough magic the gathering player adrien headcanons. I'm sorry but it needs to be said

[lilybug-02]

Someone needs to make a fanfic about if ghost got captured by someone who didn’t like bugs/treated them wrongly (maybe a cousin of Dewi??) and both Hornet as well as Dewi have to work together to help little Ghost escape.

THIS, but it’s actually Zote (the Mighty) who gets captured. Dewi’s older cousin Sam finds out about Hallownest and creates a sinister plan for its residents! She’ll turn them over to the Government for a hefty profit! But what's this?! Sam... enjoys talking with Zote? And he's kinda fun to talk to?..... No No, She can't forget her mission! No matter what her stupid cousin and his bug friends think!

Told you guys Hollow Knight with Humans has a lot of potential ;)

Also no- this isn't another comic I'm making, more a very fun concept (that you can steal to your hearts content). But i did make a few more sketches of her.

[bambitek]

hellaverse oc: floor

(pt. 2/??) — hello!! i'm going yap about my girlypop below.. here is a link to my previous yapping session abt her!! yipeee

does she have powers??

Yeee!!! very poltergeist!! She can tamper with tech, be an unwanted virtual assistant, be annoying, etc.

She avoids cameras! Not fond with getting captured on camera, especially without her consent! Invisibility is her best friend.

HUMAN VERSION!!!

Here is my girl pre-transition.. how she grows up so fast.... (cough she dies shortly after this since she is biologically 25 y/o.... rip....)

BITS OF HER ANATOMY

I want her to have a floofy chest!! She is not too happy with getting stripped down but I had to do it for my sanity (I NEED TO VISUALIZE IT!! I NEED TO!!!! HHHHHH)

RELATIONSHIP W/ SOME CANON CHARACTERS

Not looking very good imo!

Vox hates her ass 100%. Floor enjoys fucking up his business and sabotaging his profits. Fun rivalry! (Not so fun from Vox's side of things ig)

She is acquainted with the other Vees, considering how much she messes with the Samsung TV. Valentino and Velvette doesn't meet her with the same hostility as Vox. Instead, they see her as a potential cash cow for their respective business.

Angel Dust, Cherri Bomb = Buds when they cross paths. Lots of crude and brutal honesty thrown at each other.

Her bitchfest with Katie Killjoy? Something to do with transphobia and terrible first meetings, sparking an on-going bitchfest where they try to out-bitch each other. (Christ, that's a lot of bitches) Floor got her grudge.

SOMEHOW gets along with Alastor? They are civil, at least! Friends? Let's not assume things lmfaoo

Avoids Charlie Morningstar for numerous reasons. (Redemption, doesn't know how to deal with her naive optimism, Floor feels like a neanderthal being dragged out of her goon cave, etc.)

Aside from the ones mentioned above, she does feel at home with Succubi, clubbers and other industry workers. SO SHE ISN'T ENTIRELY HOPELESS WITH HER SOCIAL LIFE?? goodjob floor!!! 👏👏👏

THanks 4 reading my yapperonis

[tarotwithavi]

Messages from Aphrodite 🐚 🕊️

Piles : 1~2~3

How to choose a pile?

Take a deep breath and gently close your eyes. Politely request your spirit guides to reveal the appropriate pile meant for you, then open your eyes. Whichever pile captures your attention is the one meant for you.

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Pile 1

Aphrodite wants you to know that things get worse sometimes, they don't go the way we want them to. I know it sucks but that's just how it is. You shouldn't stress out or get upset over something that isn't in your control. You've been working really hard and haven't gotten the results you should get. Don't worry everyone has their own pace. She wants you to know that you shouldn't give up yet. Keep on working and you'll be really grateful that you didn't give up one year from now.

She wants you to know that love begins within oneself. You won't experience true love until you learn to appreciate the love you have for yourself.

I'm also getting that she is sending lots of blessings into your life. And you might already be experiencing some of them right now. Don't worry things will only get better from now on. For some of you, you'll have to choose between two love interests. And she is telling you to ask her for guidance before making the choice.

Pile 2

Aphrodite has recognised your efforts. She acknowledges the effort you have been putting in mastering that skill. She is really proud of you. She wants you to know that you'll soon have to face a huge crowd and this is especially for you to let your talents shine. I'm getting that you're going to be put into a situation where you'll have to face your fear of recognition. I feel like some of you fear being recognised as you believe it'll attract unwanted attention to you. And I'm also getting that in the upcoming days someone might approach you for their own profit. This person could be really famous in your work area/school/University.

You'll be recognised by your teachers/boss/ higher authorities and I promise you, you'll be really grateful for the opportunity that is coming your way. However I do want you to be careful of letting people know too much about yourself. Especially about your finances and how you manage your money.

Most of your blessings are related to work/career/studies/finances. You might not be focusing on love right now , rather Your focusing on improving yourself. Which is really appreciated by Aphrodite. She wants you to put yourself first.

Pile 3

I heard "Justice is going to be served" . Aphrodite wants you to know that people who have treated you badly are going to face the consequences of their actions. And it is going to be in front of you. People are going to ask for apology and take accountability for their actions. Also she wants you to know that she is with you no matter what. Someone here has been bullied for having monolid eyes. And some have been bullied for "not fitting in". You have been made fun of for the way you looked and the people who said those hurtful words are going to have their downfall right in front of your eyes.

You're going to shine and people are going to talk about you, how much you have changed and Your recent glow up has people going crazy. Some of you may be doubting yourself. Aphrodite wants you to know that you're blessed by her. And someone who has been blessed by her is everything but "not beautiful"

Some of you are going to travel to the place you always wanted to in just a few weeks. I'm also seeing international travel.

[incorrectfatui]

give one to each harbinger

OHH this is gonna be fun!! Pierro, ironically, is getting The Weight of Knowledge- technically Dottore is more heavily associated with Knowlegde, of course, but uh..its not weighing on him. Dottore has fun with it, but Pierro has seen horrors beyond everyone's comprehension and acts like it. Capitano gets the chainmail. Because yes. Dottore has the decoy wallets- mostly because I dont think this dude has any real money (his budget is gone 1st of the month), but also because I can picture Webtorre throwing them at peoples faces. Columbina has the keys to heaven and hell, and you know exactly why. Arlecchino has the picture of- just kidding, she gets the Baby Toys and stuff, for the younger kids. Pulcinella gets Santiago. Scaramouche has the heart on the string. He hides it in the little pocket on his back. It's one of his three most treasured posessions, the other being the golden feather and the little puppet he made. Sandrone gets the glock, because she deserves it. La Signora has the rose for her beloved, tragically dead, Rostam Pantalone has the Cement, he sells it for higher profits. Aaand finally, Childe gets the picture of Ma- assuming it's his mother and not a random old lady. Which, I suppose, would leave Crucabena with the cyanide pill- not in case of HER capture, but for the kids. You know. Like a responsible parent. This was really fun!! Feel free to send more of those xD

[arabriddler]

Dance of knives and love

in their joined origin story, they describe their relationship in this scene like this :

Sometimes allies, sometimes foes. More than friends. We hold love for each other, but we’re not lovers. That word confines us. So what are we?

How does this ‘arrangement’ work? well, most of the time they work independently, and because their methods contradict each other, they often ruin each other’s plans. Sometimes, Ed would hold the whole city captive in a riddle based escape room. This is bad for Oswald’s business, it disturbs deals and makes his staff busy. To retaliate, he either does it alone or works alongside Batman to defeat Ed’s game. If he’s working alongside Batman he’d find a way to sneak out Ed after his capture, if he’s too upset with him, he’d break him out of Arkham later on. Sometimes, Oswald anonymously tips off the GCPD or Batman to the whereabouts of other rouges to keep them out of his tail if he’s working on an important delicate project. Ed is not free from this and often finds his plans ruined and can immediately tell who ruined them. He doesn’t get caught here but takes the biggest share of the profits Oswald gets. Back in the scene I referenced above, they admitted to each other that they’d throw each other under the bus if they had to, and it was mostly admitting it to show trust ( a ‘ here I am being honest with you, will you take me? ) but they still get upset about it sometimes. They wouldn’t call themselves a traditional couple they’re more of a partnership *cough* QPR *cough* so they’d have split ups when they’re too upset, but they still know they love each other, and, to be fair, this arrangement makes things challenging for each other that it’s more often than not fun. Gotham is basically their playground.

[transformers-synergize]

Hi. I wanted to ask if I could make a dub of your comic on my youtube channel.Don't worry, you would be credited and I leave a link to your channel. Here some info thought if you agree:

-First and foremost,I'm not professional.Most of stuff I post on my channel are experimental to test my voice acting skills.

-I'm female and I have thin voice,which is often a problem when I do VA for guys.I use voice generated AI to help me with this.

-I'm not Native english speaker and my accent is mostly reveal this

-I don't expect payment.Like stated before,I do this mostly for fun and practice so it's for free

I understant when you don't agree.I just really like your comic and I would like to introduce it to other people.

Go for it sounds awesome I love to see it. Don't worry about payment You're also 100% allowed to monetize your video and keep all the profits.

just ask you don't use AI voice/ text to speech. I think this technology has its place but I'd rather have real people perform, especially for characters with more messy speaking styles like spikes with frequent ums and uhs and often inarticulate sentences or characters who have a tendency to get very emotional like cliffjumper, I rather a inexperienced voice actor try and fail to potray those emotions than a ai voice with a flat tone,

I rather you attempt the male characters voices yourself, or find someone to collaborate with. There are a lot of amateur voice actors who are always looking for something to work on. the ability to collaborate with other vas is a great non-acting skill to have in voice acting. idk if you would like to collab with other people, but I'll put this out here anyway if you're a dude with a dude-sounding voice and wanna possibly collaborate on an unofficial dub comment below

also, within lore, the cybertronian characters are all genderless, so even if a bot is masculine presenting in design and behavior to humans, doesn't mean they need to sound like a guy. I mean, I have thought of possibly putting together an official dub in the future and planned to let anyone of any gender, accent, or tone try out for any of the cybertronian characters and I would pick roles purely based on the performance, and how well they capture the character energy ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[waitingtobebroken]

Yet another part of the Kidnapping A Supreme Archangel For Fun And Profit series (the profit is kisses, btw. If you even care)

How To Save An Archangel (The Angelic Assistant Story) (Rated T, 7.5k words)

Alternative title: "How To Cockblock An Archangel (And His Jealous Duke Of Hell Partner)"

Summary:

Agiel is happy with their position as the angelic assistant of the newly appointed Supreme Archangel Aziraphale. It does involve far less menial paperwork, which they usually love, and a lot more trying to keep His Divinity safe. But they like the Supreme Archangel, so they try their best to keep him away from the Grand Duke of Hell Crowley. If only Aziraphale could stop getting himself kidnapped and tortured, though.

And a little excerpt:

"Thank you, my dear. Truly." His Highness tipped sideways, a soft sound escaping soft lips. Everything about him was soft. It left Agiel feeling utterly terrified. "However, it is hardly necessary. Crowley will never harm me." His Divinity smiled. There was so much holiness in that smile that, despite the fact it was what Agiel was made of, it still left them with the urge to shield their eyes from it. And then His Highness left for Earth. Where he, true to the angel's worst fears, managed to get himself captured within minutes.

[leonleonhart]

@sexybritishllama I hath brought forward a small lore dump on my Warriors of Lights. Placed under a read more for convenience.

Dante Erwin

Dante is not what she was called on her nameday, nor is Erwin an inherited family name. Actually, though she now somewhat prides herself as a Gridanian, she's originally from Old Sharlayan. In the advent of the decision to abandon New Sharlayan rather than stand with the Eorzean Alliance against Garlemald Dante spoke up often enough and loud enough that they got sick of her. She was given two options; remain silent so she can stay just barely within their good graces or be banished and never welcomed back. Evidently, she chose the latter. No one but the people she left with on the ship that day know where she's from. She doesn't hide it from shame, but more so because she hates the place now as not even her parents stood by her beliefs.

Though she had a strong stance against their non-intervention she was still 17 when she left, having never left Old Sharlayan before. Unfamiliar with the outside world, her natural strength got her scouted to work on a ship that put her in a contract she wouldn’t be able to escape for more than a decade. In that time she took the name Dante of her own accord while Erwin is a spin on the name of a crewmate that helped her escape after she grew frustrated with that lifestyle. Though, because Dante chooses not to reflect on that part of her life she struggles to remember that person’s actual name.

Through simple acts of ‘doing something when everyone else is doing nothing’ Dante gains popularity somewhat quickly, becoming everyone’s favorite do-gooder. This has the effect of tainting her outlook as she realizes everyone's definition of ‘good’ can be horribly hypocritical, but she still believes in making the world a better place for everyone. She’s just a bit more cynical and tends to treat things like allegiances with a far more aloof attitude. She believes in people and their own convictions over faceless causes.

Dante always appears as if she’s fully confident in every situation, but off of the battlefield and away from people she withdraws in on herself. Were it not for those that practically force themselves into her life she would be completely antisocial.

Fima Thrall

After being abandoned as a young child to the mercy of the woods, Fima was adopted by an odd, semi-outcast couple; one made of a viera and an elezen. 

Favored by the Elementals despite not being Padjali, Fima has an extraordinary ability to connect with nature. Despite this, as a child he was considered a little bit of a menace. Being in Gridania, even though he is a Seeker, he faced a lot of prejudice growing up to which he fought back with harmless fun and annoying the worst of the worst. Small pranks to get back at those who talked shit about his fathers, distracting Wailers that were harassing Duskwight and Keeper citizens, et cetera. Much to everyone's chagrin he befriended a few Sylphs and the magic they taught him fueled his efforts further.

The abilities that would make him ideal to become a Hearer, unfortunately for the Conjurers, are spurned for quite a while in favor of chasing dreams of knighthood. His elezen father, Hillaire, is a former Ishgardian knight who stole away with his viera papa Riso. The latter of which stood to be executed for poaching that the former knew was nothing more than just trying to survive in spite of Ishgard's hostility. Such a valorous origin had Fima wanting to be a similar sort of hero.

That being said, his journey had a rocky start. He left home at about 16, and though he successfully joined the Gladiator's guild in Ul'dah for a time some unsavory characters captured him and shipped him off to Limsa Lominsa for a profit. Before the worst could happen the Rogue's guild stepped in and essentially adopted him until they knew he'd be able to take care of himself. Of course, with his attempts at chivalry putting him in dangerous situations, that took a couple years and as such he picked up a bit of an accent. He can drop it if he tries, but he generally doesn't unless someone else deems it necessary.

Outwardly he presents himself as cheerful, friendly even. While it’s not that he isn’t, Fima is capable of holding grudges so powerful it frightens himself. 

Rhyun'a 'Ryu' Amariyo

Once he was a reaper employed by the Lemures. They were his family when his mother disowned him after a lifetime of neglect, and he formed a pact with a voidsent named Orthrus. Rhyun’a’s power of the Echo awoke during the fall of Dalamud. Unfortunately he was impaled in his stomach and chest by detritus from the fall and died shortly thereafter. Similar to Zenos, however, his aether separated from his body and took possession of a nearby Garlean soldier that was simply knocked out. The trauma of dying, coupled with the fact he had so simply taken the place of another and essentially erased them from existence, overwhelmed him and his mind refused to accept what he now was. This caused him to lose his memory, forgetting everything including his childhood.

Immediately post-Calamity, a Keeper woman named Rhyun found him and took him in. Despite the fact he was clearly a young adult, she still adopted him into the family and named him as her first son. He slots himself in perfectly with his adoptive family, one composed of several older sisters as well as younger sisters and two younger brothers. The former of which teased him until he felt at home while the latter treated him with trepidation. After some time, however, his younger siblings learned they could rely on him absolutely, especially when it comes to spoiling them. His time away from home has somewhat resulted in him almost immediately seeing Alisaie and Alphinaud as family and acting accordingly. 

Personality wise, outside of that, he’s a flirt with a silver tongue that has thankfully gotten him out of more trouble than it has caused. It’s a confidence born of a new chance at life, free of his troubled past. For a time, at least…

Despite his many trips back to Ul’dah, the Lemures don’t approach him. They had accepted him as dead after he failed to return from the battlefield, not knowing he ended up in Gridania. It’s not until after Heavensward when they recognize him and reach out. Even though he doesn’t remember who they are, Rhyun’a finds himself trusting them easily, only mildly disturbed to discover he’s had a voidsent nipping at his heels unknowingly for 5 years.

Rhyun’a’s memories finally return to him in the middle of Shadowbringers and he is straight up not having a good time.

[blubberingjellyfish]

Hey y'all!!! Look at this funny picture of a cat!! Isn't he cute and squimpy?

Are you looking at me now? Are you paying attention? Could this beloved white american not-so-kindly redirect your limited time and attention to something more important then looking at funny cats on tumblr?

Do you see the Palestinian people are being genocided? Yes its real and it is happening right now, and contrary to what you've been taught, its wrong actually. It's more then wrong, it's so unbelievably goddamn evil that no amount of words I put here can describe the horrors of that have taken place in Gaza.

YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY

This is goddamn important and I will act patronizing to your face and write in blinding colorful letters if it means getting your attention. You should be paying attention to the words of the Palestinians, who are starving and dying. But I know the algorithm despises accuracy and instead favors profiting off of yalls attention which is more likely to be captured if there is a white face involved and it's "entertaining".

This is blatant racism.

And you are perpetuating racism if you ignore dying, starving Palestine children and only listen to the whitey crackers when they talk about Palestine. Palestinians do NOT have to be "entertaining" to you to deserve solidarity.

In two months it will have been a whole year of genocide for the Palestinians. A WHOLE GODDAMN YEAR.

Don't stop being loud and annoying about Palestine. Don't stop ruining people's fun because you're talking about Palestine. Don't give into "compassion fatigue" because TENS OF THOUSANDS of people are STILL DYING.

You can help save people's lives by donating to Palestinian fundraisers!!!

I've been been getting asks from Palestinians for donations lately, and while I can't personally donate because of financial issues, I answer each one, and none of those posts get attention! These are Palestines asking for much needed help but it's not entertaining enough.

I'd like to end this post by 1: sharing the links to the fundraisers again and asking y'all to donate any small amount of money even if it's just five dollars. Any amount helps. I will repost the words that they said themselves because you NEED TO LISTEN. 2: I am very aware that this post is incredibly hypocritical of me to make. But that doesn't make it less important. Hopefully though posting this we both learn to pay more attention to Palestinian voices and NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THE GENOCIDE!!!!!!

[roxxie-spirt]

Wyverns + the Divines

ALRIGHT ITS GONNA BE A BIG POST !! I did some visuals just so yall can have some eye candy~ anywho let’s get to it!

Wyverns are very magical / powerful beings , they’re also very, very, intelligent. They have cultures councils dialects etc and so when they went to discover the new realm they were trusting after discovering realm traveling via portals they couldn’t wait to greet the beings of this realm. Sadly their welcome wasn’t ideal, humans , werewolves, Witches, mei’fewa almost every being in the overrealm didn’t welcome the Wyverns with open arms. Which made the great Wyvern hunt era began which is actually before the Divine era! Wyverns weren’t outcasted by everyone of course , elves as well as some small groups of warlocks were opened to the Wyverns and wanted to be close to them! Wyverns decided to create a spell for other beings to be able to speak to them ( just cause I didn’t like that only the descendants of the divine were the only able to ) I do like the fact that Wyverns can reborn after a long period of time! So I am keeping that in, but there’s a way to interrupt that reborn process with strong magicks ..

Now let’s get into the divine warriors or the Wyvern hunters. Believe or not Esmund was the one who started to Trend of hunting the Wyverns within the group, at first Esmund fought of the Wyvern out of protecting Enki and Kul’zak. Then the thrill of it was something he hadn’t felt before.. Now Esmund and the rest were all in their mid teens to say the least ,t hem hunting down Wyverns were all for sport and for the prices Wyverns went for. During the Wyvern hunting era it was very difficult to actually uphold an actual body of a Wyvern since their bodies would disappear out of thin air it seems. So if you were able to capture a Wyvern and harvest their scales, feathers, bodily liquids ( any . Yes. Any ) , or more they went for top dollar. ( fun fact: Kul’zak as a gift for his friends actually made armor out of the scales of the Wyvern and for the ladies he gifted them feathered Woven dresses which would actually be the cloth Aphmau wakes in when she’s awoken in mcdS1) Anyways , yes the Group would trap, hunt, and profit out of this practice. Irene and Enki out of the group were magically gifted, out of the name of well research Enki and Irene wanted to see what exactly they can use the Wyverns in the sake of their magical properties. While prodding a Wyvern for blood , Irene had the urge to just… sip.. and she did just that , suddenly she felt a sharp rush in her body she felt stronger she felt like her abilities were heightened. Enki kept note of that. Esmund helped the two in their researched by collecting more and more Wyverns . Yeah uhh this isn’t exactly the story the divine warriors told anyone but it’s the truth. Over the span of a few years , they done it. They discovered how to create relics or at least a prototype of one, Shad was the first to test it out. It definitely worked he was stronger faster and he even began to use magic which he had none of before then. Now how they made the relic or the prototype wasn’t an easy task , Enki practically drained an adult Wyvern till it just died on its own. Irene and Enki do eventually figure out how to contain the soul of the Wyvern, in doing so as punishment by nature Irene and Enki ( I might make it all the warriors but I need some inspiration)bear a mark of their shame. To others these are holy divine marks told by the winners but to Wyvern kind they know the truth, Irene and her descendants will bear the darkened marks formed on her body and Enki bearing the horns and tail of a demon. As for the others they don’t need to worry about generational shame from the Wyverns but they still hold powerful relics. I’ll probably talk about the relics in another post but for now let me continue. When the hunters/divines turned into their 20s they wanted to turn their life around.. at least move on from the hunting of Wyverns and into helping the world, after Irene and Enki got punished they decided erm maybe that wasn’t the best move 🙄. So they released the Wyverns they captured on the condition they will never speak ill in their name ever or else. Which is why a chunk of history is kinda muddy of course some spoke of their story which is how the ‘ rumor ‘ of the divine warriors not being so divine… happened but how did Irene and Enki make some of the Wyverns trust them? It was purely of gaslighting that oh! We didn’t steal these Wyverns souls.. they gave it to us! As an offering of friendship. Shad managed to convince the councils of some Wyverns that what he preached was truth and gifted them their own relics (made out of a different material not Wyverns ). That’s all for the divine warrior portion for now …((I will make a post about the warriors in the future they aren’t JUST assholes dw))

OK LAST POINT!! Which is mainly Laurance n garroths connection to Wyverns :3 this one might be shorter than the previous one. How ungrth and Laurance met is a fairly simple one, ungrth as he did his patrol on guarding his kin. He heard a small cry in the distance of the forest, for ungrth it sounded like a hatchling and so he went out to find the source and he saw a small little 4 year old Laurance lost in the woods separated from his family ( bio ) who at the time didn’t know were gone. Ungrth was hesitant, he knew how humans were he know how cruel how selfish they were. After all he was there during the great hunting era. As he attempted to fly off , Laurance cried louder and louder. Something about his cry’s broke ungrth heart , he told himself this one time he’ll help a worthless human. He landed and walked over to the small boy who was curled up , when Laurance heard the sounds of leaves he darted his head up seeing a huge wyvern overhead. Laurances green eyes stabbed back into ungrth green eyes. In that moment ungrth forgotten his hatred for humanity, seeing a young man’s eyes as green as his suddenly just melted the heart of this wise wyvern. Laurance wasn’t afraid and ran to the Wyvern crying for ungrth. Ungrth couldn’t talk to him unless he said the spell, without hesitation he did . Ever since Laurance and ungrth were family. Ungrth eventually found out about Laurances bioparents passing and he was actually going to let Laurance into his clan but of course it was prohibited and ungrth gladly turned his back on his kin to be with the human he loved . He eventually found Laurance a great family to be with. I LOVE UNGRTH AND LAURANCES FOUND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP OK 😭( the Zvhals and ungrth are tight no worries.

Now for Garroth! So the romeaves actually never gave up Wyvern hunting. In honor of Edmund their ancestor! Garte fought a Wyvern and now it was for the oldest Garroth(age 14) to fight one as well, but Garroth hated this practice. He’s done his research on Wyverns due to Zianna wanting her sons to be educated and thought this was something for the dark ages to do but Garte demanded for Garroth to go out and slay a Wyvern. Garroth with his tail tucked between his legs shamefully went out to find a Wyvern. Hell in this day n age it’s fucking rare to find a Wyvern, Garroth was tempted just to take the tail of a bearded dragon . It’s been days since he went out he was actually going to do his plan B if he couldn’t find a damn Wyvern until.. he heard crash in the woods. Garroth went to find the cause and it was.. a small Wyvern , it was Raven , he was injured badly and arrow throw his wing . It had a cross ok it was one of his kingdoms ( Plot twist Zane(10) did it he was gonna prove that he was better than Garroth but anyways he couldn’t find the body so womp womp ) Garroth saw Raven hell this was his chance he can just mercy kill this Wyvern.. but it didn’t need mercy it just needed medical help. Garroth went up to Raven his sword out , Raven was going not back down from a fight but.. Garroth couldn’t do it he just couldn’t he fell to his knees crying. Fuck Raven was confused, Garroth told him he wasn’t going to hurt Raven but that’s crocodile tears to Raven. It took hours for Garroth to gain ravens trust, and I’m not saying like 2-4 I mean like 6-9 hours of just talking to Raven even though Garroth knew he wouldn’t hear anything back from Raven since he knew of the contract that Raven would need to do in order to speak. Raven after hearing this, huge 14 yr old finally submitted and allowed Garroth to help him. Raven gave Garroth some of his feathers and scales to show his father so Garroth wouldn’t be shunned by his father out of some form of empathy. Now Raven didn’t give Garroth the ability to speak to him until season2 when he came back from the Irene dimension. Either way Raven trusted Garroth from now on helping him send messages when asked as a thanks.

[zithcavooris]

Pat O’Brian wasn’t a bad guy, he was just unlucky. So unlucky that he got himself roped into helping rob a chemical plant. And when the job went south, one of his teammates shot him. And then he fell into a vat of acid. And when he climbed out he fell into a vat of radioactive waste. And when he climbed out of that he fell into a vending machine full of that weird soda Gingold, getting soaked in the stuff. And then the vending machine fell over and crushed him.

One or more of those accidents had an unexpected side effect. When he eventually came to, he was not only alive, but had become so stretchable he could  basically shapeshift! And I guess his clothes had become stretchy too, sure.

Pat decided to use his powers to get revenge on his old teammates. After finding and beating them up brought him no fulfillment, he decided to turn them in to the cops. Turns out some of them had cash rewards posted for their capture, so he was able to make a little money out of the deal. Inspired, Pat fashioned himself a costume out of his clothes and started fighting crime for fun and profit as the superhero Plastic Man. Happily, as is the way of things, the good he was doing soon turned out more fulfilling than the money, and he turned his life around and became a superhero and role model for real.

Maybe he’s not so unlucky after all?

[mysticbeaver]

Nevermind The Eds Are Coming, how about a real "alien invasion AU" scenario with actual UFOs landing and declaring immediate hostility here's some fun sci-fi movie cliche ideas (with possible character deaths)

-Ed shocks everyone when he instinctively knows the alien language, says he learned it from [insert sci-fi movie/comic here]. Then he shocks everyone again when he inexplicably joins the aliens' side for gigglez, saying he's "found his people" (later it turns out it was all a ploy to learn their weaknesses and defeat them from the inside)

-Edd tries to be a mediator in order to negotiate peace. He tries to figure out the language by himself and almost works out a truce, but he makes a horrible mistake and insults them accidentally... either it gets him killed or he ends up hostage so that the aliens can use him for their demands

-Eddy can't help but come up with some way to profit from the situation.. he miraculously works some bargain with the aliens, convinces them to trade and exchange goods. It works for a while, then either he runs away with some precious alien artifacts he stole or he gets caught. Or he's the probably the one who surprises everyone with a change of heart, as he makes the Heroic Sacrifice (tm) when the great counter-attack happens, rousing everyone's morale

-Rolf quickly creates a stronghold for the resistance (like his home-fort in Ed... Pass It On). The aliens leave him alone for a while cause they are somehow scared of his farm animals. Think when humans see all sorts of weird intimidating creatures on an alien planet, but in reverse. Either that or he's the first to get killed cause he tried to take on the invaders head-on with his shepherd pride

-Jonny is the conspiracy theorist/survivalist who is crazy prepared. He easily survives the initial onslaught but then goes insane paranoid about anyone entering his hideout, which aggravates the situation and they have to kill him

-Kevin is the first one who stumbles upon a landed UFO by accident while riding his bike, and he thinks it's the Eds being up to some scam when three aliens walk out of the spacecraft. He calls them "space dorks" and laughs at them, and they promptly vaporize him on the spot. Either that or he's the jerk in the survivor group everyone has to put up with

-Sarah and Jimmy are captured for experimentation purposes. Poor Jimmy perishes out of fright before anything even happens, and Sarah goes on a rampage of revenge before escaping

-Nazz gets captured and ends up imprisoned in a cell for whatever reason. She frustrates her captors by being super-sassy and complaining about her enviroment lmao. Then she jumps at their distraction and goes full badass and escapes

-The Kanker sisters barely notice anything weird going on lmao. Or they scare the aliens off with all the biohazards coming from their trailer

[stitching-in-time]

Voyager rewatch s6 ep15: Tsunkatse

I primarily remember this one as 'the one with The Rock', but actually, there were a lot of good things here that I'd forgotten. It's a better episode than I remembered it being.

Most glaringly, I totally forgot that Jeffrey Combs and J.G. Hertzler were both in it. It's like a DS9 mini-reunion! I'm kind of surprised they cast them in a Voyager episode so soon after DS9 ended, but I guess the rules about how soon you can reuse actors for different roles don't apply if it's not the same show. And anyway, no matter how long they waited, Trek fans would recognize their voices under any makeup. But the characters they play here are actually a lot like Weyoun and Martok, a shyster and a warrior, respectively, once again.

In another case of The Voyager Crew Is So Freaking Bored, they all get obsessed with watching an alien martial art form called Tsunkatse while on shore leave. Everybody goes to these matches and gets into wagering about the outcomes, which feels like a weirdly un-Federation utopian future pastime for supposedly enlightened people. It feels unlikely for such a pack of nerds to suddenly be like 'hey let's bet on some prizefights! I love watching strangers beat eachother up!'. I guess six years out in space on the same ship, with the same people, doing the same job, might make them desperate for novelty, however coarse and backward, but it definitely feels like something they shoehorned into the show as a publicity stunt so they could have The Rock guest star. Still, it's kind of cute to see them all excited about something, and we get quite a bit of funny, silly character stuff in this one.

The only people who don't get caught up in Tsunkatse fever are Tuvok, Seven and the Doctor. The Doctor lectures anyone who will listen about how fighting shouldn't be a sport (one of the few times I wholeheartedly agree with him) and Seven and Tuvok take off in a shuttle to investigate a nebula to get away from the crew's new obsession. There's so many lovely little moments of the crew just going about their lives, acting like a normal family together, that weren't necessary plot wise, but which are wonderful additions that elevate the whole episode from average to good for me. Captain Janeway leaving instructions for Chakotay before she takes off on her away mission, like a nervous mom leaving instructions for a babysitter; Tom bothering Seven while she's packing for her trip wih Tuvok and telling her about B'Elanna's secret stuffed toy, Toby the Targ, that she brings with her whenever she goes on a long trip; the Doctor trying to get Seven to go to a museum with him instead of her 'boring' survey trip with Tuvok, and Seven getting rid of him by suggesting he come assist them instead, which sends him scurrying away; Harry, Tom, B'Elanna and Chakotaychatting about the upcoming Tsunkatse matches and their own sports history in the mess hall, and joking around with eachother- all of these scenes are just so cute and fun, and show off the characters comraderie, even if they don't directly serve the plot. I wish more episodes would take time to give us stuff like this.

We get another lovely scene with Seven and Tuvok in the shuttle, where the two of them bond over their mutual dislike of small talk. They find delight in sitting in companionable silence together for two hours, until a passing ship disables their shuttle, and beams an explosive aboard that they can't disarm. After it explodes, Seven and Tuvok wake up in a holding area, which we soon learn is where the Tsunkatse fighters are kept. They are being held captive by a man, Penk, who captures people to force them to fight in the matches, which makes him considerable profit. Tuvok is severely injured from the explosive, so Seven agrees to become a fighter in exchange for medical care for Tuvok. One of the other captive fighters is a Hirogen hunter, who takes Seven under his wing, and agrees to train her.

Seven is eventually pitted up against none other than Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, in a bit of stunt casting, since he was known as a pro-wrestler in those days- he's simply credited as 'The Rock' here. This was def one of his first, if not very first, acting jobs, so Star Trek kind of helped launch his acting career. It's a piece of Trek trivia you can use on people who've never seen the show to get them to watch!

The Voyager crew, who are watching the match in the stands, are shocked to see Seven fighting in the ring, up against an opponent twice her size, and they try to call out to her, but she can't hear them. They try to beam her out, but they find there's no one in the ring to lock onto, and the realize the fighters are holographic projections being broadcast from somewhere else. They go back to Voyager to try to find her, and call back Captain Janeway from her away mission.

Seven is defeated in the match, but seeing a Borg get beaten up drives up the viewership, so Penk decides that Seven's next match will be to the death, since people will surely turn out in droves to see a Borg get killed. (One wonders how the Voyager crew never realized that some of the matches are to the death- that definitely goes against Federation values! Did they really just luckily only happen to see the ones that weren't to the death? Because I simply can't believe that any Starfleet officer would knowingly cheer for a bloodsport.)

Seven doesn't want to kill anyone, but Tuvok tells her to do what it takes to survive, and her Hirogen trainer tries to teach her the ways of the hunter- to never sympathize with her prey. It's hard for Seven to go against everything she's been taught in the past few years of learning to be human, but she eventually decides to try to win the death match- only to be pitted against her own trainer, who has become her friend.

Meanwhile, the Voyager crew are on the tail of Penk's ship, and working to rescue Seven, having recieved no help from the planet's authorities, who turn a blind eye to the unsavory practices of the sport that makes them rich. With help from Captain Janeway in the Delta Flyer, they disable Penk's broadcast, and rescue Seven, Tuvok, and the Hirogen just seconds before the fight ends.

The Hirogen asks if Seven would have killed him if she had to, and Seven says she doesn't know. Nonetheless, the Hirogen is proud of Seven, and they part as friends before Voyager returns him to his people. Seven is disturbed by her fighter training, and feels confused and ashamed at having turned her back on her newfound human morals in order to survive. Tuvok, however, assures her that her guilt and unease about what she had to do proves that her human values are intact.

This one actually had some interesting commentary about the abuses that are accepted in the name of popular, profitable sports, about how audiences often don't look beyond the surface of the things that amuse them, and what moral compromises are acceptable when fighting for survival. I liked how we had a Hirogen character who was an ally and friend to Seven, providing more nuance and flipping the narrative from when they were introduced as simply monstrous bad guys. And I loved all the joyful, silly character moments that showed the crew's family connection. A deeper and smarter episode than I gave it credit for previously.

Tl;dr: A fun episode with great character moments, great guest stars, and some still very relevant social commentary, that actually gave Seven an interesting storyline. A pleasant surprise.

[blysse-and-blunder]

the commonplace book turns five??

hello gentle reader! it's been a little while, but i have not abandoned this series. and what better time to pick it back up than around the time i first began it, back in 2021?

(technically it was late dec 2020 but the first full year was 2021 and therefore 2025 is year five shhhhhh)

reading ann patchett's the dutch house was the first book i finished of 2025! read it in paperback for the first two thirds, then let tom hanks read me the last bit in the audiobook which was a treat. then this morning, while awake far too early (for the first and presumably only time this year), colson whitehead's the underground railroad. over break, finished and surprised myself by quite enjoying freya marske's swordcrossed (after all of the random research i've been having to do into the east anglian wool and textile trade in the 13th-15th centuries, i was hype for the Plot bits of this one almost more than the romance. also loved the worldbuilding, the guilds and their gods?? excuse me?) these authors have one thing in common, and it is that i like how they construct and string together a sentence. a single combination of two to three words, in any of their hands, will knock me flat! wishing i had examples to share here.

listening several playlists on repeat for work background and profit. shoutout though to julie odell's autumn eve (2022) which was a recent spot of fy recommendation and it is filling a very good niche where i don't have to pay too too much attention to the lyrics but it still energizes me. i have no track recommendations because i'm only listening to it en bloc.

also over the past monthish i did really fall hard and fast for epic: the musical, which energizes and delights me. i keep thinking that surely this time i'll have gotten used to it, but no. athena's arc + songs make me extremely emotional (it's her voice but like also). but i can't keep listening to it because the lyrics capture my attention and suck me in too much.

watching several things on the rotation right now, but last night i came home and pulled up an episode of psych. still working on the first watch through, i don't remember if i've brought it to the commonplace book yet but i think i probably have? this is in contrast to the gilmore girls rewatch i'm doing with my housemate, where i've seen it all and he's the one catching up. also this week we are resuming household Shōgun fINALLY YAAY we left on such a CLIFFHANGER (if you know you know)

playing i'm in the white palace in hollow knight! despite not having actually beaten the hollow knight yet. having fun in the meat grinder instead, if by 'fun' you mean consulting youtube tutorials. also, did you know you can get spiritfarer on your phone as a mobile game through nootflix?? the interface is a little weird-- i have only been able to jump down to the wandering merchant once, accidentally, and otherwise have splashed around in front and past and behind him, forever-- but now that i have a slightly better handle on the touchscreen controls it's very fluid and makes a lot of sense. i cannot play for very long at once (phone heats up) which is good because i can't get too absorbed in this game.

making i'll get back to you. on this one. made a huge diy marblerun puzzle with my dad over christmas (it was his present from me, which he had forgotten he'd asked for) and i caught the building things bug again bad. maybe now it's time to commit to the diy tiny room!

[flower-sniffing-friend]

Hello! I saw your tags on that batman villain post and clearly I don't know enough about killer moth! Would you mind sharing more about the moth signal/moth cave/etc, because I am FASCINATED

Oh my goodness YESS

So this is all based on Killer Moth's first appearance in Batman #63

Killer Moth was an inmate and we never actually get to learn his name, only that when he was released from prison he took on the role of the wealthy Cameron Van Cleer. While he was in prison, he *studied* Batman. Pieced together every interview and picture in order to construct a model of what the Batcave looked like and Batman's tool belt/equipment/etc., so then he replicated it but for crime

Mothmobile with radar, a trophy room, he invented guns that were impossible to trace. And, of course, the Moth Signal that as one guy points out, doesn't show anything, because it's in infra-red light

So Killer Moth makes a business out of selling these flashlights and then when people use, he gets a part of the profit from their heist. Killer Moth doesn't do much crime himself, just provides supplies and then acts as distraction to Batman.

So Killer Moth has equipped himself to match Batman in every way, except ...

Does he have a Robin? No, he answers, he has a GUN!

(I am endlessly entertained that the crime equivalent of Robin is a gun)

Further more, in his first appearance, Batman doesn't actually catch Killer Moth. Instead, Killer Moth catches Batman and Robin!

Killer Moth debates unmasking Batman, but decides instead to get Batman to show him the Batcave. There were some sections Killer Moth wasn't able to piece together from the his research, and he wants his Mothcave to be perfect.

Killer Moth leaves Robin tied up, threatening Batman that Robin will die if he doesn't drive Killer Moth the Batcave. Luckily, Robin escapes and uses a police radio to let Batman know he's safe.

Now is the perfect time to capture Killer Moth, Batman thinks, he can just drive him to police headquarters.

Only, Killer Moth *also* is tuned in to the radio. He recognizes the trap, leaps from the car and then they chase each other until eventually Killer Moth dives into a river and evades capture.

Overall a really cool and competent adversary, right? So why is he so lame in modern cannon?

Because in the follow up in Batman #64, Killer Moth gets out of the water only to run into some other crooks who laugh at him for being wet 🤷🏾

It's such a let down from this guy who was as good as Batman. I feel like he could have lasted longer as a guy who steps in every now and then and makes it harder for Batman to catch the crooks. Plus, you can get more fun scenes of Bruce Wayne and Cameron Van Cleer are dining together only to see the Bat signal/Moth signal and they both make awkward excuses to leave and are relieved when the other goes along so easily

Joker's first appearance also had him mysteriously disappear into the water, and I am definitely bitter that Joker still gets to be menacing while Killer Moth is reduced to this.