#guess who’s not dead yet

[aithersattempts]

A Terrible Rat

My life is a labyrinth

And I am a terrible rat

Repeating the same wrong turns

Always and only obvious in hindsight

I can see the way out

But my mind always slips

And I am lost in the labyrinth again

My life is a labyrinth

And I am a terrible rat

[micamone]

hewwo

[vaguely-concerned]

the strength it must have taken for illario to not immediately go full 'lmao since when have you even had a kiss hello lucanis' sibling violence mode during the café talk. inspirational. rook and lucanis really were doing all that right in front of his salad huh

[not-the-living-ghost]

See, I was gonna post this photo and make a caption about “the one straight Dead Boy Detectives character,” but then I remembered there are none. 😭😭 Than being said, this totally reads as something Charles would post before realizing that he is, in fact, included in "the girls and the gays"

[sappi-papi]

okaasan

[quietstereo]

Just found out Gongyi Xiao is dead fml

[javierduffy]

self insert stuff

basic info + awful silly sketchbook stuff under the cut :3

[bumblingbabooshka]

Overhated Female Character x Underused Female Character [Patreon | Commissions]

[goose-is-drawing]

[lord-squiggletits]

Wait you people are actually writing Pharma as Ratchet's abusive husband/ex in fics I thought that was just a joke

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

dead boy detectives is the perfect cure for a broken heart

[bonefall]

My birthday was a couple days ago, and I got to see my bio dad for the first time in a while. He surprised me with the fact that I have a little half-sister, whom I've never met and who was adopted about two years back. So, I wondered if any situations in BB mimic this or have a theme of "secret siblings" or "secret family"? Sorry if this is a weird ask; this blog is honestly just such a cool little place and I love the way you approach the subject matter and take the flawed misogynistic foundation of the WC books and make them so much better (JUSTICE FOR BUMBLE!!!). I've also learned a lot about healthy and unhealthy relationships here and am really glad for your deep dives on Squilf and Bramble. Thanks, Bones!

Not weird at all! I really like exploring all the little nooks and crannies of complicated familial dynamics. I think one of the untapped strengths of WC (that the writers seem to be unaware of) is how their MASSIVE cast allows them to present all sorts of unique dynamics. So I like to pick up on it, since they don't.

For secret siblings...

I'm pretty heavily leaning towards Ambermoon being adopted by Wildfur, as a surrogacy. Something feels correct about it. Especially since Icecloud is getting retooled into a post-Battle of the True Eclipse birth, and a major supporting character in AVoS-era stories as a friend of Alderheart.

Thinking about it, I should zoom in and expand this. Maybe have Icecloud, somehow, acquire forbidden knowledge that would invalidate the Queen’s Rights and he (transman) struggles with if he's going to use it to expose his parents as an excuse to help Ambermoon.

(Especially since Ambermoon and Icecloud are basically nothing alike. Amber is independent, bold, and vain. Ice is jessie pinkman big-hearted, disorganized, and deceptively meek if you look past his "chill" demeanor)

But that's wip-- there's also Breezepelt and the Three, who are going to have an actual friendship. In particular I can't unsee Breeze and Lion having a deep one. I know I commit the Cardinal Sin of borderline himbo-ifying Lionblaze in BB, but I can't help it.

Hollyleaf ended up nabbing a bunch of his most violent roles to make her villainous descent smoother narratively, so BB!Lionblaze's story ends up being more focused on Ashfur's abuse, comic relief with cats in other Clans (something that the very serious Jay and Holly have a hard time providing), and the emotional fallout of the big reveal and Bramblestar's turn on them. Breezepelt slots neatly into that.

They were friends. Lionblaze's whole life came down around the reveal, everyone looking at him and his siblings differently, like they're suddenly something terrible. Why can't we find a silver lining, Breezepelt? Why can't we call ourselves brothers if the whole world is going to do it anyway? So much is changing, but THIS doesn't have to, we will take their weapon and turn it to armor, my ally, my friend, my brother.

(and when Breezepelt is lashing out at the three because of the Dark Forest's influence, Lionblaze is there, taking the blows and trying not to give in to the impulse to send him flying with a single paw)

There's also Harespring and Kestrelflight of WindClan and Owlclaw of ShadowClan. All of them are from a single litter between Whitewater and Mudclaw. She was going to raise the three of them alone as ShadowClan cats, but when the sire was smote, Whitewater felt they were cursed.

She was able to give the oldest two to their bio-uncle, Torear, but the weather was so bad that day and the runt was so sickly and small that it surely would have killed him. I don't think Owlclaw ever finds out why his mother always treated him with suspicion, but it did mess him up horribly.

Over in BB!DOTC, Thunder Storm is getting more half-siblings earlier. Clear Sky and Falling Feather had two daughters-- Pale Sky and Tiger Sky.

I want to explore the way that the various stages of Clear Sky's life acted on his kids. How any little curiosity Thunder Storm had about the life he might have had if he wasn't abandoned is crushed by seeing kittens who weren't. How Clear's favoritism of his oldest child set the trio against each other from the start. How this idea of "love" is toxic yet intoxicating.

It feels good to be the golden child. The power it gives you over his sycophants is satisfying. To know you, and you alone, have what someone else craves. Problem is, that's conditional, and it's cruel.

What Thunder Storm learns from his time with his biodad is that Clear Sky is not his father at all. He's taught him exactly what he DOESN'T want to be. There may be similarities-- in temperament, in physical prowess (though BB!Thunder is three-legged, he's still ripped), in taste and senses. But Thunder Storm's father is Shaded Flower.

(BB!Gray Wing died in the first book, rescuing Shaded Flower from being trampled by a horse. Xey're a patron of wisdom, Shaded Moss is taking the role of fatherhood to Thunder)

His sister is Rainswept Flower. His mom is Bright Storm. If there was a bond he could have had with Tiger Sky and Pale Sky, it dies simply and cruelly on the knife they used to cut each other out.

Pale might have wanted to mend it, she was the gentler one. But she dies in the First Battle along with her mother. Tiger Sky is too stubborn to accept any help, should Thunderstar offer it, and Thunderstar isn't in the business of begging for others to like him.

Naturally I'm lowkey obsessed with them lmao. I need to make a BB!DOTC overviewww

[corpseybun]

Catrick went to the vet again yesterday. He decided the scale was his bed, lol.

Vent below the cut.

I'd advise clicking away now if you just want to see the cute kitty. Some upsetting topics are covered, and I don't want anyone getting triggered by that.

Shout outs to our beloved cat Catrick for having a luck stat in the negatives. Not only does he still have diabetes but he also has heart failure. Fucking wonderful. Vet said he has 2-3 months to live.

He isn't even old. He's 5. He's a baby. He hasn't even reached double digits yet. I hate life. I hate how unfair everything is. Take me instead, damn it. I could at least get a heart transplant and probably get saved from death. Cats don't have that. There's literally nothing to save him.

He's not even acting sick. He's still trying to do funny cat stuff. It makes it even harder to actually believe he's dying. What do you mean he has heart failure? He's still trying his best to play with our dogs for God's sake. He's still finding ways to be a michevious little thing and climb onto tables. He still keeps trying to steal people's food whenever they eat.

Granted, he's not able to do as many cat things as before. He maybe is able to do one of those activities every 3 or so days. I can tell he's tired. Real pooped. But dying? It doesn't feel like he is at all. It's fucked up. It's all so fucked up.

Do not get me started on the bills. I fucking hate capitalism. I hate corporations. I hate all the rich bastards that could give a shit less about actual real people and their actual real problems.

Eat the rich.

If I ever become rich, kill me. Just fucking end me. Bullet through the brains. Don't let me become part of the horrid system.

The fundraiser is still going. Share it around if you can, I don't care if you donate or not. Just please spread the word if you haven't already. I'm desperate here. Thanks to Nick and Blue for actually sharing it around on here. You guys mean the world to me.

[im-the-antonymph-of-your-mom]

Why did Marcille get so intensely flustered when Laios reacted to her and Izutsumi's entrance?

What did she think he was going to say? I didn't think she'd be that overwhelmed if he was just calling her beautiful in some way, so it seems like it'd be something else, but I can't think of anything.

[fitzrove]

can someone pay me 2000 euros a month to play the sims 2 rotationally for 8 hours a day 5 days a week. unfortunately i'm pulling rookie numbers with it rn (only about 2-3h/day, and it's cut out of my sleep time) due to things like w*rk and my m*ster's th*sis

[drolta]

man, what a wonderful day to remember that richonne is canon