#he would be the worst friend imaginable

[mumbledramblings]

Alright, so in the last post I spoke about the general setting of the trigun au in my head (name pending), and in this post im going to talk about some of the major characters:

The Winter King

Who is the Winter King? The Winter King is you! :D A little unusual but let me cook, I promise to make you cool

So as I mentioned in the previous post, the Winter King (you) are a spirit of Winter. I imagine you covered head-to-toe in furs and armour, all rimed with frost and cold as ice. (I've played a lot of FFXIV and was greatly inspired by the lvl 50 Warrior aesthetic, but the world is your oyster, think up your own outfit if you want.) Also huge. Like, 8-feet-tall huge. You are a god. You are surrounded by a blizzard where ever you go, but lately you have not been going anywhere, so the storm as slowed to a gentle snowfall, if it is there at all.

I mentioned you are a spirit of Winter, but you are also the only spirit of Winter, which makes you rather unusual (post-Summer Lord era, at least) with the hundreds of Summer-harnessing Plants, and the innumerable Spring and Autumn spirits. This means, of course, that you are very lonely; and, after the death of the Summer Lord, very sad.

So lonely and sad, that you've locked yourself away in your castle, on an island surrounded by a lake, frozen halfway, in the center of the realm of spirits. None, not even the spirits that inhabit that land surrounding your domain, have seen you leave it in centuries. Not that humans know where the realm of spirits is, much less entered it, but the point is, though the Spring and Autumn spirits may have followed you into isolation, neither humans nor spirits have seen you since the death of the Summer Lord. Even spirits who consider themselves your friends are turned away at the gates of your fortress.

You are alone, and lonely, and free to morn your former rival.

And yet, recently, you find yourself receiving visitors you did not invite, nor welcome into your home. One in particular, grows increasingly insistent of your company.

And yet, you cannot bring yourself to turn them away.

Vash the Stampede

For the purposes of this au, Vash is a genetically engineered human-Plant hybrid made in an attempt to create a new Summer god. He is also considered a failure, in that aspect, and has spent most his life living as a normal human being. He is the youngest of the hybrids, and while aware of his true nature, he does not remember a lot from the time before the project was shut down. What he does remember mostly consists of time spent with Rem and Nai.

Speaking of Nai, the two of them grew up in separate households, though they stayed in contact and hung out regularly. Or they did, in any case. Recently, their relationship has become quite strained, as Nai has been trying to push Vash into joining some weird little Summer Lord cult, and Vash already has enough trouble trying to make friends in college, thank you very much.

(I want to say he's normal human aged. One, Plants in this au aren't quite the miracle machines they are in the source material, crippled as they are by the limits of human understanding. Plus, he's a hybrid, not a full Plant. Two, I already have one sad immortal in this au, so like as much as Vash's century-and-a-half long misery contributes to his character in the source material, I think it would not hit as hard in this au. Three, I think Vash being in his mid-to-late 20s simply adds to some of the shenanery I put him through.)

"Does Vash have powers?" Not really??? None that he is aware of, at least. He's spent his life so far trying desperately to fit in, and hide away everything that makes him not normal. Any of his "powers" worth mentioning would have been so deeply repressed, he wouldn't know how to call on them, if they even existed.

The only unusual abilities he has is a strong affinity to spirits and Summer, and strange dreams about the Winter King. Not the type of dreams your thinking about!!! Totally normal and not-weird dreams about the Winter King all alone and sad in a frozen palace and they're really tall and hot and of course he has to keep them company and cheer them up, right?! Wait that sounds worse, just forget it!! Why are you looking at him like that?! Don't leave, he was just being ironic!!!

Millions Knives

Knives, like his brother, is another human-Plant hybrid made to become a Summer god, was deemed a failure, and then discarded. Unlike his brother, however, Knives remembers his early life and the events that lead to its sudden change much more vividly.

After the Summer god project was shut down, Knives was adopted into a devout, rich family, and such spent a large portion of his childhood sitting in the pews of one of the more influential churches dedicated to the splendour of Summer. Rest in piece, kid. While he doesn't necessarily believe most of what the Church preaches, there is one thing the overzealous-pastor has said that resonated with him: humans killed the Summer Lord to steal his power.

In Knives's opinion, there is no sentence that better encapsulates the vanity and hubris of humanity. Compounded by all he witnessed in the Summer god project, and the knowledge of his own nature, he comes to believe that humans are not worthy of the power of the Summer Lord. Firm in his belief, Knives spent most of his teenage years vandalizing local Plant facilities with a group of like-minded friends.

Fortunately for him, he's never really had to suffer the consequences of his rebellion, as his family was more than happy to use their wealth to keep him out of trouble, and the public unaware of his involvement. Frankly, his family seemed almost supportive of his actions. In fact, once they thought him old enough, they revealed to him that there is a whole organization that believed just as he does-- that humanity was wrong to kill the Summer Lord-- and they were striving to right that wrong by reviving the fallen god.

Knives had an even better idea. As Plant hybrids specifically designed to replace the Summer Lord, wouldn't that make Knives and Vash inheritors of His power? Summer Princes, if you will. Demi-gods with all the potential, but lacking in a means to ascend?

He has no interest in human absolution-- they are undeserving of it-- but that does not mean it could not be put to good use. How fortunate that he was adopted by a family who had already laid the groundwork.

[poppyseed799]

Mumbo got DESTROYED by other people’s tasks and NOT in the way you think

[theatreslave]

I fully need you all to realize

in another universe, each and every one of us, is making Severus Snape stutter and blush.

[brainrotcharacters]

the next thing they'll be involved with, Logan will be drinking and gets told by a non-Wade "I'm here to save you from Deadpool" or some funny shit like that. Toss in a mention about incursions or Wade's 'higher purpose' having no place for Logan. Watch Logan laugh.

[radishearts]

My dream teams 🫶

[rebouks]

Previous // Next

Matilda: I wish he’d said goodbye at least. Oscar: I tried to convince him to stay… Matilda: Do you think he would’ve-.. if I kissed him back? Oscar: I don’t know, did he ever say anything about wanting to go somewhere? You could-… Matilda: I’m not fucking chasing him. Oscar: Maybe he’d want you to. Matilda: What is this, a movie? Oscar: Obviously not, but people do that sorta thing someti-… Matilda: They don’t, and I don’t know where he’d go-.. it doesn’t even matter now anyway. Courtney: You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t matter. Matilda: [sarcastically] Well, thanks. Oscar: Don’t start being a bitch just becau-… [Matilda scowled over her shoulder] Matilda: I’m not! But you two and your happy ending bullshit can fuck off, not everything is sunshine n’ rainbows for everyone else. Maybe you’d realise that if you crawled out of each other’s asses for once. [Oscar couldn’t help but smirk as Matilda stormed off, earning himself a glare from Courtney] Courtney: It’s not funny. Oscar: No, but the shit she says is funny. Courtney: She really liked him. Oscar: She loved him. Courtney: I feel so sorry for her-.. don’t you dare tell her I said that though. Oscar: They would’ve made a good couple. [Courtney sighed wistfully, nodding in agreement] Oscar: Hm-.. c’mon sunshine, we’ve got babies to wrangle. Courtney: Is that my new nickname? Oscar: It kinda suits you, but you’ll always be my Cookie. Courtney: [grins] Ough, sickening-.. no wonder she hates us.

[jackdaniel69nice]

Inktober 04/2024 “Tragedy”

Waking up alone

This is a sequel to last years inktober drawing where AFO successfully steals dark shadow. This is the aftermath of him in the hospital. He’s completely catatonic and unresponsive to all stimuli. When a part of you is ripped away there is no replacing what is lost.

[gthechangeling]

some stuff we could've had in The Dragon Republic but didnt and I wish we did

kitay and chaghan hating each other ON SIGHT. i believe from the bottom of my heart they spent the entire book trying to assassinate each other in increasingly covert ways

more rin and qara friendship!!!! we were so robbed tbh

quara and VENKA friendship!!!! archers!!!!

kitay and ramsa scheming together. idk it just makes sense, them being the only two not-shamans. besides i think ramsa's chaos would go well with kitay's big brilliant brain and by that i mean they would do horrible unspeakable things together and no one would be able to stop them <3

[sweetsuke]

narukana bffs. you agree 🫶

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

here is my very (very) small collection of moments where john got jumpscared by something that did not immediately start trying to kill them

[onesillymover]

AHHH THE JOURNAL IS FROZEN, THAT'S SO COOL (Ba dum tss)

Seriously tho, would not have guessed this would affect the gadgets/tools that's super interesting.

[loderlied]

mmm essay about sally and kid gort in the tags (cw for child abuse, mentions of suicide, animal cruelty and a murder attempt. i always hope i don’t have to say this but just in case: i don’t excuse or condone any of her or gort’s behaviour at all.) this is literally not even touching upon everything i have to say because i hit the fucking tag limit lmao. NOBODY READ IT’S BAD BRAINSTORMING I JUST NEEDED TO GET IT OUT SOMEHOW

[greatsnakestintin]

the funniest way Hob’s immortality is found out is because despite moving around a lot one of his uni students recognises Hob because he taught them in primary/secondary school

[watzuu-lmk]

Stableboys duo oh how i miss you so......

[redlenai]

Doing some self indulgent art of my Oc Derek and Jack before going to sleep

And thinking about their dynamic:

Derek: I want a happy ending! Write one for me!

Jack: I can't and I don't want to, no divine intervention and no exceptions

Derek: C'mon~! Is not one of your Grandpa's worlds, so no consequences!

Jack: No!

Derek: I just want a happy ending with my Righteous man! What's so wrong with that?!

Jack: HA. HA. No and don't you dare to wear a beige trench coat

Derek: Too late, I already own one

Jack: ...

Derek: Am I convincing you?

Jack: I'm kicking you out of Heaven

Derek: GREAT! I was missing the "Fallen" part in Fallen Angel!

Jack: GET OUT!

[lem-argentum]

it took me until dt to change rudy's hairstyle, but i ACTUALLY think he would've cut it back in post-stb when he became a reaper. the trope of "character cuts hair to feel more in control of their life" is cliché but REAL. and also the visual of him cutting it with his scythe is fun