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Imagine if Scourge’s collar was studded with small enchanted artifacts.
#his claws too#reinforced with fucking Blade Of Necrosis or some shit#warriors crossovers#warriors au#erin hunter warriors#dnd crossovers#dnd
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Inspired by this post because I have some thoughts about this one au.
So, Damian stuffs his shadow twin into the body of an unfinished clone, and somehow it just got worse really. Danny mostly just stuck to him whenever he was a shadow, and hide from basically everyone else.
But now that he has a body?
Sheer and utter chaos.
First of all, was the Batfamily's reaction to Danny. He explained who exactly Danny was, and it pained Bruce to only know now that he had another son that was killed because he was born with a birth defect.
Meanwhile Danny, feral child who may or may not have shadow powers with the maturity of a ten-year-old and the emotional maturity to match. Does not give a single care of what Bruce or anyone that isn't Damian feels.
Damian, meanwhile, is trying to stop him from putting a rat in his mouth because, as much as he loves his brother, he does dislike his specific trait to put basically anything in his mouth.
As a shadow creature? That would be fine.
As a human? No. He does not want his brother to get a disease.
So he is currently trying to wrangle his brother and trying to get him to spit out the rat, and he succeeds, and the rat runs off. Only for a spike of shadow to spear the rat right one through, leaving Damian stunned, and in that time frame the spike whipped back, the rat went in his brother's mouth, and he swallowed.
He looked down at Danny, only to find a tail of shadows peeking out from his back, horns and clawed hands and feet covered in shadows.
And him chewing on the rat.
Damian, did the only thing he could even think to do at that moment.
He smacked his brother's head and chided him for eating something who could have been who knows where.
#dc x dp#dp x dc#dpxdc#dp x dc crossover#dcxdp#dc x dp crossover#Danny holds some power over shadow's because he's a shadow child#Tail horns and clawed limbs#Maybe he should even have pawbs too-?#Who knows#Certainly not me#Will Bruce think about how he failed another of his children#A biological one at that?#Probably#Who knows it's Bruce Wayne ie Batman so
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minos
#i cant draw the stupid snakes on his arms#i gave him claws because i think he should have them too#that gif is so him i think#ultrakill#minos ultrakill#my art
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Actually there is something so choice about how the narrative around Jason’s death pre-ressurection spends so much time reassuring Bruce (and the audience) that Bruce has no culpability and that Jason was hopeless and even at times tries to convince us that actually Jason wasn’t even really his son so Bruce didn’t fail as a father, he did the best he could really. Bruce doesn’t owe him anything. This could be seen as an attempt to distort history in order cope with Jason’s death, but this narrative is never actually challenged, we’re meant to take it as truth. And then Jason comes back and drags Bruce by the ear and goes actually no bitch you do owe me something you owe me a death. Bruce doesn’t get to wash his hands of him. Jason forces the issue, he refuses to let Bruce walk away clean. Good, he shouldn’t <3
#The narrative wants to have its cake and eat it too. We can milk Jason for man pain but we can’t have Batman implicated in a child’s death#and then Jason breaks the peace by climbing out of the fridge and grabbing Bruce by the throat to make demands. If#‘A ressurection is a wound reopening’ Jason has his fingers in there clawing that shit open and he’s getting them both covered in blood 😁#Jason Todd#Dc#Bruce Wayne#Batman#This has been in the drafts for 2 weeks but it fits with my recent flurry of Bruce and Jason posts. You can tell the Gotham Knights social#worker arc pissed me off 🙈#Jason hardly gets to defend himself but at least he has a voice again. At least he gets to make demands
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Following Topaz's explanation that Cornerstones are made to fill the hole in the user's heart, what "hole" in Aven's heart do you think his drag queen powers are meant to fill? Especially since Topaz remarks he's the only one with such showy powers
Still trying to catch up with all the messages in the inbox; sorry to everyone for taking a million years to respond.
So cunty, and for what???
Anyway, first, when Jade talks about the Stonehearts' "voids," the alternate reading above that word is actually "ambition." And she mentions that the reason she risked reaching out to Firefly is that she views herself as similar to Firefly--Jade is someone with an unfulfilled wish.
I think there's enough here to suggest that the Stonehearts' voids are not quite what we would normally think of when hearing the word "void"--rather than being best understood as something removed or something lost, their voids seem to be "something desired." An unfulfilled goal. An unmet need. A burning ambition. A secret wish. They all have somewhere they want to get to, and they've signed on-board with Diamond's Preservation project because his power is the fastest way--maybe the only way--to get there.
The implication here, by the way, is that the Stonehearts are acting out the very act of Preservation itself with Diamond. The goal of Qlipoth is for the universe to be saved, an unshakeable resolution to stop Destruction's wanton obliteration. Thus, Preservation itself can be understood as "A desire that must be continuously protected and relentlessly pursued." To live. To endure.
In using the power of an emanator to protect and provide the Stonehearts with ways to pursue their own desires, we replicate in miniature the exact resolve and endless pursuit of perseverance that Qlipoth is acting out in the broader universe. The will of Preservation empowers the Stonehearts--and in turn, the Stonehearts swear an oath to aid in Preservation's mission. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement, and it also simultaneously imitates Jade's shop perfectly: I'll give you exactly what you want, if you give me what I need.
I should clarify that I don't actually think the cornerstones themselves fill the Stonehearts' voids. Rather, they seem to me to be a tangible symbol of the oath between Diamond and the Stonehearts--"I'll give you this power to fulfill your deepest wish, if you work for me." Jade suggests that the power of the cornerstones provides Stonehearts with the means to fill their voids (I.e., having superpowers makes it possible for you to pursue your wish), so I think their individual cornerstone abilities are best understood as "The exact power I need to achieve my particular goal."
So what does that say about Aventurine's "showy" transformation?
Pretty much all the rest of this is just going to be my personal speculation, but I'd say the most telling glimpse we get into why Aventurine's power is so "visual" comes from these lines with the future "Aventurine" in 2.1:
There's two completely contradictory desires being expressed here: Aventurine's life "is the chip he's most eager to lay down" and "always has been"--that is, he genuinely wants to die. He isn't just willing to gamble with his life, he's eager to. The future "Aventurine" also says real Aventurine wants to be "polished up" (to be controlled and molded by others) and "cuffed with red-hot chains" (to be made powerless and not responsible for making his own decisions, to be punished).
But conversely, the real Aventurine also wants to be perceived as "a smooth operator" and "the solid gold deal-maker who doesn't waste a drop of sweat." He wants to be in charge of his image. He wants to be the one who controls the narrative and defines how others think of him. He wants to be "spotlit center stage"--to command the eyes of the world. In short, we could say that Aventurine wants his death (and conversely, his life) to mean something.
From these conflicting desires, I think you can derive a few totally opposite but equally valid interpretations of why Aventurine's cornerstone power is so "visual":
A combat-oriented transformation is another means to seek death.
Jade's power is scary, but she isn't using it to literally launch herself into fights. Topaz's seems to be similar--something that might allow her to win over her opponents in some way (she was about to use it in Belobog to no-sell the Trailblazer), but she clarifies directly that it is not a "transformation." Aventurine just literally turns into a boss enemy and goes straight out on to the battlefield.
In the fight, he doesn't even use shields. (Now whether that's something he never does because the cornerstone powers don't actually come with shields while in his monster form, if he couldn't use shields because his cornerstone was broken, or if he just chose not to use shields in this fight to give Trailblazer and Co. a fighting chance, only time will tell. However, it might be worth noting that his empowered Apocalyptic Shadow form doesn't come with shields either, despite having other new mechanics.)
The point is, this form, while looking cool and seeming strong, is actually a gamble in and of itself. To go out onto the battlefield, where you might not actually be the strongest combatant, is always a risk. And I think this is the kind of risk that Aventurine manifests continually in his life. He is constantly creating opportunities for his own luck to fail. His unfulfilled desire, the "ambition" he was desperate enough to join the Stonehearts to pursue--as his original goal to save his people is completely gone, his only current goal might actually just be a chance to die. His powers may manifest as a combat-oriented transformation because that is just one more way to throw himself into the crossfire.
In fact, this is exactly what Sugilite accuses him of in Jade's myriad celestia:
You didn't need to snatch his wig this hard, Sugilite. (Also I need you all to know I originally wrote "You didn't need to come for him this hard, Sugilite," but then I realized how unfortunate that wording was, so...)
You could even argue that the fact Aventurine's transformation comes with a mask that obscures his entire face is a sign that we're supposed to see this form as dehumanizing.
The facial features are completely obscured and asymmetrical, there's no mouth, his fingers have become claws--despite his body staying mostly human-shaped, it's obviously intended to hint at something monstrous, subsuming his original identity behind a violent facade.
Kakavasha disappears entirely behind "Aventurine" when he transforms, becoming a faceless enemy at the risk of (perhaps in hopes of) entirely losing himself. Maybe every transformation lets Aventurine throw himself closer and closer to the edge of death--and perhaps, before Penacony, only death could ever have filled the "void."
But, on the complete opposite hand (because Aventurine is always both sides of the coin), we could also argue the other end of the spectrum entirely:
A combat-oriented transformation is a show of force.
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Aventurine's entire life has been marred by disenfranchisement, by violations of his basic human rights, freedoms, and agency. At every turn, he has been victimized by others more powerful than himself: his childhood consisted of his clan being relentlessly hounded and hunted to extinction by the Katicans, having their food constantly stolen, their meager belongings burned to the ground, and each one of his family members systematically slaughtered, often in front of his eyes.
After his childhood, he was bought and sold as chattel for pennies, branded like an animal, and forced into a fight where to he had to beat other innocent people to death just to keep himself alive, all for the entertainment of the masses. Even Jade, who promised to help him achieve his goals, treats him like a business investment more than a friend.
In Penacony, we watch everyone he talks to degrade and ostracize him. Even though Aventurine led him into doing it, Sunday tortures and re-traumatizes him live for our entertainment.
Even more that, we see Aventurine constantly struggling with the question of whether his life is really his own or whether his blessing from Gaiathra means that his entire existence has been predetermined, his fate sealed in blood and sand from the very moment of his birth, utterly inescapable.
No matter how Aventurine tries to portray himself as the ultimate winner, he's only ever the "final" victor--being the only one left standing at the end is meaningless if on the road to getting there, you were treated like fate's favorite punching bag. Winning in the end is utterly pointless if on the road to winning, you still lost it all first, from the things you loved to your personal freedom.
What does a person who has been made powerless again and again truly desire? What void do you seek to fill if life has denied you your agency over and over?
Power. Dominance. The ability to literally strike back at those who've wronged you. The strength to intimidate and force people into a corner the way you've been intimidated and forced before.
If we say that Aventurine's "void" is not a literal desire for the release of death, then it might make sense for the "void" to instead to be a frantic desire to gain control over his circumstances. To be the one finally in charge of deciding his own fate.
Particularly in light of his character story which tells us that Kakavasha's original goal for joining the Stonehearts was to save his people, the desire to take on an impressive form that screams "I'm powerful" and has the ability to physically enact vengeance on others feels directly aligned. And it remains aligned even after the reveal that the Avgins are all gone--once more fate strips Kakavasha of his power to make a difference in the world, to achieve what he truly dreams of.
The Apocalyptic Shadow version of his boss fight is called "Desperate Diceroller."
How angry he must be, deep down. How hateful the world must seem. How sad it is to feel that way.
If destiny won't let you out of the cage, your only choice is to grow claws to tear it open.
Okay, but WHY so much swag though?
Are the peacock feathers and spandex really necessary?
Listen. Everyone talks about Ratio having "gifted kid" syndrome, but I'm here to tell you that Aventurine is actually a burnt out gifted kid extraordinaire.
He's literally, canonically, explicitly the chosen one of his people.
From the moment of his birth, his mother and sister--and presumably others in his clan even--were telling him that he was their clan's most precious treasure and that he would lead them to prosperity and safety.
He carried this weight even after fleeing from the massacre, all through his childhood and teenage years, through slavery and abuse, putting his very life on the line to join the IPC in hopes of finally fulfilling the destiny his mother and sister promised he could.
He was supposed to save them. That was his meaning. That was his purpose in life.
But he was too late.
The fate he was born for, raised believing, and risked everything to achieve... is still incomplete.
So, for all that talk about suicide and power-seeking, my real answer is this: Aventurine's "void" is his unfulfilled destiny.
His whole existence has been predetermined, his life's journey laid out in prophecy and blessings from the very beginning. Yet what he thought was his fate betrayed him, and where you head after becoming an unsuccessful chosen one is a question without answer.
His thoughts constantly circle around how he is a "failure" and a "loser."
When you have no sense of purpose, when your life has no meaning, when what you are still seeking is the role you were supposed to have from the moment of your birth: the glorious destiny of being a savior, being the "happiness" of your people, being the hero...
Of course you crave the spectacle. Of course you long for the spotlight--you long to be recognized. Because Kakavasha's the chosen one. "Spotlit center stage" is where he's supposed to be--in the leading role that was stolen from him.
I think that Aventurine's cornerstone transformation is so flashy because, at the core, it represents a longing to truly be the "precious wealth" of the Avgin that his sister promised him he would be. It represents his desire to transform from a useless, "discarded" person into a larger-than-life version of himself. (Hey, fun fact, out of every official depiction of Aventurine, his boss model wears the only outfit in which his slave brand is not naturally visible.) He literally transforms into a supernatural being, capable of seizing others' fates in his hands. It represents the power he needed to save his people and himself. Its extreme flashiness screams for attention, demands to be witnessed as something beyond a helpless human.
It's almost as if Aventurine is a child writing a wish-fulfillment story where he transforms into a hyper-glamorous, all-powerful masked superhero who is capable of saving the day and winning against his enemies every time.
Unlike Jade and Topaz, Aventurine can't hide his deepest desire. It was always going to be a "transformation," because Aventurine's unanswered wish is to be someone better than himself.
His "void," his deepest unachieved ambition--it's written right there, all over his body.
Aventurine's cornerstone power is a story he's telling himself about the person he was supposed to be.
But as Acheron claims, that's life itself.
Aventurine doesn't feel like he has any control over his journey's ultimate destination.
He doesn't know where's he's headed or what the purpose of it all is. But...
Jade explicitly describes the Ten Stonehearts and Diamond's endeavor as a "journey" as well:
Because Preservation represents the continuance of life itself, and the Stonehearts with their endless "voids"--Aventurine with his soul-deep longing to become someone better than himself--represent all of us very real human beings, trying our best to find our own "cornerstones," to gain the means to finally, finally achieve our own sweet dreams.
#honkai star rail#aventurine#ten stonehearts#character analysis#honkai star rail meta#I'm too sleepy to leave real tags#so just know that I spent the whole time writing this#laughing about how Aventurine's claws are on the most inconvenient fingers#like dude is not getting any tail in his monster form with THOSE hands#also I spent the second half of this going#“Aventurine's unfulfilled destiny is his void”#“so he can probably fix it by reviving the Avgins”#this is why everyone wants to give this man a baby#Diamond said “I don't got any babies but I do have this cool rock”#Aventurine said “Will the cool rock make me sexy?”#and didn't even wait for the answer
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crazy this guy can kill anyone with a thought
he’s just a silly billy
he don’t need to mind control me to do anything sign me up to be a child soldier get me in the field
#it really is a 50/50 of what posts the internet pay attention too#waiting patiently to see what people think of ready player one cherik au 😁#anyway i love it when fics display how powerful charles is#need him to kill half the population again 💔#i get excited whenever he does more than just read surface thoughts#also i’m just showing off new pictures i saved lol#if you knew me you would know i don’t save pictures of stuff very often#my cat just dug his claws in my bare leg ow#trying to decide if i should read more comics today or watchs movies#kinda wanna watch stuff#charles xavier#cherik#x men#professor x
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If we think about it, Megatron must look anemic to the rest of the Cybertronian race.
Edited to add the tags on the post since I was told not to hide them :3
#autobots hate him#but doctors#they hate him more#regardless of factions#1 enemy of every single Cybertronian medic to ever live#his cannon gave him scoliosis#he has black holes in his body#he has changed frames too many times#he can also mass-shift#at some point he became a flier#he is GREY#bro looks dead#bro has “living dead girl” playing wherever he goes#“my body is a temple” nuh uh Megatron decided that his body was a fridge waiting to be filled with magnets#steel rambles#transformers#maccadam#maccadams#shitpost#megatron#I imagine megatron walking in whatever medbay with a giant folder of everything he's subjected his body to#and the doctor just goes “fuck this shit” and walks out#Shockwave is not a medic#that's why he's the only one that is willing to get his claws on him#and make him worse
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there are many neat reptilian characteristics that one can give Cardassians. I've seen shedding scales, tails and claws, scent marking, and people making them ectothermic.
but consider:
Color changing ridges. Just for funsies. We already tend to headcanon that the ridges and spoons (chula, if you prefer) turn blue when aroused, mimicking the make up they wear in canon, but it would be a bit interesting if the ridges were Fully color changing, a la chameleons. Especially if they changed color based on emotions.
Because their culture is very focused on the Good of the State, it would probably be taboo to have your emotions plainly visible (too much risk of your colors giving away the fact that you aren't 100% content blindly serving the state). I think it would be typical to wear make up to cover up the color changing scales, or to wear paint in 'positive' colors.
Soldiers and the Obsidian Order might even find a way to chemically neutralize the color changing, either temporarily or permanently - it could be far too much of a liability, if someone got captured and interrogated.
Most non-Cardassians would be entirely unaware that this was a normal part of Cardassian physiology. Novels might have oblique references to the colors when describing emotions, but any book that spoke too clearly of them would be almost sure to get banned. Bashir would be slowly taking notes about which colors in novels seemed to correspond to which emotions, but he'd have no idea that it was because Cardassians could Literally Turn Those Colors. He'd just assume their color theory was different, and that they were Really into color metaphors for some reason.
Could be interesting to explore the cultural implications and see what kinds of new mischief happens on the station due to it.
#really I'm half just imagining Garak (who suddenly and unexpectedly is changing colors again) running around#and finding increasingly convoluted ways to disguise or explain away why his ridges are oddly orange.#maybe he has to bargain with Quark to get his claws on effective make up to cover it up.#or maybe he's like “this won't be a problem. I'm good at not having emotions” only to realize that he is NOT good at not having emotions#he has one (1) lunch with Bashir and has to leave 5 minutes in because he's lighting up like a christmas tree and it's too exposing#just various shenanigans. you get it.#ds9#deep space nine#star trek deep space nine#star trek ds9#cardassians#garak#julian bashir#ds9 garak#garashir#speculative biology#actually when i first considered this idea it was because i was thinking of garak hearing about bashir's 'death' in armageddon game#i figure garak Would grieve but would also pretend as though he was entirely unaffected. so i was like. well. what if he COULDN'T pretend?#what if his emotions on the matter were exposed against his will?#if nothing else it might force those who saw to come to terms with garak's humanity (you know what i mean) a little sooner than normal#before even garak himself has come to terms with it.
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*shaking a little* unposted Akizets
#I got all the effigies yayy IDK if there is anything else I haven't seen except finishing the scary maze where things chase you.#Too skery gives me night mears.#Anyway I really like Akizet I think I hauve a crush on her. Damn girl you kill with those claws? I like her a lot.#corru.observer#corru observer#beebfreeb art tag#There is a lot to find in this beautifully crafted world unfortunately I am not a gamer I am kind of unobservant.#Corru.Unobserver#<- My fangame with a brand new character who misses all the secrets but develops an intense parasocial relationship with Akizet#Anyway hi what's up how's it going.
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In a way this was the best outcome.
Timothy Drake was always meant to die.
He cheated the reaper when he was nine knife at his throat chasing around vigilantes who wouldn't have ever known him as anything other than a statistic.
He survived past fifteen which for any boy who wears those bright colors knows is an achievement.
Luck is what they will say.
Bad luck specifically wrong place right time at least in his mind.
Bleeding out with his brothers surrounding him.
A bullet he took before it could reach Damian.
He can see him he looks terrified standing a good two feet away which is an accurate description of them a gap that neither boy could ever seem to close.
Jason lost his mask somewhere he can feel the press of his fingers trying to keep blood in. Demanding it. Hopeing for a miracle. That's Jason Todd.
Holding him Dick's arms wrapped around him whispering
"I have you sweetheart I know it hurts, Dad's coming baby just a little bit longer."
He remembers a poem he found right after Jason died he had wondered if Jason raged fought tooth and nail to keep breathing.
But with all his brothers here his Father on the way he can't think of a better time.
As his breathe slows and he feels his vision fade he doesn't fight.
Lying in his brothers arms Timothy Jackson Drake takes his last breath.
Peacefully falling into the night.
There was no rage only a sense of peace for a tired hero who could finally rest.
#tim drake#batfamily#jason todd#dick grayson#damian wayne#bruce wayne#batfam#Mind you this is a child#Don't go gentle you should fight claw but sometimes there's peace to find in death#Brother Son beloved hero who's mind could finally quiet#don't think about Dick who's now holding his brothers corpse#don't think about Jason who is watching his baby brother die#Damian who is begging Tim to fight but he can see that's it to late a bullet that was meant for him#don't think about how Bruce is too late how he will stumble upon all of his boys and for a second he will have hope only to see that#one of his boys his lying too still#don't worry Damian will find a beautiful Red Robin years later flying high
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Putting some guys in some fancy outfits
#i just think any time theyd have to go to some place nicer to run scams kremy would enjoy dressing his boys up#i saw some ppl drawing them in suits and i just really wanted to draw frosty in a less western style suit#also i saw a drawing of gideon and kremys wedding where kremy had a sick skeleton coat and i said yES#morning frost#gideon coal#kremy lecroux#once upon a witchlight#ouaw#coalecroux#they get all dressed up and like 10 minutes into the thing theyre attending gideon has shed half his cloths and unbuttoned his shirt#also pls notice frosts little mlem. he is kitty he has to have little kitty mlem because its my drawing and i choose the fun#didnt have any particular ideas for grinko and torbek sorry fells :(#i think Gricko refused to wear shoes so kremy made him stay outside of whatever place they were heisting to stand watch instead#kremy says they have to drink with everyone else to fit in and not offend everyone but then him and gideon just get shitfaced and do no sca#they get out and grickos like alright guys whatve we got and kremys like oh shit right uhhh#i think gideon kremy and frost would be a disaster trio#just gideon and kremy fucking around and frost desperately like guys pLEASE we had a PLAN#clawing at the floorboards as they drag him into whatever dumb fun theyre having too#frost and kremy are the brain cells but gideon makes kremy dumber in a way that only works out when its just the two of them#my art
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i think it would be funny if serizawa accidentally swooned toichiros ex wife. and was completely oblivious to it
#his claws are stuck in the floor#she likes her men pretty weird#thats ok serizawa does too he marries a blonde man#serizawa#toichiro#mp100#my art
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Lil bit of Helios info. He represses his feelings a lot because as an Eclipse he feels these things Strongly, which especially after learning about other Eclipses is scary for him and he fears he'll hurt people. Even positive emotions Helios is worried will come out in a toxic way, affection turning into possessiveness and so on, so they purposefully try to restrain themselves.
#at first it was guarding after what happened with his Sun#and then ze learned about other Eclipses and their toxic traits so every intense feeling (which is most of them) became a threat#it's not a reasonable fear Helios is not like Eclipse but every smidge of jealousy or want to sink his claws in or hold on too tight#is proof enough for Helios that it's a problem they need to take care of which is not healthy#basil doodles#sun and moon show#tsams#basil headcanons#helios#sams solar#silly celestials au
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3 years and I'm STILL IN THE FUCKING BUILDING... unbelievable... anyway happy re-bday to my pathetic cringefail politician
Alt ver. under the cut
***Massive disclaimer: i do not support the cc this is strictly about the fictional character
#cwilbur#c!wilbur#dsmp fanart#my art#woah hi hello how's it going#still in this hellhole i couldn't claw my way out my fingernails are too short#still had to do smth for this guy i mean cmon. major influence over my life for years#speaking of which hey major redesign. you know why.#nothin much to say. random outfit. face based on gregory peck tho it's not rly clear here#lives tattoos i thought were fun. tried to make the revived life look like a shitty stick n poke dont know if that reads well#aro ring but on the wrong finger whoops. dont care enough to fix it#anyway hope you enjoy :p fangs for sticking around xoxo#OH and first time writing an image desc. hope it was good!! ik its like a mile long but idk how to be any more concise#fennec.art
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pre-valentino mafioso angel meeting little sepia beta vox in the fifties, rapidly realizing that this guy has been bottling up all of his worst impulses his entire life AND afterlife because no one has ever respected him or taken him seriously, which angel understands intimately, and just being like "are you tired of being nice? don't you just wanna go apeshit?" and lets vox just go full-on looney tunes cartoon violence on angel's shitty family.
the buddy-comedy (and angst) potential of these two is so strong. angel not begrudging vox his upgrades because he knows how dehumanizing it is to not be recognized as the threat that you are; angel who was given the form of a spider but has never stopped being treated like the fly; derided for being gay and gnc in the thirties and just solving all of his problems with a gun because it's easier than addressing his self-worth issues.
enter vox. who's never been able to be anything but a boring middle-aged guy at a white collar office job bc his ambitions were never given the space or support to be able to thrive. gradually building up huge amounts of resentment & repressed cruelty that he couldn't ever vent & then dying & going to hell & being a little cartoon. doomed to an eternity of never ever being anyone or doing anything important because he STILL exists only for everyone else to demean and ignore and dismiss. but now it's worse bc his survival depends on his entertainment value. imagining the relief of meeting angel & seeing his own fury & sadistic desperation reflected there. absolutely LEAPING at the chance to slaughter angel's abusive mafia family with him. and thus a beautiful doomed friendship was born.
doomed, because, well... a few decades later, they're both going to meet someone who makes them feel uniquely valued. respected. seen. and only one of them is going to make it out of that situation with their autonomy intact, because the thing vox has always wanted most is to be on top, by any means necessary - but all angel has ever wanted is to not be alone.
#do we think vox resents angel for not being ruthless enough to claw out a space at vox & val's side too. hating him for his weakness but#missing him too. feeling guilty for it all & then angry at angel for making him weaker with his attachment.#angel wishing he could hate vox for the betrayal but never being able to hate him more than he hates himself#that's rough buddy.#angel dust#vox#staticdust#valentino#hazbin hotel#implied ->#valangel#staticmoth#voxvalangel
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Please, le, FUCKING consider, a bitter Soundwave.
A Soundwave who put his entire spark into the Decepticon cause because he TRULY believed Megatron, with his ideas of a different cybertron, a Cybertron where everyone was an equal, there was no council or senate that dictated how someone acted, what their rank was, where they would work or do, that THEY could make a change and there was hope.
A Soundwave who stood besides Megatron because he was wide eyed and hopeful, because he didn't want to be a gladiator, a servant, a tool, a device, or whatnot for the elite. He wanted to be himself. A transformer who loved music, who saw minicons as his equal and saw the minicons he worked with as his family who he adopted or was adopted by. And so much more.
A Soundwave who was willing to do horrible things if Megatron's ideal Cybertron became a reality.
A Soundwave, that, as the years go by in the war, and the energon, dried and stained on hands, making it nearly impossible some days to see the old paint on them. The screams of prisoners of war echoing in his head, making him spend so many nights awake that he forgot what the hell a recharge cycle was.
A Soundwave who steps and weaves into the sudden new political game he was thrown into among the Decepticons, a Soundwave who keeps his mouth shut because he learned quickly that silence was loyalty and loyalty was gospel among the cons. A Soundwave who, while anxious, hides it well, because he is still grasping at the dream of a better Cybertron that Megatron promises and will die for him....
...A Soundwave who loses more and more minicons as the war goes on, A Soundwave, who when Ravage died, he had to choke back his pained cries as he cradled the dead minicon in his arms. A Soundwave who had to bury Frenzy and Rumble together because one perished in combat and the other was badly wounded he had to mercy kill him just to end his suffering. A Soundwave who grows more and more enrage, as a traitor, Starscream, is allowed to walk freely, ringing alarm bells in his head because this feels like old Cybertron, where the elite got away with bullshit and others suffered.
....A Soundwave that can't even stare at Megatron anymore because all he sees in the Senate, the council, the people who hurt him, the people used him. All he sees is that in Megatron.
...A Soundwave who snaps finally and walks away, grasping on to what he believe the Decepticon cause was originally but can't tell anymore because of how muddled has become due to Megatron's greed for power. A Soundwave who is tried of the war and how it refuses to end. A hellbent Soundwave who uses what he knows to trade for asylum, to trade for information, for safety and more.
A Soundwave who wants to watch everything burn because he is tried of this stupid war and just wants it to end, but is willing to go down swinging and bring everyone down with him.
A bitter Soundwave...
#transformers#maccadam#soundwave#rogue soundwave au#LET SOUNDWAVE SNAP#LET HIM BE BITTER#LET HIM STILL BE A CON IN SPIRIT BUT HATE MEGATRON FOR WHAT THE CAUSE HAS BECOME#LET HIM CLAW AND BITE AND SNARL#LET HIM BE FEARL#LET HIM SOB AND MOURN AND KILL WHAT HE HATES#LET ME GO BERSEK#BECAUSE LETS BE HONEST#THE ONLY REASON SOUNDWAVE HASNT MUTINIED OR KILLED MEGATRON HIMSELF IS BECAUSE HE IS TOO DAMN LOYAL TO MEGATRON#And yuo know love that for him#BUT I WANNA SEE A SOUNDWAVE WHO GROWS TO HATE HIM#WHO HATES THE FACT HE IS A WAR HUNGER POWER HUNGER WARLORD WHO USES HIS MEN AS TOOLS#I AM GOING INSANE OVER THIS#//SMACKS SOUNDWAVE'S FACE#THIS BOY CAN HOLD SO MANY ISSUES
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