#how to fit an oc into canon

[novemberhope]

This morning I was thinking how to get Niara to Marineford and include her in the canon timeline...

Lot of text under the cut (as well as spoilers), so beware.

So last thing we know is Niara was sailing with Ace and his former crew until they somehow split. I'm not sure if Ginny and Niara exist in the same timeline but if so, they might have known each other too but are not close or anything. I don't think Niara would have supported Ginny's decision to join the marines at all. Perhaps to make this interesting for later, they could have been crewmates and then had a falling out over this the last time they saw each other.

Now, Niara and Ace remain close friends until... perhaps Niara has the opportunity to visit the island her mother was born on (because she needs a valid reason to leave the crew). Let's say her mother's family was not keen on Niara's mother marrying Niara's father and they had very little contact, if all, if her mother after that. So Niara shows up, gets to know them and they all like each other and Niara is reminded of her mother so much and for the first time in a long time feels loved by members of her family. Eventually, the crew has to sail on but with a heavy heart, Niara decidedes to stay a little longer. So she and the others part but she and Ace promise each other they will see each other again and that Niara can come back anytime.

Niara's time with her mother's family is great and she gets along especially great with her grandparents who adore her. She stays way too long, knowing that they're old and by the time she will be able to come here again, they might not be around anymore. But she also starts to long for adventures on sea again and also fears that one day her father or siblings could show up here to arrest her. She hasn't gotten a bounty yet but they know what she's been doing, so she is worried.

Niara's grandfather tells her to train her powers better. She has barely scratched the surface of what her devil fruit powers can do! But for her, that only reminds her of her father forcing her to eat the devil fruit and trying to turn her into someone she's not, a logia fruit user set for a navy career, quickly rising to the highest marine ranks. While Niara does train, she still refuses to try and fully awaken her powers, saying this is never what she wanted to become.

Eventually, her grandfather helps her to get onto a ship and she travels to Sabaody with them, ready to join another crew or, better yet, join up with her old one again. But they are no more and Ace is now with Whitebeard and everyone has moved on without her. Niara feels that she, too, has to make a name for herself now and joins a crew in Sabaody.

Long story short, they make it into the new world but get beaten pretty soon and join the ranks of the crew that has beaten them. Niara does make friends there, but her heart is not really in it. The new world is different in so many ways and she realizes that perhaps she does have to train a lot more.

Then she gets the news of Ace's imprisonment and is devastated. Of course she can't march into Impel Down to set him free but she tries to convince her current crew to go to Marineford but they refuse. So Niara splits with them and tries to get there on her own, knowing she has very little chance to archive anything but she can't let it go either.

Marineford happens... Niara is there fighting... I do want Ace to see her being there fighting for him... but... she's not strong enough and eventually, just gets knocked out. Her being there and being recognized earns her her first bounty though. She does get saved and that's when she first meets Luffy. I think I want her to get saved and brought on the Polar Tang when Luffy is taken there in the end, so she can later form a bond with Luffy and meet Law for the first time.

Eventually, while being on Boa Hancock's island, Niara and Luffy bond over their loss and when Luffy makes the decision to meet up with his own crew in two years after everyone has become stronger, he tells Niara she can join too if she wants. Niara takes the opportunity to get some training too and after the timeskip, she joins the strawhat crew.

Her getting to know Law better won't happen until Punk Hazard.

I think it works better if Niara joins after the timeskip while having Neri be with the Strawhat Crew from more or less the beginning.

[astronnova]

danny phantom cast explorations and thoughts :v

[ruby-static]

Welcome to another episode of “Riley’s curiosity gets the better of him, and now he has to experience situations™.”

This time, he’s gotta deal with the Twilight Zone mad scientist crater.

[trauma-bot]

puts this here and scuttles away like a frightened mouse

comfort selfship art bc im the most normal guy ever. ft my oc E! this is one of the only pieces so far where i've drawn him happy <3

[silusvesuius]

steer clear of ....the illigitimate child of... nvm

[blaithnne]

Beakley's final sheet is here! I gave her a new surname because…. I wanted to, but I think she still uses Beakley sometimes. Half as a pseudonym, and half because it’s a little easier in an English speaking country. This, by the way, is the sparknotes version of her backstory, because there’s SO much stuff I didn’t have room for, and I barely had space to talk about her after joining SHUSH.

MORE Beakley content you ask? Say less

Meet the Cast!

╰┈➤ Canon ☄. *. ⋆

→ Scrooge McDuff → Matilda McDuff → Hortense McDuff → Qalhata Duiker → Ludwig Von Druska → Goldie O'Gilt → LÙ Huifen (pre-caseflies) → LÙ Huifen (post-casefiles) → Bradford Butcher

╰┈➤ OCs ☄. *. ⋆

→ Lucrais NicRiada

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[mammomlette]

People don’t talk about MC needing to wear a magical ring to not accidentally yk cause NATURAL DISASTERS with their powers??? Not only accidentally but without realising???

Diavolo or smthn is asking too much of MC or being a bit too annoying and their other hand slowly drifts towards the ring and they hold onto it while maintaining dead eye contact. Like continue to piss me off hoe I’ll blink and blow a hole in your castle idk

Obv they never do it (or do they?) but the threat is there and it’s a risk dia (or whoever but I’m using dia) can’t take

[hellamorte]

☠️🐦‍⬛ alvdis “rook” ingellvar

[marszippan]

introducing jorvik's faithful firgrove-based search and rescue duo ryland and harpy aka fortuna's doom, i'm in love with them btw

[ruvviks]

PLEASE DO NOT TAG AS YOUR OWN OC.

Vincent spends all his life searching for himself, searching for his spot in the world. He lives in the past and what will never be, longing for everything he has missed out on and everything he will never have. It is not until he learns he is dying that he comes to realize he has to live in the present, to enjoy life as it comes.; and despite his confusion, fear, and his regrets, he tries to live the rest of his life to the fullest, knowing very well he is living on borrowed time. OC WEB WEAVE SERIES: VINCENT "V" MAYER.

charles bukowski, pulp // by wiissa0 // loneliness for love; lovelytheband // louise glück, from 'unpainted door' // by biryuza // summer farah, i could die today and live again // tobia photographed by su yang // wake up; run river north // ruhlare // by julykings // lemonade; twin xl // ryan walker photographed by ryan pfluger // mary oliver, from 'marengo' // still not dead; dreamers // by lovelyopalite // by geloy concepcion // lemon drop; raynes // chris abani, ritual is journey // 'die milchstrasse', cover detail // louise glück, averno // i like cars; caroline kole // by cruellesummer // frances molina, o’death

[kissingarthurclaus]

'Came a time, where every starfall brought you to tears again

We are the very hurt you sold'

Based on my own challenge to redraw your self ship as the MCR album cover uwu

Taglist♡: @me-myself-and-my-fos @tiny-cloud-of-flowers @sunstar-of-the-north @dearly-beeloved @adoredbyalatus @changeling-selfship @crushes-georg @cherry-bomb-ships @rosieaurora @rejaytionships @sunflawyer @in-true-blue-love @tropicalgothships @hotrodharts @1980ssunflower

[raziiyah]

ok i don't usually post unfinished/uncoloured sketches but i hadn't had time to draw for the past several months and my art suffered as a result, and when i did have time to draw i often got frustrated at my sketches

so to finally have time to draw and turn out probably my best lia and randall sketch i've made so far despite the fact i feel so out of practice was very satisfying

[spearxwind]

IT IS TIME. BASTARD FAMILY LINEUP 2023 BABY!!!! WOOO!!

[sunfyrisms]

updated version here!

i unfortunately tried to attempt to draw my transformers oc but i was repeatedly reminded i don’t know how to draw robots. so why does he look like that! unfortunately because i don’t know how to draw robots, this isn’t an official, consistent design for him. more like a ‘this seems kind of right’ vibe! any tips on how to draw these fucking giant alien robots is greatly appreciated!

anyway, some information about him! aligned is very loosely connected, obviously, so some things aren’t canon in this story.

his name is sirius pax. apparently the most unoriginal name for a megop oc but i came up with him years ago, so i literally would rather die than change it! son of megop, or more accurately, megatronous and orion pax.

born just before the war. neither of his creators knew he was conceived. he was born after their speeches to the council, and the stress of megatronous cutting all contact with orion forced a premature birth. a premature little baby. he was, however, otherwise healthy for being born just prior to the war. raised in secret and only a few closest to optimus knew of his existence. one being ratchet, who he was especially close to.

killed in the early stages of the war, by a bombing in iacon city. hardly anyone knew he lived, hardly anyone knew he died. was found by a mysterious mech and revived under even more mysterious circumstances. through his revival, he got a new white and gold paint job, but lost his memories. was smuggled off cybertron and raised by this mysterious mech, and everyone who knew him was unaware of his revival.

eventually ended up on earth once once he was a fully grown mech and went into stasis. found by megatron sometime after his return and joined the decepticons. he formed a deep friendship with the vehicons and predaking.

though he inherited megatron’s gladiator coding, he is shorter than both his creators due to his premature birth. never fully grew into his antennae, so they’re pretty big and are a tell-tale sign for reading his emotions. he’s very expressive and is never insincere with his love. trained by the mech who smuggled him off-world, he is an extremely proficient warrior and dons a sword and shield. he’d rather be picking flowers or something though. despite his kindness, he’s very lonely and has a deep desire for community. he years for a home he cannot recall and a family he does not know. god damn he needs to kiss someone.

unfortunately i cannot share more because i am embarrassed.

[good-beanswrites]

My thoughts on how the Milgram mv machine works based on the evidence we have:

(I know there’s been discussion about where exactly the interrogations take place, but wherever they are,) the prisoners are made to sit in a specific chair near the wall that houses the machine.

It’s ordinarily hidden, but the wall panels shift aside to reveal it when the mechanical sounds play in the dramas. As well as the walls moving, the chair transforms to restrain the prisoner and attach whatever it takes to access their brain. The fact that none of the more frightened prisoners try to run or break it makes it seem like they physically cannot. This is why Fuuta sounds so panicked, and why Amane is suddenly helpless in front of Es in their T1 vds.

(My mind conjures very classic sci-fi mad scientist machines with wires, pipes, lights, nodes, needles, etc, but I’d love to hear how other people visualize it.)

In some vds (maybe all? I’d need to check,) you can hear Es take some steps right before their iconic line -- it would make sense that for safety reasons, the power mechanism is placed across the room. Once again it could be anything, but the sound effect makes me think of one of those giant wall-mounted levers you have to pull down.

The voice dramas don’t really provide the type of crime details that an actual interrogation would reveal, and it’s odd that they’re placed before the extraction rather than after Es gets to see the new details. This leads me to believe the machine functions with priming. All Es needs to do is get them talking about their murder, so it’s on their mind.

The video produced is much like a (non-lucid) dream. Even if the prisoners figure out that this is how it works, they can’t control it just by thinking really hard about something else. The murders produce the strongest emotional affect, and that’s what it picks up on. If someone else used the machine, it would default to whatever gave them the strongest emotional reaction in the ~15 minutes beforehand, hence why Es’ video focuses on their daunting task ahead. (The Undercover theory is still a bit loose, though, given the private shots that Es wouldn't have known about). It’s why the videos are usually closely linked to the vd topics/beats. I also like to think that the reason their prisoner colors appear so much is because they’re looking at those colors on their uniform 24/7.

The bell rings to inform Es that it’s the optimal time to use the machine -- the prisoner has been thinking about things for long enough that the video will be about their crime, and if the conversation lasts much longer they’ll start thinking of other things. It’s at a different time for each prisoner because it’s based on the specific conversation. I guess Jackalope is listening in to the interrogation, timing it perfectly. (The only one that kind of messes with this theory is Yonah, because they just keep talking afterwards lol, but it could just show that the interrogation is still in Es’ control.)

Their “Sing your sins” is the final priming nudge to get them to think of their actions as a sin, revealing their guilt.

Once activated, the prisoner enters a sort of trance/sleeping state. It’s very much like REM sleep, with the machine forcibly activating neurons and recording the output. The prisoners have asked Es what they saw, meaning they don’t remember the mvs. I like to think the prisoners do experience the mv in real time, acting as the major version of themself that appears, but can’t remember it afterwards. It’s when you experience a dream, but as soon as you wake up you’re just left with fleeting emotions and memories right on the tip of your tongue.

The video plays immediately upon extraction -- whether on a huge projection or little screen depends on which room it’s in. It simultaneously saves the memory so that Es can rewatch it later (on those old TVs in the jailbreak mix). The machine downloads the song and video together, but requires special parts to retrieve them. The technology is pretty new and fragile, so if one is broken, there might be a delay between when Es can hear the extracted song and see it with the video. (That’s my justification for Kotoko’s delays -- after 9 prisoners the parts wear out, or maybe Mikoto himself overheats it with his complex situation.)

Based on the lack of conversation we get afterwards, I picture Es leaving before the prisoner wakes from the trance. The machine adjusts their brain back to normal before they awaken, restraints freed and able to return to the rest of the prison.

It’s very much like a dream, so it’s not harmful despite the amnesia/head injuries the prisoners have. It does, however, exhaust them. Brain activity alone takes a lot of energy, so forced brain activity with added emotional strain would cause them to feel pretty drained the rest of the day.

[acesluvrxx]

drew myself in !!