#how to meddle with time

[satineainsel]

Am I feeling slightly inspired to do a part two of How To Meddle with Time? Possibly…

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“What in Merlin’s name are you doing, Potter?”

Voldemort watched him, leaning against the doorway of little Harry’s bedroom. Harry, big Harry that was, had to admit that Voldemort did look much nicer this way. The way his shirt sleeves were rolled up drew Harry’s eyes right to the pale skin of his forearms and his trousers certainly helped to accent certain assets.

“Are you attempting to diffuse a bomb?” Voldemort asked, drawing Harry’s attention back to the screaming toddler he was holding.

“Kind of feels that way.” No matter what he did, Harry wouldn’t stop crying. Maybe the cupboard had muffling charms and that’s why his aunt and uncle shoved him in there, he thought and then immediately felt awful. “Smells that way too.” Harry let out a huff. “He just won’t stop crying. He hates me.”

“Of course he hates you. How would you like it if someone was holding you by your arms?”

“I mean…”

Voldemort rolled his eyes and stepped into the room, plucking little Harry from Harry’s hands.

“Your older self is an idiot,” the Dark Lord said disparagingly, and Little Harry giggled as he calmed down. Figures that he liked Voldemort better. Traitor. Voldemort looked back up. “How is it, between the two of us, that I’m the one with the experience dealing with children?”

[maryymaruu]

I'm happy to be able to finally, officially, introduce my first Iterator oc, Three Signals! :"D

As one may tell, I can't help myself but to write novels on top and around my ocs, so apologies for the large amount of text.

Their lore is almost completed and I'd advise to referr to posts from here onward, if anyone is interested :0c

The story is grounded on a lot of my personal lore interpretation and headcanons, but those I will establish in a separate post some time! For now, it's still not 100% figured out, so there will be plotholes and uncertainty ^^);;

Three Signals belongs to a group far away from the in-game location. Specifically, a group pretty close to, if not outright including, Sliver Of Straw. That group is not particularly well integrated, and most members prefer to keep it to themselves.

After first generation was built, an issue arose; due to a large distance in the South between them and another group, the communications were weak, the signals were getting lost over particularly tall mountains. To fix that, Three Signals was strategically placed to bridge the distance, equipped with advanced for the time satellite plate, additional cell towers etc, essentially becoming a cell tower of the group.

A very vocal Iterator who quickly proved their creativity and love for their people and arts, became a perfect breeding ground for artists to find shelter from a rather conservative group climate. Their citizens were eager to involve TS into everything they did, only further strengthening their bond. They enjoyed their cyclical life together so much so, that the idea of Ascension slowly grew to be something undesirable. That raised controversy and distaint in the group against TS and their city of "heretics".

At some point, the tension grew enough to cause action to be taken. Other cities demanded arrest of TS's leaders and most prominent figures. TS and their city resisted, resulting in overly drastic measures; the city was pressured into compliance by force. Cutting off delivery of supplies and eventually attacking TS themselves with a malware attack, to shake the people out of the perceived heresy. A traumatic event for everyone involved. TS struggled to freely speak ever since.

Time passed, and the day of Mass Ascension came. Many of TS's citizens were not thrilled, many were fearful, many reluctant, many cried and reached out to their beloved Iterator for comfort. TS did their very best to comfort them, using what their city loved most; song. They sang, they sang all together, the city slowly rumbling with thousand voices into a solemn roar, then grew quieter and quieter again, until the very last voice left to be heard was Three Signals alone. And then silence ever since.

More time passed. Sliver Of Straw sends out the Triple Affirmative broadcast-

But TS, being equipped specifically to pick up weak signals, has heard something else coming from her; distressed cries of pain, and then the Triple Affirmative. Essentially convincing TS that it was nothing but an erroneous cry of a dying Iterator.

Horrified by what they witnessed, TS was moved to do whatever they can to try and comfort their fellow Iterators, to try and avoid something like that happening again. And what other way could TS do it, other than broadcast comforting tunes? A sign that they're not alone, and something to hopefully offer an alternative to spiraling into madness.

Their broadcast is wide ranged, but not enforced, and they're not even sure if anyone is listening or not- if its even effective or not. But at the very least, they can say they tried something.

(More to come)

[moiraineswife]

Moiraine + That Pesky First Oath

1x06 vs 2x05

[kaysdenofchaos]

Every time I get impatient and stressed over how long I’m taking on a comic page I physically have to tell myself to stfu bc i draw insanely fast alrdy

Like no Kay, taking 2-4 hours to sketch and ink a page w detailed backgrounds is not ‘too long!’ That is quite literally! Faster than average!

[skyward-floored]

(via @linkeduniverse)

So based off what Twilight is saying here, and what he was saying and thinking mere panels before this... it looks like he might see this whole adventure as an opportunity to maybe prevent Time’s terrible fate.

“The best outcome”... is that stopping the Hero’s Shade from existing at all?

[dayurno]

so sick and tired of people writing fics about jeremy treating kevin like shit over kevin leaving jean at the nest like that is either 1) in character 2) something jean would appreciate or 3) fair. do you even bother to read the books you’re writing fanfic about or is the urge to create cheap angst so overwhelming you can’t see past the tropes you write for every other fictional pairing you like? the idea that jean would appreciate jeremy going out of his way to poke old wounds in his and kevin’s relationship when jean himself does not even like for jeremy to joke about kevin near him is absurd, and that’s without mentioning the fact that jeremy is not so clueless as to think he has any idea of what the nest was like, or why kevin felt he had to leave the way he did. if you need something to make your ship more interesting thinking beyond your flat interpretation of it is a lovely start, but don’t use kevin’s name and storyline if you’re just going to butcher it for the sake of a milquetoast sob fest the characters involved in would not even appreciate

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

I had sort of thought Kanaya's teasing and bullying towards Eridan for wanting to get back together with Vriska may have been an extension of her jealousy towards him that even someone like Eridan could get Vriska's attention, albeit in pitch feelings. As Kanaya was desperate to have a flushed relationship with her. She even cuts of Tavros' legs just AFTER she had seen him kiss Vriska. However, it was Vriska who initiated the kiss, not the bronzeblood himself. Kanaya puts Vriska that high up that she would overlook any behaviors. Only mediating if it means she could have a chance to get close to Vriska while not being open about her real feelings towards her. Which was something Eridan called Kanaya out in their first pesterlog together.

i personally don't read THAT much petty malice in her actions; i think she's mostly just a bit of a doormat, as Space players tend to be. while her retaliation against tavros (basically cutting him out despite being friends with him) IS unwarranted and motivated by jealousy, cutting off his legs is framed as a misguided attempt to be helpful (in fact, one of the potential reasons hussie throws out for why kanaya does this is to enable vriska one last time, by "erasing" one of her biggest asshole moves). as hussie points out, it's not ever really made clear whether or not tavros WANTED the help, so it still doesn't reflect very well on kanaya, but given she goes to Actual Murder when she wants revenge, i don't think "revenge" was quite her motive with "helping" tavros walk again.

let's remember that kanaya's core defining character flaw is "enabler," which ties in with both her Sylph class AND Space aspect, for a double whammy of enabling. even though she clearly has nothing but disdain towards eridan, she never just blocks him and moves on (which is what nearly everyone else on the meteor does), and even ultimately makes him his wand.

while she grapples with this tendency of hers, outright admitting it to be a flaw to rose and eventually getting fed up with eridan, gamzee, and even rose herself, she never fully resolves or confronts this tendency head-on, nor takes any accountability for the people she's helped fuck over. just another character in a long list who never fully completed their arcs.

[bitchesgate3]

Love that Gale has by far the longest description as the writer's fight for their lives trying to make it clear that his story is about hubris.

[iwasbored777]

"Gwen sensing that Miles is in the wrong dimension has nothing to do with her feelings for him, she just sensed danger."

Why would she sense danger that has nothing to do with her in a different universe that has, again, nothing to do with her??? Why would she sense it again when he got knocked out??? This doesn't affect her in any way other than her friend/crush being the one who's captured. She connected the dots because he wasn't home and when her spider sense told her something is wrong she knew what. It was to alert her that a threat is approaching, but it isn't approaching her. Both times it was not because something bad is coming for her, but because something bad is coming for him. I'm not sure how she felt it but I know why.

[satineainsel]

How to Meddle with Time (and Get Away With It)

When their wands connect during the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort and Harry accidentally time travel back to 1981 right after Voldemort's defeat in the Potter cottage. They decide to get Voldemort’s old face back, raise baby Harry, and gaslight Dumbledore.

Because the nice professor can't possibly be the Dark Lord, can he?

[thedevildeer]

Sangcheol complains about Jeongwoo meddling in his business, but then what’s that tiny smile as he turns his head in the first gif?

I’m kinda sure that he likes that the puppy is strong enough to beat his @/ss if he wants to 💪🏻😏

[yuwuta]

i love yuuta and have always been geeked over a potential test drive pt 2 but i’m rereading it now and WHY IS YUUJI IN IT SAURRRR CUTEEEEEFUCKKKKK he’s such a doll i adore him

he’s SOOOOOOOO cute he’s very puppy like in that fic i love him <33333 the fact that you were reading it…….. blows you a kiss so hard <333

[larrythefloridaman]

Crimson in season one pre-context: mysterious, stoic, threatening eldritch being with ambiguous motives and a haunting aura

Crimson in season one after context: that is an extremely-repressed-for-survival's-sake backstage technician suddenly shoved into an acting role who doesnt know what hes doing even a little bit and can barely act like a person let alone convincingly play a role on purpose. and is having to figure it out through observation as he goes despite his surveillance trauma based stage fright. and then with enough time and built confidence starts having a little too much fun? But like all the stage is the world.

[tortoise-teapot]

it was already kinda bad at the end of inquisition but after a few decades of avery being the only person solas sees in fade prison oh MAN that guy picks up a potty mouth

[benevolenterrancy]

hi! I recently came across your tgcf fics, and I wanted to say you’re a phenomenal creator. the recovery series fic and the gloves fic and just all of them. thank you for your content and great attention to detail.

do you have any thoughts/hcs on FXMQ and Xie Lian you’d be willing to share? within the original story or the universes of your fics!

Thank you so much, I'm glad you're enjoying them! (ﾉ*^▽^*)ﾉ.｡:*☆

hmm, random thoughts about the FXMQ... a silly headcanon: Feng Xin has very much been hoisted by his own petard by heckling Mu Qing! That is to say, he'll harass Mu Qing relentlessly about something stupid only to be confronted with a similar situation and realise that there's absolutely NO way he can act in anyway similar to Mu Qing or he'll never hear the end of it.

(For example, he has tolerated some truly atrocious divine statues in the past because he's heckled Mu Qing so much about how picky he is with his divine statues that there's no WAY he can say ANYTHING without seeing that smug bastard's face in his head so he just has to bite his tongue and tolerate some unspeakably ugly statues.)

Mu Qing doesn't generally suffer from similar overthinking (he'll just prepare to kick FX's ass if he dares to say anything about it) except for things more directly related to himself. I think he genuinely finds sewing/embroidery/etc rather relaxing work but he'd rather die than have anyone ever see him do it because he's made such a big deal about not doing that sort of "servant" work anymore.

(He actually really enjoyed stitching Ruoye back together because it gave him the perfect excuse -- he's returning a favour!! and Xie Lian is hopeless!! of course he had to!! -- and he secretly considered using white thread to embroider some invisible little designs just because he doesn't quite want to stop... only he knew he'd get caught if he messed with Xie Lian's spiritual device like that and gave up the idea)

[mikodrawnnarratives]

By joe i think i've figured out why i'm getting stuck on how to write trinket duo going from strangers to besties

I HAVE NO CLUE WHY THEY'D REGULARLY HANG OUT TO BEGIN WITH