#i need to come up with a name for this au dont I

[asksonicverse]

You dont need to answer but I just wanted to tell you I adore Paradox being like "I hate all of them except" and then listing everyone except like 2 guys, honey you don't hate *all* of them you expressly don't hate *most of them*

Extremely charming characterization i adore it

[Creator Special number 2!]

So glad someone noticed that, I was originally going to have him name EVERYONE except Boost but then I was like “nah, Mania is just too annoying for Paradox to tolerate him”

And thanks! I’m trying to be… consistent with my characterization of each of them and stay in line with canon but like… URGH sometimes I want to deviate so bad just to indulge but I resist!

Needless to say tho, prism is probably going to get more affectionate later on. Rewatched Sonic Prime again and bro is a cutie patootie!

Headcanons… headcanons… hmm

Well, starting with the obvious, Paradox goes to therapy as I’ve mentioned which I think is hilarious. He and Lance are the only Shadows who really have their shit together which is why I think Sonadow works well for them? (we stan healthy relationships guys)

I do head canon that Eight doesn’t like being touched really at all anymore. After the metal virus, he grew so used to the fact that he couldn’t touch anyone that it sorta just stuck. He does it to save people, but not anything more. :(

And while I’m a sucker for the Trans Sonic HC I decided not to implement it in this particular AU!

I really want to include Captain Sonic and Shadow, but I haven’t played nor watched a serious play through of the game. (I’ve only really listened to a bit of the Snapcube dub..)

can someone tell me if Shadow is a Barista or a Mechanic in that game btw?? I google it, nothing pops up. I could’ve sworn there was something about a mechanic.

Uhh I LOVE Sonic Frontiers, fire game. If I include that one, it’ll ALSO be Sonamy since I’m pretty sure that game takes place before SA2 in canon?

I’m trying to keep the Sonics and Shadows balanced but I’d love to add Generations Shadow and Sonic. Just thinking of names already I get “Doom” for Shadow and “Emerald” for Sonic. (Referencing the fake emerald from their interaction in the shadow story)

Unfortunately I haven’t seen the Archie comics or Sonic Underground so I wouldn’t even know where to begin.

Someone also asked about if I’d ever include different AU’s: maybe if those AU creators gave me permission I’d be down to do a collab for a few asks or something!

Nope!

I dunno I just..! … how do I do? I’m fast. And you’re slow. That’s how I did it. /ref

Ahahah just kidding! But I am very fast. A few years ago I convinced myself I was a “slow drawer” because I was in a discord server with someone I looked up to (and holy cheese they could draw out fully articulate sketches in like 30 seconds!)

So I got insecure and taught myself to draw really fast. So now I just.. zoom! This does have a terrible draw back where I will very frequently forget smaller details.

Like if you look at half the posts, Shadow is missing his eyeliner and other markings frequently.

THIS IS JUST HILARIOUS TO ME YOU GUYS. PLEASE—

I’ve gotten SO many asks in my box about using Maria to calm the Shadows down or trying to give Shadows “Maria plushies”

Imagine you’re having a bad day and you get a plushie of your dead sibling thrown at you??? LMFAOOOO

I CANT I CANT I CANT PUT THEM THROUGH THAT 💔 Also I see every single ask.

“Do you all like Latinas” and “sonic which shadow is the hottest/shadow which sonic is the hottest” have all been engraved in my brain

Was joking with a friend on how that second question would come out LMFAOO

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[embeesart]

Day 28 - Scar!

I decided to also draw his design from my au :D

I was originally planning on doing these two + Mumbos au designs at least but I forgot with him XP

[kamabokobun]

Old (and somewhat less old) doodles of the SM au protags being silly

[cheerywanderer]

What else can you do?

[lokh]

WAIT SHUROS DAD SAID HE WANTED HIM TO BRING SOMETHING BACK INTERESTING.... AND WHO IS MORE INTERESTING THAN LAIOS....

[buff-shizun]

Blackout

“That…was not how I imagined that would go.”

“Agreed,” Binghe groaned, face in his hands. He dared not look up, overwhelmed by just a glimpse of the world around him.

Truly, Xin Mo was not to be underestimated.

“I agree.” The Elder sighed. He cast a hand through ruffled hair- and when that wasn't soothing enough, to his beard with rough strokes.

“We were lucky it was inclined to play with you as a first reaction. Had that blade wanted to, it definitely could have left us both blithering idiots for the rest of our lives- however short that would be in this heaven forsaken realm.”

Binghe frowned and peered through his fingers. “You took damage as well?”

His question was met with a snort, “After the way it backhanded me into the fringes of your mind? I’m lucky my cultivation offset the brunt of that. Had I taken that hit directly, I might not have made it back for a while.”

Binghe shuddered. ‘A while’, in this hell, alone with just that dreaded sword? 

No. No, he couldn’t. Meng Mo can’t. As stubborn and ornery as the Elder Dream Demon could be, Binghe would gladly have ten of him squabbling around in his head than spend a single day alone with only that sword for company.

“‘Ornery’?! Kid, hundreds of demons out there would kill to have my expertise at hand!”

“As you always say,” Binghe mumbled dryly, the corner of his mouth quirking up.

“And I say for good reason! You-!” Realizing what he was doing, Meng Mo cut himself off with a blistering sigh. “Ah, forget it. Point is we got off easy. You, got off easy. If we hadn't planned this out beforehand, heavens know where we would be right now.”

“Where are you going with this?”

The Elder gestured to the cliffs and ravines jutting up, through, and splitting apart the once flat desert plains, scaring it horribly. “One good hit, kid. That's all it would take right now.” His hands drop almost violently down to his sides, “We need to train, harder than ever before. This can't happen again.”

Binghe frowned, “You know why I can't do that.”

“We’re going to have to find a way- don't you glare at me, boy! I know what I’m asking for!”

“Then why ask at all!” He snapped, hand gesturing out to his dreamscape. “This alone will take weeks to fix. Months, if I’m unlucky! I can barely sleep as it is!”

Meng Mo exploded, “You're just going to have to try!”

A tense silence passed between them. Binghe did not have to tell him what he thought of that, and the Elder did not have to say anything at all to show him how frustrated the situation made him too. They were both at risk here, after all.

“...look, kid, maybe- and this is a risky maybe- Xin Mo might be our solution here. It's a double edged sword by every meaning of the phrase, but it's already proven it finds you more useful alive and well than as a comatose flesh puppet. Take advantage of that. Give it more reasons to take care of you rather than just use you.”

Binghe's brows furrowed. “You’re suggesting I find a way to endear myself to possibly the most evil blade I've ever had the misfortune to cross paths with?”

“You’ve already got this far, why not give it a shot? Can’t hurt to try.”

He wanted to point out that it very well could hurt to try. It already had. The memory alone of those tortured moments before blissfully blacking out sent a quiver running up his limbs. Unwittingly, a cold sweat broke out along his neck, breath catching in his throat. 

He pushed the memory aside, though it did not go easily. He also wanted to point out that that's almost exactly what Meng Mo had said when they’d first heard of the sword, and he was not so desperate to take his chances now as he had been at the beginning of this awful quest; especially after learning what kind of hell his death could easily become should this new plan prove foolhardy. 

Once again though, Meng Mo knew exactly what he was thinking. He always knew what Binghe was thinking; and once again, Meng Mo did not have to say what both already knew. 

They didn't have any choice; they had to try.

[ask-trades-sans]

Alphys, since you’re not at your au anymore, what do you do now? What do experiment with? Are you even a scientist???

[gifti3]

i wrote a really small thing related to this post! I've been getting back into OIs so i came up with this arranged marriage scenario in a Victorian setting for Asmo and MC and have been chewing on it for the past several days lol I think I'm gonna come up with more stuff for this later but I just wanted to post this for now φ(゜▽゜*)♪

The weather was nice out today so you decided to go for a walk around the estate garden and rest in a somewhat secluded spot. Unfortunately, someone had managed to find you. How did the two of you keep running into each other in place so vast?

"Sooo….." Asmodeus leans into your space to look at the pages of you book. "What are you reading?"

"…A book."

"…Well yea, but what is the book about?"

You hold back your sigh and answer instead. "It's just about something I took interest in recently…"

Asmo stares at you for a moment. "You know, I'm starting to realize something about you."

"You are?"

"Uh huh," he nods. "At first, I thought you were a cagey person, but you're just really socially awkward you know? You kind of remind me of one of my brothers."

You close your book without making note of the page you were on. "I'm going back inside. Goodbye."

"Wait, I didn't mean it in a bad way!"

You sigh. "Are you sure? Cause you've been pretty rude to me several times before. So I'm having a hard time believing that."

Asmodeus makes a face. "It was an observation?"

"Okay. Can you just…let me read please?" The request came out harsher than you intended but maybe you were feeling a little defensive.

So what if you were "awkward". You weren't expecting to talk to anyone when you came out here.

Asmodeus huffs and leans back on his hands. But he doesn't leave…. for some reason. Maybe he was bored?

You flip through your book trying to find what page you were on.

"Page seventy six."

You look over at Asmo who has already busied himself with inspecting his nails.

"Thanks."

[orcelito]

I realized that what I Really want rn is lighthearted domestic modern au

So im coming up with yet another au

t4t best friends & roommates vashwood who are both so in love with each other but both so dumb about it. Cue accidental toddler acquisition bc Vash's cousin (Domina)(sorry Domina) died & they're looking for a relative to foster said toddler. And Chronica and Nai are certainly not the nurturing types (general idea rn of the twins still being adopted but keeping in touch with their cousins, tho Chronica and Domina are cousins too in this) SO they ask Vash and well. He is nothing if not a bleeding heart. So he ends up saying yes.

Cue Vash not rly knowing how to take care of a toddler, but it's ok Wolfwood is here. He's a Professional. & them parenting together is the push they need to actually sort out their feelings....

(Putting the rest of this under a cut lol)

Not fully decided yet, but I was thinking mid to late 20s wolfwood and early 30s vash. Vash was a computer scientist that got so tired of the soul-killing salary job that he quit his job. And now he's a local oddball, almost a local celebrity, bc he does dog walking and other odd jobs in a very ostentatious way (based off of my own local legend of a dog walker who is known and beloved for this). He's also largely in local entertainment. A hobbyist roboticist who makes his own rigs, both for the over-the-top dog stroller he uses for small dogs that don't want to walk (something I saw from my own local legend dog walker) & also for any sort of festivals or w/e he's hired for. And if he needs the extra money, he takes on freelance programming work online, but overall he's just trying to have FUN.

And then there's Wolfwood, working some low wage job just trying to make his way through part-time school. Some sort of kids-focused career. Undecided still. But he's much shorter on money than Vash, aka why they started living together a few years back. Bc Wolfwood couldn't afford rent alone and Vash was more than happy to live with him. & tbh, Wolfwood is probably the reason Vash quit his corporate job in the first place. He Inspired him... to be true to himself!!!!

.......... I could make Wolfwood work at a bubble tea shop. Finally do a bubble tea shop au like I was wanting to ages ago to vent my woes. He's fucking miserable there. Vash really likes the free drinks Wolfwood takes home, though.

Hfkshfmsbfms honestly I'm tossing a lot of things into this au idea, but I just really want something lighthearted and domestic. And also put a kid in there bc I still really love vashwood dads.

[velarisdusk]

did someone say hockey teaser?

i did it was me

[REDACTED]’s hand gripped your chin, tipping your head slightly so you were forced to watch [REDACTED2]'s devotion. “Look at him on his knees,” [REDACTED] murmured, his voice a low rumble against your ear. “See how desperate he is to please you? To prove he’s worthy? Tell him how good he’s making you feel. Tell him he’s a good boy.” Your breath hitched at the command, but the words tumbled from your lips in a breathless moan. “[REDACTED2], you’re so good… so good at this.” Your praise seemed to spur him on, his efforts becoming even more fervent. “And…?” In that moment, [REDACTED2] plunged two fingers into you. “And you’re a good boy— Fuck, you’re such a good fucking boy!” you practically sobbed. [REDACTED] chuckled darkly, clearly pleased by your compliance. His hand slid down your body, his touch firm and possessive. “Don’t be rude, thank her.”

[arovalentines]

some bobbles (+ two unfinished things)

[pennpenn]

FremiMay Day 20: Liyue

This is related to a previous FremiMay post where I made an entire au with lore.

In that post I made a very brief mention of how I think Freminet's idol after escaping the Fatui would be Chongyun. They have similar personalities but in this au Freminet would see Chongyun as someone he wants to be as strong and kind as. Freminet doesn't have to worry about accidentally hurting Chongyun because cryo is one of the only things that can actually stop Freminet when he's feral.(So their relationship is similar to the Collei/Amber kind)

But for the Liyue prompt I decided to do the OTP(Xingyun) with the experiment au Freminet. Fremi is just taking a nap.

I gave a very brief color just to have identifiers of who is who.

I'll likely spruce it up and actually make it look more than a sketch sometime-- but like I've said previously. The purpose of these daily challenges is for me to get confident in sharing my art. And sometimes getting the art out is way more important than making something perfect.

Tomorrow's prompt is Inazuma!

[moonstandardtime]

hmm i should make an explanation doodles page for the uh. theater ghost au

[eggyeggyves]

is norway and sweden roommates in your au?🐋

SO!!! My au is inspired by a fanfic I really like that was written a couple years ago called “Hook, Line, and Sinker” by TeaDrop on AO3!!! In that story, the Nordics are a group of paranormal investigators who are traveling to a cabin in the beginning of the story! So, in my au, it’s similar!! The first part of it takes place in a seaside cabin where they’re all under the same roof!! But then later, at their regular homes, Norway and Iceland live together, Denmark lives alone, and Sweden lives alone! With Finland thrown into the mix, Finland ends up staying with Norway and Iceland for a bit before ultimately moving in with Sweden! :)

Also, that emoji is so cute I didn’t know it existed… 🐋🐋🐋 I’m gonna cry it’s so cute 🥹

[caruliaa]

screaming bc theres a song (no i wont tell u what one but its by an artisit i dont listen to rly to much except for the last two days but i do like what of her music iv heard) that like. i rly feel like fits a ship (I WILL DEFF NOT TELL U WHICH ONE !!!!! but its like. not one i rly ship tht much but i do think its cute and im slowly getting more into it) in like. a weird way bc like. im not like omg this song is so this ship its so cute i mean the first time i listened to the song which was a while back when it first came out i was like this feels like ppl r gonna talk abt it w tht ship or like the song feels very like. like a fanfiction to me like generally and to me i feel like its like a modern au fanfic for the ship nd i listened to the song again today nd iv been thinking abt tht but the thing is i looked to see if anyone in any context has put that ship with that song before expecting to find lots of stuff but i literally found NOTHING its ubsurddd !!!

[luetta]

idk if people on tumblr know about this but a cybersecurity software called crowdstrike just did what is probably the single biggest fuck up in any sector in the past 10 years. it's monumentally bad. literally the most horror-inducing nightmare scenario for a tech company.

some info, crowdstrike is essentially an antivirus software for enterprises. which means normal laypeople cant really get it, they're for businesses and organisations and important stuff.

so, on a friday evening (it of course wasnt friday everywhere but it was friday evening in oceania which is where it first started causing damage due to europe and na being asleep), crowdstrike pushed out an update to their windows users that caused a bug.

before i get into what the bug is, know that friday evening is the worst possible time to do this because people are going home. the weekend is starting. offices dont have people in them. this is just one of many perfectly placed failures in the rube goldburg machine of crowdstrike. there's a reason friday is called 'dont push to live friday' or more to the point 'dont fuck it up friday'

so, at 3pm at friday, an update comes rolling into crowdstrike users which is automatically implemented. this update immediately causes the computer to blue screen of death. very very bad. but it's not simply a 'you need to restart' crash, because the computer then gets stuck into a boot loop.

this is the worst possible thing because, in a boot loop state, a computer is never really able to get to a point where it can do anything. like download a fix. so there is nothing crowdstrike can do to remedy this death update anymore. it is now left to the end users.

it was pretty quickly identified what the problem was. you had to boot it in safe mode, and a very small file needed to be deleted. or you could just rename crowdstrike to something else so windows never attempts to use it.

it's a fairly easy fix in the grand scheme of things, but the issue is that it is effecting enterprises. which can have a looooot of computers. in many different locations. so an IT person would need to manually fix hundreds of computers, sometimes in whole other cities and perhaps even other countries if theyre big enough.

another fuck up crowdstrike did was they did not stagger the update, so they could catch any mistakes before they wrecked havoc. (and also how how HOW do you not catch this before deploying it. this isn't a code oopsie this is a complete failure of quality ensurance that probably permeates the whole company to not realise their update was an instant kill). they rolled it out to everyone of their clients in the world at the same time.

and this seems pretty hilarious on the surface. i was havin a good chuckle as eftpos went down in the store i was working at, chaos was definitely ensuring lmao. im in aus, and banking was literally down nationwide.

but then you start hearing about the entire country's planes being grounded because the airport's computers are bricked. and hospitals having no computers anymore. emergency call centres crashing. and you realised that, wow. crowdstrike just killed people probably. this is literally the worst thing possible for a company like this to do.

crowdstrike was kinda on the come up too, they were starting to become a big name in the tech world as a new face. but that has definitely vanished now. to fuck up at this many places, is almost extremely impressive. its hard to even think of a comparable fuckup.

a friday evening simultaneous rollout boot loop is a phrase that haunts IT people in their darkest hours. it's the monster that drags people down into the swamp. it's the big bag in the horror movie. it's the end of the road. and for crowdstrike, that reaper of souls just knocked on their doorstep.