#i decided to destroy them because i saved them the other time and felt kinda bad about it after

[tiecladartist]

On my third bg3 playthrough and I found not one, not two, but THREE areas I missed in Cazador's palace the first times 😓

Never found Lady Incognita's attic (I think that was the name).

Never found that dude's confession after all the button puzzles.

Never found the fancy rapier beneath the cells or the entrance to the sewers.

I just wish these places had more to them? Like, idk, someone there, or a comment from Astarion at least. The environmental storytelling was cool, but the ends felt lackluster.

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Hello hello!! I was not expecting requests to be open again so fast, but i am DEVOURING your writing, so i shan't complain!

What about Dogday getting saved by a teenager who’s desensitized to the horrors of the factory? Like of course, they’re perturbed, but aside from initially seeing Dogday(because holy shit), the biggest reaction they’ll give is a cringe and a “eugh” or some other mild exclamation of “that’s fucked up.” Essentially just Dogday interacting with a kid who’s weirdly chill with the circumstances and tries to be silly sometimes despite the persisting horrors.

Thank you so much and have a wonderful day/night!!!

Awe thanks! Have a good day/night too!

.......

"You..you're Poppy's angel..come to save us-"

"Eugh..what the hell happened to you?"

While back in the day, Dogday would've scolded you for using profane language...he finds it understandable considering you discovered him in his....erm..current condition.

The initial shock of seeing him would have anybody from outside the factory deeply disturbed.

But he's surprised that you're not fully freaked out and didn't run away.

Instead you manage to get him out of the Playhouse (while curbstomping a few little critters who tried crawling into his body along the way) and found a safe spot to rest.

Despite his insistence that you should leave him, you point out that he mentioned you saving him earlier.

"When you said "us", I thought that included you, too."

"I-I meant the others. The ones who can still walk..and still have a fighting chance. Look at me, kid. All I'm gonna do is weigh you down."

"....I mean, you are kinda heavy. But I've lifted worse with this grabpack. I got you."

He's confused by how oddly calm you are about everything.

If you were able to get down this far in the facility, you would've had to cross paths with Huggy, Mommy, Catnap, and Miss Delight at some point.

By all accounts, you definitely should've been traumatized at least from seeing all the bloody toys laying around.

Yet you're cool as a cucumber as you try your best to fix him (with assistance from Kissy, Ollie, and Poppy, of course, who are stunned you came out of the Playhouse alive)

Dogday remembers how scared the children were during the Hour of Joy, comforting them as he helped them flee the terror...so to be comforted by a kid now felt strange.

Yet your calm demeanor helps ground him whenever he starts to have a panic attack over Catnap finding him or if he feels like a critter or two is already inside of him, trying to take hold and eat whatever organs he had remaining (but it's just a sensation he feels from time to time).

You snap him out of it by asking rather silly questions.

"What if I stuck a flare in your mouth? Would that deter them?"

"...what? Um...I-I suppose that could work, but hopefully it's not a theory we have to test anytime soon.."

Even if Poppy decided to show you the Hour of Joy tape (which he had to look away from and tried persuading you to do the same), your only reaction is a slight grimace and a simple "damn wtf....you guys think any of those workers were running late or didn't go in that day?"

Dogday is shocked you'd joke at a time like this...but she knows you better and tells him you're just like That(tm).

You do care about them. You do wanna destroy the Prototype and save whoever you can along the way--including him.

It just may take some time for him to get used to your personality.

[sardix]

WOTFI 2024 Bingo results

If you didn't know @midnight1nk created a bingo map! (You can find the original post here). With these peoples ideas: /midnight1nk, /Sardix (me), @34saveme34 , @time1srunout , @porschas-palette , @yullalightk , @Nicc

Anyway, here are the results (and yes i am aware the picture looks a little off with colors but it's a printed out wersion with stars as stickers) + screenshots from the moments that I felt counted or not. And a reminder I was going off of the description of spaces and not their names. (However, If I put something in the wrong place tell me and I will fix it :), I am also always up for discussion)

Sadly we did not get Bingo but there will be plenty oportunities in the future

1. Mario ruins the show! (He did the final blow)

2. Karma (they did beat him although he didn't become something like Leggy)

3. Mr. Puzzle having a grudge against Smg4 - (I think this counts?)

5. It's gotta be perfect (IGBP) - (it wasn't really mentioned BUT this monster was present + the whole hate Smg4 gets that played an important role in IGBP) (add Photos from IGTBP)

6. Freak Show - it wasn't really said but they all got a whole makeover for the carnival show

7. Carnival-themed rap - this one doesn't need explaining (also it was a banger, I cannot stop listening to it)

8. The Bell tolls - I don't know if this counts or not, but I decided to put it here because there is like A LOT of "death" during the minigames. (I could put all the moments in here because of the picture limit)

9. Merch - I mean, it was gonna be for 100%; this time, tho mostly Mr.Puzzle teamed, which makes sense seeing his popularity in and outside the fandom.

10. Sacrifice - Meggy getting saved by Smg4 by using Mario (also my theory about Smg4 after the IGBP whenever angry getting suddenly super strong physically works, because he was FAST and you could see in his eyes the determination to not let any of his friends die again)

11. Meggy confronts - she does, in fact, confront him but doesn't really scold him for his wrongdoings. Still, I think that the interaction counted.

12. Brand new look - as shown before most of the cast gets a makeover, which are new look carnival-teamed

13. Puzzle Tune - it appears at the very beginning of the first song that Mr.Puzzle sings as Smg4 and Mario are in the boat

Now the stuff that I think didn't count and why:

1. Past arc or trauma - the trauma from past arcs wasn't mentioned unless you count Smg4 hate comments. Or Mr.Puzzles past but that's not really mentioning past arcs.

2. Park destroyed - it wasn't destroyed like Wren's lab, just got closed

3. Puzzles backstory - we got a scene where what was already shown in the Didney episode was explained; we didn't get any new info from the one we already knew.

4. Not so different - sadly, a scene like this does not happen no matter how much I wished it did. ( it sounds too good to be true.) BUT it may happen in the future.

5. (Ending) twist - Mr.Puzzle didn't reveal that he was behind the 2023 WOTFI, and I don't think Leggy 2.0 counts as a character foreshadowing, although Marty the cardboard became an actual character, so we never know.

6. Star Rating system - suprisingly it is never out right mentioned, Mr.Puzzle only mentions the destruction of his show.

7. Tenner tunnel - which I assume is just the tunnel of fun, but since it never is really shown, we cannot know for sure. It only kinda appears in the background

8. Smg4 kids - they didn't even appear in the background, so...

9. Puzzles dies - it is not his time yet, and it appears he has yet to play some really important roles in the story.

10. You saved me - to probably a lot of fans disapointment with Smg3 under control we did not get to see them interact other than fighting (Smg4 and Smg3).probably becouse of the movie being a litle shorter than usual (less than 30 minutes if you take out the merch talk) we did not get a scene with them even reuniting after being freed from the hypnotic state.

11. Dynamic change - some people would probably say that the dynamic between Mr.Puzzle and Meggy changed but from the beginning, we could see that deep inside she wanted to help or a part of her, and I do not mean Leggy (although I suppose it could count but for now I'm leaving it here)

12. Leggy's flag - honestly I'm not sure if it even appears, but it definitely did not play an important role

Bonus: They remembered the video where Smg4 became the clown king, aka where it was never resolved, so I think now it is officially canon and not just a one-time joke. (Please tell me I wasn't the only one who joticed that)

Well, would you look at that? We got 14 out of 25, not a bad score, I must say! And I'm sure we can't wait for what will come in the future

[blappel]

big fan of nora please tell me more about her

HIIIIII i am always surprised when nora has fans bc obviously the party gets a lot more attention and also. well. she sucks kinda <3 but she is also my girl so here is a rundown of nora events. sadly i can't comment publicly on much more than this as it is spoilers. But just know it gets crazier yay

nora is first introduced to the party right after they all run into each other and end up trapped in Kobold Dungeon. eventually she is forced to admit she is exploring the dungeon in order to claim part of a strange artifact which "belongs to her" and allegedly, once reassembled, will lead her to the campaign's big legendary magic sword

the legendary magic sword in question was once used by the ancient hero Astora, who conquered the continent with it & went on to found the Astoran Empire, before sealing his cool sword away and leaving behind the legend that only one of his bloodline could unlock its true power and be worthy of wielding it

at this point about half the party realizes Nora is, in fact, the missing princess of the empire, Aelinora ven Astora. the rest of the party does not because they are kinda stupid, but by the present day they have all now learned the truth.

Nora, who has up until this point been flopping miserably in the dungeon due to the fact that she seemingly has no weapons or skills or HP, asks the party to accompany her on her quest.

At this point she believes at least half the party to be aligned with an enemy state so she feels very cool and epic for convincing them to ally with her so she can use them as meat shields #mastermanipulator (they just kind of felt bad for her + had their own reasons for going after the sword)

Soon after this Anari shows up, having been hired to protect Nora by a mysterious employer (who turned out to be nora's missing cousin....but what is his deal?? still unknown. But not to me) nora begins to develop a crush on her which becomes stronger and more obvious as the campaign goes on

With some encouragement from the party (blitz giving her his dagger, anari training her in self defense) she starts to learn how to fight for herself, but is still noticeably weaker than the others...however she does do some cool shit every now and then. She killed a plant good for her!

Nora is usually very soft spoken and polite and gets along well with the party ^_^ ....but they also start growing uncomfortable with how power-hungry she seems sometimes

She's very driven (and desperate) to find The Sword, stop the war, and save her country from being conquered and destroyed. how will she do that? hahahaha dont worry about it ^_^

Eventually she becomes a little more self assured, and decides to start fighting with a sword...which she's unusually good at?! haha oops she forgot to mention she actually did study the blade and she's been fighting with suboptimal weapons this whole time. Why did she do that

oh also around this point she gets almost kidnapped, then thrown down the stairs, then literally dies from being thrown down the stairs, but they bring her back to life

eventually they also meet nora's Mysteriously Missing For Five Years cousin. he is weird as hell. nora trusts him completely. neither of them will explain what's up with them??

Finally, the party assembles all the pieces of the compass needed to find The Sword, but decides not to assemble them yet because they don't trust Whatever Is Going On. and also nora..?

AND THATS WHAT YOU MISSED ON TOHD

[cittycatplay]

GRAY'S STORY

{epilogues}

Epilogue 2: questions..

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Low slowly opened her eyes, she looked next to her and saw Mona, she noticed thet their chest slowly moved up and down, she was still asleep.

Low slowly got up,but as soon she got in a sitting position she felt like every single part of her code was getting ripped apart,a small groan escaped her mouth.

Mona opened his eyes, seems like she accidentally woke them up.

"good morning.." Mona said as she rubbed her eyes.

"Mornin.."

".. are you ok?"

Low just looked at him with a face that said "are you really asking."

"Yeah, bad question..." Mona continued, stopping eye contact.

The door opened and Lumy entered

"Oh, you're awake!" He said

"Yeah, now if you wouldn't mind , could you answer my questions?" Low asked

"Yeah sure!"

"So, what happened after I passed out, what happened with gray, why do I have floating limbs and why are they bandaged and why does it feel like I'm getting ripped apart."

"Well to answer the first one some people managed to get gray out of the site , as to what happened to Gray, do you perhaps know The Dark Lord?"

"I've read about him in a myth book, what do they have to do with this?"

"So, he apparently possessed gray"

"WHAT"

she put her hands on her hand as her eyes widened, the dark lord WASN'T a myth? AND he possessed gray?!

"Long story..." Mona said, he looked... Guilty?

Lumy decided to continue "as to what happened to your limbs, I don't know but they are bandaged due to your code being exposed, luckily you didn't bleed, the same cannot be said about Bright.."

He said the last part under his breath

"The exposed code is probably why you're in pain"

"Huh.." she said, that was kinda overwhelming

"Take your time to take it all in" Mona said placing a hand to her shoulder

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It had been 2 days and low finally healed and could get out

In the distance she saw four other hollowheads, one of which was Amelia.

The other three were Lost a yellow-ish stickfigure that was missing their right arm and he was a retired fighter but nobody knew why as that subject is kinda delicate for them, next to him there were the kids in their care, one looked like the brush strokes were moving it was null, the other was a very small having more round limbs and their hollowhead was bigger, it was tini,a child also in the care of lost

Now the question was what were they doing?

"We should make an evacuation plan In case he comes back" Amelia said

"Maybe we can still help gray!" Lost responded "I won't leave a 15 year old possessed by him!"

"Lost, I know you're angry but-"

"Nobody should be in that situation! Especially a 15 year old! Multiple kids have died! And multiple have gotten hurt which some of them still aren't conscious!"

Low has never seen Lost this angry, they were always calm and maybe sometimes a bit upset but never angry.

----

Lost remember that day like it was yesterday

It was years ago and the terrorist, the dark lord and the chosen one were destroying the site

People were running away while the site broke down

They remembered that they were trying to find a way to escape with other stickfigures next to him

Then suddenly, the rocks above them collapsed.

Then when they woke up they found out they had lost their arm because of the ruble

Most of the others have died while under it.

He then left the site and after some years they found null and after that tini, they both were victims of the attack of the two terrorists and he decided to take care of them

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Even if it was years ago Lost was still traumatized by that, and they an adult!

He can't imagine how all of those kids felt seeing their friends dead, how they have lost the mobility they had before, how they won't be the same anymore.

The dark lord will pay for having destroyed multiple of lives.

Especially after traumatizing His children the kids in his care.

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"We need to find a way to save him!" Lost continued

Amelia sighed "Lost, maybe you should rest, these past few days you've been nothing but paranoid."

"Well I wouldn't be if the DARK LORD, you know the one who used to destroy the internet?! The one who attacked my site, literally came back as a GHOST!"

'Wait, the dark lord attacked Lost's site?!' Low thought

The more she thought about it the more it made sense

"Low? What are you doing here?" Amelia called out pulling low from her thoughts

"I uh..." Low thought, what was she supposed to do?

"I wanted to talk to bright" she continued, that's right, she needed to ask him some questions

"Ah Lumy didn't tell you..." Amelia said, the sad tone in her voice made Low scared

"Bright... Is still unconscious, we don't really know when he'll wake up due his major blood loss and injuries"

"Lumy didn't tell me anything..." Low said

"Probably to not make you worried, but don't worry he informed me he'll be alright" lost approached low and put a hand on her shoulder

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Low was now sitting a near unconscious and bandaged bright

She wanted to know why he saved her that day, why he smiled as if he knew he was going die, like it was a relief?

Low had questions that could not be answered now

She wasn't even sure bright would answer those questions even if he was conscious due to how stubborn bright is!

He'll deny anything that has ever happened and low will be left in the dark.

...

But maybe someone would help her find out

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Notes: THIS IS 981 WORDS I'M PROUD OF MYSELF

Edit: almost forgot but tini,lost and null aren't my characters! They're my partner's!

[wulfhalls]

other anon is right djats show>>>>>>>>> the book. like riley and sam. that's it. period. cause the entire book is just billy lying and downplaying his relationship with daisy so you spend 90% of it thinking he's full of shit and having to read inbetween the lines of what really went down with him and daisy since most of their relationship is allegedly them barely speaking or interacting except on stage. camila also deified to an annoyingly unrealistic degree so thank god we have the show to be like "nah this is what actually happened. daisybilly kissing. daisybilly falling in love. daisybilly sneaking out for lunch dates. daisybilly crossword puzzle love confessions. daisybilly backstage hookups" as far am i'm concerned the show is what really happened and the book was just the story the band wanted to tell 😂

I feel like one of the big issues with book stans / Camila Stans is they read the book and thought that Billy choosing Camila meant that he loved her more when that was never the case. Billy chose stability because of his past. So when you see that on the show it looks like Camila got the raw end of the deal when that’s always what Camila represented they just finally understand that him picking Camila doesn’t mean he loves her more. I mean they spelt it out in the book.“Passion is...it's fire. And fire is great, man. But we're made of water. Water is how we keep living. Water is what we need to survive. My family was my water. I picked water.” I do think Billy convinced himself over time that he did choose to love Camila more but the fact remains that Camila was a choice. That’s what you get from him in the books and in the last episode with Julia but Daisy was never a choice. Daisy was someone he couldn’t help but be drawn to and feel something so deeply for that he risk ruining his hard fought stability for “How could I be around Daisy Jones and not be mesmerized by her? Not fall in love with her. I couldn't. I just couldn't.”

its absolutely wild how book purists are sooo mad about the daisy and camilla hotel scene being taken out of the book/reworked into a different type of conversation, but when I finally decided to go look it up for myself it didn't give me woman supporting woman feminist vibes like people claim. like its not woman destroying woman either it just feels neutral. cami really tells daisy "he will never leave me" and daisy only gets clean because camila is the one to tell her that she should. IDK MAN i think its more powerful in the show where its daisy being self aware enough to tell cami "he will always choose you!" and for daisy to be the one to realize she needs to get clean because this life is really bad for her. not because, 'camila dunne thinks I'm worth saving' LIKE HELLO?? the book seems like it makes cami out to be this perfect angel woman. WHERE'S HER FEMININE RAGE!! HER MAN IS DEEP IN LOVE WITH SOME OTHER WOMAN AND CANT EVEN ADMIT!! i think she deserved to be mad as hell instead of whatever saintlike behavior she exhibits in the book. sorry I just needed someone to listen to my rant about the scene that so many people keep calling Emotional and Powerful when really cami deserved to be mad as hell and daisy deserved to be an active participant in her own life.

It's kinda crazy to me that Camila is the one in the book that basically tells Daisy to leave and quit the band to go to rehab. They don't even interact that much prior to this, and I always hated that part in the book. On 1 hand we know daisy is leaving a toxic situation, but we don't get the feeling that she'll be OK. If anything we feel that she's alone, and because( and this is how it felt to me ) that the band chose Cami over her. Cami is described like this virgin mary can do no wrong character, and her alienating daisy from the band just felt nasty( especially considering the band never had Camis back ). I love that in the show they gave Daisy that power, along with the fact that both Teddy and Simone are still clearly there for her and supportive of her choice( also showing Warren there for her too later on ) Like I don't understand why people wanted them to be friends so bad 😫 it's weird for the wife and the mistress to be friends, especially given how Daisily were in the show...

The ending didn’t work in the books either imo. In the books Camila tells Daisy I know he loves you but he’s never going to leave me. Like girllll you know your man is in love with another woman snd you just okay with that? She was entirely too accepting at least in the show she’s wasn’t okay with and was rightfully hurt & angry but then again Camila as a character was kinda bleh. Every time Billy talked about her I just rolled my eyes because he was overcompensating so hard.

I think the funniest antis are the ones that are clearly Camila Stans that claim DaisyBilly were “ruined” by the show bc they made out. That them having more physicality in their relationship some how changed the nuance. Like you can have a twin flame relationship and also be very attracted to each other. One does not take away from the other. And it’s frankly unbelievable that anyone believes that Daisy & Billy had a connection like they had and NEVER gave in not for one single second. Like please

When I tell you the show ending is so much better. And it’s not even the ending exactly it’s how they get to that ending that’s soooo much better. In the books they handed all of Billy & Daisy’s agency to Camila. In the show it felt like they all had agency and it was sooo much better.

all of u having the most book thoughts compilation

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for wanting to keep my best friend safe?

Okay so this is a long story, so I'll summarize the beginning of it. Basically me (M, 10) and my best friend F (F, 5) were in a dangerous place so we had to run away to somewhere where neither of us would be in danger. That place didn't end up working out, so we ended up moving to an asylum instead. Only problem is, F didn't actually have anything "wrong" with her, so I had her do something to look insane so they'd be convinced. That ended up working, so we've been able to stay there for quite some time now. Eventually, the object I was tied to (oh yeah, I'm a ghost by the way, forgot to mention that) found its way back to us, so now everything was perfect.

Or at least, I THOUGHT it was, but something was kind of off. Every time F would show someone the object I was tied to (it was a handheld game system, if that matters), they would be able to see me. My real form is pretty terrifying to say the least, so they'd get freaked out and something bad would happen to them because of it. It didn't really matter to me, though, because F was all I needed, but she seemed kinda down about that whole thing despite still having me.

Anyway, things are kind of up and down until N (F, 23) shows up. N doesn't even work here, she's just some reporter getting all up in our business. She gets assigned by one of the higher-ups to look after F, and in exchange, she gets to interview her about stuff. Sounds harmless, right? Well, they end up getting along really well, almost too much so. Maybe to the point where she almost feels like a mother to her. The worst part is, she REFUSES to be shown the game system, so she's convinced for a full 4 days that I'm just some imaginary friend of hers. F seems really happy ever since she came around, though, so I can't bring myself to tell her how I really feel about N.

I spend that time trying my hardest to convince N I exist, but she's just so fucking DENSE. She won't believe in me, no matter how many signs I give her. So I decided to MAKE her believe in me.

That night, one of the kids dies in his sleep, so the next morning I make a little show of destroying his corpse in front of N. I know that sounds bad, but I literally had no other choice, and TECHNICALLY I never killed anyone. I just made N think I did for an important reason that will come later. Anyway, it works, and she with everyone else runs away, leaving me and F in our new home together. The problem is, the very next day, N COMES BACK and practically DRAGS F out of the building. I try to stop her, but I can’t. She smashes my game system against the side of the building and drives off with her. (Somehow I'm still here, and that might be because my friendship with F became stronger than my ties with the game.)

I manage to hang onto the car long enough to follow the two of them back to her place. At this point, I've had enough of people like N getting into our business thinking they can "save" F from her situation. That's what she has me for. We don't need anyone else. So I make N write it all down: her experiences there, and with me. This is why I had her think I killed people, so she'd warn everyone about the "monster" I am, and they'd know to stay away from me and F.

It's really bittersweet, because on one hand, the time I spent with F was the best time I'd ever spent. With the little I know about myself when I was alive, I know I never felt this fulfilled until I met her. We had so much fun together. But as the time passed, F became so sad. When N showed up, it was like she WANTED her to drag her away from that place. With all the stuff I did for the sake of keeping her out of harm's way, I can't help but feel like an asshole. Was what I did in the end worth it, or am I too far gone?

[conspire24]

My pitch for a sequel to The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010

So, this is gonna be a very niche topic, but I watched the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice starring Nic Cage the other night, and I realized just how unique of a film it was. While the plot itself is rather basic and contrived, the lore they established was crazy. They tried their darnedest to interweave scientific principles into every magical force. So many spells and magic concepts in this film aren't just plain magic, but magic with scientific reasoning - even down to Morgana's evil plan using satellites to make the spell circle, because the signals needed to contact the dead work similar to the signals that satellites send and receive on a daily basis. Maybe it's not totally thought out, but just the idea of integrating science and magic felt pretty cool for its time - keep in mind this came out before the Thor and Doctor Strange films, which kinda popularized magic being a form of science we can't understand. I also liked how sorcerers were established to be from all across the earth, not just in Britain, despite Merlin being the at the epicenter of the plot. It makes the film feel less euro-centric than other films with this similar magical chosen-one concept.

So after watching the post-credits and seeing that Horvath (the main villain) was still alive, my thoughts started roaming as to how a sequel would work. Not that it will happen since this movie bombed, but I do think there's a chance to take the concepts of the original movie even further. I don't know if I got it in me to write a whole script but I can at least give a brief outline.

Quick note; please watch or read a summary of The Sorcerer's Apprentice before reading this; I don't have it in me to explain that whole movie's plot before going into this one

So the film itself is titled: "Night On Bald Mountain." Since the first film didn't do so hot anyway, there's no pressure in calling it "Sorcerer's Apprentice 2." Plus, I think it'd be cool if each film focused on a different segment from Fantasia, with this new film focusing on arguably the second most popular one. The main plot of this film would be Dave training a group of young adult sorcerers attempting to stop Horvath from summoning Chernabog to destroy the world.

The first scene would center on a boy in his late teens, trying to get by in his small town with poor income (in my head, he's Native American and living on a reservation, but I'm not set on the specifics yet). One night, just before going out to meet with some friends, he comes across a ring from one his grandparents - whom unbeknownst him was a sorcerer. As he puts the ring on, there's some magic effects, but nothing else at first. Then, as he's outside he starts to do magic without even realizing it, performing a spell that is specific to his culture (you know, like the Persian quick rug or the Hungarian mirror trap from the first one). Suddenly, the ring starts to have a mind of his own and it leads him to sorcerer duel between Horvath and an older Dave Stuttler. Our new protag gets caught in the crossfire and Dave ends up saving him with his own magic, giving Horvath the chance to escape. Dave sees the boy has a ring and decides to bring him somewhere where he can grow his powers just like Dave had to.

We learn that since the events of the first film, Dave has become a Physics professor at a nearby university, and using the campus' resources, he has put together an underground magical study hall, where he trains some teen to young adult sorcerers to harness their powers and protect the world from evil threats like Horvath. It is here we are introduced to our core ensemble of sorcerers, each of whom would come from a unique background/ethnicity and would each have their own perspective on the purpose of magic. Delving into each of these characters will make up most of our middle act. I think it'd be cool if one of them could be Dave and Becky's kid, just to have a parental pressure trope thrown in, but also that kid would be nonbinary (because nb people are often seen as more magical in various cultures/myths) and have a romance with our current pov protag.

Over the course of the film, we find out that Horvath has been trying to search for Chernabog's current resting place, as the encantus reveals Chernabog to be a demon predating humanity itself, a force of nature that comes to cleanse the earth. It is implied he may have influenced wiping out the dinosaurs, showing just how much might he has. Our young sorcerers try to hunt down his resting spot while mastering their powers.

At some point before the third act, we find out that Dave's powers have been dwindling over time. It turns out after he defeated Morgana, his role as the Prime Merlinean came to an end, meaning his powers are no longer needed. In the same vein, we find out that Balthazar (Nic Cage's character) had died some time ago, because his duty to find and train the Prime Merlinean was the one reason he could stay alive for centuries. In case you're wondering, Veronica would still be alive, but she's retired from sorcery since she is grieving and also didn't seem to like magic anyway. She won't play into the plot much except to give a speech to Dave about mentoring the kids, and maybe throw a blast at Horvath during one of his attacks (I'd want at least one line about how she could never fall for him like he'd want her to). But as Horvath attacks the underground hall and gains everything he needs to summon Chernabog, Dave's powers fully vanish, meaning the fate of the world now rests on the young sorcerer group's shoulders.

Each member has a different perspective. Some want to kill Horvath while there's still time. Some want to convince Horvath that the summoning isn't worth it. Some want to let him summon Chernabog and try to take him down. During all this, our protag discovers that there is a special photon-based magic that can silence Chernabog's wrath (which would mirror the way he was taken out in the original sequence). While not everyone agrees its the best choice, they each learn the magic; I'd imagine Horvath also finds out about it, but doesn't know it only works for pure souls (science-wise I'd try to relate it to mental health in some way, maybe with his cortisol-levels, how he had kept all this stress from his mission to end humanity, trauma from being rejected and choosing not to deal with those feelings in a healthy way).

The final battle will take place at Yellowstone (which I chose since it's an active volcano), where Chernabog is about to come up. Horvath and the young sorcerers have one last skirmish beforehand. As Chernabog arises, his actions are one-for-one with the original sequence (or as close as we can get). No-one is able to stop his wrath as he toys with the fleeing mortals. Horvath along with some wicked followers are smited at this time. Then, as it seems no-one is left, one by one, the young sorcerers shine their lights, signaling Chernabog to end his torment. I want this to come off not as Chernabog being defeated, but that he has properly played his part. He may be a demon, but he is also part of the natural order, which must be respected (connecting right back to Merlin's philosophy from the first movie on not wanting to raise the dead). That would be the main theme here, not to focus on conflict, but on caring and connecting with people around you, no matter how different. Those who are too stubborn to connect will get their comuppance one way or another. After this, everyone goes back to their families and enjoys their new leases on life while "Ave Maria" plays in the background.

And that's what I got. I'd hope a sequel to The Sorcerer's Apprentice could be more faithful to its source than the original was, while also dealing with some unique concepts that just a basic chosen-one prophecy. I think I was able to do that here, but I'd love to hear any other ideas people may have. If you made it this far, I'd appreciate any feedback you got. Again, I doubt I'm going to develop this much further, but I just got so intrigued by the premise of sequel, that I just had to share these thoughts somewhere. Who knows, maybe I'll play around with this more at some point.

[pluto-glow]

I’m lowkey having brainrot over my rvb freelancer oc

They’re Agent Oregon, they go by Ore for short. They were a part of team A during that mission when they got the coffin. When they destroyed the building they forgot to check and make sure everyone was out of it, and the building kinda fell on Ore. Someone realized and grabbed Ore before they went back to the MOI but they were- really badly injured. The doctors were able to save them, but most of their body was replaced with cybernetics. They were, not the happiest because the Director also partially used them to test out some cybernetics and they felt like a bit of a test subject, and because they got a replacement voice box and Maine didn’t. Their voice sounds kinda auto tuned at all times, but it works enough that they can talk. They were friends with Wash because “oh hey Pacific Northwest buddies” “Pacific what??” “it’s the area Oregon and Washington are in” “OH Pacific Northwest buddies”

They had a lot of trouble controlling some parts of their cybernetics without help from a control pad some of the doctors and the Counselor and the Director had access to at first, so they eventually got Ore an ai or two to help control their cybernetics like how the ai help control the other freelancer’s equipment, but I haven’t decided yet how that part is gonna work and if they’re gonna have an oc ai or like- Filss or what yet

[batmads-ao3]

Across The Universe

Detroit: Yuri’s done the math. He done the research and the consideration and the planning. This will be his last year of competitive figure skating, and this time next year, he’ll be moving on to grad school. No matter what, though, Yuri hopes to hold onto Victor in any way that he can. Even if he has to compromise and change his own dreams to do it.

St. Petersburg: Victor is tired of compromising. Tired of having dreams deferred, of stealing moments in the off season and after competitions to spend time with Yuri. The way he sees it, there are only two options: keep Yuri in competitive skating, or find a way to stay by Yuri’s side after this year is through. Because if there’s anything that Victor knows for certain, it’s that he’s never letting anything come between him and his soulmate ever again.

But how far are Yuri and Victor willing to go to protect the other’s dreams? And with a whole universe separating them, will a soulmate bond really be enough to hold them together when it matters most?

**Part Three of the Defy the Stars Trilogy**

Soulmates!AU • College! AU(kinda) • Happy Ending

Read Chapter Twenty-Seven here!

In whic Victor rings in the New Year, and both he and Yuri and forced to consider their seperate futures.

Posting every Friday (ish), chapter preview below the cut

Victor was in a holding pattern. That’s what it felt like. He kept waiting for life to happen to him. It was almost like he was at a net zero to the person he’d been before he met Yuri, but that didn’t feel quite accurate either. What Yakov had stressed to him the other night was true: he was better for having loved Yuri. He was changed. And even if he didn’t have Yuri in his life anymore, the impression his soulmate on him still lingered. But it wasn’t like he was ready to go out on the town the Zarya and let her introduce him to the first pretty face she saw. 

At least he no longer felt shitty about life. That was a plus. 

Right? 

But the problem was he didn’t know what he was supposed to do with himself. He couldn’t stay like this forever. He wasn’t a machine. He was a person, with a life he wanted to live and enjoy. And he just hadn’t figured out how to do that yet. Or who he wanted to do it with.

“You’re dead to me. Officially.”

Victor glanced up to see Yurio standing over him. Ostensibly, they were at Zarya’s New Year’s Eve party. Mostly, Victor was just sitting on the zebra-striped armchair in the corner of her living room, sipping on his drink, smiling when people looked his way, and desperately trying to avoid having to make any small talk.

“I’m sorry?” Victor asked. 

“You’re a pathetic waste of space and you need to retire since you’ve decided to give up on skating entirely.”

“And here I was, under the impression you’d be a least a little bit sad if I left,” Victor said. “I mean, I know you’re only in this for the other Yuri, but your words do sting.”

“I’m in this for gold medals, not to compete against any particular skater,” Yurio scoffed. “Competitors come and go, but winning streaks last forever.”

“Do they?” Victor asked. “You seem dead-set on destroying mine.”

“History will remember,” Yurio snapped. 

“So…what? You want me to leave so you can get on making your mark sooner rather than later?”

Yuri snorted. “Please,” he said. “I’ll beat you next year easy, especially with how weak you’ve been lately. I’m just saying you should get out now to save yourself the humiliation. There’s no room in the field for old has-been farts who are only sticking around because they don’t know what else to with themselves.”

Well, that stung. 

Victor sighed. 

“Alright then, Yurio, if I can’t keep skating, what is it you want me to do?”

“Are you asking me if I solved your little problem?”

“What problem?” 

“The Yuri problem. The one you asked me to solve. Don’t tell me you forgot? Unless he really isn’t that important to you.”

Continue on Ao3

[lexmakeshit]

I disagree.

I think what Chet said was kinda out of line and definitely was not the right way to say it given Laudna was not rational in that moment. I think his wording was far too vague and gave Laudna an opening to interpret what he said as referring to all loss which she latched onto. I also think his comment was out of line because not only is it not that black and white that orym has more trauma about the sword than everyone else but it also doesn’t take into account the nature of trauma and how it affects people.

For Laudna the Sword is not only the symbol of her second death it also a symbol of her retraumatisation. While the Sword killed both of them he was brought back almost immediately whereas when Laudna died she was dead for a week and that entire time was forced to relive her existing trauma for what in her perception of reality was a very long time after being killed as a message very much in parallel to her first death and when Laudna was resurrected she woke up in the location of her initial trauma with an army pointing guns at her and then experienced all the grief that came with losing everything in her life again when confronted with the new Whitestone. So while Orym has lost so much to the sword and has his trauma because of it so does Laudna and it is very much a triggering object for her just as it is for him.

Chet comment felt like it was also very dismissive of the way trauma affects people and ignores the trauma of the rest of the group.

Setting aside my thoughts on who has the most trauma around the sword. Even if Orym has the most trauma that doesn’t give him a monopoly on deciding what to do with it because he is not the only one with trauma and just because he has the most doesn’t mean that the other members of the hells’ trauma is any less valid or that they should have no say in how it is handled. The decision of what to do with the sword should have been a group decision made after they had time to process the loss of FCG.

In my opinion Oryms decision in secret to wield the sword with no thought for the way seeing that would affect others was just a selfish as laudnas decision to take it in secret. Neither of them were in the right here in my opinion.

Laudna and Orym’s stories are parallels on two different sides of the same coin. Both of them have deeply traumatic pasts that have led them down a self sacrificial rabbit hole to a point that they believe that they don’t matter and they need to do anything they can to save the people they love even if it destroys them. Neither of them is able to other’s trauma for what it is and they both think that their way is the only way to save the people they love.

Both Laudna and Orym have good reasons for their lack of communication in this situation. Orym has been treated as the Hells moral compass and only stable one in the group and so his unilateral decision makes a lot of sense from his perspective. For Laudna every interaction she has had with the hells so far in relation to Delilah they have continually talked about how horrible Delilah is and have reacted negatively to her existence within Laudna, because of her trauma Laudna perceives Delilah as a part of her because she would quite literally not exist without her so the party’s hatred of Delilah in her mind is a hatred of a part of her this combined with the guilt she feels at having let Delilah back in after they fought to free her and the knowledge that Imogen who is the person she loves most is disgusted by Delilah presence mean that of course she isn’t going to communicate that she is struggling when every time she has done so in the past it has only reinforced her need to hide it.

Delilah has had 30 years alone with Laudna to mould her to her whims and perfect her tactics of manipulation and confrontation only reinforces what Delilah has been saying. Delilah is constantly telling Laudna that everyone will hate her eventually and that Delilah is the only one that truly cares for her. The only she is going to be able to escape is to recognise Delilah’s manipulation for what it is and that is not going to happen with confrontation.

I think the next couple of episodes are going to be crucial for the entire party and they are all going to need to learn the lesson from the shard that Ashton did because otherwise this is going to keep happening because if they don’t learn to communicate they are all gonna end up giving in to corruption in a desperate bid to gain power and save each other by any means necessary.

chet saying that orym had lost more than any of them to laudna was objectively correct in that moment and i feel like ppl are misinterpreting it. this conversation was about ishta, it was specifically about otohan’s sword. laudna’s repeated argument was that the sword had traumatized her and that’s why she felt justified in doing what she did, and that may have been true, but chet was pointing out that when it came to that sword, orym had experienced more loss in connection with it. that sword may have killed laudna, but it killed orym too. and his husband. and his father. if she wants to play the trauma olympics, she has the silver to orym’s gold right now.

in the past, laudna rebuked ashton for saying he knew loneliness better than she did, and she was right to do so then. but this time, orym absolutely has known more trauma in connection with that sword, and chet was right to point that out during that moment. if she doesn’t get challenged like that then she’s never going to be able to break free from delilah’s influence.

[bluemasochistic]

Let's talk about Primo Ships! I will be listing my ships and then writing headcanons for them.

Here are the ships I will be discussing:

Primo x Eurea

Primo x Bruno

Primo x Yusei

Primo x Zone

Primo x Akiza

Primo x Sherry

Alright let's start...

Primo and Eurea spent a great deal of time with each other as they were lovers during the apocalypse. She was his comrade, and his lieutenant. They clearly put their lives in each other's hands cause they trust each other. His dispair bloomed when she passed.

In the relationship I feel like they probably teased each other with trying to up run the other.

Eurea could have made little remarks about Primo's strength and reserved nature, he'd respond with some cute comeback. Although they were in a genocide and times weren't so great everytime she smiled he couldn't hold back his.

They probably slept near each other and talked late at night when they were in hiding at times one another couldn't sleep and embrace each other. They most like also helped bandage each other's injuries.

At moments when Primo would be reckless she would calm him down and no matter what risky decisions each other made they'd push through it.

Well, let's move onward to our next ship...

Primo and Bruno's relationship bloomed during their times as robots. They were former friends from the future who were sent back in time to change History by Zone, but little did they know there would be some fruity angst.

First have you seen how Primo acted when he as dueling Antinomy?! Primo was heated but impressed at how smooth his moves were he actually really liked his dueling. Primo was maybe jelly at the moment he was helping Yusei so he kept spewing some nonsense but internally taken by Antinomy. Hm, Tsundere no more like angry ex, as in, weren't you on my side?

Once Primo was met with the other forms of himself, Aphoria, found out the Zone decided to get rid of Bruno's memories he was rather upset. This is for a few reasons. Primo's friend's memories were altered someone who he obviously cared for in the future as a comrade even if he didn't show his affection much. This is also because it's cruel having Bruno make friends and have to die fighting them, it's more suffering and Bruno like him suffered enough. He even went against Zone for this! Thanks to Leo's sympathy as well. (Yes, I know Aphoria is also Jacob and Lester but Primo is there too so this is how he felt) Aphoria was Bruno's friend already before robotism.

For our next couple Primo x Yusei...

These two are a mess, Primo wants to destroy Yusei and his dreams and Yusei wants to shut the crazy in Primo up and save the world etc.

Primo claims to call Yusei foolish and naive but ends up losing to Yusei causing him to see how much of a threat but also how admirable the human heart could be. Primo and Yusei's duels are very active and it's like a wild goose chase.

Primo and Yusei both at one point like Bruno and with that they have heat with each other but can see why both have admirable qualities even if they can't see eye to eye.

I bet Primo ends up contemplating his calculations and views after his duels with Yusei and starts denying that he could find traits in Yusei the very guy who was in his way.

Primo says a lot of sarcastic comments during battle because of Zone liking Yusei, and Primo seeking approval didn't like such from a lowly human but thinks it's kinda attractive how much Yusei doesn't give up.

Primo and Zone is our next ship...

Now I won't get too much into this one, let's just know that Primo will do anything for Zone. Primo supports Zone's path all the way he wants to get his revenge on the world but also get acknowledgement from the one who preaches himself as God. Well, if so would he worship? (This also goes with why Primo must find Yusei fascinating as he was the very legend that motivated Zone in his future past)

However, He was a little hurt with this as well. Although he'd follow Zone's orders he didn't like being known as a mere tool. He wanted Zone to cast his heart away and Zone made sure to see if it was truly what he wanted (it was) but when Zone started to go bonkers and when Zone used Bruno he knew it wasn't the same Zone he loved. Zone didn't seem him as Aphoria anymore (Primo still be here partly) not a friend like old times, like the times they'd work on projects together and promised to fight alongside each other. Their relationship was over, especially when he drew the card that sealed his fate and basically said they weren't a match. However, Zone may try making up to him when they meet later on, same with Bruno. 😭

Alright let's talk about Primo and Aki...

Well one, he probably finds Aki attractive because it's Yusei's girl. What enemy doesn't want their opponent's girl to like them or to be defeated by them. Aki and Primo probably would've been one of the most angsty ships of you got her back in her old Black Rosey Witch days. These two sadists would try their best to take each other out and he'd love to see Yusei agitated with him being with Aki. It would be cool if she was brainwashed like Sherry and worked alongside Zone and them...anyways...

If he was ever to fight alongside Aki I bet he'd protect as Yusei's girl (if they ever had a chance to meet after they all died) because she's a woman at the battle field who has a righteous heart like his ex Eurea. And I think Aki would find Primo attractive as well because he is a great duelist and has some spike to the hair.

-lol don't take this seriously but Arcadia movement Aki preaching to Primo while he'd respond with talking about how the past had done wrong would be funny and not get anywhere.

Last but not least let's talk about Primo and Sherry.

I feel like he wouldn't hesitate to take Sherry out as an opponent like so with all 5Ds members but I bet he'd like Sherry intelligence and combative nature. Her being Zone's friend would be one thing that would draw some appeal in their duel, that and that's she's a very attractive girl.

I think they'd both be the ones to be very blunt and cold by nature even working next to each other or in a simple conversation as they both tend to come off a bit intense.

They'd probably work well in a team if they both get something mutually gained from such. I also believe that sherry could be around Eurea's age.

Welp, this is basically all. See ya next time. ^^

[beesmygod]

look: the only arguments in favor of webtoons ive ever heard hinge greatly on the idea that the vastness of the audience on webtoons is crucial to one’s success in the “webcomic business” nowadays. people need money to live. to make money quickly in the entertainment business (and i would like to stress that this is the first time the artist makes a choice: when they decide to pursue art as a career. deciding to do this is not a choice that should be made lightly. additionally, i do not believe that people are being forced to turn to webcomics in order to make a living lol. can you even imagine), they turn toward the algorithmically curated and inflated numbers offered by webtoons.

i’ll start this off with my bone fides so i have to clarify any of this in follow up posts: i started workshopping my webcomic on tumblr in 2012 with doodles and by answering asks people would send me. i would also just post lore dumps for funsies. they are so barely related to the comic now, but they created interest and people asked me cool questions that made me think about the world i was creating. i started the comic in 2013. holy shit i really am coming up on a decade of webcomics. hold on i have to stand up and walk around for a second. picture to break up all these words so your eyes dont slide off the page:

i made enough money on patreon (as a very early adopter) to live in beaverton, oregon (with first 3, then 1 other roommate[s]) living the most spartan lifestyle a person could manage in order to avoid having to go back to my hometown. now i live in confusing moderate comfort in a house my bf and i bought in a burst of sheer market based luck right before everything exploded. we used all of my savings i earned working from age 15-30 as a down payment.

i still try to take care of myself entirely and contribute a proportional amt of my income to the bills. i use government aid and use(d) it get a lot of medical help that i would not have been able to afford otherwise (medicare for all btw its unconscionable that this isnt the norm). i sincerely enjoyed my poverty and i felt like i understood how to live under those parameters with ease and comfort. i was poor but i was free. i do not like that i have to disclose this in order for people not to immediately dismiss me as coming from a place of monetary privilege. this shit is none of your business. im not interested being assigned a perception to my work and character that does not come from my words and deeds. i do not want “poverty artist” to be the signifier attached to me, forever, that people can scrutinize and obsess over whether or not i deserve the adjective i dislike.

but for things i do like: i like my audience very much, and i hope that they understand that they are under no obligation to care for me, keep me alive, finance me, etc. that is entirely my responsibility. but it is through their continued donations and support that i am able to draw my comic full time in a lifestyle i found comfortable, something that i sincerely imagined would not be possible while i was still working and in college. my audience of ~1.5k (i think, google analytics is kinda whack. lotta bots. this is with all that shit i could find filtered out) has been built up gradually over the past near decade and is comprised of funny, lighthearted freaks of nature who make me laugh very frequently. i just cant let them know that or they will become too powerful and use jokes to destroy me. i dont think i have a single bad thing to say about AGS readers. you guys are a hoot lol.

i do not have a discord dedicated to my work because i find the idea pretty unappealing and have had moderator experience in the past on other websites that i did not enjoy. i did not have comments on my comic until this year. previously the only way to contact me was via twitter, tumblr ask or email. i advertise my comic twice on update days, once in the morning and once at night, so i dont flood dashboards. i do not sign up for zines or jobs. i do not promote my work otherwise. well, there’s a link in my sa avatar, but let’s be real. no one’s clicking that.

WITH ALL THAT SAID:

i cannot empathize with the people who pursue the webtoons line of monetization and i find parts of (what must be) their reasoning morally abhorrent. im not even going to get into the predatory and laughable “pay per page” concept, an idea so blatantly evil that if it were pitched in any other medium it would get you laughed out of the room at best. im not going to talk about the ridiculous audacity of a comic host demanding you produce a minimum number of panels “per page” (im old lol bear with me) in order to be granted the golden laurels of “publication” (another choice the artist makes is the choice to pursue becoming a “webtoons original” as a financial goal. i think this is wildly unreasonable for every reason. but whatever. you might as well bet on winning the lottery). im going to talk about the bizarre mentality i cannot wrap my head around when it comes to what people are expecting when they sign up for a website that openly flaunts how disinterested it is in anything other wringing its user base financially dry.

if webtoons is not interested in anything other than financial gain and their purpose is to make more money every quarter at any cost, then why would that mentality not directly impact and poison the relationship between you and your audience, as well as your relationship with your art?

but lets put even THAT aside. god there’s so much i could hammer on. i will just focus on audience right now.

1. the quantity of an audience is not proportional to the quality of the audience. i dont think anyone is going to debate with me that the webtoons audience is good lol. this is because the webtoons userbase is comprised almost entirely of random teenagers and adults under 25. this age range is permitted to act like insane hooligans (to an extent) because that’s what the vast majority of us were like in some capacity or another at that age. i frequently hear complaints from creators about how their webtoons audience are frequently ungrateful, irrational, and impatient to them. this is the obvious outcome when two parties, especially parties that are doing business with each other, are shoved together due to algorithmic decisions and not by their own volition. both parties have been robbed of the opportunity of building up a relationship of trust and respect between the artist and the audience. however, building up this relationship takes time. and people want to be be making money as artists right now. presumably.

2. the primary purpose of an audience is not to obtain money from them. at least, dear god, i really hope this is not the idea driving people’s desire to do webcomics as a career. the creators entering the field with this mindset are DOA, straight up. even if you were capable of hiding your odious motivations, whose money are you willing to pursue? would you change your comic if it meant making more money from the audience? do the highest bidders influence the artistic choices being made? is that the relationship you want with your audience? in that case, why not just take furry porn commissions, a field which makes fucking stacks upon stacks of cash? why bother with webcomics and all this extra work?

3. why would an audience of teens and young adults have money to spare? lol for real tho. teens dont often have unfettered access to cash. college age adults are famously deeply in debt to the nightmare state we live in. to jump into this audience with your hands held open is going to result in disappointment when they’ve already prioritized giving what little they have to artists they already know. i dont know what people are expecting with this one. it’s like panning for gold in a swimming pool.

this doesnt even touch on the uglier stuff. but the choice to go all in with webtoon is foolish, selfish, motivated by greed and childish false promises of fame. i do not have any respect for the artists that line up in the hopes that they can simply “jump the line” and skip one of the most, if not the single most, important aspects of a career in art, as though it’s a tutorial mission they are simply too advanced and skilled to sit through. i am not going to feel bad for or comfort the people who saw a company strangling and smothering everything it touches, a company that is subjecting its customers into increasingly more incremental means of payment, a company that has objectively unreasonable demands for the art they host compared to what they pay out, AND WILLINGLY SIGNED ON TO SECURE THEIR OWN BAG.

so that they didnt have to build an audience! the fuck!

my assessment is that to use webtoons is to have a vast amount of disrespect for your audience.

[sodadrabbles]

Could you do a headcannon style thing with how Phill, Dream, Shlatt, Bbh, Techno and Quackity would react to the reader getting infected by the egg? Just an idea lol :)

🐾(pawprint)

Oooo, I love this idea so much! So much angst potential. I've never written for Quackity or BBH before, so hopefully I was able to do these well! :]

Paring MCYTs x reader (optional romantic/platonic) Philza, Dream, JSchlatt, BadBoyHalo, Technoblade, Quackity

Rating: Slightly angsty, though BBH's is kinda soft.

Summary: Reader has been infected by the egg. How will the others on the SMP react?

Philza:

Phil, ever observant, notices right off the bat when something changes about you.

How you come visit him in the arctic less, spending more time near L'manhole with Bad and Antfrost.

When you finally tell him it's because of the egg he can feel his heart crack.

Has it really gotten to you?

He directs his anger at the Eggpire, trying his best to get you away from them.

But the Egg's hold on you is strong.

He spends a lot of time trying to find a way to free you from the egg without having to kill you.

"I have to find a way to save them. I won't let them fall victim to that thing."

Dream:

He finds out from Sam.

You stopped visiting him in prison.

He manages to get an answer from Sam, asking nonstop about how you are and what you're up to.

Sam mentions you've been spending a lot of time with Bad, Ant, Punz and Ponk.

And you've been going to see the egg a lot, too.

He spends a few hours sitting on the floor of his cell, just mulling over what Sam told him.

He can't do much from the prison cell, but it still hurts him.

Not being able to see you, knowing you chose the egg, chose Bad over him. 

It made his blood boil and his heart ache.

He swore he'd take down the egg when he got out.

"Just wait, (Y/N). I'll protect you. I'll get that thing out of your head."

Glatt/ghost!JSchlatt:

Schlatt was very attached to you after his death.

I mean, even before his death, he always wanted to keep you by his side.

As a ghost, this was harder, because he couldn't always go with you. Anytime you went near L'manhole, he'd get very intense pain in his chest and had to leave.

He gets a little upset with how often you go there, wanting an explanation.

You avoid him for a few days, asking the egg for advice on what to do.

When Schlatt finds out you're part of this 'Eggpire' he flips his shit.

"What the hell do you mean you're joining a new country? (Y/N) you were supposed to always stay by my side!"

You stop seeing him after that, upset that he won't accept what you've become a part of.

And Schlatt is hurt too. He didn't want to chase you away but felt betrayed you would choose something he couldn't be a part of.

BBH:

He's the one who introduced you to the egg in the first place!

You were hesitant at first, the egg was very intimidating.

But as Bad took you to see it more and more, you felt yourself growing fond of the egg.

You started visiting it on your own, and Bad was so happy!

You two started going on adventure dates where you would visit the far reaches of Dream SMP and hang up posters inviting people to join the egg.

"I knew you'd see it eventually (Y/N)! I'm glad you finally decided to join us, ya muffinhead!"

Technoblade:

He doesn't realize you've joined the egg for a while.

Whenever you go to the main part of Dream SMP, he assumes you're just going to see Tommy or Niki. He never thinks you're going to see the egg.

But it hits him like a brick when he starts smelling egg on you.

It's like Tommy all over again- You would choose a government, a tyrant? Had he taught you nothing?

He wasn't happy about it.

He swears to destroy the egg, that it won't be the next tyrant of the SMP.

And he swears that he'll take you down with it if he has to. Poor man has been hurt so much. :[

"I may still love you, (Y/N). But if I have to kill you to destroy another tyrant… I won't hesitate."

Quackity:

First he learns his fiances decided to start a whole new nation without him.

Now he learns you're leaving Las Nevadas for the egg?

It drives Quackity over the edge.

He becomes irrationally angry, especially at Bad.

But he never blames you.

It's always the egg's fault, that's what took you away.

You feel so betrayed and hurt when you find Quackity covering the egg with TNT.

"H-hey, Alex, don't do that! You'll hurt the egg!"

It breaks his heart when he hears how hurt you sound.

As he's fighting with Punz and Bad, you're trying to figure out why. Why would he do that to you? Why would he try to hurt the egg, and through it, hurt you?

"I'm sorry, mi amor. I'm doing this to save all of us."

[creepypastalover97]

Time for another creepypasta au headcannon.

Today’s headcannon is x-virus.

And to let you know I will be writing him as a proxy

Enjoy

. On top of missions and work he has. How he does it? No one knows . He’s serious when it comes to his job as a proxy, not as much as Masky or hoodie. But he would come in third place in that department.

. He’s very hesitant to work with a team. even more so resistant as it seemed that the others had an already established bond so he felt like an outsider. kinda shiver aside his feelings about it, giving off his normal cold exterior. takes a long time but he eventually starts to trust and rely on them

. Are we allowed to talk about the fact that he found his brother and they immediately knew who each other was or is that just not to be spoken of?? Is that an off limit conversation?? They have brother’s intuition ig. I think Slender was like

“yo your brother is gonna be visiting the woods today look out”- slenderman to toby

and this motherfucker went SPRINTING in.

. his style of killing isn’t really about blood list or torture it’s get in, get the job done, and leave. but like all scientists sometimes he has a new toy he wants to try out. saves his last kill to try out his viruses as there is sometimes a short amount of time in which someone injected can escape. sometimes it’s not about trying something new; he just wants to be a dramatic bitch about things.

. Sometimes he kills with normal objects too , but he doesn’t like to. He likes to see how the body reacts to certain chemicals. He once accidentally tortured one of his victims by making them drink bleach. He just wanted to see if anything would happen. Turns out it’s not good for the human body. :) He also made someone eat nothing but soap and deodorant for 3 months.

. He would totally become one of those resident evil mad scientist type. He would create mutants and alien-like beings to destroy the world. He’s always been the type to try to find new solutions to problems, so he would originally start the virus by just trying to be good. Lmao how that blew up so bad is beyond his concern.

. likes doing the most random-ass experiments on people, even if he knows the outcome already

. Cody will experiment on himself with new viruses he’s made. He found that just watching people flop around for a few can get boring, so he decided to try a few of his viruses on himself which have resulted in a number of things:

- discoloring of the lips

- skin becoming paler than average ( almost white with a green undertone)

- nails have grown to become almost claw-like

- nails are permanently black

- his sclera ( the white part of your eyes) has become black while his irises now glow.

- animal-like habits; such as crawling on all fours, catching prey and eating it ( rabbits, boar, squirrels, etc.)

- vascular and discoloring of the veins (green)

. he's very good at reading people

. adhd central

. Very sarcastic, like he is the epitome of sarcasm. Can not get a proper response out of hair, at all

. has a lot of scars and scratches because he’s very clumsy

. band/theatre kid energy

. likes watching the bill n ted movies for some reason, along with that, he likes unrealistic movies a lot

. plays fortnite (he just likes the characters)

. get's rlly excited about things quickly

. Cody is not allowed on missions alone with Masky anymore after he almost got masky killed on accident. I think it was an accident?? He basically played with a kids science kit as Masky got his ass beat by some middle aged ex marine

.has a slight lisp, hates when people talk about it

. has heterochromia :)

. He and Toby commit arson together

. He’s punched Jeff a few times, can’t stand ass-holes or bullies

. While his brother Toby is great with Sally, Cody’s way more awkward with her until one day she comes to him crying because Mr D’s ripped, He sews him up for her (He can stitch, Jane taught him)

. X-virus is one of the only proxies who have not developed a ability for some unknown reason. Some theorize it’s because of all the viruses he experimented with on himself that it stunted him from developing one.

. He loves cats, they’re so affectionate!

. Halloween is his favourite holiday. Circe, Toby, and him trick or treat every time and egg houses

. Hangs out with EJ, they both talk about science and new ways to test the human body

. Very Introverted

. He likes to daydream about a dating someone alot, He wants someone to love him in his life

. Tbh he likes to flirt with random people out and about just by telling them weird body facts. He once hit on a girl saying that blood is a great egg substitute. He likes to keep people on their toes.

. This man has a jawline that could cut paper. Attractive looking motherfucker. God’s creation. (Its from all the years of fighting off Apollo, he’ll tell you. In all honesty it’s just his recessive gene speaking through.)

. Great at gambling because hes good at deducing things

. Tbh he’s a god at debates. Since he likes to learn new things all the time, he’s actually very well versed in politics and social deconstruction. He likes to learn about the evils of the government and find ways to make people dislike it.

. Cody really likes to deep dive into anything he finds an interest in

If any of the pastas he is friends with or you like something, he is down to find everything there is to know about it . Like he has it all absorbed and watched and read about in a few days.

. Cody also tends to zone out, so finding something that interests him is a way to keep grounded and focused

. He collects little knickknacks from things he likes. He has little figurines, pins, stickers, etc

. He has his lab and does a whole bunch of cool shit. Cody wears a lab coat when he’s in his lab, but when he’s going out on a mission, then he wears his hoodie.

. Cody likes crab apples and oranges, but spaghetti is his main comfort food

. Cody has an interest in pop culture

. When he was younger, his favorite superhero was (and still is) Captain America. He wanted his “father” figure to make the super soldier serum so he could be like his favorite hero

. If some pastas were talking about drama and he hears it, he can recall it for a very long time. So if someone has secrets, they better be careful. This boi is quiet, observant, and has an amazing memory

. Thinks chipmunks are cute. Doesn’t like squirrels tho. Has some kind of hatred for them that no one understands. Probably why they are the one animal he kills the most when he goes hunting for prey.

. Will actually smack people with common sense and logic and be blunt as f u c k about it

. He likes to go on random adventures in the woods when he’s stressed or can’t focused.

. He’s the mansion’s go-to guy for any measurement liquid-to-powder ratio. He has done enough tests to tell you why you’re cooking is off or why you’re oobleck is too watery.

. Tbh besides being really good at chemistry and physics, he’s also really skilled at engineering. I believe he could have been an engineer in his past life.

. listens to a lot of rap, hip hop, and classic rock

. Due to how goddamn similar toby and him look, AND the fact that Cody doesn’t remember his real last name ultimately resulted in him stealing/burrowing Toby’s surname. He also just likes the way it sounds :) And honestly, it’s uncanny how much they look alike—they legitimately could be brothers

Bonus: they are unaware of this at the moment, but they are actually are brothers. I’ll elaborate this another time.

. Cody’s taller than Toby, with tanner skin and a slightly broader build, especially at the shoulders. But they have very similar facial features, with similar beauty spots scattered all over. Cody’s hair is darker and less thick/curly than Toby’s tho, and he often shaves his sides or gives himself an undercut/mullet to distinguish himself from his non-blood brother

. when he originally joined the mansion, he felt too... clean compared to the others, so he gave himself a bunch of piercings to make up for it. He’s got 2 eyebrow piercings on the left side of his face, a bridge piercing, snake bites & a tongue piercing. Not to mention all his ear piercings and a few more,,, private ones in a certain spot 😉

. If he wasn’t so pent up as a kid he would definitely be the kind of boy that you see in TikTok. Curly hair, slight tan, pretty eyes.

. He has Aspergers, so he’s not all that good at social cues, certain sudden noises can trigger certain outbursts, and when he focuses he focuses.

. 8/10 good singing voice, sometimes he goes to high or too low but it’s still good

. He radiates pure chaos, I don’t know his real birthday but he’s either a Leo or an Aquarius with this amount of crazy

. Knows all the dances to famous TikTok songs just to annoy people when they play

. He the kind of guy to blast a “Main character” playlist while driving in the middle of the night.

. He’s bad at social cues and gets very anxious or quiet if someone were to bring up that he’s being annoying. Sometimes this doesn’t affect him and makes him more chaotic

. Jokes about the 6ft rule

. He’s a master at savage comebacks

“ yeah, I don’t think I’m ever having kids. Because I’m broke, and if I’m broke than my kid will be broke. And honestly I don’t want to put the kid trough that”- x-virus

“ wow Cody being broke must run in your family”- Jeff

“Does being ugly run in yours?”- x-virus

“ A course not”- jeff

“ oh, so it just ran into you”- x-virus

“BURNNN!”- Circe

. He doesn’t get along well with a lot of the other pastas. He’s a very reserved, distrustful guy who sees himself as superior to most people due to his intelligence and doesn’t want to waste his time hanging out with what he calls “uneducated plebians”. He only really spends time with Toby and the more scientifically minded horrors like Eyeless Jack and Dr. Smiley.

. Speaking of Dr. Smiley, Cody works as his lab assistant. He’ll never admit it but he looks up to Dr. Smiley as a father figure. He sees him as a replacement for his adoptive father who he misses dearly and regrets murdering.

. X-Virus is the kind of guy who’d march up to a little kid, tell them Santa Claus isn’t real and insult them for crying.

. His second passion in life (after virology/science in general of course) is baseball. His dad introduced him to baseball after he had a bad day at school. He’s been a fan of the sport ever since.

. He is CONSTANTLY correcting people over the slightest mistakes and it annoys the other pastas to no end.

. Cody is very confused by the existence of supernatural stuff like ghosts, monsters and the Under Realm itself. He’s obviously aware that the supernatural exists since he’s visited the Under Realm and all but he doesn’t get how it fits in with his precious science. He tells himself that magic, monsters and such are just things scientists don’t understand yet.

. he was given his own shack slightly farther away from the others, where he conducts all his experiments. He spends a lot of time there, so he comes & goes, so he’s not as permanent as some of the others, but he’s pretty happy he finally found a place where he belongs uwu.

Overall x-virus is no doubt an andorable mad scientist.

P.s. none of this is canon, so don’t take seriously if you don’t want to. If you don’t like, take it somewhere else. Thank you.

Bye 👋🏻

P.s.s. Go check out Circe’s origin story on archive of our own. It’s called rabbits are not what they seen.

[cluescorner]

Finished Chapter 13 of CRK (SPOILERS FOR IT)

OH GOD OH NO OH NOOOOOOOOOOO

I have some issues with this chapter, namely in how it just felt kinda underwhelming, but I’m gonna focus on the good/funny/interesting bits in this post. Because I like a good bit of this chapter and Dark Cacao Kingdom’s story isn’t finished yet, so I’m going to wait until Chapter 14 in order to give my judgement on Chapter 13 (similar to how Chapter 9 was kinda meh to me, but Chapter 10 made me fall in love with this game. Sometimes you need more buildup to the payoff.).

The reunion went...about as well as I expected TBH but not NEARLY as well as I’d hoped. I was hoping for, like, at least a moment of realizing that they’re both kinda at fault here before one of them inevitably starts swinging. But no, just...soul jam, fight, insult, yeet. I know that Cacao is gonna survive, but imagine having your son make an attempt on your life TWICE. I couldn’t handle that tbh. 

Also, we haven’t seen ‘The Light of Determination’ so far. Maybe it’ll show up next Episode when Dark Cacao is at his worst. 

I hope the dragons show up. My theory is that they have the sword + the soul jam, since they feel like who Dark Cacao would trust with it. The dragons are super interesting to me, like imagine if the cookie of darkness are like ‘hehe we’re gonna get the sword’ and then there’s two ‘fuck you’ dragons staring you dead in the eyes with a look that can only mean ‘YOU FUCKED UP’. I just really want Dark Cacao Kingdom’s really fucking cool concept to be expanded upon more and we didn’t get that much in this chapter, save for the excellent stuff regarding the Licorice Sea. 

I love Caramel Arrow Cookie so fucking much. Her design is gorgeous, she really decided to keep helping people even after her banishment, and her VA is also really talented. I love her interactions with other people, she’s like a light in the darkness of the Cacao Kingdom it’s really nice. I can’t wait until she gets added, I’m going to summon her if it fucking kills me. 

LICORICE IM SO FUCKING PROUD OF YOU YOU REALLY RAISED A WHOLE KAIJU. Also, the fact that he came from Dark Cacao Kingdom...like did he and Choco and Espresso all know each other? The Licorice Sea is so fucking cool and honestly I hope that the bullshit with that one fucking Abyssal Licorice Kaiju sets the tone for how powerful Licorice is gonna be in the future. Because I LOVE Licorice cookie but he’s started getting pushed out of the meta (Cotton Cookie basically does his job but better) and I really hope he gets a buff. I would also love it if the Cookies of Darkness were like ‘Hey, we lost this mission and so we gotta go report back to Dark Enchantress’ and Licorice just...stays behind because he likes feeling this powerful. Maybe he can communicate with the Licorice Sea itself and just decides to stay where he’s understood + appreciated + sorta feared? IDK, I’m just so happy Licorice is having his day in the sun. 

Affogato Cookie is simultaneously an excellent villain and kinda hilarious. Like, he’s a total schemer and knows how to ingratiate himself to others in order to build power. He basically formed a cult of personality under himself, which I find pretty interesting. While my theory is that Dark Cacao always knew that this sorta thing would come from Affogato cookie, given how he just straight-up ignores his advice when it truly matters, the fact that Dark Cacao just couldn’t get rid of him is pretty interesting. But also, the fact that he WASNT working with the Cookies of Darkness from the inception of his plan is a breath of fresh air AND hilarious. Like, Affogato was truly terrified of them and I think that he’ll see Dark Choco’s presence as a threat to his bid for control over Dark Cacao Kingdom. I also wonder how he’ll react to the fact that the Cookies of Darkness are now DESTROYING EVERYTHING, and he’ll likely rule over a Kingdom of Dust by the time they’re done with the place. 

Also regarding the Cookies of Darkness, all the main 4 are here. Which means that SOMETHING has to be going down, since the last time they were all together was Chapter 10 (aka the HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS GETTING REAL chapter). I’m guessing that either A. Someone is getting redeemed, B. Dark Enchantress is gonna show up, or C. Someone is going to die. I doubt it’s C because that could singlehandedly change the tone so drastically that it won’t be able to recover, but I also think that C is the most interesting. 

I love Pomegranate Cookie out manipulating Affogato Cookie. Like, I refuse to believe that she actually gives a damn about his bid for Kingship and he’s just a convenience for them. But whenever she’s involved in a Chapter, it means things are about to get FUCKED UP. My guess is that she’s gonna be pissed off with Dark Choco for not KILLING HIS FUCKING DAD AFTER THE 2ND TRY and do some bullshit. Maybe there’ll be another dramatically-resonant-hallucination scene like there was with Pure Vanilla Cookie? IDK, but whenever she’s around I’m terrified of what kinda BS she’s gonna pull. 

Poison Mushroom I love you sweet baby. IDK what the fuck you’re doing here but I love you so much. 

DARK CHOCO COOKIE WHAT THE FUCK?? I really wanted a fucking redemption or at least some sort of reconciliation before he decides to stay with the Cookies of Darkness, BUT NO. Dark Choco and Dark Cacao are incapable of talking with words outside of insulting each other. I cannot wait for the inevitable ‘OH MY GOD HE SURVIVED FALLING FROM THAT FUCKING WALL’ moment because that’s gonna be funny and also a ‘oh shit’ moment. Maybe the Cookies of Darkness didn’t realize how hard it is to kill an Ancient? 

Now, this is a crack theory so be aware that I’m mostly posing this as an interesting possibility and there is very little canon evidence for it: What if the Cookies of Darkness initially planned for Dark Choco to take over as King, so that they have the indomitable Cacao Warriors working for them. But once they came across Affogato, they decided that using him would be much simpler and went with that instead. I keep thinking about that fucking loading screen and how, while it could just be cute flavor-text, what if it’s foreshadowing to Dark Choco eventually becoming King himself? IDK, it’s a theory with very little backing but I think it’s kinda interesting. 

I wish the other Ancients were here. We’re really not gonna see them interact with each other until the very end, are we? Oh well, that’s what fandom bullshit is for I guess. 

Dark Cacao is fascinating. Like, he’s as stalwart as the wall itself and his resolve is unmatched. But simultaneously, he isolates himself from his Kingdom and failed to help those on the outskirts. IDK, I just think it’s fascinating to analyze him, since Holly and Vanilla were pretty much universally considered at least decent leaders but Cacao isn’t as clear. I just can’t wait to see what else is going on with him. 

WHERE THE FUCK ARE MILK AND YAM?? SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK DEVSIS WHERE ARE THEY?? THIS IS THEIR STORY TOO. They grew up here (Milk definitely did and with Yam he at least KNOWS the place), both have something to do with Dark Choco, they both probably have some feelings towards Dark Cacao’s leadership...SO WHY AREN’T EITHER OF THEM HERE. I can’t wait to read the inevitable fanfics of ‘Dark Cacao Story but if Milk and Yam were also involved because jesus fucking christ they should be here.’ 

I’m very excited for Chapter 14. For me, it’s going to signal whether I really stay connected to the story as a whole. Because I wasn’t a big fan of the story until Chapter 10, then Hollyberry’s chapters were silly but still excellent in their own right, and now here’s Dark Cacao’s chapters (which I would argue have been the most anticipated save for White Lilly’s, though everyone acknowledges that she’ll probably be the last). I’m willing to excuse an underwhelming set-up in exchange for an excellent pay-off, and the pay-off to the Licorice Sea plot-point was amazing imo. Now we just need to wait for Chapter 14 and see what happens. 

Overall, the chapter was kinda underwhelming but I still like it a lot. The new characters are pretty neat (Caramel Arrow taking the spot as my favorite new character and one of my favorite overall characters) and it expands on old characters pretty well (IM SO FUCKING PROUD OF LICORICE LOOK AT HIM GO). It just didn’t have the punch that I thought it would, thought that could also be me having too high of expectations. The only MAJOR problem I have is that Milk and Yam aren’t here, because this would be an excellent time to resolve their storylines AND give our boys proper screen-time. Regardless, I can’t wait to see what Chapter 14 brings!