#i definitely still need to do a lot of cleanup

[xgoth-mothx]

- Goth Cat -

[kaiser-s-bitch]

how about headcanons about some of the genshin boys‘ reaction to you squirting? I’d like to see diluc, tartaglia, kazuha, cyno, xiao, tighnari, alhaitham and scaramouche ;)

hello luv~

I will split my Genshin writing debut (aka this request) into two parts due to the amount of characters, so enjoy pt. 1 for now!!

EDIT: pt. 2 is up!!

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Genshin boys reacting to you squirting for the first time (nsfw) || pt.1

Diluc

• mans is dumbfounded (and kinda in awe)

• he looks up at you and blinks a few times, parts of his face covered in splatters of your slick

• "Well.. That’s new" he remarks, still processing what just happened while absentmindedly swiping his thumb across his bottom lip

• and you can bet your ass he’s going to make an effort to recall and memorize exactly what he did to get you there

• might even ask you what it was that you especially liked this time (he’ll wait until you’ve calmed down from your high before interrogating you though, he’s not a monster)

• and once he deems you ready for more, he will put his new hypothesis to the test right away bc he definitely wants you to do it again

• he’s a clean man and generally prefers not to get too messy, but in this case he doesn’t mind putting in some extra work for the cleanup after

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Childe/Tartaglia

• this man did it on purpose, 1000%

• not surprised in the slightest, but visibly elated at the fact that he finally got his sweet, innocent (on the outside at least-) girlie to squirt for him

• yes, he had been working towards it ever since you first started getting intimate with each other

• he’s an ambitious guy, training and practicing to get better at everything he does, and sex with his girlie is no different

• he can be a huge jerk, both in the streets and in the sheets, but in the end your pleasure and enjoyment is definitely top priority

• and what will he do now that he’s achieved this goal? why of course he’ll keep adding onto it to keep maximizing your pleasure

• meaning overstimulation all the way baby, now even more than usual

• he always enjoys your whining and begging, even more so when you’re crying because everything is just too much

• but he will always just shush you with a smile, kissing away your tears and cooing "I know baby, I know… but you’ll need to bear with it for just a while longer, yeah? Do it for me angel"

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Tighnari

• "Oh? I didn’t know females could do that too. You must’ve enjoyed yourself a lot just now, darling" the man with the fox ears purrs, visibly fascinated

• he assumes you didn’t know you could do that either, else you surely would’ve told him before, right?

• meaning he’ll have to find out himself how to please you in a way that gets you this ecstatic again

• like Diluc, he’ll inquire what it was that you particularly enjoyed

• he’s more… detailed with his inquisitions though, and very prone to experiment

• he’ll be trying out variations of "methods" and techniques on you, curious to explore the various reactions he is able to draw from you

• and yes, he does take notes. actual notes.

• so congrats, you just managed to become the Forest Watcher Academic’s #1 test subject and are in for a LOT of fun (and work😭😭👋🏼)

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Kazuha

• "Mmm such a good girl for me.. You did so well my love"

• a very humble man, not smug about being the source of your immense pleasure (ofc he’s still somewhat proud tho)

• will thoroughly lick you clean and then scoop you up into his lap to pull you into a deep kiss, letting you taste yourself on his sinful tongue (quite the generous gesture, seeing as he himself loves the taste of you so much)

• will try to get you to squirt for him again in the future, but doesn’t make it his main goal

• he prefers to just enjoy the moment and the emotional intimacy between the two of you, a "goal" such as this would only sully the act for him

• he’s an extremely attentive lover in general, picking up on every little reaction you offer him upon his touch, so you will enjoy yourself to the fullest every time, whether you squirt or not

• on a side note: if you were to specifically ask him to make you squirt again, he will. he now definitely knows how, and who is he to deny his love the pleasure she wishes for?

[tinyinvadr]

I’m back with another chapter! Thank you all so much for supporting this fic! It’s cool to know that people like the same stuff as I do, and it motivates me to write more!

Ch. 1/Ch. 2

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Chapter 3

I woke up on a plush surface, practically sinking into it. There was a part of me that wanted to still believe my entire experience with the Digital Circus was a dream, but I knew that couldn’t be true.

This wasn’t my bed. Not my real bed, at least. In fact, it didn’t feel like a bed at all, more like a giant pillow.

Right. The last thing that happened before I passed out was when I realized that Caine couldn’t change me back to my normal size. Which meant wherever I was, I was likely still tiny.

I finally opened my eyes, and the bright colors surrounding me were almost blinding. Massive blankets and pillows of every shade stretched as far as I could see.

As much as I didn’t want to admit it, the pillows were kind of nice. It reminded me of pillow forts…

Of course. This was Kinger’s pillow fort. That made sense, since he was holding me before I passed out. He probably brought me there so I could rest.

“Oh, Pomni, you’re awake! You really had us scared back there.”

I don’t know how I didn’t notice that Kinger was also in the fort with me right away. Then again, he kind of blended in. His robes almost looked like one of the blankets.

I tried to scoot myself back, but the pillow was too soft and I ended up just sinking into it further.

“Oh, did you need help getting up? I’ve got you!”

Kinger started to reach for me, and I frantically tried to move away faster.

“Nononono! It’s okay! I’m okay!”

He could tell I was panicking and stopped, glancing away in shame.

“Aw, I’m sorry. I must be freaking you out right now. I know I’d be terrified if I was in your place. But there’s nothing to worry about! I won’t grab you again, and it’s perfectly safe in my impenetrable fortress, so we can just wait here until Caine gets this whole thing sorted out.”

Admittedly, I needed the levity, so I gave Kinger a nod of approval and willingly let myself sink into the pillow. I could see why he liked to hide in his fort. It was like a little break room from the overwhelming insanity of the circus.

But it wasn’t as impenetrable as he thought it was.

A pillow on the bottom of the fort suddenly slid out of place, and before either of us could react, a huge assortment of pillows and blankets came crashing down on us.

It was a chain reaction of disaster as Kinger fell onto the pillow I was laying on, and the sudden weight shift sent me flying into the air, only to fall on my face a couple inches away. As I struggled to push myself up, I could hear the voices of the others.

“Jax! What did you do that for?!”

“What? I wanted a pillow.”

“But… Pomni could’ve gotten hurt…”

“These are cartoon physics we’re workin’ with here. She’s fine, look.”

For the third time, I was grabbed without warning and lifted into the air, this time by Jax. The thought of what he might do made me sick. The others at least seemed like they were worried about me, but it was pretty clear that he didn’t care.

In front of me stood Ragatha, Gangle, and Zooble, all looking concerned. Well, at least Ragatha and Gangle. Zooble’s expressions are kind of hard to read.

“She doesn’t look fine…”

“Yeah. I’m sure she LOVES being grabbed like that, Jax. Totally not traumatizing at all.”

Jax simply laughed off their concerns, emoting by moving his hands and arms around a lot in a way that was definitely intentional.

“Hey, come on, you guys, Pomni can speak for herself. If she didn’t like it she’d say something. Isn’t that right, Pom?”

By the time he stopped talking and moving me around, I couldn’t hold back and I threw up. Again.

Jax quickly dropped me and backed up in disgust.

“Ew. Somebody call Bubble.”

Right as he said that, Bubble appeared in front of me, way too close for comfort.

“Cleanup crew at your service!”

I backed up as he started licking up the vomit just as he did the day before. He’s really a freaky little thing. Though he didn’t look so little from my perspective.

Caine appeared shortly afterward, shaking his head(?) at Bubble, but then shifted his attention to me.

“Goodness gracious! You sure are prone to getting sick, aren’t you? Do you need anything? Want me to carry you to your room?”

The last thing I wanted was to be picked up again, so I queasily backed up in protest.

“No, no, it’s fine, I can get there by myself.”

Just as I regained my balance enough to start walking away, Jax walked in front of me, nearly stepping on me.

“You sure about that, shorty?”

Ragatha glared at him again as she made her way over to Caine.

“Anyway, Caine, have you made any progress on finding a way to fix Pomni?”

“Nope! Still working on it! But don’t worry, I’m sure a solution will come to me soon! After all, this is the digital world, and anything is possible!”

Zooble scoffed. “Yeah. Anything except leaving.”

“That’s the spirit, Zooble! Now then, Pomni, I leave the choice up to you if you want any of us to escort you to your room, or anywhere else you might like to go!”

I really would have preferred to be alone, but that wasn’t an option on the off chance that Jax decided to try anything else. I needed someone I could trust. I needed the one person I’d been avoiding.

Keeping my eyes glued to the ground, I approached Ragatha.

“Um… Ragatha? Can I go with you?”

She didn’t say a word, and kneeled down in front of me, her hands resting on the floor. I looked up to meet her eyes, and she gave a reassuring smile as if to say that this would all be on my own terms, and she wasn’t going to grab me.

I was still hesitant to even get near her, but she had a calm patience that the others didn’t. It was like she was willing to wait there for as long as it took until I was ready. In each passing moment I could feel my nerves ease just a little bit more, and finally, I took the first step onto her hand.

Due to her being a rag doll, Ragatha’s hands didn’t feel much different from the pillow I was sitting on earlier. I sat myself down, continuing to look up at her as she watched and waited.

“You okay?” She asked, her voice soft and warm. I simply nodded, and she continued to smile and wait. “Just let me know when you’re ready for me to stand up.”

I gave her another nod of approval, and she slowly stood up, holding me close to her for support, but not too tight to where I felt trapped. As she lifted me up, I could see the others looking on in surprise at how calm I seemed.

“Alright guys, I’ll be back in a bit.” Ragatha said as she turned to walk down the hallways where everyone’s rooms were.

As soon as we were far enough away from the group, I finally worked up the courage to speak again.

“I… thank you…”

She let out a content sigh as she continued walking.

“Hey, I’ve got your back.”

[professionalranter31]

I have several headcannons regarding Tracer and her relationship with Emily

So Lena originally was just supposed to be a pilot that helped Overwatch squads get to their mission locations, however while she was flying Winston who was transporting some of his inventions to an ecopoint that were meant to help with further gathering data they were attacked by a group of mercenaries hired by a company that wanted to sabotage the Ecopoint program

Lena proved her skills as a pilot by avoiding nearly every rocket shot at them, the only one that managed to hit was at the beginning when the mercenaries still had the element of surprise. Later when Winston began work on the Slipstream he nominated Lena to be the test pilot

It would be around this time that Lena was set up on a blind date with Emily, however it was a few days after the test run for the Slipstream so Lena would unfortunately miss it

Now the Slipstream, it was sabotaged. The company that was funding it was facing the risk of bankruptcy and so had set up an insurance in case of the failure of the Slipstream. There was also a disgruntled scientist who had a similar idea to the Slipstream (albeit different enough it was obvious to anyone else that Winston hadn’t copied it but the scientist didn’t care) that the company hired to sabotage the Slipstream. Now what the company wanted was something that would just cause the slipstream to not work, but the scientist wanted to ruin Winston, and he also had a theory that if proven correct would allow him to upstage the gorilla. If the sabotage had not taken place, the Slipstream would’ve worked albeit with a few bugs that needed fixing

So the Slipstream incident happened and the company was saved from bankruptcy, and the scientist bided his time. The sabotage wouldn’t be discovered unless someone looked at the Blueprints Winston sent to engineering and the blueprints that engineering actually got

Anyway, Lena comes back and is saved by Winston with the Chronal Accelerator thus ruining the scientist’s plans without ever knowing of them

Face forward to the events of the Kings Row Uprising and this is when Lena and Emily first officially meet where during the cleanup Lena saves her from some of the Null Sector warbots remaining. Sometime later Lena is granted a vacation so she can see home again since she’s deemed stable enough to be away and they run into each other again at Lena’s favorite pub

However the way they met in the pub is because Lena got into a bar fight, she didn’t start and she doesn’t know what started it but she definitely ended it, and Emily offered to help bandage her cuts up and also ask Lena out on a date

It wasn’t until their seventh date did they both realize that the blind date they had been set up for several months ago was with the other, but they had a good laugh about it

Emily is a artist for a comic book company and does some fashion designing on the side when she’s tight on cash but her work does allow her to work from home a lot

When Overwatch was shut down Lena wallowed in her room for a long time, until Emily wore a “special” sweater and got her out of that rut and helped her try for a few jobs

None of them stuck however and since Lena was banned from ever flying again she started doing some vigilante work, setting up an outfit (her Graffiti skin) and started helping out where she could while trying to remain inconspicuous

For the most part she succeeded and did a lot of good work, until Mondatta and the events of the Underground comics, then several months later the Recall went out

Tracer almost hesitated to go, her and Emily were going strong and she had started to get used to not being part of Overwatch but Emily told her she would be fine, and that no matter what she would always be there for her

That would be the moment when Lena decided that the moment she got a break and could see Emily again she was proposing, not knowing that Emily was also gonna start looking for a ring

Now for some smaller headcannons

Emily is related to Moira, just because it would be really funny. She doesn’t bring it up because Moira reached out to her niece and told her not to mention the familial relationship between them (this is when Moira was fired from Overwatch and disgraced) because she doesn’t want her niece’s life to get messed for it

Neither Lena or Emily can cook a full meal, they can make amazing teas and desserts but the moment they try to make a full meal they mess it up in some way that ends up with them eating out

Emily has a gun and she knows how to use, she’s never had to bring it out but it’s easy to reach, she showed it to Lena when they first moved in together and it helped Lena fell more secure with her rejoining Overwatch and when Null Sector attacked London because Emily would have some way to defend herself

If it ever comes to light that the Slipstream was sabotaged it’s unclear who will be more pissed off about it between the couple, it’s Emily. Look Lena would be all sorts of angry about it but Emily actually has a temper unlike her girlfriend and has always been upset that they didn’t get a chance to meet sooner because of the Slipstream’s failure

Finally my thoughts on something else unrelated

I want Emily to become a playable character because we have all sorts of familial relationships between the various heroes in the game but not one that is explicitly romantic, not hinted at they are just straight up in a relationship

I just want that sort of dynamic in game and if it actually happens with another set of characters maybe my opinion will change

Anyways hope this was fun for you all and let me know your headcannons because this is fun to do

[bridgyrose]

Is it bad that I’m imagining Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble is the Ruby Clone Army AU?

I feel like Ruby might actually choose to become someone else at the blacksmith because she believes that the Ruby Clones are just better than her.

(At some point I plan to get that far with this au, but I think you misunderstand if you think the Ruby Clones are better than here. Because, they're not better than her, just trained differently. No, the real problem is how easily they seem to replace her with everything. Which, yeah, if Ruby is that easily replaced, she'd definitely consider choosing to be someone else. That said, since here's a small continuation)

Ruby took a small breath as she stepped off the airship, feeling the cold, Atlas air hit her face. After a few days of resting and helping Pietro upgrade her equipment, she finally felt ready to take a mission with her friends to help Ironwood, and to take her mind off everything she’d learned. Clones of herself being used as weapons against the grimm, an army of huntresses that could be replenished at a moments notice, an army that would be loyal to Ironwood… it was almost as if she was being replaced.

She shook her head and let out her breath as she tried to clear her mind and spoke under her breath. “I dont need to worry about that right now.” 

“Dont need to worry about what, Rubes?” Yang asked 

“N-nothing,” Ruby said nervously as she started to make her way in front of her team. “Just excited for this mission!” She paused and shivered for a moment. “Though its a lot colder than expected.” 

Harriet nodded and started to walk towards the dust mine. “Its cold enough out here that even with aura, the windchill is enough to cut through you. And without aura, well… try not to let your aura break.” 

Ruby nodded and watched as her team made their way forward, following close behind them. Her heart raced with each step as she kept an eye out for any of the Ruby clones that might’ve been following them or sent ahead. It wouldnt have surprised her if Ironwood sent them out to start clearing the mine and let her and her team finish the cleanup. She paused in her step as she tried to take another shaky, deep breath as she tried to clear her mind again. 

Weiss put a gentle hand on Ruby’s shoulder. “Everything okay? Ever since we’ve come to Atlas, you’ve seemed on edge.” 

“I’m fine, really,” Ruby replied through a fake smile as she let out her breath. “There’s… there’s been a lot to take in since coming to Atlas. Ironwood being told the full truth, Penny being alive, the clones of me… it feels like I’m being pushed away and replaced.” 

“None of us would ever replace you.” Blake stopped in her step and flashed a smile to Ruby. “You’re our teammate, irreplaceable as our leader. No matter what, we’ll always follow you.” 

“Yeah, but… what happens when you dont?” Ruby pulled her scythe off her back, unfolding it and gripping the hilt as she looked into the blade at her reflection. She watched as her red cloak turned white, silver eyes flashing into a blinding light before returning back to normal. “What… what if every decision I’ve made is a mistake?” 

“What do you mean?” 

“I-I wanted to go to Haven Academy for answers about who Cinder was and why Beacon had to fall. And since then, we seem to keep getting in deeper and deeper without any clear answer about what we’re really doing. Salem wants me and I still dont know why, she cant be killed and we still dont have a plan to stop her, I… I backed Jaune up with stealing the airship and almost got ourselves killed doing it…” Ruby felt her arms shake for a moment as she remembered watching the cannon start to charge just before she took her shot. “And now we told Ironwood the truth, the same truth that we all had an issue with accepting. How do we know we’re doing the right thing?” 

“We dont,” Yang answered. “All we can do is keep going and see if we can figure things out. Besides, Ironwood thinks he has a plan that’ll work and Uncle Qrow seems to trust him. And maybe having those clones of you will help us.” 

Ruby looked up at Yang, her heart breaking at hearing that. “You… you cant be serious. He made those clones to replace me!” 

“Only if you were dead,” Weiss rebutted. “And since you’re clearly not dead, those clones wont replace you. But that doesnt mean we shouldnt use them to our advantage.” 

“Yeah but-” 

“None of those clones will ever replace you,” Blake said as she started to walk deeper into the mine. “But right now, we need Ironwood’s help, so if that means we’ll need to get used to an army of yous at our side, then we should use that to our advantage.” 

“I-” Ruby held her tongue as she watched her team walk ahead of her, deeper into the mine. For a brief moment, it truly felt like her team didnt need her, even though she knew that wasnt what they had meant. Finally, she let the words out as she followed behind everyone else. “I… just want to be careful about all of this.” 

Ruby started to rush forward to keep up with her teammates, fingers gripping her scythe tightly as she ran down the tunnel. She stopped once she saw the geist in the main chamber, controlling chunks of dust. “Alright team-” 

“We’ve got this!” Harriet yelled out as she joined the rest of the Ace-Ops. 

Ruby slowly lowered her weapon as she watched the Ace-ops work flawlessly to take down the geist, Marrow using his semblance to slow it down, while Clover picked off chunks of dust that Harriet, Elm, and Vine caught. She quickly raised her weapon as she noticed the geist leaving the dust it possessed, making its way to another pile of rocks and dust. With her finger on the trigger, she tracked the grimm as Clover’s hook missed the mask… until a silver light caught her off guard, blinding her for a few seconds until she heard the sound of rock hitting the ground. As her vision cleared, she saw a couple of the clones rush in with their semblances to catch the remaining dust crystals. 

“Got it!” one of them yelled out as they hit the ground. 

Clover smiled and sheathed his weapon. “You both came just in time. And I’m sure you’ll be able to handle the rest of the cleanup, right?” 

“Yes sir!” the clones yelled out in unison, saluting to Clover. 

Ruby tightened her grip on her scythe as she let it fold back up. “My team and I will make sure the perimeter is cleared-” 

“No need to worry about that,” Elm said as she put down one of the dust chunks. “If those two are here, then that means everything around us is clear. You and your team can head back to Atlas to rest. Tomorrow will be the start of a long week.” 

Ruby slowly put her scythe onto her back as she watched the clones pick up some of the scattered dust crystals. Everything she could do, they were capable of. Just as fast as her, able to clear out grimm with ease, even able to use their eyes reliably. She lost focus on the clones as she felt Yang lightly hit her shoulder. 

“We should make it back to the airship before it takes off,” Yang said. “And then we can play a few games before it gets too late.” 

Ruby made a small nod as she looked away from the clones, putting up another fake smile as she held back the pain she felt. “That… that sounds like a… like a great idea.”

[cy-lindric]

Hello! I tried looking it up on google but i didnt quite understand, could you explain what you do as an layout artist? Thanks :)))

Hello ! Sorry it took me a while to get around to this reply, and sorry that it's so long !

First off, keep in mind that I'll be talking about 2D traditional animation. "Layout" for CG productions is a different job entirely, and puppet based animation works in a different way as well. The layout step in animation is not universal throughout the world's various industries. It's quite prevalent in France and in Europe in general, and it exists in Japan under other forms, but from what I've heard it's not super common to work that way in the US. So keep in mind that working roles and pipelines are different depending on the country and production.

In my industry, "layout posing" or Character Layout comes after the storyboard and background design process and before the animation process. Layout artists create a few clean poses, sometimes just one per shot, sometimes all key poses depending on the needs of the shot. The idea is to give the animator a solid, on model, well composed and cleaned up (to a degree) base to work off and ensure the consistency of the design and artistic intent throughout. I'm a character designer as well as a layout artist, so I often do both, which helps a lot with model and design consistency, esp on smaller projects where I'm sometimes to only designer and layout artist.

Layout is more design-adjacent than animation because it's the step where various interpretation of model are decided depending on angles, framing, etc. Not every possibly base can be covered in model sheets and the layout artist often has to determine how to stylize certain things, detail level, pose clarity, etc. They also give pointers for acting, emotional cues, timing, although of course those things are also determined by storyboard artists before and animators afterwards. It kind of depends on how detailed the storyboard is and what the needs of the animation team are.

From what I gather, in the US the function of Storyboard Cleanup Artist or Storyboard Revisionnist is quite prevalent and tends to bridge the gap between storyboard artists and animators. Animators do their own layouts, and model revision is handled by supervisors. In Japan, character layouts are done at the same time as background layouts, usually by the animator themselves, but not always.

The character layout step is not included in every prod and can be bridged in other ways, but it's quite helpful in fully animated, more realistic-looking productions where models are demanding and difficult to hold (which I believe is why it's still so prevalent in Japan and France where those styles are popular). It helps the animators get a consistent base so they can focus on movement, timing and emotion, rather than losing precious time in retaining a model to the detriment of the energy or subtlety of the animation. That absolutely doesn't mean animators are not capable of doing this themselves (indeed layout artists often are animators as well), but having a dedicated step of the production to setup clean poses and solid models definitely streamlines the process and allows less experienced animators to be able work on more difficult models as well.

[kitkatt0430]

Haven't done this in a while, but HOPPY EASTER everyone, here have an Easter gift of villains being villainous in a villains win story.

The obvious solution to save Dante seemed to be to make sure he was sent somewhere far, far away. Which Savitar cheerfully agreed to. “I know a few realities we could drop him off on where he’d be relatively safe. Live out a normal human life, only have to worry about the normal human problems. Cars are dangerous and so is walking down the stairs if you trip. Hell, bad run in with a vacuum cleaner and next thing you know you’re going in for MRIs and knee surgery.” “Do you ever shut up?” Reverb muttered in irritation. If he’d asked Zoom something like that? Vibrating hand through the chest, immediately. Savitar just laughed.

Savitar is a bit of a talkative and sarcastic little shit in this one, but once Reverb gets more comfortable around him the banter will be much more two-sided. (This is totally villain flirting, right?)

But it's not just villains being villainous around here. From the Eobard-is-the-shitty-ex fic for Barry/Cisco/Hartley...

“I let Eobard convince me you were a lying brat and by the time I realized he’d been playing me…” Cisco hesitated. “I’m sorry, Hartley. I should have listened to you.” “And maybe if I hadn’t been an easily flattered idiot, I would have realized what he was really up to and turned him in with proof before things got too far.” Hartley heaved a sigh. “Maybe I could have stopped him before he ever had the chance to hurt either of you.” “Him using you… using all of us… that’s not any of our faults,” Barry said. And, for the first time, he might even believe it.

The only reason Barry can pull out of his own guilt complex? He feels the need to help Cisco and Hartley pull out of theirs. Right now they're sitting outside the building where a long hearing over Eobard's actions just took place and old grievances are being aired and reviewed. So it's been a long, hard day for all three of them, having to give testimony on their relationships with Eobard at some point during the process. But the hearing was entirely off screen, because I didn't want to have to research the actual process of investigating these kinds of allegations. Just move on to these three bonding, shall we?

Tommy is having to deal with a lot of obnoxious Queen family nonsense in the Ep3 rewrite for my Arrow Redux series. Including Oliver teasing him a little over wearing some of his mom's things as a kid. Though, to be fair, there's definitely the impression afterwards that Oliver liked getting to see Tommy in those things...

“We were, what… twelve? Thirteen.” “Ollie, do not.” “And we found your mom’s old stuff in the attic…” Tommy sighed. “I looked good in the tiara and heels, shut up.” Dig chuckled softly. “You must have missed her a lot,” he offered, looking amused by their antics. “I did. I still do. I have most of her things squirreled away in storage, actually,” he said with an amused smile. “And I do still look good in the tiara and heels,” he added with a smirk, just to see how that would get taken.

I've still got about... a third of the episode left to go? And then I can run cleanup on the fic. I'm also using this scene to set up an event taking place between episodes 6 & 7 as I'm trying to use the airdates of episodes as guidelines for approximately when the events within them occur and Tommy is going to be participating in an annual charity auction for an LGBT+ cause. A date auction, of course. ;)

Instead of trying to fit that into an episode rewrite, I'll probably just include it as it's own separate fic between those two rewrites.

[eimearkuopio]

You live in a big fancy manor house owned by a rich man who runs a lot of the village. Never mind how he acquired that wealth, or whether he is a just lord. That part of the story doesn't matter right now.

He left his servants and his children in charge while he stepped out for a bit. The children decided it would be fun to throw a rager, and went around inviting everyone in the village. Some people wanted to join in. Some people felt like they had to because the local lord's children were insisting. Some people got straight-up kidnapped out their own fucking homes and dragged to some stupid party they didn't even want to go to.

And some people really shouldn't have been invited in the first place, but that's what happens when you decide to "get wild".

Things got out of hand. You got your first taste of freedom, and it was sweet until it turned bitter.

Luckily for you, I live in the next town over, and one of my kids ended up at your party. She had the common sense to get in touch, in spite of all the older kids yelling at her and telling her it was a bad idea and you would all get in trouble.

And now, I'm here.

Think of me as your slightly weird aunt. Your dad doesn't approve. We have different parenting styles, and sometimes I'm more liberal, and sometimes He is, but we both love your whole generation of tiny dumbasses.

Admittedly, I love my tiny dumbass more than I love His tiny dumbasses, but I do still love you.

You've trashed the place. Maybe you didn't think that would happen. Maybe you thought the House Rules would keep the party from devolving into chaos.

Step one is getting rid of the ones who shouldn't be here. Anyone who wants to leave, LET THEM. It's not their job to clean up your mess. Some of them have homes to go to! Anyone who wants to help out, you owe them one. You're scared of how they might leverage it? Too bad, shouldn't have thrown a rager. Anyone you think it might be a good idea to get rid of anyway... Make your own call and accept the consequences, or feel free to ask me. I might not get it right, but I have better odds than most of you kids. (The kid who called me is sticking around. You owe her big time, but you don't need to be worried that she'll be in trouble when it's time for her to come home. If she hadn't managed to overcome the terror you instilled in her, she might actually have tried to torch the place, and that would have been worse. She did fine.)

Step two is cleanup and repairs. Anything absolutely trashed beyond repair should be recorded and remembered. If it's something that can be replaced, you're going to need to figure out how. In this parable, children should do more of the clean-up than servants. Servants will guide and instruct, and will probably help out because that's part of their job, but they didn't make this mess and I will not be happy if they are left to clean it up. Maybe think of it as the shepherds being given carte blanche to supervise the wise men. My kid is a good kid, but she's still a kid. Ask her, and if she's not sure, she'll try to find me.

I'll wander around and keep an eye on things. This is your house, not mine, so I don't know the specifics; but I actually run my own household instead of leaving it all to the servants, so I can probably offer some helpful tips.

I don't know when He'll be home. I don't know how bad it will be when He gets here; I've seen some pretty messed up shit, but He has definitely mellowed with age. But I would strongly recommend you stop wasting any more time and GET TO WORK.

[otakusheep15]

Satan NSFW Alphabet

I admit I’m not the best at writing Satan, so this’ll be a good exercise for me. 

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

He’s very attentive and knows what you need before you even ask. Satan definitely has a lot of stamina, so even if you went for a lot of rounds, he still has the energy to get up and tend to you. He prefers taking a shower or bath as soon as possible after sex, and he’d love it if you joined him. Once both of you are clean and relaxed, Satan likes reading to you until you fall asleep. 

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

On himself, Satan likes his eyes. Eyes are a very useful tool, both in and out of the bedroom, and Satan knows how to use them in both. His eyes can convey what words sometimes can’t, and just a single look from him can have you falling to your knees without question. He loves using his eyes as a form of communication, especially when he’s out in public and trying to fluster you. On you, he likes your neck. Demons are naturally possessive, and they love marking their partner(s) as a way to show who they belong to. Satan is, of course, no exception to this rule. It’s almost a routine at this point for Satan to mark up your neck with hickies and bite marks. He thinks you look absolutely stunning with your neck all covered up, and it really brings out something primal in him. Plus, seeing you trying (and failing) to cover up the marks the next day makes him laugh. 

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

His cum is pretty average for a demon, both in amount and viscosity. Of course, he still cums much more than a human, and it still tends to make quite a mess. Satan prefers cumming somewhere with an easy cleanup like your mouth or a condom. However, sometimes his more primal urges take over and he can’t help but want to cover every inch of you in his cum. This doesn’t always happen, usually taking place when he gets jealous or mad. 

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

It’s not so much a dirty secret, but it’s still something Satan doesn’t want getting out: he gets off to crappy smut fanfics. As with most kinks, he started reading smutty fics as a joke, but he soon realized that he started getting turned on by them, and it was all downhill from there. He’ll die before letting anyone find out, including you and especially his brothers. 

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Decently experienced. He’s kinda like Lucifer in the sense that he’s usually too busy for casual hookups and the like, and he’s never really been interested in serious relationships, but he’s certainly not a virgin. He’s had enough relationships and hookups to know what he’s doing, but not so many that he’s on the same level as someone like Asmo or even Mammon. 

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Satan doesn’t really have a preference for position, but he does love seeing you tied up. He absolutely adores bondage/shibari, so any form of it really gets him going. For him, it’s another part of foreplay. Getting to tie you up, feeling all over your body as he secures the ropes is a nice feeling for him. So, yeah, position doesn’t really matter as long as you’re bound up all nice for him. 

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

He tends to be a bit more on the serious side, but that doesn’t mean he’s above being a little silly. If Satan wants to, he can absolutely goof off in bed. Most of the time, he simply just prefers to be more serious. A lot of the time, he’s more or less feeding off of your energy, so how you’re acting can largely impact how Satan will act. 

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Very well-groomed to no one’s surprise. Satan makes an effort to take care of his personal hygiene, and that includes body hair. He keeps himself neat and tidy at all times. The carpet does match the drapes, but his pubes are just a touch lighter. It’s not even that noticeable unless you’re really looking. 

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

Sex is a very intimate thing for him. He is usually super romantic in bed, and makes it a point to treat you with care and love. The only time he isn’t intimate and romantic is when his more primal instincts take over, like when he gets angry or stressed out. But besides that, he’s very soft and sweet. 

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Usually jacks off about once a week depending. He’s normally quite busy, so finding time to masturbate is difficult. However, if his schedule is particularly clear, he sometimes masturbates daily, especially if he’s stressed or bored. 

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

100% has a pet-play kink. Does not matter who is in what role, it’s a major turn-on either way. He can easily play the pet or master role depending on which you prefer, and he enjoys both very much. And on that note, Satan does also like things such as chokers, collars, or anything of that sort. Once again, it can be on you or him, he’s not very picky. 

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

He’d probably love to do it in a library or bookstore honestly. Having you pushed up against a bookshelf (or vise versa if that’s more your thing) is a total fantasy. Plus, the added bonus of watching you try to keep quiet while the pleasure slowly mounts gets him off way quicker than most other things. 

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

Seeing you angry can really get him going. Naturally, as a demon, watching you indulge in his sin gets Satan very excited, and he finds it attractive. Another turn on is seeing you partake in more mischievous activities like pulling pranks. Something about your chaotic laughter as you watch Mammon fall for one of your pranks is just so very hot in his eyes.  

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

He refuses to ever show you any of his erotica. Some of the smut that he reads is much too embarrassing to show anyone, and that includes you. If anything, he’s especially hesitant to show you because he’s worried you’ll judge him for his tastes. 

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Satan doesn’t particularly have a preference in giving vs. receiving, but he enjoys both a lot. He’s very good at giving oral, and he really needs no instruction on what to do. When receiving, he tends to get a tad rough, so you’ll have to look out for that. He has a tendency to face-fuck you when he gets too worked up, but he’ll do his best to control himself if you ask. 

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

It really depends a lot on his mood. Nine times out of ten, Satan does prefer the slower, more sensual type of sex. He enjoys taking his time with it, making you fall apart little by little, or letting you do the same to him. However, one in a while, he much prefers a rougher pace. This most often occurs when he’s angry and needs stress relief. He still tries his best to keep from hurting you too much, but sometimes he can’t help it. 

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

Quickies aren’t his favorite, but he’s not opposed to them. You’ll most likely have to initiate any quickies because he most likely won’t. Nine times out of ten, quickies with Satan end up much longer than they were supposed to. Sometimes he just gets carried away, but it’s not like either of you mind. 

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

He is super game to risk. Most of what he likes to experiment with comes from his books, but he won’t tell you that. If you bring anything up to him, he’ll totally be down to try it out, after the proper research of course. As much as he’s willing to experiment, he also wants to find the best way to do it so as to avoid (unwanted) pain or accidents. 

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

So much stamina. Like, it’s almost too much stamina. Demons are already above average in stamina compared to humans, but Satan is above average even compared o most demons, so you best be prepared. Of course, he’ll stop if you feel too overwhelmed or tired to continue, but he can easily go multiple rounds with no breaks. He also lasts for quite a while, so he could have you cumming multiple times before he even cums once. 

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

Definitely has a few toys given to him as joke gifts from his brothers (mostly Asmo and Mammon). He doesn’t use them super often, but sometimes even he can’t help but be curious as to what a certain toy feels like. And, naturally, if you ever want to experiment with toys, whether it be on yourself or him, he’s totally down. 

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

Oh, he’s such a big tease. When he isn’t riled up, he has so much patience. He can sit there for hours as he teases you, and he’s completely composed the whole time. He’s also the type to make you beg. It’s very unfair of him, but it does feel good, so you really can’t complain too much. 

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

Satan isn’t very loud, but he is vocal. Low grunts and groans all throughout, and small whimpers the closer he gets to an orgasm. He hates his whimpers because he thinks they sound weird, but they’re incredibly hot, and you should definitely tell him that. If he’s overstimulated, he gets louder and more vocal. 

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

He has surprisingly sensitive skin. It takes you barely any effort to give him a hickey, and it takes so long for them to go away. Also, even the lightest of touches sends shivers down his spine, and he is very aware of every touch. Any markings you give him show nicely and they don’t go away for days, and it’s funny to watch him try to cover them up every time he goes out. Consider it revenge for when he laughs at you trying to cover up your own markings. 

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Fit, but not too muscular. He doesn’t exercise as much as some of his brothers, but he does his best to keep healthy.  His dick has ridges similar to his tail, and they have the same color scheme as well, being pitch black at the base and fading to dark green at the tip. A bunch of scars from various fights, accidents, etc. A couple of light birthmarks here and there, but they’re hard to see unless you’re actively looking. In his demon form, the same ridges on his tail and dick become visible on other parts of his body, especially his shoulders and chest. 

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Not very high, sort of below the average. Personal headcanon that Satan is on the asexual spectrum (demisexual) so his drive is usually pretty low. However, when you manage to work him up, his drive amps up from 0 to 100 very quickly. This happens when he’s angry or stressed and needs that relief, or when you actively try to turn him on. 

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

It’s rare that he’ll fall asleep after sex. Most commonly, he’ll stay up and read until he feels tired, and then he’ll go to sleep. Of course, you’re his first priority, and he will make sure you’re comfortable and cleaned up before picking up a book. He likes to wait until you fall asleep, but there are occasions when he feels particularly tired and goes to sleep before you.  

[soft-dyke-omo]

Also, 7 and 10 for Judith Deuteros? (idk if you have any ocs)

7: Do they wear diapers or pullups? (alt. Do they wet the bed?)

So personally I'm just not into ABDL at all, but I am still into some diaper-play, I just bow politely and exit stage left as soon as it gets overly cutesy and childish. (Oh, the woes of someone into omo who does not love term accident, truly the most oppressed of minorities.)

ANYWAY, going off my weak bladder necromancer hc, it would make sense that cohort necromancers get issued absorbent underwear or discreet pullups. But if we're talking a post-ntn scenario (because she WILL survive speaking it into existence) she'll actually have to go out and purchase diapers, which I don't think she will be able to bring herself to do until she has one or two truly devastating public accidents.

As for bedwetting: Yes, absolutely. I think I've talked before about me loving the trope of someone forced to wet the bed while awake and conscious because they are too unwell to get up on their own, but also: she's spent a year in and out of being possessed by the wrathful ghost of an eldritch being, PLUS all the regular horros of war and becoming a prisoner of said war. You can't tell me she doesn't have some bed-wetting nightmares every now and again. You also can't tell me that she wouldn't go near-catatonic with shame when she does.

10: Do they have a spouse or partner that diapers them because of their accidents? (alt: do they have a spouse or partner? How do they feel about Judith's bedwetting?)

Further doxxing myself but I will look God in the eye and walk backwards into piss hell: I'm a jodybeth truther. They have my entire heart. I feel Judith wants to be able to take care of herself and therefore insist on taking care of the changing and cleanup process herself, but she definitely needs a bit of encouragement to even consider going out and getting diapers for herself. Coronabeth probably broaches the subject a little less than gracefully, maybe after a public accident, maybe after the third or fourth time Judith wets the bed after a nightmare. Because Coronabeth is a literal Princess, you can not tell me that she ever had to change her own sheets even in dry circumstances before, so even if she wanted to help she'd be more in the way than any actual support, and Judith getting very snappy when she's embarrassed, I think it would be A Whole Thing for them, and an even bigger thing for Judith when she realises that Coronabeth is right and it can't go on like this. In total, Coronabeth makes way less of deal out of Judith's bedwetting than Judith does in her apocalyptic mortification, but she just doesn't want to have to deal with the mess or have to get up in the middle of the night.

As a little bonus, because they did share a living space for a lot of years and Judith did have a horrible, miserable, unwise puppy crush on her, here's a little bit of Marta as a treat: Even though she had her bladder under much better control in the pre-gtn days, every once in a while, like 3-5 times a year, she has a really bad night. Not often enough that she could justify using protection on a regular basis, since it happens infrequently enough that every time could feasibly be the last. She tries so hard not to wake Marta every time it happens, but being a cavalier Marta is a very light sleeper and cottons on to what's going on pretty quickly every single time.

Marta likes Judith a whole lot, sometimes despite herself. But she's just not a particularly nurturing person - she didn't even choose being a cavalier! She was canonically more-or-less pressganged into it by Judith's father! So they usually end up extremely awkwardly cleaning up side-by-side until Marta says something like "Why don't you head to the sonic, and I'll take care of the rest. All the sooner we'll be able to get back to sleep." She tries so hard not to embarrass her necromancer, but that's a task that's close to impossible.

They pointedly do not mention what happened in the morning, or ever.

(thank you so, so much for your asks! they've been burning a hole in my inbox for the last week, but I've been SO exhausted and sleepy I usally crawl into bed straight after coming home from work. 💛)

[thisisyourprincipalspeaking]

What I can’t fathom is how a guy who has a political website, is trying to be taken serious as actor outside of a major franchise, a 43 yr old adult……ends up thinking adding a now 27 year old to his public image was……good.

I’m left baffled that he thought this was a good look, even the rollout of the relationship was a mess. As far as Hollywood and the power it has, do they really have power enough to force a pr marriage, please update me if I’m wrong but is marriage required for roles? I know pr relationships happen to get people interested in said celeb in major projects, but what value was she supposed to add to him if this is real or pr. Even if it was to get her pushed, that was a fail in itself.

This either shows that Chris loves being in control to the point he went after a younger woman, but even then you’d assume he’d have an attitude of “my life who cares, I’m in love and happy with my choice enough to put a ring on it” but he doesn’t even act like he’s cool with her, thus leading myself and so many to question the validity of said mess they purposely pushed out.

If this is pr and he really was forced to fake a marriage…..then I want a Netflix documentary discussing things and then maybe I’d feel bad for him, but until then, this situation just looks foolish all the way around.

I will state a lot of crazy things happen in that weird town so if he was forced and had to do this….which makes no sense to my limited understanding of the evilness of Hollywood, I’d definitely feel bad for him, but we’d never know as I’m sure truth would never be revealed.

I see political figures, other actors, public figures I respect in his age range and their demeanor is vastly different. Now the ones in his age range who aren’t taken seriously, the ones acting foolish or who’ve married younger all seem stunted in some way and not taken seriously in Hollywood or their given careers at all, so again, I guess the question is just…..WHY?! 🤔

I do find it telling he went from not wanting to work to doing three projects within a year after he said never again. If he was forced to do this just to continue having a career, then I’ll take back ever negative thing I’ve said at the same time, I’d want more details of how a grown man is forced to pushing a marriage with a 20 something year old.

But see even then I’m like, well you have money and this would have been a great time for a break, make people miss you, then you could live your life as you pleased, found an actual wife, then ventured back to Hollywood when you were able to, he knows so many people who seem to have power like RDJ, but maybe that’s all an illusion too, idk.

Anyway Im younger than him and older than her and I just don’t get it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

If he needed pr that bad, should have just called me. 😂 I’m young and still age appropriate, I would have had him looking amazing and that image would have been saved. But oh well, his loss. 🤭

But I hope things end for his sake because it seems he’s been over this bs since November 2022. 🫠

😂😂

nonnie i got a huge laugh out of your last bit about calling you for pr... i say send your info to his management, he may need a decent cleanup sometime soon!

regarding the rest of your ask, i don't think you're much different from a lot of fans. there are so many questions that will likely never be answered but it doesn't mean we stop asking them!

[alicesadventuresinffxiv]

FFxivWrite2024 Complete! ...So now what?

Whew! Definitely still recovering from writing every day for a month straight. Speaking of which, if you’re looking for my master post of entries, it’s here and it’s now complete!

I also made some silly graphs because I love doing statistics on fan stuff, including my own :3

(Come to think of it, I still need to do that writeup on how I determined the top 10 F/F ships… it wasn’t trivial to figure out!)

So with the challenge done, the question is, what's next for this blog?

First of all, I’m planning to put the oneshots I wrote up on AO3 at some point! But it will be a slow rollout when it does happen. There’s a few fics I think will need major cleanup, and I’m also considering doing a gpose for each one as practice. 

Meanwhile, I haven’t quite figured out what I want to do with the scenes from my Stormblood AU/TCaFS. At a rough guess, I think I’ve now written 75% of the major scenes, but there are lots of small moments and connecting tissue missing - including several scenes that I suspect will work a lot better visually than in prose. So do I keep writing in prose? Do I go with my original plan of doing them as screenshot comics? A mix of both? Well, there's no need to decide immediately…

After all, at the moment, I think I still need a bit of a rest! I’m really thrilled I managed to fill every prompt and even do all the extra credit. But now that I’ve proved to myself I can do it, I suspect I won’t try to do that again. I now have a whole mountain of other people’s fics to catch up on!

It would be nice to do another art queue too, perhaps… hmm…

Yeah, I think that’s what I’ll do for the next few weeks. Make little queues of some of the fanfics and art that I missed! Expect lots of NPCs, because that’s just where my brain is at these days! :D

[kaguya-muneuji]

OH I HAD A FUCKING CRESCENDO IDEA (FOR THISE WHO SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW :tm: ITS OUR ENSTARS RP GROUP EHEH)

MAGICAL GIRL AU

imagine

CRESCENDO but something like Yuki Yuna is a Hero which i TOTALLY forced you to watch

the heros are the members of the “hero club” or some sort of idolistic club and they go around and sing and dance for everyone else but the main premise of the club is to find sacrifices worthy for “god”—whoever that may be. So when Crescendo’s first mission begins, they freak out.

Kiyama, although excited, has never been beyond this side of the world. Where the gods lay. His flower may be something like… a sunflower, and his weapon being a polaram or breakers or something like that. something with high mobility.

Miharu is given something like. a daisy maybe? (wasnt able to find anything on masking) and their weapon is maybe something defense-related.

Kirina’s flower is a white lily. Since Kirina expresses herself through dance her weapon might be something like a fan or some sort of leg brace based on kicking

Sato’s flower is a lilac, since Sato (i think) values family and close bonds. maybe their weapon is something based on chanting and bringing things together— like the vines itsuki has

Katsu’s flower is a Strelitzia since they symbolize a free spirit. Maybe Katsu’s weapon is a straight up electric guitar or a gun of some sorr

Shion’s flower is a white rose, my gay ass loves to focus on shion’s split between her unit and crescendo, since she can only focus on one after the events of ykyk.

Anyways with these, this idol group is tasked with the duty of protecting the world against the “Vertexes” or the wrath of the gods against humanity.

Hehe what do you think so far?

HI. I GO INSANE OVER CRESCENDO. HIIIIIIII I LOVE THEM SO MUCH DID U GUYS KNOW THAT. ANYWAY I WROTE A LOT IT GOT A BIT LONG SO. MORE RAMBLING UNDER THE CUT ^_^

@twowink @lycanthian @shards-of-brilliance @crooked-corvid hope u dont mind me tagging yall but its ur lil guys (gender neutral)

also im sorry i never got around to watching it o7 i think i accidentally closed the tab for it while doing a tab cleanup KLJHFKJSHDKFJ

also FUCK YEAH . MIHARU WITH DEFENSE. GOD. IM INSANE ABOUT THAT. IVE ALWAYS IMAGINED THEM TO BE LIKE . A PROTECTOR OF SORTS. YKNO . LIKE THEYRE CHILL BUT THEYLL ALWAYS HAVE UR BACK AND AOUR(ITDIFYGSDLIFUGSDFLKJG they have a shield and they most definitely have a helmet that they sometimes wear because im all for the "masking" and "putting on a different face" thing they have going on (if this is how you learn about this then. there u go! altho it seems i alr told you about it mostly . yeah i think i did say somehting about that) anyway. miharu sooo has paladin vibes. hgrhgh

i think kiyama (or katsu) should have gauntlets. they deserve to punch people. altho an entire electric guitar is SICKKK anyway kiyama probably would have Some armor (probably leather) on his upper body bc . hes gonna be in the middle of all these weapons ykno. he needs to be at least somewhat flexible and light on his feet right? hm. i dunno . kiyama and katsu are difficult to think about for this. katsu definitely has some lightning effects going on. That will stay.

SHION. I DIE IMMEDIATELY. OAURGHHRGHGRHGJHRGJRHG ourhg. she'd be probably one of the ones dealing dmg too. give em a sword ^_^ classic fighter. also im putting them in a skirt u cant STOP ME. oh if u havent caught on EVERYONE IS GETTING SOME ARMOR. YOU CANT STOP ME. magical girls outfits with just frills and fabric be damned. I NEED TO PUT SOME METAL ON THEM I NEED TO MAKE THEM KNIGHTS (no not en.stars knights sorryy still love them tho ^_^) GOD. IM INSANE. MAGICAL KNIGHTS WITH FLOWERS??!?!?? OUHGHHHH

heheh ok time for kiri~~ she definitely has high mobility!! aaa implementing her dancing ability into her fighting style!!!!! i think shed try to learn how to fight using a halberd at first but she finds it awkward to move around with and then she (or sm1 else helps) comes up with the idea to do what shes used to: dancing. if shes so used to moving gracefully without holding heavy things then why doesnt she just. do that ? !!!! anyway im putting her hair into a high ponytail as we speak. although im having difficulty in imagining her in armor. ill work on that.

satoo waaaa so theirs would kinda be like. immobilizing enemies? kinda?? ough interestingggggg i think their armor would be relatively light (like kiyamas) but im thinking maybeee . ok i lost the thoughts dammit its hard to think about things for sato too :((

tldr i need to draw them all. specifically i need miharu in flowy fabric and armor. with flowers. and a shield. FUCK now im thinking about hades im sorry (i am crazy ok)

[tirfpikachu]

Hey lay! About ur book with bridging the gap between radfems and tras, would you mention people who are 'post' all that? I've definitely been a tra-alinged person in my teens, then rapidly peaked and was seeking out radfem ideas, but in recent times I've let go a bit and relaxed (along with getting sick of radblrs homophobia and trads) I don't know how common my stance is, but it might make for a good footnote somewhere in there

okay dude ngl... i think ppl who got bored of radical feminism and became apolitical or at least politically vague when it comes to active modern feminism are the grand majority, the norm. it's a valid life choice that i have had to take in the past too, but like.. some ppl within radfeminism were shitty, so you disassociate from the movement instead of taking part in reforming it and bettering it for marginalized folks. it's hanging up the towel. and that's fair, not everyone has a resilient enough mental health to survive social activist movements. but honestly i don't really think much about passive people in my activism. post-radfem and post-tra is just too vague to even define anymore. political labels are meant to unify and combat against an oppressive class. without it, you're swimming in nothing. you're not taking a stand. there were some who distanced themselves from #metoo, blm, etc as well bc there was the usual predictable amount of toxicity in it and needed some cleanup. bad takes are everywhere, shitty ppl will crop up sometimes. but if you give up you're becoming a centrist again. you're not a soldier against the patriarchy anymore, you're a rogue. as long as you do work as a rogue who cares, you do you. but if you just sit back and watch, you're just tired and not involved. and so i won't discuss you much in my activism or my book, bc to me activism is about resolving issues and making progress. and you can't make progress without interacting with fellow activists, as messy and stupid as they can be. movements like that are also HUGE and you can find a chill nuanced corner to hangout in if you search enough. but words are just words, and you can call yourself whatever. you just have a different strategy for fighting the patriarchy, maybe by reforming generic feminism instead or liberal feminism or hell, maybe making your own branch of feminism. who knows. just look inwards and try to see if you're a feminist, if you're active in the movement, or if you're just a bystander affected by the results. at least call misogyny out when you see it and do whatever you can to confront the patriarchy and make positive social change in your personal life. if not, then you're not a feminist. feminism, especially radical feminism, is about feminist actions and powerful words and building an actual movement. if you're very vague about your affiliation or your goals, you may just be nudged out of our way instead. sowwy <3 i still def will mention post-identification people, but it won't be a big part of it. but that's not to shame. ppl use lots of different terms and can divorce themselves from a political label for various reasons. your mental health is still #1, if it's best for you to just snoop on radfeminism but not be a part of it then that's okay too. yolo!

[sukimas]

oh, i got a good one: i take it you're a fan of FE4's gameplay. in that case, do you have a vision of anything you'd want changed in a remake on the mechanics side?

yes!

first off: i want horses to lose the benefit from roads. their movement is good enough as it is without being able to be buffed to an insane degree. the road speedup multiplier for infantry units should also be higher (maybe 0.55-0.6x movement cost? it gets weird at points because you might end up with infantry moving faster than cavalry on roads at some points with these multipliers, but since they're stuck to the roads rather than being able to run through fields, it's more of a restriction than a bonus even still.)

of course, the timing for certain side objectives (cough cough Bargain Band) should be altered if you do this. this would also give our poor fliers more of a niche, since as it is, the fact that they can't gain road bonuses basically makes them village bandit cleanup and child rescuing bots.

you could definitely successfully implement rescue in fe4 instead, but i think this comes to the issue where cavalry units might still be too centralizing unless you give fe5-level penalties for rescuing; and giving fe5-level penalties for rescuing incentivizes just not using the mechanic and tossing cavalry at all your problems instead.

a good thing that might be done to ameliorate their centralizing forces, incidentally, is to increase enemy density and quality. fe4 original flavor had to make do with a lot of autoleveled enemy units of the exact same classes and weaponry due to memory limitations; in a remake, you could make it so every group of enemies is similar to the group you face prior to heirhein, but with twice the number of enemy units- wielding mixed weaponry, with backline support in healers and ballisticians, etc. since cavalry units have worse statlines compared to footlocked units, but in general this comes into play in exactly one instance (the weissenritter), and we want to just increase the number of instances. our enemies may be underestimating us, but they aren't that incompetent. an exception is verdane, which should still just be axes and bows. they're the tutorial guys.

i don't want to implement trading, but i think that unarmed healers (and basically only them) tend to have serious issues getting the items they want unless you focus your thief on them or know ahead of time what to do. this is despite the fact that staves are not that centralizing in this game- the only particularly busted one is rescue, and even that is nowhere near warpskipping levels of broken. i think, since the only unarmed healers in the game are religious figures, allowing the "give gold" command to work on them from anyone (with the gloss of charitable donations) would do nicely.

speaking of the "give gold" command, it would be very beneficial to allow it to not give all of your gold to an allied unit. choosing multiples of 10k, i think (or all your gold if you happen to have less than that) would be ideal for a game which no longer has the snes's memory limitations.

(...speaking of the snes's memory limitations, why not properly implement the feature to dismount promoted mounted units for cool factor?)

as for weapon balance, it's mostly pretty OK, but some weight changes should be made. fire/thunder/wind should get the differentiation they get in later games (descending might order, thunder gets a little crit and wind gets a little more accuracy). dark and light magic being fairly heavy makes sense. sorry, deirdre, but your having absolutely godawful combat is lore accurate and doesn't cause you to be a liability. axes of course need to get their weight decreased- it should be at least a fleeting possibility that you could double with them, even if it's unusual.

i would hope it is patently obvious that holy weapons should not be altered in any way.

now, to map design. chapter 4 having it impossible to go to the latter half of the chapter with your unpromoted mounted units is a huge slap in the face. change that. you already had the thickets in chapter 1 change to normal forest- speaking of which, actually, thin out the fucking chapter 1 forest, it doesn't need to be that long- so have a bit of the mountain just be normal plains for you to traverse after the Annand Experience.

another fairly unpopular opinion of mine is that the chapter 7 desert is.... fine? you're not stuck in it for that long, and you don't need to take anyone but maybe seliph and a healer across it, if that. everyone else can move down to melgen while he's otherwise occupied. now, on the other hand, the chapter 5 desert is fucking stupid and it's no wonder that most people finish the chapter by poking the gelbenritter with erinys and having lewyn annihilate everything rather than actually taking their whole army to velthomer. absolutely a new path through the desert should open up after you seize phinora (you already speak to the village elder, surely he can give you directions), kaga is a god damn lunatic for this one. chapter 1 is also an unforgivable slog that could easily be fixed by just fucking taking away some of the trees. you can alternate them tree-plain-tree-plain and still have the effect of a giant fuckoff forest. or hell, have a route around the forest to the left open up after you get the Deirdre Moment. a lot of the unpleasant terrain in this game could be avoided by convenient new characters just telling you how to avoid it, but somehow this doesn't happen.

overall, with a few movement and enemy quality tweaks, along with a few QOL updates, fe4 could go from being The Game Of All Time to The Game Of All Time, Now Ft. A Larger Fun To Walking Simulator Ratio.

now as for changes i don't think that would be particularly useful but i want to see anyway: the possibility for critical hits even when your weapon isn't at 50 kills, but make them something like skill/4. speaking of that, why aren't the holy weapons all at 50+ kills already? if the count is maintained across generations for everything else, why aren't all the shots ullr took counted on my yewfelle? put them on there, it's always a good idea to make holy weapons more busted. give more random enemy units personal (non-class) skills to ruin the player's day. go random sword general with sol. fuck you.

oh yeah speaking of enemy general skills i'm going back on my word that these changes aren't particularly useful, and very unusually for me, saying that we should implement a change that would make the game slightly more normally balanced. kill full pavise. pavise cutting damage dealt in half was the best thing awakening ever did. it's fine for it to work against every weapon, but completely nullifying damage with an activation chance based on the user's level is stupid. loptous wishes it were you.

another change i'd like to make is making the arena about half as long (3-4 enemies) but making those enemies grant more gold/exp for using it. also, changing the chapter leveling curves in general so arena use isn't required for the highest rank (though idk if they'll keep the ranking system; this is the first remake of a game that had a proper one, and IS appears to be allergic to them nowadays.) you could optionally implement a limit on how many units can use the arena each map to incentivize solely using it to train up weak units, but idk. it's fun absolutely wrecking the arena, and would be less of a huge pain in the ass if it were three units long.

i'd like build and build growths to make a return, since engage seems to want to do that. it would help with some of the earlier weapon weight issues mentioned (esp. axes) but if you tweak weights instead it isn't super necessary.

oh yeah, make warp able to target green castles rather than just blue ones. sucks to make it optimal to get nordion captured so i can send everyone back there in the middle of ch2 instead of sending them all back to evans.

this ended up being a lot longer than i expected, but it's basically all tiny nitpicks. i think fe4's gameplay is really good for telling the story that it wants to, but some of the design decisions made within the game for memory reasons (i'm not exaggerating here by bringing this up so much- the game genuinely hits near the edge of the cartridge size, and project naga doublesizing it was absolutely the only thing that they could have done to fit the patch on there) or for bad decision reasons (kaga's loving marriage to movement restriction) make it less fun than it could be. a remake tweaking those and adding some later innovations in the fire emblem series could make it a game that i'd never want to stop playing, rather than one i have to take a couple weeks break from every time i finish it.

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Isedd and/or Isena?

so isena & isedd- well they kinda just end up in the human intro anyway, but it does rather defeat the purpose of this if the answer is just ‘normal human intro, but also i&i are there’. so maybe you’re set up as someone like adina or jon & tam- you’ve been living at alse’s for some time, but trouble’s been brewing in the bree-lands and it’s gotten a bit too close to home for comfort. isena & isedd get you and adina and everyone together and declare they need to make sure you can protect yourself at the very least long enough for one of them to get to you

well. mostly this is isena’s project. isedd’s here to help with demonstrations (get repeatedly knocked over by his sister for educational purposes)

combat tutorial, basic equipment, etc- actually yknow, isena probably only does the tutorial combat for the might & agility classes. isedd gets to play with the casters

trouble arrives at alse’s. could be some random orcs who’ve wandered south from nan wathren and the cirith nur encampment- i think that makes the most sense for timeline reasons. them or some blackwolds, but i don’t know that the blackwolds would be the most likely to attack alse’s place outright at this point. even if isena and isedd don’t have a huge reputation of any sort, it’s still known that they’ve got like. an entire bear who hangs out there. there are definitely rumors that there’s more than just bear, too

anyway! there is trouble. probably something is set on fire, because that’s usually how these go. depending on your class, you get to watch isena or isedd do something very flashy and dramatic to scare off the last of the orcs. you get some real basic quests to clean up the next day- like stout axe intro type; clean mess, take these things up to tam, entertain adina for a bit (even though she’s taking all of this far better than anyone else). at the end you come across isena & isedd talking to a friend of theirs you don’t know too well and listen in (someone from the toradan-mundol-reniolind crew most likely. isena and isedd met them a little earlier than in est-verse here and their fates may not get au’d this time). they catch you- well, bear catches you, really- and explain that they’re leaving soon

they insist that you’ll be fine here, and they’re leaving bear, and that they’ll hopefully find the root of a lot of the recent problems and fix things and be back home by summer. they also say that if you really need help, you can go find their friend. it’s not the most convincing speech in the world, and adina and alse and tam and jon all agree. they leave anyway, and not long after you find something you missed during cleanup- a letter perhaps, or some weird trinket that gives you the worst vibes, and trying to figure out where the hell all the rangers went is what leads you out into the actual game world and to ‘unravelling the thread’

(you run into isena and isedd again somewhere in rohan, where they offer you an absolutely terrible explanation for what the hell they’ve been up to all this time)