#i didnt even know wtf the magic stuff was all about

[tiredbogwitch]

As someone who was kinda disappointed in the way the not-so-Machine Herald transformation of Viktor played out, here's some musings on what could've been done instead to make it more. Yknow. Machine Herald.

After he rises from the sourdough starter and parts ways with Jayce, Viktor realizes the transformation isn't entirely complete- the arcane was able to keep him alive, but just barely. Perhaps at first, he considers just letting himself die, but maybe his return to Zaun sparks the desire to help people again. Now, he has two options:

1. Solo playthrough

2. Co-op

Solo playthrough sees him doing personal research into the arcane and how it can be used for machinery/prosthetics/etc. (because he doesn't have access to another hexcore to just throw at people), and is perhaps most similar to his storyline in League. It's a fairly straightforward route. He experiments on himself and eventually, some volunteers, replacing the body parts that need to be replaced. Similar cultish behavior begins as word starts to spread about a guy who can fix you, heal you, maybe even save your life, as long as you don't mind all the metal. (It's up to you if you want him to keep the balayage or not.)

I don't really see him becoming too much of a zealot in this one, though I do think he'll become so passionate again about helping "fix" people to the point that he maybe gets a little carried away. Starts doing "preventative" procedures. Maybe even unauthorized ones, and when the person on the operating table wakes up, he reassures them that it's all for their own good. It's fine, he tells them. He knows you didn't ask for new legs, but your knees were in bad shape anyway. He did what was best for you. You'll see.

Co-op sees him shuffle his way back to Singed. After having lost the last person he had any faith in, and remembering Singed's last words- how the man was right- Viktor decides that maybe he's better off working with the doctor after all.

I mean, if there was anyone who could keep up with him besides Jayce, it was Singed. His former teacher was the only one who could even come close to understanding what Viktor was going through. So he goes and finds him, and Singed eagerly welcomes him back. They don't agree on everything, even still- but more and more, Viktor starts to come around to Singed's ideals. The man is also eager to research whatever the hell is going on with Viktor. In this version, it's not that the arcane is ineffective, necessarily, but it still didn't magically heal Viktor entirely. He still lacks energy, coughs a lot, is in pain, and struggles to breathe. Maybe whatever terminal illness he had isn't gone; instead, the magic is actively combating it, working like an extra immune system. It's rolled back the progression of the illness significantly, but he's still sick. He'll still die if nothing is done.

So the two start looking into alternatives. Viktor's still hesitant at first, maybe deliberating over whether or not he even wants to keep fighting, keep living. But Singed insists. Possibly brings up his daughter, Orianna- or maybe just focuses on the good this research could do for the whole of Zaun. It's not just about Viktor anymore, he says. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Think of all the lives they could change together, if they managed to discover a cure- not just for this, but for all illnesses. A panacea that could ensure no other Zaunite ever had to suffer from the choking smog or the poisoned waters. This could make everything worth it.

So Viktor persists.

Eventually, they reach a breakthrough. After throwing everything they could into their research- hextech knowledge, shimmer, chemtech, and good old-fashioned mechanics- eventually, they're able to create the ultimate form. They augment Viktor with shimmer and machinery, and Viktor effectively becomes invulnerable. No more illnesses. No more exhaustion. He doesn't even need to sleep or eat anymore, and it should bother him- on some level it does- but all he can think about is how no one needs to suffer anymore.

No more broken bones, or misshapen spines, or wet, bloody coughs. Through metal and magic, he's transcended beyond the fragile flesh of man. He's free.

And it's time to share this freedom with the rest of Zaun.

[fictionfixations]

book 7part 8 spoilers

OH FUCK WAIT THE BOOK 7 UPDATE IS HAPPENING TODAY/TOMORROW I FORGOT 😭 this is like really shit timing but tbh not even sickness will stop me! or well maybe it will but then ill just put it on auto or something so i can just stare and because i already saw what happens 💀 lmfao im so fucking excited for you guys to see it its the funniest shit ever

WE'RE GONNA SEE THE VIDEO HELL YEAHH its so fucking goofy i was hoping we'd see it last update and then we didnt get it so i realized itd be next update and HERE WE ARE

i stumbled on it on like twitter cause my feed is filled with jp twst and im just like wtf is this 😭what is going on (now ive seen worse stuff that genuinely didnt feel like it was real but it WAS LMFAO)

grim: are you giving us the hard part!? idia who JUST explained how he is doing a very very hard part of making the cheats, fixing bugs if he finds any, and hope it works on the first try and that he doesnt get caught or they are fucked:

well hes mad that idia isnt coming with them and idia is pretending hes still dreaming but on the other hand idk man i cant comprehend half attention being focused on us dream traveling and doing stuff while the other half is working on the cheats. like i mean he still kinda does that cause hes in tablet form and watching over us but i just cant imagine how hed go about working while on him does he have like a magical floaty keyboard or some shit idfk man

in any case there are benefits to having a guy to watch over everything from the outside

💀

also valid reason, that if idia tries to follow malleus will immediately realize whats going on

HAHAHAH DREAMY MAGICAL MAKEOVER VS DREAM FORM CHANGE

BAHAHAHAHAH

ive heard dream form change enough that i wont be able to get it out of my head but.. hahah... dreamy magical makeover...

i can just feel the embarrassment radiating of them

props to the diasomnia boys for not stumbling (we'll get some real stumbling later)

we see apprentice chef grim, that ones not on EN yet right?

read: headcanon LMFAO

ah.... its main street... i kind ofwant to laugh already i remember being in such utter shock at first

[loud ass stomping] (gotta be glad i dont have my volume super fucking high to hear as much as i can lMFAO)

i remember when this dropped on jp and i was scrolling through twitter and i saw epel and i was just like no fucking way thats real and then i kept seeing him and i realized wait he IS real wth 😭??

hehehee dreamy magical makeover

AHH ITS ROOK TIME

hehehadhahwh

LMFAO

ortho please when someone starts yapping about things theyre really interested in theyll keep yapping even if nobody is talking because they wanna talk about it okay dont judge 😭 i say as a person who yapped about my interests and then i just didnt get a response back about it 💀💀💀

😭

i mean i can get into going through stuff for 5 hours if its something im interested in but oh man id be very very sleepy like when is this gonna end im so tired

im sure its very emotional to see people you know be kinda delusional and dreaming and different to what theyd usually be, or being what theyd usually be against yet falling into it because it is a dream that will affirm itself constantly that yes, this is reality, no need to doubt, dont think, this is life, etc etc

LETS GOO BOOK 7 TWISTUNE

i cant explain how much i hate the purple notes theyre just unexplainably hard for me wth

every time theres a battle im so scared its gonna be malleus bruhs so difficult to fight

*cringes away* eww vil in RSA

oh my god "Don't you dare go tellin' those phonies the words Vil wanted to hear most of all that day!" 😭

heheh dreamy magical makeover

ah its background from the tapis rouge event (....vil's... red carpet cadets....)

?? maquillaville

i dont know how to feel about this it used to be fairest city i dont even know what it means or what its trying to reference ????

i cant really vibe with this outfit he kinda looks dumb imo 😭

dddreamy magical makeover....

id like to think my cards are getting strong but the book 7 battles will only get harder from here so im worrying

i was boutta throw hands cause for an entire turn darkness just didnt take damage at all like WHAT DO YOU MEAN

im still really hoping for overblot cards. ever since i first started this game ive really wanted overblot riddle hes just so pretty man. ill settle if we can get riddle's dream form (which we did not get a card for D:) but still

LMFAO HE POISONED EVERYONE AFTER HE WOKE UP like yeah youre not real im gonna poison you all anyway lmaoo

next is scarabia huh

[chrliekclly]

This may be a dumb question and I’m gonna guess the answer is no because you run a fandom account lol, but does working behind the scenes of Sunny ruin the “magic” of it? I hope this makes sense lol

iv sort of answered this b4 but n a way i think it truly REVIVED the magic for me

if i worked on seasons from the iasip golden era id probs feel differently, and i lamented many many times over the years that i thought i could never work on sunny without ruining it for myself, but w th way th cards fell, i was already kind of on my way out of my hyperfixation on sunny by th time i got th job

i didnt love s13 and then s14 was v much like the final nail n th coffin nd my enjoyment rly faltered there, some stuff i liked but by n large i was like 'ok sunnys kind of over for me.'

before s13 it was more 'i love this season, except for 1 or 2 episodes" and after it became "i dont like this season, except for 1 or 2 episodes"

then, out of the blue getting to work on s15, even tho its still not one of my fave seasons, brought my love back in a completely new way. being able to interact with the cast and crew is magical on its own, and theres a level of pride that cuts through i guess? like 'yeah i remember this day. this day was hard. and now theres an entire episode out! and people liked it!'

theres also a disconnect with what i see happen at work and what actually airs. there are moments, sure, where i suddenly realize i know whats going to happen, but by and large im just as surprised as anyone else by the direction they take the editing. i also like to avoid reading the scripts we get and just let myself be confused. i truly still get to see episodes for the first time like you guys and i still get excited to find out wtf theyr about to do, its not unlike piecing together things seen in promos

like idk, @ th end of the day, everyone is just so nice, and ive met some of my literal favorite people on this earth on that job, and seeing the care and love that goes into what they're doing is an unmatched experience of my life and made me rly appreciate the show even more. rcg and the rest of the cast have all been so welcoming to me, and i love my camera team and th whole crew so much and cant believe how well we get on....im incredibly lucky

[confessioncivilization]

JUST REWATCHED ALL OF PVP CIV HERES MY THOUGHTS (spoilers for pvp civ up to s2e2 ofc)

okay so minor thing but, pvp language guy is the one who drugs evbo when he gets kidnapped and stuff which i knew but like, boooooo i live in my own world so i pretend zam did that lol

btw where did pvp language guy get the potions. i dont think theres nausea pots in sword civ, and tabi had pots so maybe axe civ has pots???

um ok so, i feel like there was a bit of a plot hole. with armor. so , like…. why do most iron swords and all the diamond swords and tabi and clown NOT wear chestplates? for iron swords maybe it makes sense, bc its usually peaceful and all. i feel like diamond swords should have armor though??? like just in case yk? and of ANYONE id think the axes would definitely have armor. they are super aggressive so that would be big for them. but they just DONT. even clown and tabi, DIAMOND axes. maybe its not available for them???? but also, tabi HAD a chestplate, and if you have a diamond weapon you can keep your items on the gold level, so tabi would still have her iron chestplate (probably would hide it in her inventory, but wouldnt she put it back on once she left sword civ?). BUT SHE DOESNT WEAR IT?? maybe it disappeared magically or something but also then there wouldnt be armor in axe civ apparently? and the bows didnt have it. ugh idk just bothered me. maybe some lore reason exists but rn feels like a massive plot hole. maybe all the civs have different shopping stuff and axes just got pots instead of armor sigh idk..

so there ARE layers to bow civ but its not like based on different versions of the weapons. WHY DIDNT THE AXES FIND THEM DUDE?? are there like actually secret areas down there??? maybe something axes cant hit bc its too far away and designed for bows. idk dude. the ladders down were NOT that well hidden so i feel like the axes couldve totally found everybody unless there were secret areas

wtf are the eternal weapons for bows tridents n shields ?? like theres ONE version. does it just have unbreaking 100000000. thorns shield would be cool but thats not a thing, maybe loyalty trident and idek for bow. would say infinity but they lowkey already got that, maybe its just a crossbow?????? visually doesnt seem like itd be different from normal ones. perhaps thats why eternal bow wasnt shown maybe evbo hasnt figured out what to do for it smh.

saw this in another post but axes having access to logs as blocks because axes are utility as well as pvp?!?!?! what if axe civ is just lumberjack civ and they all cut trees all day. here in lumberjack civilization nobody chops fo- anyways. 

parrot was EXILED guys the divorce arc is real i think. either toxic or sad doomed yaoi would be nice thanks

WHAT GUARD TOLD THE BOWS ABOUT THE RESPAWNING POWER??? “that guard said ferre has it-” is that OUR guard or a different one? havent seen any other guards other than guard friend in bow civ so ??? also how would guards know that. they arent on diamond level. i mean evbo totally couldve told guard friend but idk, also seawatt seemed like he couldve already bribed him a little before but also im not sure thats what actually happened its probably just cuz of weird wording. but are there other guards? would like to know…

its also just crazy how much better the production is cuz i just watched the herobrine series and the improvement is ABSURD!!!! its actually awesome super cool to see. yeah i JUST watched it for the first time but wahhhhh im a new fan i literally only started watching evbo for park civ and i found it at the tail end of its virality and people have thought im a longtime fan because i am CRAZY and nope im not im a FAKE FAN . NORMALIZE BEING A FAKE FAN >:(

anyways that was my ramble for now yay yay yay

-pvp civ lunch person

woahhhh i only half read it bc oh god thats a lot of text but something that stuck out to me was the chestplates. For the diamonds, I was thinking that bc they’re at the bottom and never open the door, they don’t face many threats, so there’s no need to protect themselves. And the axes, I’m thinking they think they’re superior and much more powerful than the others, so the other weapons pose little threat to them. Hehehe i’ll go back later and reread all of it fr this time. Its late rn though i should probably go to bed :b

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

hi miss L, i have a spiritual/religious question and i don't know anyone else who could answer it.... since i was a kid i've been attracted to tarot, spirituality, mystical explanations of the worlds workings, astrology, all that good stuff. i never used to connect my spirituality to a single higher power, and i never had any issues with this. for a few years i've been wanting more than just a disturbingly accurate tarot spread and i feel compelled towards god. i'm not sure how to word it honestly! i keep getting messages all around me telling me the saint that watches over me, and that god is there too. so here's my issue.

whenever i reach out and pray or do any kind of ritual or reach out specifically to god or a saint, my life immediately starts going haywire. yesterday i set up a small shrine in my room for my dead kitty since i've been feeling better about her passing and i prayed a little. i asked for sign that i was going in the right direction, and hours after i prayed, our sink plumbing got clogged, my cat (living) ran out and had to be caught, my mom dropped a whole bowl of food, and i wasn't able to pick up groceries bc the bank cards wouldnt work. this never happens in my household, we've been joking that we're cursed. this happens everytime i try to reach out to god. the worst time was when my mom lost her job, dad crashed his car, and i kept having panic attacks out of the blue for a week. i freaked out and took everything i said back and bathed in salt water for hours hoping i could cleanse whatever happened to me. it worked and my life was back to normal the next day.

do you have any advice? i would love to put my trust in a higher power as i've never been religious before, but smthn is going wrong somehow.

thank you for reading, i love seeing you on the dash and your music is so soothing and nostalgic. much love!! <3 <3 <3 <3

so sweet, and caring, thankyou u//u...im sorry things have been difficult :< The following message does not in any way endorse the claim that i understand God, that God could ever be understood, or that any one of us should every try to understand the -inner workings- of God ! purely my feelings v v v

i relate to ur background cus i grew up w no religion, my parents didnt talk about any kind of woo-woo stuff, my dads dad was woo-woo AF and my dad haaaaated it so he rejected all of it so i was pree much just a blank slate. but for some reason i was just REALLY obsessed w magical thinking and the like. believed in god spirits nature deities angels demons magic aliens and i was totaly engrossed in ~my secret world~. i was kinda scared of religion tho i viewed it in a bad light since i was learning about it during the george bush post-9/11 era & for some reason my child self was rly interested in consuming critique of america , iraq war / westboro baptist church type stuff , from an outsider's perspective i saw religion as something american people used as justification for committing atrocities & crazy power trips , which, i mean.. anyways

it didnt help me trust God xD but many of my beliefs remained into my teens i just didnt have any outlet for them. so i got into astrology around 15/16, started learning more about tarot & occultish type things, crytstals, all those subjects intrigued me very much. but i felt the same way as you, like, something was still lacking from it, even when i got these super profound tarot readings, or read my birth chart a million times over looking for clues about ~wtf is this stupid life for~ , i never felt safe. never felt assured, never felt i could trust myself or my future. it was an odd period, early 20s. but then kinda same as u, as my knowledge on these topics expanded i started to notice the quality of Holiness a lot more. the more i learned about different religions the more i realized how connected it all was, and how religion connects to "the occult", and magic, light and dark, i find it very hard to put into words. i just started to find myself actually really earnestly believing in God in a way i never thought i could? Like reading the bible & being completely enthralled, i NEVER woulda thought. i started to feel way safer in the world even tho im still not "christian" technicaly. but i believe in jesus now and it makes me feel safe on a cellular level.

i believe the real jesus was wholly non judgemental and loved everyone no matter what, the thing that susses me out about Religious Institutions was always the judgement that can spawn from it. misses the point of everrything in my opinion.

its kinda wild actually cus when i used to be into like, trash reality tv ghost hunting shows, i remember there was one ep where this psychic was talking about how she always prays to jesus for protection before doing a reading or entering a haunted place. that really intrigued me cus i thought jesus and psychic automatically cancelled each other out. i think that moment rly opened up the rabbitehole and it was so mundane like wtf. still rememebr it tho!

sorry im really in a typing mood tonight.. So my next point was gonna be that, just because i started to really believe in god and jesus and really PRAY for protection & guidance, my life did not get easier xD like i would say the past 6 years have been nothing short of a shit show. my life was fucked before that too tho so its hard to compare, but still, its safe to say my shift in perspective actually brought a lot of chaos into mylife. the point of it, i feel, is that i had to dismantle it in order to truly Live in the frequency of trusting God. because this was new to me! i wanted to trust God, i put out the energy of seeking God, and God was like ok hold on tight..

So now i'm here all these years later like, oh yeah God is real and i love him and it's all real. it's CEMENTED into me lol. When i used to say i trust God it still felt like i was asking permission to be able to feel that way. but now i really really do. And messed up stuff will keep happening forever because there needs to be light & dark, there can't b one without the other. But now i have faith in a really personal way that i wld never attempt to transfer onto another like even by talking about these experiences & concepts i still feel like i don't want to prove anything. except that it's worth it to keep trying, i guess :]

and OK this is really just how i feel like take it with a grain of salt , but from what i've gathered, if you believe in energy entities & astral happenings & whatnot, well. it's my opinion that the invisible low frequency parasites that feed on many ppl's dread & fear, when they're attached to u and u begin to raise your vibration, they get very upset and throw a fit. like think of a demon being exorcised, u know, u imagine it having a total fit in a desperate fight for it's life. if ur appeasing the demon and letting it use you then of course it's going to keep things on an even keel, u kno?

taking a salt bath was a good thing to do tho like one of the best things <3 its also good to have crosses or your holy item of choice around the house, light white candles, organize clutter. pray a lot like every time u feel happy and safe or notice something beautiful say thanku to God.. talk to your angels and encourage them i pray a lot specifically to strengthen them, upgrade their armor n shih...i ask them to work for my loved ones, i try to be concentrated on them, visualize them around me all the time, visualize them standing guard outside every door. i feel this kinda stuff increases ur Holy EXP and over time your spiritual armor gets stronger, bad entities move on and things in life start really flow. the trust just has to b there first, and it will be, so long as u allow it <3

it just takes time, and like i said i dont want to prove anything or be The Convincer, but if u were already having feelings to go down this path i recommend not giving up and let God carry u through those tough situations instead of seeing them as an absence of God or God's Wrath. just keep praying cus it can't hurt right, even if it's just a way to occupy your mind with kind thoughts about your friends and family, there's no downside to prayer. its your own journey so u just gotta live it and feel it out ^^ but pls dont feel u are being punished by God or demons or anything else! So many "bad" things that happen end up being neutral or even "good" in the long run. We can never foresee the reasoning behind God's plan ~~~

yeah, this was a long one, wow...i drank a energy drink 12 hours ago i think it made me hyper.. well have a swell evening if ur reading this anon!! o also i liek to listen to psalms before bed to help me feel calm i feel like it helps bring in angels. i think i will do so now, thanks for the Q i hope things improve for u very soon. Good night anon < 3 3 3 PMD 9

[akaakeis]

oh nooooo i tripped and fell for u into ur ask box

eating ny ice cream rn ;; strawberry is such a weird flavour like if i had to choose and get one i would not get strawberry but if irs rhere at home im finishinf ALL of it

ALSO, DRAWING ON PEOPLE'S HANDS 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

anyways about the iwa smau!!! genuinely have no motivation rn #tweaks BUT i would like to say that the yn is shamelessly based off me like i have consumed acrylic paint on multiple occasions (today) (with ice cream)

ILYT!!!!! IM WRITING THIS RN SO I CANT RESPOND (CRIES)

lost a mark in my chem test today im tweaking

BUT THE FREAKY ENGLISH TEACHER SAID IM ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND DOING GOOD AND AN ATTENTIVE STUDENT AND LIKR????????? ERMMMM SHES INSANE BUT FHE ACADEMIC VALIDATION GOES SOOO HARD

also like lowkey icl i was hanging around ur blog again rn and thats why i decided to send an ask !! ur blog is so pretty rrrrr

I ALSO BASICALLY JUST PEAKED IN HS CUZ THE LIBRARIAN RECOGNISED ME AND GAVE ME A BOOK RECOMMENDATION AND LET ME TAKE IT EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER STUFF TO BE FILED AS BORROWED (like each book has a code and this one didnt and she STILL gave it to me) SO LIKE BASICALLY SHE TRUSTS ME BC IVE BEEN OVER HERE FOR LIKE A YESR AT LEADT TAKING A BOOK THEN COMING BACK 1-2 DAYS LATER CUZ I FINISHED IT LOLOLS

also about OUR iwa fic i was js thinking like,, fake dating this dumbass b word ushiwaka and hes like ?? why me ??? "ur names rhyme kind of" ?? wth ??

lowkey think im immune to anything thats in acrylic paint now bc i have Eaten So Much Of It

anyways the book is lowkey good i havent finished it YET but irs called the girl on the train and like woahhhhhh smth like that at our super conservative school is iNsane

i hope u feel better soon!!! if u dont ill fly over and idk. magic

i have a maths test tmr rjejsjskssk the topic is fun but I Don't Know what if i Fail

OSHIT I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOCK IN AND DO HW OOPS ERM HRU TELL ME AB UR DAY ETC ETC and also any sav x yaku tidbits youd like to drop <- forgot the ship name AND AND AND THE ANONS THINF IS SO REAK KMFG

ok byebye ily xx

ah thats a shame 😞😞 hope your knee or whatever u banged on the way in heals up well lina 😞

yum yum yum ice cream!! i hope ur enjoying it!! also thats so real i feel like strawberry ice cream is just an odd flavor... but true that i always eat the strawberry ice cream in the freezer just to spite my other roommate (with love!!!) LMAO

also real 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ i adore when people draw on me or let me draw on them it js makes me so happy <3

DONT FEEL PRESSURED TO WORK ON IT!! BE SPORADIC!! DO IT WHENEVER YOU GET IDEAS!!! WE WILL STICK AROUND TO READ WHENEVER U DECIDE TO WRITE

NOOO NOT THE CHEM TEST IM SORRY LINA :((( ITLL ALL WORK OUT THO

NOT THE ENGLISH TEACHER. IM SORRY SHES MY OPP FROM WHAT IVE HEARD ABOUT HER SHES FREAKY I FEAR. BUT FOR THE ACADEMIC VALIDATION I SUPPOSE I GET IT...

HELP i didnt ever realize how much time you spent on my blog like genuinely 😭 BUT THANK YOU SM!! im super proud of this theme even tho its not the most intricate <3

WOOOW THE LIBRARIAN RECOGNIZED YOU AND TRUSTED YOU W AN UNFILED BOOK??? i aspire to be you but i never step foot into my school library i much prefer my public library... there's sm more books that i read there!!! BUT THATS GENUINELY SO COOL WTF

bro that fic will genuinely be so funny 😭 like the quote we were yapping ab earlier "ushijima?? the hell?? you don't even go to the same school as him?? 😨" iwa would be more confused than anything at first AND I THINK THATS HILARIOUS!! and pls ushijima just AGREEING hes a closeted himbo i swear i swear i swear

alina im genuinely concerned over the fact that you CONSUME acrylic paint? but whatever? i guess? please dont eat too much that's definitely not meant to be consumed 🧍‍♀️

im gonna add that book to my tbr list!! i read the synopsis and it sounds pretty good tbh

THANK YOU!! my roomie is taking care of me so i'll probably be fine within the next few days 🙂‍↕️

AND GOOD LUCK!! im sure you'll do amazing dont even play w me rn alina YOU WILL DO SO SO SO WELL YOU LITTLE MATH NERD (affectionate)

OH YEAH GO DO HOMEWORK WTF 😭 IM GOOD! I FEEL BETTER TODAY <3 IVE BEEN IN BED SINCE I WOKE UP SO THERE ISNT MUCH TO TELL YOU ABOUT BUT UHHHH LAST NIGHT I WATCHED HOWLS MOVING CASTLE WITH MY ROOMMATE!! SAV X YAKU IS SAVORI!!! COURTESY OF BAKERY ANON MY LOVE 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ UMM I DONT HAVE TIDBITS RN BUT ILL DM YOU WITH RANDOM ONES SOMETIME DURING THE DAY TRUST!!

bye bye!! ily ily <3

[jovoy]

i bought this expensive dior foundation today mostly cuz sephora is doing 4x points on dior and i like trying foundations and i had heard good stuff about this one! and i love my armani and i am very loyal to it but also i like to experiment also what can i say. and i feel like it looks so good still. like you know how there are some foundations that look so good when you apply them but dont wear that well. WELL this one didnt actually look that fantastically when i put it on initially i wasnt that wowed…but its actually wearing so beautifully its been on for 7+ hours and it still looks basically flawless i mean i know i have like zits and stuff but like its foundation its not magical people. except for like right where my glasses were sitting but i have accepted that no foundation or concealer will ever not budge at all with glasses sitting on top of it for 12+ hours yk.

the match is better irl i prommy. its the matte version ive realized matte foundation is jusy the way to go yknow…glowy foundation is just not going to last the way you want it to ever. this formula is so weird though its SUPER sticky when you apply it like its soooo tacky and like…feels like glue even though the consistency is so thin. but it dries down to be basically transfer proof and very matte especially with a light dusting of powder on top. wtf right. so actually i like it even though there is a learning curve.. ok this has been the daily makeup review you did not ask for

[necro-hamster]

9 12 18 22 !! fallout and/or fc5

( this post )

9) worst part of canon

for fc5 i'd have to go w the endings, touched on it in a previous response but i think they both suck ass tbh. i end up just making up my own shit.

for fallout..... well that's a hard one because fallout's canon isn't very good. and has a lot of weird shit in it. i mean honestly i could just broadly gesture at all of it. fo has So Many Problems. but to point out smth specific, the way ghouls are handled comes to mind almost immediately. tons of missed potential and a lot of inconsistencies. wtf was up with the ghoul kid in the fridge?? lil man was NOT in there for 200 years. his ass would've fucking died. they still have to like. eat and stuff. plus it's just weird how 200 years post nuke ppl are still like EWWW AN IRRADIATED PERSON!!! like? bro you're all fucking irradiated. i know about your 11th toe and that weird spot on your butt cheek. you'd think ppl would get used to it by then. i get that obviously hatred of groups like that doesnt just go away over time magically but it just feels unrealistic the way they handle it. also boring.

i guess if you want an easier answer then i think it's stupid that the brotherhood of steel is still going strong on the east coast lol

12) the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

grinding my teeth together. preston garvey for fallout. i will defend him until the day i fucking die. i'm convinced that the reason so many ppl hate his ass and are annoyed by his very presence is bc he's black idc. kiss my ass. he's my best friend.

also!! raul!!!! nobody ever fucking talks abt him but he's my FAVORITE new vegas oc. i think if he looked more fuckable ppl would pay more attention to him honestly 🙄

for fc5. hurk jr. the only reason ppl don't give him as much attention as sharky is because he's fat. idc. i will stand by this until the day i die. but i guess i'll fuck him since everyone else is a coward about it

18) it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

CODSWORTH. it's criminal that bethesda's lazy asses slept on him too!!! he's got SO MUCH potential as a character but they didnt even give him a side quest???? i need yall to integrate him into your sole's story more PLEEEAAAASE. also raul again lol

far cry 5 im absolutely gonna have to say faith, she's so interesting but gets pushed aside so often and it pisses me off to no end. but that's the boring answer. that's the answer everyone expects. so i'm also gonna point out that i think it's super lame how so few ppl actually focus in on the cult and what average ppl were going thru inside of it. because, like, this isnt just Fascist Murderers or Literal Human Traffickers like the other games. they're cult members. many of them are victims of this shit too. obviously some of em were definitely just having fun killing ppl but like there were prolly a ton of ppl who were also just normal folks in desperate need of help and community and they ended up here. please have more discussions abt this shit.

22) your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

for fallout, prolly civilization as a whole? specifically settlements/cities/towns/etc. a lot of ppl focus on being Alone In The Wastes (which is fun and cool) but i rlly like that we see time and time again that society has rebuilt in plenty of places. there's a city on a boat for gods sake. can we talk abt that shit more pls pls pls pls.

for fc5..... god. again my mind just turns toward faith and her craziness. ppl hate talking abt how much of a freak she is. so ig i'll go with the environment. how hope county is a rural place and the way that must've shaped many of the characters, including ocs who are from there. yall dont get it 😩😩😩

[kittilumpo]

the cult is trying to summon some kind of corn "god" to kill people in gotham but its actually a ghost from the infinite realms. the ghost they WANT is super evil and eldritch, becauae corn, but its not even on desiree's level of threat.

... which, i mean, to non-Amity humans is still too powerful to handle without any preparation, even for most magic users. but ALSO: they didnt even use the right spirit's name lmao.

batman and damian!robin busted the first ritual, but there were so many cultists there that a lot got away, including one of the head speakers who knows the ritual.

duke is the one who finally, in a tired-and-frustrated pique, says "just pretend its fucking homework and ask for his help, i dont know!!"

he gets scolded for his language but theyre all just as desperate; any plan they've thought of or even TRIED hasn't worked so far, and no one WANTS to go with batman's "show up at his apartment at night and demand answers" idea but they are officially out of better ones.

it fucking works and tim (and damian) can't decide if danny is a genius (for knowing enough about ancient native american cultures to know exactly which dialect and region the language is from) or an idiot (for believing that Wayne Enterprises CEO Tech-Genius Tim Drake-Wayne Who Famously Dropped Out Of High School And Never Went Back needed help with homework).

danny: "huh. well, i found your problem!"

tim: "problem?"

danny: "the reason you can't translate it. hah, i can't tell if your professor hates you or thinks you're a miracle worker!"

rim: "uh... why is that?"

danny: "cuz this is basically gibberish, lol. it MIGHT be like, some kind of baby's first offering? but its DEFINITELY not any kind of official ritual."

tim: "baby's first... what does it say??"

danny: "quote, 'dry lizard running, bobcat, field of maize energy, energy of mother ours, hungry field of maize bobcat, dry lizard.' like. i dont even think they even tried, lol."

tim: "buh- wha- that's IT?!?"

batfam listening on comms: "wtf????"

danny: "i told you man, your professor might seriously be playing you. i'd take this up with the dean or something."

tim, 4 days sleepless and fraying at the edges: "there's nothing about gods or demons or summoning or ANYTHING???"

danny: "...? is it... supposed to?"

tim, realizing his mistake: "uh-"

danny: "i mean... it DOES mention a spirit's name? but like i said, its just gibberish."

tim: "what spirit???"

danny: "the bobcat; my GUESS is that the kid's mom was having a problem with lizards in her garden- or maybe the house? and this kid was trying to ask for the bobcat to come eat them. see, it says 'hungry' here, right?"

tim: "... sure, go on."

danny: "they're calling the bobcat hungry, as a way to try to convince it that it WANTS to come eat the "dry lizards," which i think is supposed to be 'desert lizards.' hungry is supposed to go over HERE, but if this was by a kid who learned english first, that would explain why his grammar and stuff is so screwy."

tim, recalling damian's "ghastly complexion" description of most of the cultists: "english first... yeah. yeah it would."

danny, thoughtful: "hm... 'Lizards of The Desert run through The Maize Fields; they bother our Mother, so she has no energy; Bobcat Spirit, you are hungry! devour the Lizards of The Desert in The Maize Fields, Bobcat Spirit!' that's probably close what its supposed to say. the mom having no energy is literally a guess though, that part is MANGLED."

tim, reeling over the strange tone danny's voice took on when he said "bobcat spirit": "....... what was that spirit's name??"

danny, realizing he nerded out and probably said "bobcat spirit" in a magic way: "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh GOOD LUCK MAN" [cheeses it]

tim to batfam: "so we might need to rethink 'meta' to 'magician' here..."

DP × DC The Power of Names Coffee Shop AU

Coffee shops are notorious for misspelling peoples names to the point that it's a running joke and basically a forgone conclusion everywhere. Everywhere except this tiny coffee shop near Crime Alley. The new hire there, Danny, spells everybody's name correctly without having to ask. Whether it's "Carly" or "Karly," he always gets it right the first time. Heck, people give him their names in Chinese and Arabic, and he swaps to the correct alphabet, no problem (because Danny, being king of the dead, can speak all languages dead and living, so might as well be respectful).

It becomes a bit of a running joke in the community to give Danny the craziest names they can find to see if he can get them right. Some of the Bats even hear rumors about him and give it a go for fun. They make a game out of it to see who can find a language or alphabet that Danny can't get. That is until, while massively sleep deprived from a case involving cults and magic and getting nowhere, Tim accidently says one of the words that he'd been hearing in the cultist chants when he orders. Danny gives him an odd look but shrugs and writes something on the cup. It isn't until Tim has already left the shop that he realizes that the symbol written on his cup is one shown in the cultists scrolls he couldn't decipher.

Tim almost dropped his coffee. Danny wasn't just a human who knew a ton of languages, he must have been a meta with the ability to understand EVERY language. And the Bats desperately needed his help to crack this one before the cultist finished summoning whatever demon or disaster they had planned. But how to get the kid's help? From idle chatter while ordering, the Bats learned that Danny wanted nothing to do with the Gotham vigilantes. And Tim had already given his connection to this case away by spewing that word writen on his cup...

(I like to imagine the name Tim gave was something like "corn field" and that's why Danny looked at him funny and not because it's one of the languages of the dead)

[kyetalksshit]

Omg I came on here to post a cute lil blurb about how much I love my friends and was reminded that I'm SUPPOSED to be keeping a dream journal more or less hahaha oops

Anyways last night's dream was... a trip and a half tbh so let's recap it while I still remember (even tho it's almost 1am and I should be asleep but here we are)

There was definitely a smaller dream that i completely did not remember even when I first woke up, let alone now. But the last dream...

SO. I get home from work or wherever and I come back downstairs with my dog so she can go potty outside. I notice that there are a lot of people running in and out moving my roommate's stuff out of the house. I'm like omg thank the gods maybe he's moving out and I'll have the place to myself for a little while!!!

I ask someone in passing (I think it was his family or friends) "hey is he moving out?" And they're like "huh?? No, he's not leaving." I'm like 🤨

Then once the living room is cleared out, they bring in this HUUUUUUGE couch like one that has no business being that big. And I overhear someone (or maybe I just knew somehow? Idr) saying that he can afford to upgrade now that he's got this extra money (ie me paying rent). I then see a little dog that looks a lot like his dog that passed a few years ago irl but with a bit of husky? I'm like ?? Weird that he didn't tell me he got a dog but I've got pets here so ig it's not that big of a deal. I pet the dog and say hi.

...then I meet ANOTHER dog, this time a big St. Bernard/GSD mix named Tuck (who I know irl because of my job but in this dream he was now also my roommate's dog). I'm like?????? Wtf man

AND THEN I MEET A THIRD DOG. This one is a small doodle of some kind with wiry hair and smells awful and in dreamland I had a memory of this dog being at the house one other time overnight and I was complaining because it was very yappy. So knowing that not only were there suddenly THREE NEW DOGS in the house without my knowledge, but that at least one of them was gonna be yappy and irritating???????? 🙄😭

I'm irritated but letting my dog play outside and I guess my sister or friends or something are there too because I'm chatting with them about how annoyed I am and I drop my phone, only to pick it up and be DEVASTATED because the screen is SHATTERED literally shattered like to the point that touching it is making my finger bleed. I tape it and then my friend/sister is like wait a minute he has more pets??

I'm like IM SORRY WHAT and she points and says there's a bunny there and one, two, three cats. So that means he has 7 animals??????

Idr how but somehow I find out that he's had the bunny and 3 cats this whole time but made a point to hide them from me. Which is bad enough but three dogs ON TOP OF THAT???? Sets me off.

So I start bringing my dog inside (and now all his friends/family are gone and so are my friends and my cats somehow got out of my room so now I have to wrangle them too) and I see him laying on the couch under a single throw blanket, snoring. And I'm so mad. Because irl he keeps sleeping on the couch EVEN THO HES LIKE 50 and I hate it, so ofc I also hate it in the dream.

I start mumbling to myself about how irritating that is and then start directing that energy at him and getting louder, and he wakes up. I continue yelling at him louder and louder about how he is a grown ass man with a bedroom and a mattress upstairs and it's so frustrating to have to tiptoe past him all the time, and then I bring up how he has people over every single night (which irl he was, though recently it's been more sparse, which is v interesting that it lined up in the dream) and then say I mean you've been getting a LITTLE better on that but-- (about to transition into how LOUD he is on his own)

And he interrupts me by yelling "yeah that fell through, so THANKS FOR THAT!" (Like implying I did magic to force them out)

I go "I DIDNT DO ANYTHING?????? BUT IM GLAD THEYRE GONE"

And this red knotted string on the wall (like those Chinese good luck pendants) that in this moment i understand to be one of his wards, falls off the wall and onto his head. Like as if by saying "I'm glad they're gone" I hit one of his wards and it broke right in front of us and bonked him on his head (giving him nasty repercussions).

He turns to me so angry and curses at me in what my dream self interpreted as Arabic (his native language), like he was cursing me out but also trying to fling evil eye at me. I spit it back at him to deflect that energy, scoop up my pets, and storm upstairs to my room. And as I do I yell down "GROW THE FUCK UP." And then I slam the door behind myself, leaving him speechless below.

I remember collapsing on my bed with my pets and then going ok yeah no I need to move, I cannot stay here and live like this. And then of course I have a panic when I realize that my (shattered 😭) phone is still outside where I had it last and I do NOT want to pass him to go get it.

And then I wake up.

[angabby-zzz]

It feels like gabbys in like a constant cycle of having smth tragic happen 2 her and then after days of being upset over it she decides to change and try to deal w the problem by just making friends (as in thats just how she met angel and kathee)

Anyway thinking maybe after her kinda processing the fact that the gods r real and her dad is one of them angel is like idk man maybe we should start tryna talk to people here and shes like hm ok. And she finds out theres a volleyball court there and shes like this looks ok and tries 2 join in and thats when she meets kathee cuz its like. Obv ppl know theres a dionysus kid now for the first time in a bit and she hadnt come out to do anything until now and its also kathees first summer there so shes like yk what idk whats so special abt this girl but shes cool im gonna b her friend 👍 and so they become friends

Since shes a cabin counselor (shes literally the only one in her cabin she doesnt have a choice) i think the other counselors there would help out w her getting used 2 camp n what 2 do so shes like 👍 Ok i have new ppl who r nice 2 me here thats cool

💀Until the ares cabin does their toilet initiation thing and shes like dude wtf????? what is ur problem and they start fighting and like one of her counselor friends (i have yet 2 decide who) is like ok guys chill tf out leave her alone ummm and they go the showers for gabby 2 clean herself and shes like man ig i gotta watch out 4 some ppl here but at least i have nice guys w me so hopefully itll b cool

After that she gets more like used 2 how camp is n stuff but doesnt rlly start talking 2 dionysus properly til like near the end of the summer and then her 2nd summer she starts being more like in2 being w him n stuff. Abt her mom i think maybe she was iris messaged by like . Shit idk maybe even dionysus . or maybe angel once he found out that was a thing and decided to tell her abt it after he called his mom (side note i think itd be silly cute awesome if dionysus kinda pulled him aside and was like hey u gotta help her get like better n stuff i get it if she doesnt talk 2 me n stuff but i dont want her 2 b mega depressed every day now and angels like oh um ok sir [fearing 4 his life] so then after that angel kinda like helps her out w stuff how he can [like suggesting places / ppl to hang out w since hes like glued 2 serenitys side and shes also sporty cool like gabby is])

Thinking maybe she n angel have like a mini like conflict or wtva about him feeling left out n stuff cuz she spends a lot of her time doing sportsy training stuff or being w her other friends and he was used 2 them being each others like main guy they hang out w but its like. Not spoken about much cuz he doesnt wanna sound mega dependent on her n stuff and obv shes her own person she can do what she wants. Tbh this is still a point in the current story cuz i literally have a bit where he hangs out w milan for a bit in sadness cuz shes busy doing magic stuff w nishith and itzel? Also i dont mean that gabby got sick of him or wtva dont get the wrong idea she still has him as The #1 Guy ever shes just busy w other stuff a lot to keep her from thinking 2 much abt like . Life (girl cannot b alone w her thoughts)

I didnt proofread any of this i hope i didnt contradict myself much or anything. Btw this isnt all in order of what happened i didnt mean 4 this 2 become a long post i just started talking 💀

[fictionfixations]

twst book 7 part 7 spoilers

Director: Malleus's arcane realm is made up of multiple layers of complex spell formulas. It reminds me of the ancient sorcery cast on Subject F—ah, I mean Grim. But we've managed to unravel the spells quickly, thanks in no small part to help from Briar Valley.

huh. i mean like we already knew it was complicated n stuff right? like we knew it was old and like.. maybe had a bunch of layers of complicated stuff?? i cant remember the dialogue about it back in book 6 and it was probably phrased differently but like. hmm. still very curious.

idk maybe im confused and we didnt actually learn that it had layers? idk ive seen this in jp already but its been a bit so i forget stuff and i also havent had a refresher on book 6 in awhile so hold on um

also is it just me or what why am i having such trouble putting images and saving this post wtf 😭

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERSE AN ERROR TRYING TO UPLOAD THAT IMAGE

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERES AN ERROR PROCESSING THE POST WHAT

i took screenshots of like the dialogue tho regarding grim because me and a friend were discussing theories about grim and his curse and the monster back in like the first battle?? the prologue monster that looks kinda like grim

yeah im not tripping we do know it has layers

Idia: Grim's numbers go haywire every time I try to get a precise blot accumulation reading. One moment they spike into the red zone... Like a subject that's gone full Phantom. Then the next moment, they bottom out and go infinitely close to zero. All attempts at blot treatments have had no effect whatsoever. And look at this.

Idia: He got abducted by a secret organization, and yet there he is, snoozin' away and exposing his tummy. Then again, I'm the Secret Organization Boss (placeholder title), so who am I to talk? I learned something else from the non-battle tests we had him do. He's got traces of a powerful spell on him. Ortho: I thought the blue flames coming from his ears were a direbeast trait, but... Do you think it's a curse manifesting, like how it is for you? Idia: I tried analyzing it to see, but it's got layers of complex, interwoven magic. I can't piece the whole thing together. Not even with Styx's supercomputer crunching the numbers. It'd take a century for that analysis to finish. But what I found out from studying the outer layers of the spell is that seriously ancient sorcery's involved. Ortho: How ancient are we talking? Idia: Like, thousand-year-old primeval magic. I've got no idea who cast such a complex spell on Grim, or why they did it… And it's currently unclear whether the blot resistance he has is a blessing or a curse. Ortho: Those are technically the same thing, of course. Blessings and curses are both types of sorcery that bestow magic on someone. The only difference is whether there's a positive or negative intent behind it.

sometimes i put the dialogue in text form on the actual post even if its in an image, sometimes i dont because im lazy

but because tumblr has been really weird about saving this post and making a huge fuss whenever i try to add an image im gonna put it just in case 💀

also i know we're really just repeating information here but im still so very curious about what it could be about

also oh my god tumblr what is up with you today PLEASE save this edit im

[gh0st-tale]

alright im gonna go autism mode on this post

you hit the guy hypnotizing someone to interrupt their concentration on the spell hynotizing them

wizards cant cast in leather armor bc the armor is stiff and they aren't trained to make the somatic gestures required for spellcasting in such stiff armor (i mention this bc i also didnt understand wtf that was about until it was explained to me)

dont get me started on all the damn charima casters /lh

paladin auras just. are that cool

im gonna add some stuff from my lvl 1-20 campaign i just finished (to be clear it was pathfinder not dnd but still)

our wizard and bard used Weird a lot and it's such a cool spell. its basically just Brain Fuck: The Spell

the wizard. was a half orc. the big nerdy half orc wizard who went down more than anyone would just Refuse to Die it was beautiful. she was an acountant

i played a champion (pathfinder version of paladin) and if i was near an ally when an enemy tried to grab them i could pretty much just go "um, no" (they had to roll a check but sTILL it was very good bc otherwise they usually got swallowed whole)

our bard once tried to get us out of a monster's stomach by teleporting the monster. bc the spell only targets 1 creature. only reason it didnt work is bc she missed the role

our rogue was legendary in stealth. he could just. turn to the side and not be seen. by anyone. even mfs with truesight. like he turned 2D but also invisible

my brother, our fighter, had poor will saves and often got mind controlled by enemies to attack our party. he crit on someone in our party. Every. Single. Time

i had a horse companion who the gm gave a swift wind (from she ra) voice and her catchphrase was "LETS GOOO!!!!" she was the bravest horse that ever lived.

the wizard ended up taking a minor quasit npc as her familiar for the entire campaign

the plot of the campaign was basically fixing the mistakes of the dead god of humanity who the entire party hates despite being a neutral god but ALSO all our enemies hated him so basically it was just one big "man, FUCK THIS GUY" from both sides

the aasimar cleric had to miss a session while we were in an evil drow city and the gm decided that he got kidnapped as a slave and we had to buy him back, AND his dinosaur companion, and then perform surgery on the dinosaur bc all of their gear was in the dinosaur's stomach

also while in the underdark we were the first people to survive an enounter with an eldritch being that had an ability with a range of planetary

some weird aberration tried to make me its mother

there was one session where i rolled at least FIVE nat 20s in combat. that was a good day

i was given a magic shovel by a community of pug people. the kids wanted my autograph

at one point a town we were in was being besieged by xulgaths (troglodytes, the main enemy) because a gug (creepy abberation) wanted a statue of an outer god that was in the sea caves beneath the town. the statue had also been causing the townsfolk to have horrible nightmares. when we told the mayor about what was happening, he said "so, you're telling me we could get rid of the statue that we didnt even know we had that's causing the nightmares, AND get all these xulgaths out of here?"

i could probably go on all day but those are what came to mind

Unsorted list of funny dnd things

Barbarians and orcs can refuse to die.

Certain barbarians take half damage from everything except being insulted.

Berserker barbarians cannot be charmed nor frighten because their brains don’t work well.

Standing near a paladin makes it more probable that you don’t brainwashed.

If you wants to snap someone out of hypnosis you shouldn’t hit them, you should hit the person hypnotizing them.

There’s monk subclass that basically is only there to allow you to do kamehameha.

All Clerics can raise the dead.

Wizards don’t know how to cast spells while in leather armor

1/2 of the base full spellcasters use the rizz stat for magic.

Because of a misunderstanding from a popular voice actor and dnd streamer, a race a became more cow like.

There’s a subclass for the monk class called “Drunken Master”, which is funny in it of itself, but it’s basically a person pretending to be drunk so people underestimate them and then kick them in the balls.

Goblins have an ability called fury of the small, which basically means that if you attack a creature larger than you every once in a while you deal more damage.

Kobolds used to have an ability called cower, grovel and beg.

There’s a subclass that makes you surround yourself with magical bees.

Barbarians get mad at surprises

Halfling are only alive cuz they’re lucky.

Borrowing is extremely op.

The idea of peasant rail gun.

Only martial artists and trained warriors can attack more that 2 times a turn without additional features. And at certain levels, only sometimes.

There’s a spell that’s just called “Weird”

Rogues and monks can take 0 damage while engulfed in flames.

[elysianslove]

ay yo? lmao haiiiii any chance we can get some haikyuu boys and nicknames they'd call their s/o? a lil deprived of kageyama, so if possible can you pls include him?? i hope you're doing well :)

omg wait i remember seeing this in my inbox and planning on answering it but i ,,, i forgot :( im sorry :( but here it is lovely <3 

HAIKYUU BOYS AND NICKNAMES 

ANGEL ! — 

akaashi; out of all his nicknames for you, this is his favorite!! he just thinks it’s very fitting for you, because you’re nothing short of ethereal for him. loves to say it when he’s first greeting you or as he kisses you gn or!!! when he says thank you :) 

osamu; it slips sometimes with him!! not his go-to but it’s very familiar on his tongue when it comes to you, and that’s very endearing :,) just slips casually when he’s asking you a question like, “angel, do we need milk?”  

daichi; omg he usually adds to it and it ends up being some cheesy stuff like “angel-face” and it makes you all flustered because wtf man :( and he always says it while laughing teasingly too ugh :( 

suna; suna has the cheesiest nicknames for you and you cannot convince me otherwise, and you can never tell if it’s genuine or ironic but,,, it doesn’t matter. he sounds so sweet calling you “angel” so whatever :) 

aran; this man. this man. he says it cause he knows it has you weak. he says it so lovingly, so sweetly, so casually, so suave and relaxed and his voice is so smooth and deep. who wouldn’t be swooning over him??? 

aone; AONE AONE PLS AONE PLEASE. he’d just think it’s such a sweet and kind and soft nickname and he likes the way it sounds when it’s whispered and he thinks nothing is more perfect than nicknaming you angel and he says it all the time like “ok, angel,” and “see you tomorrow, angel,” and, “love you, angel,” and it’s so quiet but so sweet hwbwjsjd 

oikawa; he’s about to be in 90% of these cause he’ll be calling you anything but your name. is it because he wants to be annoying and to get on your nerves? or is it because he genuinely means it? the world will never know. you’re not even sure he himself does. 

DOLL ! — 

matsukawa; are you kidding me this is his. it’s HIS. he sounds so hot saying it and he looks so hot saying it and he’s so charming and it’s so like easy on his tongue. and he has a slight drawl to it too and he always says it with this aura of relaxation and ease it’s so hot. he just. he loves it. he loves you. you love it. the world is a better place. 

atsumu; he thinks he’s way cooler than he is when he says it. you suppose he is pretty hot when he calls you doll but you’re not gonna tell him that!!! it’s not his go-to but you can catch it slipping off his tongue every once in a while. 

kuroo; yesyesyes he loves it. only ever says it when he’s so up close and personal with you like cups your cheeks and hovers his lips against yours like, “heya, doll,” and he’s just so handsome. ugh. 

kageyama; at the start of your relationship, kageyama called you by your name and nothing else!! but then he had like this talk w someone and they asked him what he calls you and he realized like,,, am i supposed to be doing it differently??? spent so long just searching up “cute nicknames for my s/o” and then he found “doll” and was like ok. i’ll try. and he tried!! and it stuck!! plus timeskip kags calling you doll??? that’s so hot bye

oikawa; this might be the only sincere nickname he has for you cause everything else is either to provoke you or to be cringy and annoying. and i’m sure you prefer doll over sweet cheeks and pumpkin pie and cinnamon whatever like you hungry tōru?? anyways he loves loves loves calling you doll cause he thinks it’s such a ? smooth and serene nickname? and his voice always gets deeper and quiet when he says it so!!!! 

SUNSHINE ! — 

hinata; please he is all the sunshine, but he always claims that you’re the true sun in his life. idk hinata would be so lame yet so cute like that :( and he always says it with such a big grin he’s so cute pls :( 

tendō; he’s so cute he’s so cute he’s so cute !!!!! your contact name is “my sunshine” definitely definitely definitely. he is literally in love with you and wants the whole world to know it. he loves screaming it out for everyone to hear but also absolutely adores like hugging you from behind and whispering in your ear as he kisses your cheek, “hey, sunshine.” :(((((

kenma; kenma doesn’t wanna think too hard on the whole nicknames thing but he also does kind of sort of really wants to call you something special and the first thing that pops in his head is sunshine. first time he used it you were Shocked but he was acting nonchalant about it (read: freaking out on the inside) and you were like “ok guess im sunshine now.” and you are his sunshine to this day. 

BABY/BABE ! — 

atsumu; it’s easy and it’s endearing!! he personally loves being called babe but he loves hugging you close to him after a long day and just sighing, “hey, baby,” like. he loves it okay. he thinks it’s perfect cause it fits and cause it’s like kinda traditional yk!! 

bokuto; he loves calling you baby cause he just cannot fathom that you’re his like he loves to always say it!!! and he loves how casual it is too like he can just call you that?? that’s so cool?? 

iwaizumi; again with the traditional but endearing and fitting. he doesn’t have to think too hard on it, but also it still means something and is more than just your name or a shorter version of it. also he sounds so hot calling you baby or babe idk i just know it. 

hanamaki; king of “babe! babe :( babeeee! babee. babe come on! babe! baby :(” you’re 99% sure he’s just provoking you at this point. like say babe one more time. but he actually loves resorting to baby, especially when you’re upset and he wants to be as endearing and kind as he can to you. 

daichi; very traditional too tbh. honestly when you two first started dating it was all he could think of saying without feeling awkward or feeling like he was trying too hard. later on when he started to feel more comfortable and more secure he got more creative. 

nishinoya; he has been waiting for this moment his whole life. the moment he can actually call someone his baby or babe. it’s his favorite and possibly only nickname (aside calling you pretty or gorgeous or handsome) and it will always be. 

MY LOVE ! —

akaashi; definitely definitely definitely calls you “my love” like i am 100% sure of this. akaashi is just so. he’s just so romantic but it’s also so unintentional? he says it because it feels natural and it feels right like you are his love after all, aren’t you? 

sakusa; he’s not one for elaborate nicknames honestly, and he feels like “my love” is the right balance of sweet, kind, fitting, and subtle and serene. it’s not doing too much but it’s also doing more than enough yk? also people that look like they would wear a trench coat/blazer and a turtleneck beneath also look like they would use the term “my love” hence sakusa and akaashi. 

tendō; i am telling you guys he is a simp. the loveliest simp ever. he says it so sweetly too like it genuinely makes your tummy twist and heart backflip when you hear him say it cause you can hear how genuine he is in his words oh my god. 

kita; he just !!! he is just husband material okay!!! he is so endearing and he says it in the softest most genuine voice ever and it’s literally his go to because yes you are his love you’re his entire world!!! he loves you!! he wants you to know it every time he calls out to you!! 

BUNNY/PUPPY ! —

bokuto; ARE YOU KIDDING ME. HE LOVES IT. he. loves it. he just finds it so cute and like. he loves the way he associates it with you now. prefers puppy over bunny but like. he loves both. he adores both. 

matsukawa; calls you bunny all the time. not more than doll, but it’s definitely so common. he won’t use it around others not because it’s embarrassing but more because he kinda wants it to be just a thing between the two of you, honestly. 

kenma; IT SLIPPED ONCE AND HE WAS LIKE. A DEER CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS. he calls you bunny!! sometimes, not always. when he wants something from you mostly. “pass me the water.” “no.” “bunny please :(” it works like magic every time. 

oikawa; oh my god can you imagine??? he loves it so much because one, he thinks it’s such a cute nickname props to whoever decided let’s use pets as literal pet names, but also two, he thinks nothing describes you or fits you better. you are just his bunny :( his puppy :( he loves you :( 

kageyama; timeskip kageyama calls you puppy. i have nothing more to say.

hinata; timeskip hinata calls you puppy. again, i shall say no more. 

suna; hello !!! he loves to call you bunny and/or puppy. the feel of satisfaction he gets when he calls you that like ,,, he feels like you’re properly his yk? yk.

KITTEN ! — 

kuroo; this one is for him and only him. 

LOVELY ! — (maybe sweetheart too) 

osamu; is there anything more beautiful than a tired osamu snuggling up to yoi and with a deep gravely voice saying, “missed you, lovely,” ? no there is not. it’s his favorite nickname for you, and he uses it all the time!! kisses your forehead as he leaves and tells you, “have a good day, lovely,” and comes back home and says, “hiya, lovely,” and tilts his head when you wanna talk to him about something like, “what’s up lovely?” cause you are his lovely, you’re his loveliest. 

sugawara; i have no other explanation other than i can picture it perfectly. he thinks it’s the best choice of a pet name he’s ever chosen and thought of. and he loves the smile on your face whenever he says it, he thinks it’s the sweetest thing ever <3 

BAE ! —

hanamaki; is it a joke? is it not? both. 

okay im sure i missed so many boys but i can’t think of any rn bc it’s like. hella late :( but i wanted to put something out for you guys!! point is, if i didnt mention a boy and you want to know, send me an ask!! and if i didn’t mention a nickname and you want to know that too? send me an ask well!! ill be happy to answer it <3 

love u all mwah <3 

[protagonistheavy]

It's kind of blowing underneath everyone's radar among all of the other problems with regards to Overwatch 2......... but holy shit the Kiriko animated short is fucking terrible. Horrifically bad compared to the usual quality of these shorts, easily the worst directed one of the bunch. I left the video having learned less about Kiriko.

It's soooooo outlandish that I was genuinely cringing. It's not like the OW universe is gritty, but it's never felt so like a cartoon, so immature. Nothing about this short is actually original, it's just constantly wanting to be like other stuff. It hits so many generic checkpoints: protagonist walks in with her favorite trademark food, she bumps into Innocent Civilians which also conveniently lets her show off her Checkbox Diversity skill of knowing sign language, local not-yakuza gang walks in (complete with exaggerated walk cycle) and beats up old man only seconds later, protagonist interferes in the most edgy way... and then, by using her ultimate, she... turns the two civilians into killing machines? Wtf? And then this over the top mother-wailing of her mom crying "My baby is a super hero!!!!!!!!!!!!! ......... ooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ............... !!!!!!!!!!!!! wahhhh!!" jesus christ why did it go on for so long. Nothing felt inspired here, everything felt like such a specific production, trying to be what other stuff has done before, and failing to make the character any more interesting.

Why was this animation so fucking cramped? The entire thing takes place in the world's most narrow apartment hallway and never, ever opens up. This makes the battle extremely unimpressive with no depth, it's just Kiriko disappearing and reappearing, kicking people around. And what's with the whole "I'm going to kick all of you in the face" thing? There's such terrible mood whiplash here, we're seeing innocent people get beat-up by organized criminals and be genuinely threatened... and then our hero appears and says "I'm gonna kick you all in the face" in a really dark voice? Wtf is this middle school shit?

Middle school is just totally how to describe Kiriko. She feels like a chuuni character but with zero irony or awareness, a weaboo's OC shamelessly made-up of influences from the anime theyre watching. And it outright ruins her design/makes it worse. My most hated aspect of her design was her dumbass headband, and you wanna know why she's wearing it? Why is such a prominent aspect of her appearance there? Oh it's because in THIS animated short, she randomly received it as a gift from the kid. Doesnt that just seem so awkward? It's so irrelevant and yet it's arguably the most defining characteristic of her visual design -- imagine if Roadhog got an animation and in the first ten seconds he sees a random mask at Goodwill and is like "hmm, cool" and then just starts wearing it forever.

God and the climax, when the old man gets shot. Again, another huge whiplash that just totally broke my neck -- everything is all goofy during the fight, then STOP! SOMEONE HAS BEEN SHOT! GUNS ARE REA-- oh don't worry, Kiriko has magic healing papers, so all tension is lost. EXCEPT IT'S NOT. YOU JUST PISSED OFF KIRIKO AND NOW SHE;s;psijfb SHE'S FUCKING GOING RAGE MODE. LSL:ASKNDS oh my GOD! How did they animate this with a straight face? I've seen role plays on Neopets be better about drama than this. And then with her ultimate ability, she whips up the two civilians into a murderous rage???? I'm supposed to think this is cool???? That Kiriko apparently has the power to make people explode into violence???

.......... AND THEN SHE DIDNT EVEN KICK ANYONE IN THE FACE? right??? I dont think she kicked ANYONE in the face, despite that being a huuuuge "joke" or whatever! Wtf is this disappointing set up? This whole short feels way more confident in itself than it should lmao, it really thinks its being hilarious.... Like when that gangster was like, "we're gangsters, son!" and then when he's lost he whimpers it again? Oh my god, this is just so juvenile.

What's her relation to Genji and Hanzo? What's her relation to ANYTHING happening in the Overwatch universe? What's the science behind her abilities? Where's her spirit fox?!?! Do we get any sort of glimpse into who Kiriko is besides a shounen anime protagonist vigilante that beats up nameless goons? No but 30% of this ten minute short is spent about fucking donuts.

I want to guess that maybe this was an extremely rushed product, because I just can't believe how poor in quality it is. The dialogue sucks, the cinematography sucks, the action sucks, the characters suck. There's nothing worth remembering here, nothing that pushes Overwatch lore or makes the OW world more interesting, just an immature showcase of the worst character added to OW yet. So completely uninspired.

[cloudninetonine]

!!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! Hoo boy so i went on a hell of a ramble and accidentally mentioned some super dark stuff so TW for mentions(?) of: self-harm, mental illness, implied discrimination and abuse, dark thoughts, social/societal(?) conditioning, social/societal issues/corruption, negative self-esteem, implied PTSD, mentioned panic attacks, INCREDIBLY long all-over-the-place ask sorry VERY stream-of-conciousness

You know the post where someone's like "well if I get kidnapped by the fae that's the fae's problem" and someone compares that to "bold of you to assume I have blood"? Anyway Player!AU. "I do not control the brain!" "It fuckin WIMDY" "I have the survival instincts of a wet paper bag" smthn smthn Twiddy anyway I feel like there is. SO much potential and I cannot describe to you how much I'm excitedly (internally) vibrating right now.

Also I feel like Player would still bully Legend for his height and NO ONE ELSE (unless they start it) even if they were 5'2" lol. Maybe threaten to forcefeed him his kneecaps. Or sautee his teeth. I might be sleepy 💖😘 just the most Cursed(TM) shot teaching them what real fear is. And flirting through intimidation lol because they don't know how. And simultaneously being terrified of the bear Wild's got and wanting so badly to name it Sir Bearington and/or reenact the smoothie meme

ANOTHER THOUGHT: WHAT IF THERE WERE TWO PLAYERS. COMPLETE STRANGERS. SPEAKING ONLY IN MEMES. SINGING NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP TO THE OTHER INNOCUOUSLY UNTIL THEY SHRIEK IN RAGE AND CHASE THEM AROUND A HERD OF BEWILDERED HEROES. TRADING HORRIFYING INFODUMPS ON BUGS AND DEEP SEA CREATURES OR SOME SUCH. BEING GENERALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND UNKNOWABLE AND UNINTENTIALLY BECOMING CRYPTIDS. ARGUING OVER WHETHER LYNELS ARE INSECTS BECAUSE THEY'RE CENTAUR-LIKE. USING WORDS LIKE SKRUNKLY (and arguing over the differences from scrungly), BLORBO, GLUP SHITTO, BASED, MOOD, "oh worm? then squirm," dancing on goatman's bridge, "GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY IT'S ALL GONE TO SHIT!" good lordy i need to stop lol. SHARING JOY THAT NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS BUT IS TENTATIVELY SUPPORTIVE OF. Subtly making fun of the Daisy(dorky?) Chain (affectionate). Using "little shit" and "fuck" in many different ways and confusing and scandalizing everyone else. Two weirdos in--well, not their natural habitat exactly, but they'll make do (and make it everyone else's problem)

I was reading a fic today and there was an exchange along the lines of "hEATHEN" "but i believe in Hylia" "then start praying" and that made me think of "were i not a holy woman i would beat you senseless" "you're a 'holy woman'?" "No." Constantly finishimg each others sentences in the most nonsensical ways the chain didnt think possible. Defeating enemies with the sheer power of "wtf???" Doing/encountering something dangerous, being terrified to tears, and immediately wanting to do it again (maybe after a short break).

Casually saying super disturbing things like about how fucked up the system is and how lives only hold monetary value and continuing on with their day with the chain making horrified expressions and noises in the background

Convincing someone people only kiss on Tuesdays and Thursdays and that breakdancing is a super fancy greeting. Finding some toothpaste someone had in their pockets and icing cookies with it, then pretending they don't know what the problem is. Discovering the joys of arson translate to the real world as well as they slowly get over their (relative to the chain) intemse fear of fire. Unleashing their inner pyromaniacs. Both kicking ass and sucking at hidden role games due to the sheer AUDACITY. The whiplash between super timid (henlo anxiety) and outrageously obnoxious and bubbly joy. Someone complaining about being in "giggly bitch mode" during a bubbly joyful gigglefest. Someone trying to throttle the other after speaking in owo too long. The contrast between childish glee as they're experiencing this world of magic and goddesses IN-PERSON for the first time; vs possible cynicism, nihilism, pessimism, depression, anxiety, trauma, constant downplaying of said trauma, "others have it so much worse" AND THEY DO but trying to get it through their heads that doesn't mean they didn't also have it rough. Explaining things like hostile architecture and the homeless good lord the chain WOULD NOT react well. Automatically assuming someone is mad at YOU, not just having a bad day. Telling someone what you think they want to hear so they won't hurt you as much/as directly. There is so much potential for the chain being disturbed by their behavior, then being even MORE so once they realize those are LEARNED behaviors, like submitting instead of running or fighting and punishing onself. Getting into all sorts of super dark stuff super quickly with no warning, then continuing on with the conversation like nothing happened. DID RULIE HEAL THE CAFFEINE ADDICTION HOLY FUCK YES. Player with different brain wiring/chemical imbalances trying to make the others understand why they need to rely on their adrenaline addiction and panic themself into doing the dishes. The chain being disturbed at how horrible they are at taking care of themself/ves (and the possible intentional self-sabotaging and -harm, even/especially subconciously)

Calling Twi, Time, and Legs furries and refusing to explain. Leggplant. Singing Wellerman and wondering if Wind knows it. Accidentally fudgin your words and saying "Warnut" and callin him that when hes bein too obnoxious/holdin things outta reach (because his nuts are probably protected by a metal plate, it's too awkward to ask, and you don't wanna find out yourself,,,even with steel-toed boots). Talking about SPAAAAAACE and terrifying and aweing everyone. A somethong-or-rather starts swinging slightly, unprompted, no wind, and immediately relentlessly mocking it. Making stupid faces and noises when you're (irrationally?) scared, like if its super dark and you only have a torch. 30-second dance parties when needed. "The floor is lava!" and the ensuing chaos. Sacrificing someone (coughIcan'tpickonecough) to the lava.

Wind: *memes*

Players: ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF-

Have you read the fic "ridiculous optimization: the art of finding the wrong(?) tool for the right(?) situation"? Pulling stuff like that. CHAOS. Breaking hearts, minds, and rules (and 'Rules, poor lad knowing just who Player is and becoming well-acquainted with their native brand/language of insanity)

Having no combat skills whatsoever (or people skills, according to Player), but if there's a math puzzle (like algebra/geometry) or a riddle or a word puzzle or--just. Puzzles. They'll figure it out (even if it takes a while and a lot of frusterated tears)

Walking back into the room you just left to go get the thought you left behind. Brain refusing to do. No thoughts, head empty, braincells are that SpongeBob meme where they're all screaming and everything is on fire. Queer Panik(TM). Annoying the pubby (Wolfie) because you know he won't hurt you (all bark no bite). Struggling to remember the word for a leaf so you call it a "boney boneless green vegan patty hand thing." Drawing a smiley face on someone's face in permanant marker. Up(down)grading them to UwU

I may have been thinking about Player AUs for a WHILE and been stocking up. Oops 🤗😬😓

AAAAAA I LOVE THIS SO MUCH LET'S DO THIS!!

The Player being the emboidment of "I've met some insufferable people but those people have also met me"

The potential you talk about? I plan on writing that shit. This Player, while acting normally to the circumstances they will face will be dragged kicking and screaming while playing it off as a joke the entire time.

Also the idea of another Player? Absolute anarchy. Gremlin stance and both ready to fight, the Chain don't understand, wouldn't you be happy with someone else there with you?! But here you are pulling at each other's hair and screaming things they don't understand.

"THIS TOWN AINT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US, FUCKER"

"THEN START FUCKING RUNNING, CLOWN"

It's like siblingship but they're 2 complete strangers.

If you know Fred and George from Harry Potter (Fuck JK fucking Terf cunt) then that would be their dynamic.

Just trauma dumping as well.

"Parents made me walk home in the dark after 'back talking' them in the car, you?"

"Single mum, but she's awesome, however, my brother used to terrorise me when she wasn't home. Chased me with a knife on more than one occasion, even a chainsaw, threatened to kill me if I told anyone though. Wasn't surprised to find out he was a narcissist"

"Fucking hell dude"

Hyrule just "Both of you here, now, I'm giving you hugs"

(Players being American and English respectively because that's just how I see it)

Brain, head empty until it comes to puzzles. One's like "Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles!" and the other's like "....Puzzles"

The Chain just have to witness them shouting at each other about possible answers before another fight breaks out that they have to pull apart.

"STOP GASLIGHTING ME"

"I'M NOT GASLIGHTING YOU, YOU'RE JUST DUMB"

Just complete chaos