#i didnt interpret it that way at all

[kaeyapilled]

what do you think about the kaeya = caribert theory? i saw some people use it as an 'explanation why his skin is dark' like. oh he used to be a Monster and the skin is a remnant of it :) and it pissed me off so bad. i need to know what other people think about it

its honestly not a theory im super fond of i think its a little stupid no offense. i dont think it makes a lot of sense? to go super in depth i'd have to take another look at the caribert quest (and maybe read up on the khaenri'ah lore we have so far again) but i kinda feel like it establishes pretty firmly that kaeya couldnt be caribert. descended from that branch of the family maybe (though im more fond of the theory that kaeya is descended from the branch of alberichs that were actually being regents, something that chlothar wasnt involved in because he distanced himself from the rest of the family to look after his son) (makes sense that kaeya would know more about the alberichs being the regents in khaenri'ah than he knows about an alberich being the founder of the abyss order) (theres a post about it i reblogged it some time ago and it hasn't left my mind since) but like.. him actively being caribert? sounds.. honestly really dumb to me.. don't ask me how kaeya isnt (or at least doesn't seem to be) affected by any curse, be it monsterification or immortality, but i just feel like that isnt the explanation. the actual explanation could be related to the events in caribert though.. cant wait for them to tell us what it actually is lol. on the off chance that this fucking theory is true then ill just bite my tongue i guess but i know im right. ok now moving on to the elephant in the room. what kind of take even is thatttttt "thats why his skin is dark"what is bro talking about🔥🔥‼️ if i read that with my own two eyes id block a person SO fast. why would you say that and treat it as serious evidence and backing for your theory. thats just. racism basically. what. anyways kaeya whos half from sumeru supremacy

[linddzz]

(regular disclaimer that I will exaggerate big feelings for effect but at the end of the day this is fandom and in the grand scheme of things Just Ain't That Serious good? good)

okok look while I am obviously SOOO into where Arcane went with the Machine/Arcane Herald, I can get why gamers who liked og LoL Viktor would be Big Annoyed at him being totally retconned and overhauled in game. That is undeniably a totally different guy there and yeah it would be shitty to have the guy you like completely swapped out. I can especially get it if they liked the mechanical cyborg engineering aspects of his character!

BU T I keep seeing iterations of "he didn't choose anything for himself he just had things happen to him" or "he just went mystic. he used to be someone who used his genius to remake himself and now he just meditated himself into a wizard" and I am so so down to meet in the pit on those takes!! I get people not liking the less mechanical aspects of him but hhhhhhohmygod do not be taking my guys agency and genius down like that

Yes the initial full fusing with the hexcore is something that happened to him, that someone who loved him maybe too much did to him (almost like Arcane has themes of people being launched down dark paths by things that happen to them beyond their control hMmMmmmmmm!!!) And btw I still hold that while his brain got changed by trauma (bc trauma DOES THAT) and the hexcore helped amplify and empower him leaning into his worst traits, after Jayce forced that initial fusion everything Viktor did was a choice.

But also!! Jayce used Viktor's notes. Viktor was the one who went down and got shimmer, who lied and experimented in secret. He stumbled into noticing the hexcore responding to biological material but then he pursued that avenue (because LIFE is a lot of stumbling into things and then deciding what to do from there), figured out what interdisciplinary collaborations he needed to make, figured out on his FIRST TRY what runes he would need to put where.

And while they don't lean into the mechanical engineering genius as much as the OG Viktor like...guys that's a software engineer with a big scoop of magic theorist on top of it (who then started a pivot into biomechanical arcane theory like THAT). He made a magic AI! Don't go telling me he didn't use his genius to become the Arcane Herald when he made a magic AI and then I got to watch the hexclaw grabbing and programming runes into spells like the coolest shit ever!!

That man figured out how to make Jayce's ideas into reality. He then used the scant knowledge of the arcane that still exists to figure out and recreate, using technology, what mages do by instinct. He made a MAGIC AI HOLY SHIT. Jayce is STILL referencing Viktor's rune theories to figure out the anomaly!!

He did not use the same type of genius to become the same type of Herald, but my guy invented being a technomancer so hard that he turned himself into a magical supercomputer and was so good at THAT that he made himself a robowizard god and I will not be hearing anything belittling how nuts that is!!

[f0rgetf0rgetting]

erm what the sigma

[stickmenyaoi]

about absence; presence. Lover; Warrior

Inspired by.

[beastking-golion]

Who give af if the writers didn’t “confirm” jayvik, girl have you people ever shipped shit before? You gotta do the legwork yourself, being confirmed doesn’t matter. You weaken yourself on such pointless principles.

[puppppppppy]

i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

[bmpmp3]

finding out ur coworker is way older than you thought and having to very quickly reorient how you talk to them

[faelapis]

the fact that there's gonna be *two* steven universe Q&A's is crazy btw. i don't have real hope for anything coming from it, but i will be keeping a close eye.

[good-beanswrites]

It'll probably be a long while before I write any T3 02-03 stuff because I really gotta figure out where their heads are at, but small angst idea that hit me today... Compared to all the others, they're the only two who haven't been up close/touching a dead body before. (Funerals are different because it's been long enough after death to prepare yourself and also there's no injury or blood.) Not only are they going through the emotional turmoil when the three prisoners die with varying degrees of violence, but there's the added trauma that they've never experienced this before. Plus, neither wants to look childish/squeamish/afraid in front of the others, so they have to bear it alone (or with each other, if I were to write something <3)

[hb-but-portal]

This is my (slightly late) @portal-secret-santa submission! Merry Christmas @nuttersincorporated!

The prompt was: "In the final fight with Wheatley in Portal 2, Wheatley tells Chell that she wasn’t the first human he woke up. There were five others before her. Wheatley thinks they all died but he also thought Chell might have died near the start too.

I’d love something exploring what happened to one or more of the people Wheatley woke before Chell. What happened to them? Was Doug Rattmann one of them?"

--

So I decided to play around with the idea for a bit (that's why it took so long, I really liked the prompt) and ended up with this!

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Achilles Heel

[damieclipse]

Agatha is addicted to power, she loves how of a high it gives her to absorb other witches' powers. In Rio, she found someone who is enchanted by her special power, someone who is fascinated by her entirely, who does not judge her, no, Rio is completely intoxicated by all of Agatha, and vice versa, Agatha pulled Death, and Death pulled Agatha, they were unstoppable together. It gives both of them a high when Agatha uses her powers now, it makes it ever more fun, more addicting, because after, there's Rio. Neither of them can help their feelings when both of them have been wandering around with no one else but loneliness until they found each other, they're the perfect couple, they LOVE each other, so much so that Nicholas happens. And they know, they KNOW, both of them, that he can't live, but Agatha can't seem to grasp the idea, no arguments from Rio will make her accept what they both know will happen, all Agatha thinks is she needs to raise this child better than she was raised, she might be a serial witch killer, but she will NOT be a bad mother.

(Except she can't help it).

She runs from Rio, she begs Death not to follow her, and Rio does as she's told, Agatha needs time, and she will always listen and try to bend the rules for Agatha. The spirit witch spends her whole pregnancy running, from something that is imminent. She spends her pregnancy not doing what she's used to do, because maybe, if Death isn't close to collect her bodies, Death isn't close to them either.

(Rio is always close).

Agatha feels so weak by the time Nicky is born, and she goes to her old habits, and it's like giving an addict their addiction back. And she finds that it's so much easier with a child. She can't help it, it feels good, and maybe... just maybe, she could help Nicholas if she had power enough.

(She knows she can't, she keeps doing it anyway, conving herself it's for Nicholas. It's not.)

Agatha loves her child, with all her heart, every day with Nicholas, she feels like she's doing okay as a mother, even if they live in the woods, even if she uses him to lure witches to her. It's not every day, she tells herself, it's not even every week. They are happy.

(Except Nicholas grows up, and it's not that happy anymore).

Because Nicholas hates it, he doesn't understand, and how can Agatha explain to him if there's nothing really to be explained other than the fact that even with him, she's still addicted to power? Nicholas doesn't get it, Nicholas doesn't like it, Nicholas is not like Rio. He doesn't praise her, he isn't enchanted, he doesn't think she's special because of it, he just wants her mother. And Agatha is a good mother, she is, and her son loves her, he simply doesn't love what she does. But Agatha can't not do it.

When Rio finally takes him, Agatha hates her, and a part of Rio hates Agatha, too. She gave them time, she left them alone, and Agatha used him, their child, and for some reason, she is to blame in Agatha's view. Rio bent the rules. Agatha didn't use the time the way she thought she would.

(Rio forgives her, she knows Agatha too much, she loves her too much).

Agatha doesn't, she doesn't forgive Rio, and she doesn't forgive herself. But not forgiving herself is still not enough to make her stop. She makes it worse, she keeps on using her child, using their song to lure more and more witches, and it still feels good, so good.

Sometimes she waits for Rio to show up, only for them to have their fun together and then she runs off again, she can't have another child with Death, she also can't face her for too long.

(They look so much alike, both her loves).

But she also can't help how she misses the praising, the sparkle in Rio's eyes looking at her. Agatha finds her and Rio are still the best relationship she always had, even after a child. Rio is mesmerized, Nicholas wasn't. Rio doesn't ask for explanations, Nicholas did. They always fight, their relationship isn't the same, because Agatha can't handle the truth, and Rio just goes with it.

(They still love each other but Nicholas changed everything).

"The truth is too awful"

"I can't face him"

It's true.

[vice-like]

you guys i think the babygirlification of matoba might be working...

was watching this japanese reactor and he's anime only and when ep 10 was over he straight up said "i think i might have fallen for matoba-san"

when matoba said the trivial things dont work out line he almost fell backwards i am not joking... midorikawa sensei hats off to you truly

[thedrotter]

i just randomly felt like doing a render since i havent done those frequently at all this year www and who else would it be of if not yuu

[nohara-rin-dot-mp3]

He's running through the woods, heart pounding, electricity spasming through his twitching fingers. He has to reach the clearing. He has to find Rin so that he can kill her.

It's the logic of dreams- a mixture of foreknowledge and complete helplessness that strings him along to the inevitable ending of his memory-flashback-nightmare: Rin, dead at his hand, staring at him as the last sparks of life fade from her eyes, expression twisting into-

something.

It's haunted him for years. Kakashi doesn't know what she was thinking or feeling during that last moment, but his unconscious mind is always willing to provide a few helpful suggestions.

He moves forward without moving, limbs that are too small following the script without his input, with the ease that comes from dreaming. The world tunnels forward- deposits him into-

"Kakashi," she coughs.

Blood drips out of her mouth, an off-red that is so jarringly wrong that he pauses, leaving his hand extended through her chest. Awareness of his nightmares has never helped him before, but tonight, for some reason, something shifts. This is not the same dream anymore. The forest fades away, and Kakashi soldiers past the script.

"Rin," he breathes. He didn't get to say it, the first time.

She closes her mouth and examines him. The sparks of that thing that he has never named lingers in her eyes even as she smiles softly at him.

"You really..." she says, tone stilted and dull in grating contrast with her expression. "Hah. I always hated you, you know."

It's too absurd, even for a dream. Kakashi draws his arm back, ignoring the sticky, cloying blood that flies free as he does and plants his feet, reeling from the absurdity. "You wouldn't say that."

Rin pauses.

"She wouldn't say that," Kakashi says. "The real Nohara Rin wouldnt say that. It's true that I'm trash... but she still wouldn't say that."

Rin hums, rocks back on her heels. "The real Rin... ha! I guess that's true."

She smiles bitterly.

"I am sorry," Kakashi says. The words are salty-sweet; an apology he has never given, constrained to relive the same fate as he usually is. It might be selfish to take this moment to give it- but-

"I should be saying that," Rin counters. "I shouldn't have jumped."

"No!" Kakashi protests. "No, you were just- you thought you needed to. I could never begrudge you for that."

"It wasn't that," Rin frowns. "It was... well, I wanted to... be known, I guess."

Kakashi shakes his head. It doesn't make sense. It's not the strange, unravel-able logic of a dream, but it's not true. That can't be true.

"Guess it didn't work, huh?" Rin says, voice faux-light. "Ah, well, it was my fault in the first place. For wanting it. It was the wanting that made me deserve it."

"It was my fault-" Kakashi starts.

"Make up your mind!" Rin laughs. "Either I made a noble sacrifice and you were the tool I wielded for it, or I chose to end things in the worst way possible, and caught you in the blast radius. The decision was good or bad- you can't pick or choose the blame."

Kakashi chokes on relief and guilt- this is absolution that he does not deserve, not from her, not here, when she is less real than ever. He holds it close to his heart, anyways, because he is selfish, because he wants to believe her.

"You were always such a hypocrite!" Rin says. "I don't know why I expected that to change."

"This isn't you," Kakashi says. "This isn't Rin."

The unspoken but hangs in the air. The specter tilts her head.

"Thank you," says Kakashi.

"Yeah, yeah," says Rin. "Don't thank me. I only wanted to see how things turned out."

"And how are they?" Kakashi asks. He knows what she's going to say- but even still, he hopes-

"Terrible," Rin says. "I'm really disappointed."

It's exactly the condemnation he deserves.

"No one bothered to try and remember me," Rin adds, shaking her head, tone wistful.

"I remember," Kakashi offers, desperate. "Sometimes it feels like all I do is-"

"You remember the real Nohara Rin!" Rin corrects him. "Not me. Never me. I thought you'd figure it out- but I guess you were never all that interested in looking beyond the basics of your self-flagellation. If you really want to honor my memory- stop using me as an excuse. I only did it because i was mad, anyways."

She catches his eyes, gaze suddenly, startlingly piercing. Kalashi takes a step back, propelled by some deep, primal fear. That's not right- this should be wrong, but he gets the feeling-

Had her eyes always been like this?

"This hole has always been here," Rin says, gesturing down at her missing heart. "I thought people might realize, but you're all stupid, self-absorbed idiots, so none of you thought to look."

This isn't what she's supposed to be mad about. Kakashi has done wrong by her- but not like this. The accusation feels oddly distant, because this wasn't his sin. This wasn't his sin- but guilt crawls up his throat, anyways.

"You just tore down the curtain," Rin says. "So it's not fair that you got credit for for the entire thing. Friend-killer Kakashi? Tch. All you did was look in the box. I was dead the whole time."

He doesn't understand.

The moment begins to unwind. He's waking up- but he has to stay here a little longer, because the one question he never got the chance to ask- the one thing he's always wondered-

"What was wrong?" Kakashi asks in a rush, as the ground falls out beneath him. "Why were you different? What were you feeling, when you died?"

What was that thing in your eyes?

Rin smiles, perfect and angelic, and then her eyes open again, and he sees it- that spark that he has never deciphered. She opens her mouth-

And he wakes up to sweat and dog hair and kunai-patterned sheets, the memory of the dream fading fast.

"It was different this time," he tells Pakkun, when he lifts his head questioningly. "It was... there was something..."

He can't figure it out. His hands are clean, skin an unhealthy white, but utterly untouched by blood. He feels worse than usual- he feels like-

Kakashi lays back down and closes his eyes again.

[winchesterhymns]

Simply liking Sam and Dean isn't enough. I need to consume the Winchester boys, name and all. I need to become them physically and in every possible way. I need to consume the actors too, Jared and Jensen , I'm coming for you (threat).

Jensen singing "Wondering Why" came up on fyp again,,, my reaction was so fucking violent dude. Like I started tearing up, the yearning really be that violent sometimes. Like, I need to become him and sing this song for Sammy.

There's a big hole at the centre of my existence that can only be satisfied by chucking Wincest shit at it, but even then it's never satisfied, I've got a gluttonous pit inside of me and it longs for incestuous brothers.

IT LONGS FOR THE WINCHESTERS!!!

(explain that to any sane person)