#i just want him to be happy and also to have a dog

[slaaneshsleftovergender]

*cracks knuckles* 

I have not been failing to beat the furry allegations for years, just to ignore this call to action now

I'm basing my takes on…vibes, mostly. Also there's no set system. Each primarch gets personal evaluation on Culture, Cannon, my view of what Big E would consider “sick as hell”, and just…them, ya know?

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Lion - Obvious one*, very large and sturdy, leaning heavily towards a Dungeons and Dragons Leonin design. 

Fulgrim - My knee jerk reaction is snake, Slaneesh saw n made it happen, but I was torn because honestly when I think of Fulgrim, I think about his hair. Solution, hood like a cobra. I would love to draw Fulgrim as a Medusa now

Perturabo - Look, this all started with the Ultramoorines, and (possibly) bad news, Petty Turbo is also Bull. Same sacred symbolism situation between cultures, plus shit temper, and stubbornness. 

Khan - Okay, I'm not gonna say horse. He likes horses, I don't think he is one. I did think the basic bitch answer Cheetah, but that does not have enough flavor. He's a Hawk. That man is a hawk. 

Leman Russ* - Wolf. I really want to appologize for saying something so obvious.

Dorn - Gonna be real, knee jerk reaction is his Fursona is human. “Humans are animals” mfer.

For real though, wasp. The kind that makes nests in your rafters - builders, short temper, color scheme - I'd hear the argument for Bees as well. 

Konrad Curze - Now, a lot of people associate night lords as bats, AS THEY SHOULD. It is the morally correct thing to do. However, HOWEVER, might I interest you in cat boy Curze? 

Listen, feral bastard, actual night vision not echo location, one of the most efficient hunters in the animal kingdom. Also, someone here on Tumblr dot com said "Konrad with a cat mom" and I will never not wish that in my deepest soul. 

> Also people, normal ass people, with like cat ears and tail, do not count as furries....but like *holds up Catrad* 

Sanguinius - His alluded me. He's got wings, there's been jokes about him being a goose....but he wears a leopards pelt, maybe could take some licenser with that?

Until it hit me.

It's griffin. He likes big cats, has wings, and I want more mythical creature primarchs. Plus, they got an air of nobility while, also, kinda being a mutant in their own way. 

Ferrus - Armadillo Lizard. Look, imma be real, I don't know much about him. However, he's gotta be a reptile to match Fulgrim, and the metal arms translates to armor scales in my mind. I think the evolution of the scales would please him too, cause the Iron Fists got that whole weakness of the flesh thing going on. I think. Also cute as fuck

Angron - I was thinking maybe something that balanced before n after nails, but honestly, Wild Boar. Angry bastards. Also associated with gods of War :3

Guilliman - is locked in, Bull/Cow. I've heard Ultramoorines started due to either the symbolism, or Guilliman wanting to be a farmer. Either is fantastic….but if I COULD change it…Owl just because of Minerva? Felt worth saying lol.

Mortarion - I was thinking Spider for some reason, but I think ultimately it's another one where the chaos god called it. Also, I can see him really liking Moths in general.

Magnus - I've seen him likened to a jackal, and I do really like that. And it would be fun to draw. However, I'd be lying if I said I didn't think Ibis fits better. Ibis was associated with Thoth - God of Wisdom, so big point there, but, once more, chaos god involvement = birb. 

Horus - Capybara 

Okay, okay. So Horus obviously likes wolves, but bro is domesticated honestly. He's really good with people, he charms them. He is a dog. 

Lorgar - Ram!!! He's got that biblical sheep symbolism energy. And horns. And I can't think of anything else lol 

Vulkan* - Dragon. Big, happy dragon.

Corvus Corax* - Raven.

Alpharius and Omegon - "Well Hydra Dominatus, they would be some kind of Scaley-" WRONG! FOX BOIIIZZZZZ

Bonus: 

Jago Sevatarion's is shark.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRfdbtvK/

[dancingaliensfics]

I've seen a lot of people talking about dominant Remmick but I just think he's desperate. He'd let you do whatever you want to him just so he could touch you or taste you. I don't doubt that he'd get down on his knees and beg for you, just so he could savor and worship every inch of skin.

You are completely right.

That man is so desperate he would do anything. He would bark like a dog if you told him. He will beg, plead, you can slap him around, he will cry if you ask him to. He is into anything and everything and he will be at your beck and call. You know that scene from Brooklyn 99 where he's listing all the things they can do to him? Yeah that's remmick.

But now onto a more serious note, his self worth is very low and he is so lonely that I think he would let people treat him very poorly in a sexual environment. And don't get me wrong, he will do it too absolutely, but I think he would let you do terrible things to him. Which is why we should treat him good! So onto that!

He loves being overstimulated. I don't think he'd admit it necessarily and I'm not sure he actually understands the reasons behind it but to me it's like this: it makes that little bit of his brain that hates himself and thinks he deserves to die alone turn off. It also makes that part of him that's desperate and lonely and so sad feel warm and happy. Nothing makes him feel more safe and loved than being made to cum so many times that he's shaking, drool all over his face and neck, tears running down his cheeks, unable to remember his own name.

I also think that he believes he has to earn certain things from you which is why he loves it when you make him prove to you he's good. He struggles to understand why you have such affection for him sometimes, he's a gleeful killer, undead and he wants to drag you down with him. So it helps him when he can do things to prove his devotion to you and 'earn' your love. Of course you care for him anyway but you like to see him on his knees following orders.

Speaking of, imagine him crawling towards you, clutching at your legs and pressing his face into your stomach. Begging you to let him make you feel good. Showing you just how well he can take orders. Sitting in front of you, touching himself while you tell him when to change speed and how tight to grip himself.

Yes, remmick is very desperate. He just wants your love and affection and he will do whatever he has to to get it. It's not particularly hard to get him to beg. He's very impatient and just swatting his hands away from you legs a few times is enough to get him to start pleading with you.

Ah I have so many thoughts, I need to do a longer post on this. Right now it's all very disjointed because I'm just typing things as they come to me so sorry about that. But i love this concept so I will be writing more about it in the future.

[arottenlust]

cuz im pretty when i cry (the inspiration)

everything started with that edit. i don’t know what it was, but something about it was hard to look away from. ive rewatched it like a hundred times at this point. the song and the smile on his face inspired the first iteration of this story.

spoilers for the series below (kind of? It kinda fucks w the immersion i think. Idk its spoilerish to me)

one where youre desperate for any crumb of his affection, desperate to have your affections returned, and sukuna is willing and happy to enable your sickness. it grew from there to it instead being a misunderstanding of sorts- sukuna is showing his love and dedication the only way he knows how, with action instead of words. you, used to the very hot and cold and emotionally abusive environment you grew up in, don’t know how to pick up on this. it leads to you slowly falling apart more and more, miserably obsessed with keeping your place beside him, lashing out at any perceived obstacles, despite the fact that sukuna never planned to leave, would never want to. And, blinded by your seemingly easygoing nature and the fact that he quite enjoys your increasingly psychotic behavior, knowing that it stems from your love for him, sukuna doesn’t notice anything is amiss until the cracks begin to splinter and break you apart.

I didn’t plan to make you yandere esque, but it seems that the more twisted parts of me leaked into the story. Oops?

im not sure about including smut. I think i might but im still on the fence about that one…. I probably will tho

it has a happy ending. I didn’t want to give it one, I wanted it to just be a sad, horrifically desperate, story, but this route seemed a little more interesting to write. I think I’ll probably write a different version in the future, one where sukuna really doesn’t care.

the relationship is unhealthy in the sense that a well adjusted person wouldn’t frame their entire life around another person the way you do in this story. i.e youre a yandere. in your head, sukuna could keep you locked up and treat you like his dog-servant-thing, and you’d be happy because you’d be the sole object of his attention. (While u may be unaware) He feels the same in reverse, and he wouldn’t do that anyways, because he’s obsessed and he values you more than you value yourself. That’s why it’s unhealthy. And also because you tweak out if he talks to other people at all with anything on his face other than complete and utter indifference…. but hey! You’re working on it. Basically, It’s written um, romantically? Not super heart breaking and depressing. just putting that out there because I get really unbearable hurt when i read unhealthy -> very sad fics instead of unhealthy -> very in love and reciprocated fics

dykwim?

ugh. I’ll need to write a prequel or something. I want you all to see the way you go from normal and unattached to fighting the urge to stick cameras in his room and huff his underwear. You’re so weird. Stop fantasizing about killing the people he talks to, they dont even exist!

i originally planned to make it as gender neutral as i could but a lot of the scenarios don’t make sense if youre not fem, so that’s that. if that changes throughout the course of writing out the series, i shall let you all know.

also. should i make a playlist?

[whirlpool-blogs]

who are the smartest hockey players in your mind right now? whether that’s in an academic sense or hockey sense or both

hmm academic achievement is pretty straightforward, you could google which guys have college degrees and there’s some interesting stuff! in terms of hockey iq, all of these guys are pros. if anyone didn’t have genuinely elite, pro-level hockey sense, they’d get killed on the boards out there in a second.

but honestly my favorite kind of Smart is guy who understands how to play a complete game, and I am nawwwt talking academics or hockey. there’s a whole other game out there to be played - and won - and some guys understand that better than most!! and for that, the current leaderboard in my opinion:

#1 will smith hockey

#2 jack hughes

#3 nate bastian!!!

#1 Currently leading - Will Smith hockey

WSH is still new to the scene so who can say how long he can keep this intangible point streak going BUT:

every guy he rotated in and out of the sleepover room ended up surviving the trade deadline (he’d clearly clocked who would be worth investing into)

has endeared himself to not just every single teammate but is also allegedly quite beloved by the equipment guys and rink staff

plays along well with all the sharks social media tiktok trends, etc. he has excellent camera awareness, for example, some guys simply looked down at their end of year ‘awards’ but Will immediately made sure to face the certificate to the camera. (is aware of camera views on the ice, too)

has managed to remain a mystery to the dating gossip sphere, k-pop idol style

some good stuff in this post, namely the notetaking parts and preparing for the animal question in the draft

and of course, has made the highly talented but also windshield-punching future of the franchise entirely indebted to him in ways beyond mortal comprehension. what are you gonna do, send wsh down to the AHL? and leave his unhinged attack dog mack c out there to argue with teammates in practice and have meltdowns by himself on the bench? no way. wsh stays up, and everyone stays happy.

#2 Jack Hughes - perennially good, but has also fumbled a couple plays

part of it is just classic middle child ability to play both sides without ever actually committing to either, but that boy had everrrry single NTDP classmate eating out of his sweaty little palm (voted captain by unanimous vote!). he understands how to sprinkle sugar, jusssst right!

I do find it interesting when he accidentally overplays his hand. It perfectly mirrors his on-ice flaw of when he tries to do too much and then his game falls apart (as noted by hockey scouts & Sheldon Keefe alike). BUT I think the flops are important because unlike his subtle plays that might go entirely unnoticed, these give us a little more insight into how he does it - or at least, tries to set it up.

famously got the devils to draft his special little guy’s special little guy (trevor z’s billet brother) but then moynihan turned out to be basically nothing to the devils in the end (see: his Elite Prospects page)

tried to use 4 Nations as his and quinn’s personal olympics campaign (kept emphasizing how sooooo young he and quinn were, which was a complete turnaround from how he usually describes quinn as mature/experienced, or even himself as unphased/seen it all. kept referring to himself as an ‘01 birth year, and auston and eichel as ‘97s to really drive the point home!! god, you don’t want those old men born in the 1900s do you, USA hockey? I’m good for two, maybe even threeee Olympic cycles!) unfortunately quinn was too injured to play and jack flopped at 4 Nations

#3 Nate Bastian

Fourth line grinder (literally called the ‘Meat Line’) Nathan Bastian? yes, and I’m not even kidding. here’s the thing. there are four audiences for a pro athlete:

1. Your coach(ing staff) & GM

2. Your teammates

3. Sports reporters/PR Team

4. General audience / fans

When I say Nate Bastian plays a complete game, I do mean complete - he has a FULL SWEEP of all four audiences.

First Audience: he understands what role coaches see him as, and commits to it. doesn’t oversell himself. takes hits and gives hits without complaint.

Second Audience: top players automatically rank high in team social hierarchy, but less skilled players have to work for it. nate CLEARLY plays a great locker room game, to the point that he sits next to jack (and you knowww locker room seating has a ton of unspoken politics behind it) and is universally loved by his teammates.

Third Audience: this guy is so loved by Jersey beat reporters that they sought him out to interview while he was literally playing for a different team! the PR team sent him to the VMAs! also in this 2019 axe throwing video the producers/video editors clearly like him, even though he’s just another no-name grinder: they start the video with him, setting him up as the audience surrogate. they keep his self name-drop in the final edit, while literal jack hughes is in the video and HIS name is never said out loud. they kept in his funniest bits and edited out whatever was likely more boring filler commentary. (side note: you can also see Nate’s Second Audience work was already at play, because little pre-rookie Jack was already very aware and intrigued by Nate). By having video editors who love him, surely now you can see how that sways the…

Fourth Audience: how can you not love a guy that the coach commends! how can you not love a guy that his teammates adore! and how can you not love a guy who always gets the best possible edit from the producers! he’s literally made a clean sweep. all while just “being himself” seemingly effortlessly….

and that, my friends, is called playing smart.

[abbysimsfun]

Sims In Bloom: Generation 2 Pt. 184 (Making Time For Friends)

Before the end of his first weekend back home, Ash was playing fetch in the yard with Gord when two of his classmates at Brindleton Bay School came to visit. Scotti Holiday and Arun Kalani arrived in the afternoon, greeting their friend with warm hugs.

"Our parents said you were home and we had to see it for ourselves," announced Scotti, the eldest daughter of Travis Scott and Summer Holiday. "You don't look more like a Landgraab after a year in the city."

"Uh thanks...I think?"

"Same old Ash Landgraab," she mused. "It's good to see you again, Ashy."

"My Aunt Hazel doesn't even call me Ashy anymore," he said.

"Speaking of name changes, did you hear this guy changed the spelling of his own name? Now he's A-r-u-n, but before you left he was A-r-r-o-n. Who does that?!"

Arun, the eldest son of Zoe Patel and Mitchell Kalani, scowled. "My mom said when I was born she felt like she needed to make the name on my birth certificate sound more Brindletonian, but she spelled Aaron wrong, too! My name is the one she wanted me to have in the first place, Scotti."

Scotti Holiday was still a mean girl, especially as she inched closer to teenhood, but Arun Kalani wasn't exactly a great influence, either. As soon as he walked inside to use the bathroom, Conrad caught the little klepto trying to steal some artwork off the family's wall.

"Arun Kalani, the precinct isn't going to need to keep an eye on you, will they?"

Arun grimaced, foiled in the thrill of the steal. "No, Captain Gordon. I'm sorry."

Lavender kept to herself while Ash hung out with his friends, doing yoga in the backyard until Gord interrupted her for a hug. (Backed up on laundry don't mind the mess!)

Gord knew Lavender disliked large groups, and even though the friendly dog loved scritches from any stranger willing to give them, some of his favourites came from the girl he'd loved and protected from the day she was born.

Lavender loved all the pets. Even Queen Cupcake, the most aloof of the bunch loved Lavender's attention, and she was often content to spend her time after homework and violin practice hanging out with her four-legged friends.

But she also made time for her closest human friend, Barrett Hecking, who came by to hang out after school sometimes. Even when it rained, Lavender convinced him to cloudgaze in the mud.

"The rain keeps hitting our faces," he complained, but he followed her lead as she told a story about the skies leaking water to keep all the strays happy.

"Do you think the water knows when it has to fall?" Barrett wondered.

Lavender thought about it, pursing her lips into a curious grin. "I think so," she agreed.

It was still raining when they went inside, and Barrett didn't want to put away his umbrella. "Is your roof leaking?"

"That's not the roof. My baby brother's room is upstairs."

"So then why is it raining?"

"It's not raining that hard in here. You probably don't need your umbrella."

"I just put the blue streaks in. They'll wash out!"

"It's cool your dads let you put dye in your hair. My parents say I'm too young."

"We're the same age."

Lavender shrugged from the kitchen table. "That's what they said."

And the kids weren't the only ones making time for friends; Heather was at home with Emi Kudo when her sister Hazel popped by unannounced.

"Sorry it's been too long since I've been around. The cafe's really busy and so is getting everything ready for Alex's mayoral campaign."

"Has anyone declared to run against him yet?"

Hazel nodded. "That's why I'm here. J Huntington, who runs Bay Landgraab Security, filed papers the other day. We need volunteers to canvas and door knock to make sure J and his heavies at the security company don't intimidate people who plan to vote for Alex Goth."

"I'll help however I can. J's guys can't intimidate the whole town, can they?"

"We hope they can't."

Hazel glanced at Emi, whom she'd never met before, and Heather remembered to introduce them. "Emi used to be a vet tech here in Brindleton Bay, but she moved away before I bought the clinic. She came out for her dog's annual checkup and to thank me and Holly for suggesting her son audition for the San My Ballet Company."

Hazel offered a friendly smile as the women moved to the sofa. "Wow, that's amazing. Congratulations!"

Emi nodded proudly. "Thank you. He moves to the city in a few weeks and he'll be staying Uptown with a family who has two girls at the ballet school - Johnny and Eva Zest. We met them over a teleconference before I flew out, and both Charlie and his twin brother, Oliver, said they recognized him from a few comedy roasts on Simflix."

"We know Johnny and Eva," said Heather. "He's my son's great-uncle on his father's side. They're great people with great kids. Charlie will be in good hands in the city."

"Johnny's a funny guy," Hazel agreed warmly. "I wonder if Charlie will dance with Ash's friend Pearl."

Heather nodded. "I don't know anything about ballet, but I know Pearl has a pending offer of admission to the company when she turns thirteen. I know how headstrong her mother is, so I don't doubt Pearl in the slightest. What a small world it would be if Charlie and Pearl ended up dancing Swan Lake together someday."

"Layne and I don't want Charlie to feel any more pressure than the pressure he already puts on himself. But we know he's in the best place to build toward his dream, and we can't wait to see what he does with the opportunity."

Heather and her family made all the time in the world for each other, but made time to nurture their friendships, too. As spring slowly creeped toward summer, the Gordons' lives were blissfully full. ->

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NOTE: I was feeling like I had missed an opportunity to change the spelling of Arron Kalani's name to Arun when he was a baby because his his mother is Zoe Patel (and Arron always irritated me with the two r's, anyway, I know BS reason), but @matchalovertrait gave me the idea of him embracing his name's original spelling now that he's almost a teenager himself. I loved the idea so Arron is, from here on out, officially Arun Kalani!

[sillygoofyqueer]

"Four, you've been too distracted by the fic you were binging!!! You've forgotten to write the next part of the mad scientist AU!" *looks up from where I have been huddled in a corner and laughing manically to myself with every word I read* SHIT!!!! YOU'RE RIGHT! HOW COULD I FORGET!! *hobbles out from my corner as every bone in my body cracks* The Lads (Wen siblings + Xue Yang, it has been decided) have been taken into the care of the Sunshot Campaign, both ensuring Wei Wuxian's assistance in the war and Wen Ruohan's fury. Yu Ziyuan keeps stating that this is an absolutely awful idea but literally nobody is paying attention to her except her gyals (Jinzhu and Yinzhu) and Jiang Yanli when she's escorting her mother back to her tent. Of course, Xue Yang hates EVERYONE and is literally having to be leashed and distracted so that he doesn't just immediately go zooming back to Yiling on Jiangzai. He literally has a chain attached to his wrist that is usually also attached to Wen Ning, who (being more confident and relaxed due to Wei Ying and Xue Yang's influence) seems to take some form of joy at being able to drag around a complaining Xue Yang to do the things that he wants to do. He's not lounging around either, he's helping out with unpacking supplies and stringing bows and getting weapons ready for battles.

Wen Qing, on the other hand, takes clear and obvious control of the medical tent, basically taking one look at the blood and the screams and going "oh my god, finally." She becomes the unquestioned head of the tent, and everyone defers to her - I mean, she's literally most known for her medical skills, you think anyone is going "mmm I think you're wrong" to something she says? The Lads (minus Xue Yang, who is The Didi of All Time right now) step into this hectic war camp and then slide in to roles that were practically shaped for them to fit into. This fact, paired with how the Lads have taken to wearing Nie robes (Xue Yang is Not Happy about this), make it almost easy to forget that they are 'Wen scum' - it's strange how...when someone from a hated group is useful....people's personal beliefs on that group change....don't mind me! Talking nonsense.

Despite the fact that the Lads are now chilling in the war camp, there is no sign of Wei Wuxian. Occasionally they'll see one of his crows surveying the area slowly, doing slow circles of the camp before darting off again, but that's about it. No more notes, no more messages - however, a crow does bring a stack of talismans. They are unfamiliar and drawn in blood, but Xue Yang basically pounces on them and starts a reverent explanation of how they're small scale maze arrays meant to confuse any potential threats. It doesn't take long for the gang to learn after that that Xue Yang is useful for something outside of whining and that something is sort of being able to understand some of Wei Wuxian's works and codes (now that he knows Wei Wuxian is alive, he's stopped hyperfixating on cracking the code). Jiang Fengmian worries that this is what help Wei Wuxian meant when he offered support, but Nie Huaisang shuts him down because the elusive teenager has his own grudge against the Wen - even if he hadn't promised support, he'd still have reason to spill their blood.

In all honesty, Nie Huaisang is really vibing with the Lads - even Xue Yang, who regularly tells him that he would be trying to kill him if Wei Wuxian really was dead. Wen Qing reminds him of his Da-ge in how she is stern and oftentimes terrifying but ultimately means the best and cares deeply for those she claims as family. Xue Yang reminds him of a feral little dog and he delights in watching the young kid (guys, I've just realised that Xue Yang is literally twelve. They be trying to get him to go to bed on time and he's bouncing off the walls) kick and struggle uselessly as Wen Ning escorts him around. Wen Ning is like a gentle giant, calm and sweet, seemingly legitimately interested in what Nie Huaisang talks about whenever he follows the duo around the camp - he seems to be able to sense and dissuade any of his worries without him having to voice them. Wen Ning may be magic (Wen Qing agrees when he tells her his theory).

Lan Wangji is not scared of the Lads. He isn't thrown off by the fact that they don't go out of their way to leave him alone like everyone else, or that Wen Qing is the first person ever to grab him by the scruff of his robes because "your arm strength is NEEDED in the medical tent." He's completely calm with the fact that he seems to be the only person that Xue Yang tolerates just because he "hasn't hurt Wei-gege" in any way, shape or form, seemingly remembering the way he found Lan Wangji clutching Wei Wuxian's barely conscious body back in the cave of the Xuanwu of Slaughter. He's fine with these facts. He tells Lan Xichen as much, and Lan Xichen just raises his brow slowly before going "I'm so glad you're making friends." Oh god, he's making friends. What next, Nie Huaisang isn't going to be scared of him?- OH GOD NIE HUAISANG IS NOW TALKING TO HIM ALL THE TIME.

All of this occurs during a lull in battle, but it all soon comes to a grinding halt when Nie Mingjue receives word of Wen and Jin forces marching towards their camp, likely in reaction to their quick seize of both Yiling and some of Wen Ruohan's important assets. All eyes are on the Lads in this moment, but they just continue with what they've been doing, except this time it's paired with Wen Qing taking over Xue Yang minding duties while Wen Ning starts familiarising himself with all edges of camp. There is no words needed to agree that Wen Ning is going to be standing with the other archers when the enemy reaches them, no matter what Yu Ziyuan (and a few contrary voices) are saying about him turning on them in the most crucial moments. They obviously haven't been around when he's had multiple opportunities to shank them all up when preparing weapons for this upcoming battle.

The day of battle arrives, with Nie Mingjue and Lan Wangji taking their prime places in the front lines while Jiang Cheng and Jin Zixuan get ready to pick off the bastards as they come running. The enemy do not slow in their approach, remaining at their same pace the whole time - they are more than confident that they will crush the Sunshot Campaign with this one. They may have been holding their own before, but this is the first full assault charged with Wen Ruohan's frustration at Wen Xu's beheading and the loss of his important assets. They are fuelled with righteous anger at such events, and they will be victorious both in the name of Wen Xu, and so they can retrieve the Lads. Blood will be spilled on both sides, but they will soon have the other sects begging for mercy and forgiveness.

Just as Nie Mingjue is about to give the order to charge, however, a low and haunting melody begins to echo out from the forest. The enemy stops as one, as if confused by such a sound, looking around for the source of it. The melody continues, becoming dark and aggressive with every note seeping from it. The air grows thick with resentful energy, and there's a strange tremble in the ground, followed by hands beginning to slam up out of the dirt of the already worn and bloody battlefield. From the trees at either side of the area, clouds of resentful energy begin to form into actual humane shapes - mostly humane, anyway. The melody suddenly cuts off, and everything goes still. Corpses half pulled out of the ground, spirits stopped at the tree line and crows fluttering down to watch the carnage about to unfold.

A figure emerges from the forests, dizi gripped in his hand as he leans back against the tree, greeting them all with a careless wave before raising the dizi to his lips and beginning to play again.

This time, the melody is violent, and the spirits react accordingly.

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

It's obvious that the reason adrien didn't fall in love with marinette right in the beginning is because he was already in love with ladybug but I think the reason ladybug didn't fall in love with chat noir is because marinette doesn't fall in love as ladybug. The part of season five where the lovesquare reverses has the most episodes where marinette is not ladybug (marichat in elation and lady noire in passion) or where ladybug has forgotten her responsibilities (jubilation).

I haven't seen anyone talking about this and maybe I haven't been around the fandom long enough to see this discussed or maybe it's just too obvious to point out but I thought it was a detail interesting enough to be worth mentioning that marinette doesn't fall in love as ladybug because she's too busy worrying about saving paris.

I've seen some Marichat fics take this approach and I think it's got potential. Marinette is the kind of character who tends to compartmentalize so it makes sense that she'd be all business while Ladybug, putting herself in a mindset that keeps her from falling in love. Unfortunatly, canon doesn't back this read. Marinette falls in love and expresses romantic interest while Ladybug on several occasions. The big one is the end of Strike Back, which is where she starts to fall for Chat Noir in a direct parallel to the original Umbrella scene:

[Image description: screen shots from Origins and Strike Back that show the similarities between the original umbrella scene and the ending of Strike Back]

Same expression, same clap of thunder, same rain, the only thing that's missing is the umbrella. This is very clearly meant to be a rehash of the first time she fell for him. It might take her a while to realize that her feelings have changed, but this is where the change is supposed to happen and it's a scene where she's very much feeling the burden of being Ladybug.

Kuro Neko has similar issues. I have no idea what the writers were doing there, but Ladybug was clearly unable to focus because she found her current partner too attractive even though this was the middle of an akuma fight so she should be in prime Ladybug mode:

[Image description: Ladybug looking happy and being distracted from the fight because she gets to hold onto Catwalker]

Then there's Desperada which was all about Ladybug picking the wrong guy to be the snake because her crush on Adrien was distracting her from the day's akuma. Volpina sees Ladybug almost give up her earrings because she thinks Adrien is in danger. The season four final sees Ladybug let Felix keep the dog miraculous and stick around after his job is done because she thinks he's Adrien, he asks to stick around, and she wants to make him happy. Those are just a few examples. There are other episodes that see Marinette fall out of "Ladybug mode" due to a boy.

There's also the issue that Marinette's crush on Chat Noir is painted as something of a rebound or her avoiding her true feelings (aka her love for Adrien) because she's scared after the events of the season four final. That's why she falls for Chat Noir and gets over him pretty quickly. Passion, the episode that first sees her talk about the crush with Alya, has this rather damning dialogue:

Marinette: Because of my feelings for [Adrien], Shadow Moth stole fifteen Miraculous from me. (points at drawings of Cat Noir in different poses, surrounded by roses and sparkles) That's why loving Cat Noir is a good idea. Cat Noir is cute, very handsome, super confident, doesn't even put pressure on me anymore, and, turns out, he's really cool. And on top of that, he's in love with me, so it's perfect! Alya: Uh, he's in love with Ladybug. Marinette: And we both know that means the same thing. Alya: But he doesn't. And you can't tell him. Marinette, you find yourself a new, unavailable crush just when Adrien seems really interested in you. Don't tell me that's a coincidence. Aren't you running away from your real feelings? Just a little?

Miraculous is big on show don't tell and Alya is one of their favorite mouthpieces for telling. While I don't think the message is clear on a first watch, once you know how it all plays out and which side gets together, you realize that this was the writers telling us what's going on. That's why they repeat this message in Elation in case you missed it in Passion:

Alya: You mean, you as Ladybug? You said it yourself a hundred times: Cat Noir and Ladybug just can’t work. You’d end up blabbing your secret identities to each other, Monarch would find out and your Miraculous would go “bye-bye”. Marinette: Just because you couldn’t keep your secret from Nino when you’re both superheroes doesn’t mean I can’t do it with Cat Noir! Alya: Hey! Who gave us both a Miraculous at the same time? And if you love a superhero, you’re gonna want to know who's behind the mask. How else are you supposed to live a legit love story? Marinette: Well, right now, I would take the mask, and I wouldn’t care what’s underneath! Alya: You're lying to yourself anyway, you’re in love with Adrien. Marinette: I'm not lying to myself and I know exactly how I feel. Alya: Right, which explains the pics of Adrien plastered all over your wall.

And the end of this episode is Marinette giving up on Chat Noir while Plagg assures Adrien that Marinette will love him again:

Plagg: What you loved once, you’re gonna love again! Look, for centuries, I neglected the baked cheeses I used to love, and now... Adrien: You love them again! That means Marinette could fall for me again someday! Thank you, Plagg! You’re the best!

And the episode after that is Kwami's Choice where Marinette finally accepts her "true" feelings for Adrien.

I'm other words, the message of the Chat Noir crush arc was that Marinette was trying to avoid her crush on Adrien now that he was finally paying attention to her. The arc was about her reaching a point where she could be with him. It was not her actually falling for Chat Noir even though - story wise - her feelings switching makes infinitely more sense than Adrien's feelings switching, but when has Miraculous ever gone the logical route?

[st4rry4543]

Threadville: theories and analysis

Rocky:

Okay, from what we've gathered from the trailers and other short videos, supernob we can easily figure out that rocky is being controlled or under the influence of the "entity."

From what we know(based on the threadville pages), Rocky is the "perfect candidate" for these 2 key elements

• strength

• weak mentality

It seems as if this entity here needs a thing's mind to be weak in order to fully control them. Rocky seemed to be easy to be manipulated. But how is the question. How does this "entity" break one's mind? Do they have a physical form? Or do they communicate mentally? I have no idea, but I do know one thing. This entity is extremely smart. Now, it doesn't take rocket science to write notes or pages, but for this thing to have a full-on plan on who it wants to control is interesting.

The only question I have is: What do they want? Has something happened to them, or are they just simply evil( I'm going with the second answer)

Veena:

Veena drops in the category of "potential candidate" because of her lack of physical strength and because her mentality is also quite weak.

But it was noted that her teeth could come in useful. Which makes me wonder. Why does veena look the way she is? Well, from her character card, we know that where she comes from, everyone saw her as a "freak" and she just wanted a place where she could be accepted.

Let's take a look at her child photos:

Yeah, she doesn't seem too happy. Maybe because she had a rather grumpy attitude as a child OR the more likely reason is because she's unhappy with what she's wearing. Notice how veena is much happier when we're in threadville compared to her younger self. That's most likely because she's a spooky girl! She loves spooky things. That's probably one of the things you can tell about her, right off the bat.

Oliver:

Oliver is a "strong potential candidate," mostly due to his physical strength

But it seems as if he has the strongest mentality out of everyone in threadville at the moment. That amazed me considering that his family is not in a very well state. Heck! We're not even sure if his family is alive. But we do know for sure that his dad is gone.

From what we see, oliver is pretty neutral with everyone in threadville. Except for veena because they are best friends.

From what I've observed, oliver may feel threatened by rocky. Either because of his size or the fact that he knows what's going on. Notice how oliver didn't exactly freak out when he saw rocky in that state. Instead, he focused on guiding us through the tunnels. Is it because this has happened before? Does he know what's going on with Rocky?

Family in threadville: Oliver's and rocky's(maybe Charlotte as well)

Here are some images

Oliver's family: Evelyn(mother), jasper(Brother), and June(sister)

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't Oliver's mom look kind of sick in the first picture compared to the rest? Also, I realized something about the second picture. This was from supernob's Twitter, and the caption read: "You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened. There was nothing you could have done." What happened here? What could have occurred so bad that she had blamed herself for it? Was it something regarding oliver? Probably not. My best guess is that it had something to do with her husband. And is that fire reflecting off her eyes? Did her husband's death have something to do with a fire?

Oliver's siblings:

Realize how Oliver's siblings look NOTHING like him or his family. Could they be adopted? Of course, in the real world, people can inherent traits from their ancestors or other family members. So I guess that applies in the puppet word as well.

Rocky's family:

So, from Rocky's character card, we already know he's half bear half dog. But this photo of his parents confirmed it.

Here, wait a minute, take a minute to look at younger rocky

I don't have anything to say in regard to younger him he just looks adorable.

ANYWAYS-

I'm guessing his parents are still alive, but do they know what's become of their son? We know nothing about them. We're not even sure if they were good parents. But I wonder how they would react if they saw the state rocky is in now.

Charlotte:

Charlotte's character card says no one knows who Charlotte's parents are or where she comes from. So they just left their child there. Why? Was it because they didn't want her? Or because they really COULDN'T give her the proper care she needs.

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS THATS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW BUH BYE MY ST4R BABIES.

-St4rry out☆

[lesbiandarvey]

anon i hope its okay but i answered here under the cut! 👍 cus well i am 100% at the devils sacrament with you but just wanted it under a readmore plus i thought might as well add it to the original post for context

Anonymous asked: hi, if i can put my two cents on the gale!omega topic. i haven't actually considered but i love the idea of alpha!marge it adds another layer of gale's "this is the right thing, this is how it is supposed to be" bc even though same primary gender (male/male & female/female) couples aren't forbidden, an alpha/omega-male/female is so much more accepted. also marge doesn't quite fit the sterotipical alpha woman, so she struggles with her identity in the same way gale has a hard time accepting/letting go his instincts, but being with marge feels "correct" they get along well, know each other since highschool and everything is as comfortable as gale could ask in his life (being a omega male isn't easy either, a lot of predujice, rape, violent partners). then gale meets bucky and well… everything goes to shit bc for the first time he understands what it means to be compatible/being attracted to someone in the most primal sense, the smell the feromones, the sole prescence of bucky throws his hormones into a rollarcoaster and makes his omega so insanely happy by just being close to him that gale just panics and shut down everything on the omega department, which unsurprisingly makes him even more miserable than before bucky is so attuned to gale that notices immediately and tries to coax him with his smell, his affection, it's natural, it's instinctual, bucky doesn't even realize he is trying to soothe gale and the other is resisting with all his strength which shockingly pUTS BUCKY ALPHA IN DISTRESS BC HIS OMEGA ISN'T ACCEPTING HIM [dog whinning noises] and well the rest is clasic clegan angst until gale breaks and BOOM SEX (after that gale cann't accept anything that isn't bucky). my other fav flavor on clegan omegaverse is gale hidding his omega nature since the military doesn't accept them BUT BUCKY KNOWS and its killing both (bucky trying to hide the few time gale scent gets away from his patches with his strong alpha scent and making everyone in the room dizzy and giving the boys headaches "bucky you fucking stink, someone open a window"). that's all, sorry for the word vomit.

okay. OKAY. first of all YES i 100% follow the logic here i think this is very well argued but i do still disagree sorry lol. okay i think what youre saying is that buck (omega) would be with marge (alpha) because in their world thats The Thing He Has To Do to be normal hes an omega shes an alpha theyll mate and have little blonde children together. and that in our world the thing he had to do to be normal was be heterosexual and that translates in their world as pairing up alpha/omega style i think thats your point. which i can almost agree with i am almost there!!

but for me i think in the omegaverse world (at least in 1940) pairing up alpha-omega and being heterosexual are still equally important and that like you said not only would it be hard for gale to accept the fact hes gay but also that hes an omega (and all that that entails) which is why i think marge would be a beta actually!! bc if shes a beta then he can live as a beta man too they can get normal married and he can get her pregnant and they can just have a normal life where he gets to Be The Man and replicate heterosexuality and be sufficiently masculine (and like, im sorry to be crass but its 100% about penetration. like i think he and marge in canonverse have like clumsy missionary position lights off sex and i cant image him ever asking her to fuck him with a strapon he would be HUMILIATED by the concept so like in the omegaverse i still cant imagine him getting with an alpha woman who would want to penetrate him. like they have to have boring vanilla straight people sex where he is trying soo hard to stay aroused. again sorry to be crass lol). like its all about him wanting to be The Man of the relationship (his words not mine) and that means he has to be the one on top (again his reasoning not mine).

all that being said i also totally agree that it would be a big deal to him to be an omega even moreso to be gay and a gay omega but also like you said it would still be something relatively known and accepted to some degree but that being with bucky would change everything for him!! and like you said what it would be like to feel that attraction in the most primal sense with the pheromones and the instincts and it would just be different than anything else hes had with marge. and bucky makes him feel things hes never felt before and if marge is an alpha it means cus hes with bucky a man and if shes a beta it means cus hes with bucky an alpha man. and like you said originally it would be a layer of like, buck is with marge an alpha so hes with the person hes supposed to be with aka an alpha it still doesn't Feel right and like okay i get that i like that. that would parallel with our world of him getting with a beautiful woman like hes supposed to and it still not Feeling right and he doesnt really know why

also. just as an aside, if marge is an alpha i dont think shed mate him or bit mark him whatever its called. claim?? she wouldnt claim him. cus in the show they dont get engaged until he was already over there the bremen mission so i think they wouldnt properly "mate" until after the war. (oooh that opens a can of worms doesnt it something where theyre in the stalag and obviously buck and bucky are in love and gale is having to deal with the heats alone and bucky cant DO anything about it cus theyre not together and gales with marge and his alpha is back home in the states and bucly just has to WATCH the man he loves suffer thru this yknow you can see the themes)

and yesss definitely the classic clegan angst of bucky trying to take care of gale and gale going nooooooo and bucky whyyyyyyy dog whining noises!!! yess love that

and i think like another thing to think about idk how this informs our discussion but i was thinking about it this morning is that. i dont think (in canonverse) gale would have had access to modern medicine until he enlisted like im pretty sure he grew up on a ranch or farm or cabin in rural wyoming i dont think he would have access to like, vaccines. most of which came out in the 40s 50s and 60s (like for example smallpox wasnt eradicated in the us until 1949) SOO. all that means i dont think he would have access to heat suppressants until he enlisted. like if theyre what i think they are--a synthetic chemical compound--i dont think he would get any in casper. meaning hed have to lock himself in his room once a month and ride it out. so the question is would his repression overcome that, getting pon farr urges once a month for years. now that i dont know. and i dont think it really does anything for our inital conversation just some food for thought.

ANYWAYYY. this has all been very strange and i love it!!!! im an omegaverse newbie but its soooo interesting to me once you know the rules of the universe and the logistical problems of applying it to the source material it opens some serious thought exercises for our favorite guys

well.

honestly i think if we seriously are gonna put gale cleven in the omegaverse it raises some questions. okay ive read like 4(?) total omegaverse fanfictions ever in my life and its been all over the past two weeks but i think i understand the terminology and worldbuilding enough to talk about it. okay so if were really saying gale is an ωμέγα that raises some serious questions right. like especially about marge and gale’s internalized homophobia.

like basically if were saying we’re putting gale cleven in a world where hes essentially a brood mare and has to endure monthly pon farrs would he really be able to make it work with marge is his repression that strong. and like i know they can take medications for the pon farrs (heats. i know theyre called heats i just still cant say it out loud) would he really be okay settling down with some nice patient beta woman like marge. and would bucky (alpha, knows what all this is like*) believe him that gale wants that

*and i do think. my understanding is that the betas (regular people, and by extension us the audience) do not understand alphas and omegas. and what they feel and how it feels—everything from the pack mentality, the bonds, the use of scent that alphas and omegas use and have evolved (been bred?) to use the betas really just dont get. so when bucky asks gale “[marge] understand it? all of it?” they both know she doesnt

also gale wants a little baby. of course he does. he wants a baby and he wants a baby with john and he wants john to take care of him when hes pregnant with their baby. but whatever hes going home to marry marge

mm also. can you fake attraction in the omegaverse. like if its all instinctual and based on pheromones and attraction is primarily an expression to populate the species can you fake it. could gale be the perfect All American Man he presents himself as to marge as and how he pretends to be in public.

[emerdoodls]

copying @violettehoneybee and drawing jean w a dog :)

(+ref)

[dozzerxb]

more dogman fanart but as old men and a teen

[the--firevenus]

Like to think about Jason being the most over protective Robin between all the Robins, like they all are protective of the batman but he's the most vocal about it and will not be shy saying it cuz it's the truth also that's his dad bro hello? Yes he'd say it out loud!?

Like to think that habit didn't die actually, just repressed really really well but the second a threat was aim to Batman's head suddenly you got punch good square in the face by red hood, it's scary cuz for a big guy (bigger than batman) they didn't hear him coming nor does they expect the goddamn crime lord to protect batman, but he did, he's very pissed about it too, then he yelled at Bruce for his lack of awareness to the surrounding

And if Bruce felt nostalgic for a moment from that, well, he won't say it to anyone but his ever slightly soft smile on his face as he type his report would gave it away to anyone observing

[shannonsketches]

Why is the anime so weird, it's not even the same series dude?? It's like,

Anime:

GOKU: I have a great idea to bring peace to the universe, and my leadership and compassion alone will unite us all. I have No Flaws and am A True Relatable Everyman :)

VEGETA: NO! I AM THE BEST AND I WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL I AM RECOGNIZED AS SUCH!!!!

Manga:

GOKU: Vegeta what's cornmeal made of? I know it's what the corn eats, but what's it made of? VEGETA: Hey Kakarot let's play the quiet game until one of us dies.

[what-is-it-to-be-pk-esque]

Ok I know I'm heavily biased here but like I kinda love that Astarion's romance is one of the few in this type of video game where you basically end up canonically unmarried and childfree in his "good" ending? Just travelling the world??

Like it's honestly the millennial dream lmfaoo cannot believe i chose what would undoubtedly be my favorite option, first try

[refriedcaprisun]

RAHHH HAPPY HALLOWEEN‼️🎃🦇

Since its almost halloween i had to draw them in halloween costumes!

I feel like Kyouka would like watching sailor moon and think it would be even funnier if she convinced atsushi to be artemis ヽ(*´∀｀)

[dazais-guardian-angel]

Chapter 110 is 13 pages long welcome to hell!!! so in a lot of ways this is just more fuel for a theory that I've had for a few weeks now, that's only gotten stronger with each recent season 5 episode, which is that the last episode of the season is gonna end on 110, and that Asagiri/Harukawa and Bones have been collaborating to make this happen, specifically because it's a major turning point that would be the only good place to end the season on.

When we started getting especially long chapters again (like from 25-35ish pages, with the exception of 107.5, the last two being some of the longest we've ever had), at first I just assumed that Asagiri/Harukawa got freed up from some other obligations they'd been having to cause the extremely short/half chapters, like promotional stuff for the anime/Beast movie, or working on light novels. But then 109 happened, with the "supposed" death of Dazai, and heavy emphasis at the end on how literally everyone is at their lowest point right now, and I got to thinking. 11 episodes is a strangely specific number for an anime season -- why not 12, or 13, or even 10, like you'd usually see? Why have we gotten suddenly gotten two 35 page chapters out of nowhere, that's almost unheard of at this point? They're both beautiful chapters, don't get me wrong (as always), and maybe A/H simply just didn't want to cut them in halves because they felt like the full emotional impact wouldn't hit/that there were no good cutoff points in them, but you can't deny that it's surprising, after all the shorter chapters we've been getting. Why has the anime been going at such insanely breakneck pacing for the most part ever since around the Sunday Tragedy chapters, even more so than it has in the past? So much so that it feels dangerously close to overtaking the manga?

Well, maybe, just maybe, it's because..... Asagiri decided a long time ago that whatever happens in 110 is the only point that feels "season finale"-worthy enough, in an arc that still isn't anywhere close to being completely wrapped up, and so both the manga and the anime have been specifically coordinated to reach that part within 2 and a half weeks of each other?

I've seen a lot of people now think season 5 will end with 109, and as much as my sadistic side would find that hilarious, I honestly don't think they'd do that and realistically don't want it to happen; it'd be so cruel to cliffhanger the anime for years like that, and just doesn't feel like a season cliffhanger BSD would do, a series that is ultimately hopeful and uplifting. Seasons 2 and 3 had a positive, conclusive ending; the only reasons seasons 1 and 4 didn't was because they're technically not really full seasons of their own, and are more like the first cour of another "season" that also came out that same year (seasons 1 and 2 both aired in 2016, so they're more like one big season, and seasons 4 and 5 have both aired this year, so they're also more like one big season, again taking into account how episodes 12 and 50 are not satisfying finales like episodes 24, 37, and hypothetically, 61, are). I really can't see season 5 ending with Dazai and Fukuzawa's supposed deaths, Sigma being unconscious and maybe close to death, Atsushi being vulnerable and limbless again, everyone we love still vampires, and the entire world being basically doomed; that's just too depressing and not like BSD at all. However, having said that, if it doesn't end there, there really isn't any good place to end the season before that, either, that feels in any way satisfying or like a finale at all. And so, to me, that only leaves after 109: chapter 110.

I think things are really gonna turn around next chapter. Like I said, everyone is at their lowest point right now, it cannot possibly get any worse, the framing of Dazai, Fukuzawa, and sskk at the end of 109 is telling us that; this is the time for the heroes to finally start winning again, with Aya being so close to pulling out the sword, and for all the thematic reasons other people have talked about to death that I don't need to go into here again. This upcoming chapter being so short again makes a part of me wary of 110 being "the one", so to speak, I won't lie, but at the same time, it's very possible that it needs to be that short because that's all the final episode of the season will be able to reasonably fit in, since it's already gonna be VERY close if they do make it all the way to 109. And at the end of the day, I don't doubt at all that Asagiri and Harukawa can make these the most monumental and game-changing mere 13 pages ever if they wanted to; a chapter does not at all need to be extremely long in order to be an important and impactful one, even if short ones we've gotten in the past haven't felt the most important.

An additional thought I've had, though this is much more crack territory than all this already is, is that since we know from Anime Expo that a Stormbringer movie at some point is highly likely (judging from Asagiri's reaction when someone brought it up), it's possible that chapter 110 and thus the final episode will involve the long-anticipated return of Verlaine and/or Adam, or at least some other major reference to Stormbringer, that would naturally and smoothly lead into a Stormbringer movie to explain things to people who haven't read the novel. It would make a lot of sense, especially since the s4 OP has the Old World sign behind Chuuya, which might be a hint that this has been in the works ever since seasons 4/5 were first in planning with Asagiri. We also know that Dazai and Chuuya's voice actors apparently struggled to record their lines together this season, which probably relates to 101 and possibly 109, but it could be 110 too.... I could be very wrong, as I'm no expert on this kind of thing, but I kinda doubt they would bring Chuuya's actor in for just the vampire growls, and Asagiri placing heavy emphasis on Chuuya's importance this season in that one interview gives me the impression that he's talking about much more than just 101/109. But that's the least solid evidence I have, that's just mostly based on vibes I get.

So basically, I think a lot of factors -- the unusual episode count, how close the anime is to catching up to the manga with three whole episodes left, the seemingly arbitrary recent chapter lengths, and the climactic events of 109 -- can tell us that 110 might be a very, VERY big deal. Again, there's of course no way this arc is anywhere near close to being finished, with so much left to address and resolve, but since it is currently incomplete in the manga, unlike the previously adapted arcs, if the anime was going to adapt it at all, they'd have to find a place that feels satisfying enough to end this season, knowing there won't be more anime for a long time after this, and so I think they specifically planned for that, from both Bones' and A/H's sides. 10 episodes might not have been enough to reach that point, but 12 or 13 might have been too many it wouldn't have been if Bones actually decided to slow down and let the story breathe the way it needs to, but this post isn't meant to criticize the anime, so maybe 11 was just right. And maybe Asagiri and Harukawa specifically pushed to make recent chapters longer than usual, in order to make sure that the manga reached the story content in 110 the monthly release right before season 5 was to end.

Is this just copium? Absolutely. Am I going to look like an absolute clown in two days when this post ages like milk? Probably. But the evidence is There, so let me just enjoy my delusions until Sunday, okay 🥂🫡