#i like aliens and fairies and happy endings

[s--strawberry]

yknow ive actually after all this years never read a destiel fic ??? i hate searching for fics and im under the impression most of the fics about them are gonna be tragic and sad which i dont like so i would have to spend a lot of time looking to find a cute funny one,,,

[mambodork]

You answered how each of the hoa buttercups found out about each other, but how do the other hermits react? Is there anyone oblivious to about hoa situation? (I think skizz would be, he would just think mumbo, grian and scar were the normal amount of weird and go ok to anything)

OH, what a fun question! I haven't been thinking too much about this but I'll try my best...

I think after Grian found out about Mumstache he would go straight to Iskall to complain (or maybe prank him along w Mumstache's help). Iskall would just end up laughing his ass off. Like, straight up losing it.

and then it's revealed later on that Grian is ALSO a little guy and Iskall loses it once again, he thinks this is the most hilarious shit that has ever happened ever.

For a more angsty reaction, I'm assuming everyone who knows Grian before his "ascension" AKA the Evo people would be quite mixed emotions at best. Like this guy you've known pretty well dissapears for a bit and then you meet him again and it's pretty cool except for the fact he is now some otherworldly god-thing space spaghetti who has to keep making himself new bodies cuz his old one got destroyed. Like, happy you're not dead man, but what the fuck. Anyways, angsty reunions are always kinda a given in watcher Grian stuff so!! Yeah, not much difference in there!!

I like to imagine Joel and Lizzie to be kinda grossed out by it... like imagine them seeing this weird alien brain creature and facial hair and also blue evil fairy and their face cringes and they just go "eugh..."

Stress would probably find them the cutest little thing ever.

Etho would probably be a little freaked out, i think? Like he would awkwardly just stand there looking at these totally weird & creepy creatures and pretend he's 100% okay with it. Meanwhile Bdubs would just be vocally terrified. Like screams and points whenever he sees them wandering around type thing.

[acerathia]

novae || Xiao

Summary:

nova: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process

The souls filled with karma find relief under the touch of your skin. Yet, you've never tried to cleanse anyone, not since you've gained your freedom. Until the one you're indebted to asks you to help a certain Adeptus. And who are you to refuse?

Wordcount: 4.6k

Read on AO3

Pairing:

Xiao / Reader

Tags/CW:

reader is an adeptus, implied to be an electro user, flashbacks to the archon war, slight deception by healing xiao, slowly falling in love, giving him flowers, making him food, confessions, both love and others, indirectly though, promises to stay

Note:

I lack human contact waow,,, sorry for the repost, accidentally deleted it whoops

Everything hurt, soreness laying a thick coat over your very being. You’re barely able to feel your fingertips, only the tingling at their base assures you of their continued existence. Tongue darting you, you lick at your chapped lips, trying to ignore the dryness in the cavity of your mouth itself. But even your tongue feels barren, your attempt futile. Your skin feels like it’s going to crack the moment you dare to move, so you lay still, wishing for a mere drop of water to fall upon you, to let you relish in its spirit of life. This feeling of helplessness makes you wish you were dead. Yes, death. Something to truly free you from your suffering. Yet, your own body shackles you in your immortality; left with no choice but to let yourself rot without any perceptible changes. The rot only you can feel, the rot only you can accept and take. A blessing turned curse. Like any old fairy tale. But you doubt that you’re going to have a happy end. Not with the ravage happening outside.

At least that’s what you think it might happen outside, stuck in the darkness, a cave with no escape. A prisoner only used for your essence only to be tossed aside once your use has expired, but never freed, never let go. Being in the palm of their hands feels like the cold ground underneath you. Unwelcoming, hard, a chill to your bones, and a constant ache.

You barely remember how much time you have spent in this prison, shadows swallowing everything you could use to discern the passing of the passages of time. You barely remember the first days of your stay; filled with fights, heat, resistance. You barely remember, but your body certainly does, clamping up at the mere roughness of someone, at every instance someone raises their voice, no matter the reason.

Suddenly, some dust flutters down, freed from the ceiling far above, only to get inhaled by your lungs. A cough wracks your body, and with every contraction it feels like a piece of you is going to splinter and break away. The tiny vibrations, once not perceptible and instantly there, are shaking you to the core. And you knew what’s going to happen shortly, what they’re going to do to you once again. With every visit you are left with more pain, with more nightmares, with less life. Yet, this is the only way for you to survive, even if involuntarily. As long as you were of use to them, they weren’t likely to get into the mood to rid themselves of you. Not that they cared about your existence beyond what you could offer them. As long as you pleased them. And never do they offer you anything in return, leaving you hollowed, cracking yet filled with vitality beyond what you desire.

The trembling grows into a rumble, the ground shaking as rock scrapes against rock. They’re here. And they’re going to give you their pain, the alienations they’re suffering from, pushing them into you to get rid of all their own suffering. And you can’t help but be curious why. What is going on outside your isolated cave for them to come back on the brink of their eternal sleep?

You turn your head slightly towards the opening of the cave, even if the spraying light might blind you, might warm you, you try to take a peek outside, as you do every single time with no avail. But this time, this time you’re facing something much brighter, a different figure towering over the entrance. His eyes are glowing a bright ember. And suddenly, a feeling of safety envelops you.

*-*

Sunshine warms your skin, flooding your sight underneath your eyelids with a bright peach orange. A groan escapes you, as you try to shut your eyes even tighter, but the effort of ridding yourself of the light is simply not worth it. So, you slowly open your eyes again, only to be greeted by the almost red leaves swaying with the breeze. Some of the leaves freed themselves, slowly traveling down towards you. And you stretch out your arm to catch one, yet, despite its close proximity, you miss your chance, and the leaf continues on its journey, only to be joined by the wind.

With a silent thud, you let your arm fall back down. With your eyelids fluttering, leaving your vision blurry and unfocused, you simply watch the intricate dance of the wind, only visible by the twirls of the leaves around it. There’s no need for you to move, no reason at all. Your motivation to go around your day to day life does not exist. Even if you have responsibilities, ones which do not matter in times of peace, reducing their importance to nothing but ashes of the past. Being made an adeptus amounts to nothing after all. And you’re not someone who desires to sniff out the affairs of others, to simply have something to do. Just doing nothing is enough for you, being free to do so is enough for you. That’s your mindset; as long as you’re free, nothing truly matters.

That’s at least what you’re trying to tell yourself. But the moment a rich voice, one all-too familiar, sounds from underneath the tree you're sitting on, you immediately jolted into an upright position, your eyes scanning the table down below. Your first thought is that you might be experiencing some kind of hallucination, but then you remember that you would have noticed any influence on your mind and body. Still, you can’t believe your eyes. It’s almost like a memory came to life. Amber eyes, a brown ponytail, and the same tea he’s always sipping on.

A chuckle. “Good morning, my dear. May I inquire why you have been neglecting your responsibilities?”

Startled, you want to immediately jump down and to make sure that everything before you is real, but you feel a weird coldness on your face and you lead your fingers to your cheeks. Wetness. One sticking to the corners of your eyes, almost dry tracks running down your skin; and your eyes flicker. Have you been crying? There’s no reason for you to cry.

You furrow your eyebrows as you scrub the remnants of whatever happened in your sleep away. Glancing back down, Rex Lapis is still there, waiting for your answer with incredible patience, one that should be unaccustomed to you, his rage and short temper something you got acquainted with the moment you first met him.

Yet, you’re thankful for his patience as you finally make your way down to him, taking a seat on the other side of the table. And then you rest your head on your palm, elbows on the table, body leaning dangerously to the side.

“Good morning, Rex Lapis. Well, I’ve gotten used to not following any responsibilities, you see, not a bit of motivation in my bones. Surely you must understand that, Sir.” Your eyes flutter and stay heavy lidded, even if your heart is beating much too loud in your head.

This is Morax, Rex Lapis. The One who Strikes Deals. And you reckon you have a certain deal with him, even if he never was one to ensure your part to be fulfilled. Now he comes to collect.

A sip of tea. A moment of silence. You peeking at him from between your eyelashes. His cup returns to the small plate with a clink similar to a bell, making you shiver.

“Well, I suppose I do. Yet, a broken contract has consequences, and you are very well aware of that, yes?”

His gaze upon you is soft, a glint akin to the warm sunshine, nothing like the blazing fire that once occupied his mind. You swallow, pulling your shoulders closer to your ears. Morax doesn’t need any answer, he simply continues.

“Then, you shall go to Wangshu Inn. Once you have arrived you will know what to do.”

Immediately, you straighten up, nodding your head, only to bow before him the moment you’re back on your feet. Your heart is still beating, yet your worries ease at his soft voice, not a hint of malice to be felt. Rather, it almost seemed like Rex Lapis is plotting something and he’s only planning to watch you from afar.

But that’s okay, as long as you don’t land in another cave, darkness swallowing you whole, or be abandoned by the one who saved you, you will gladly accept anything he asks of you, anything he obeys you to do. As long as you can stay by his side, content and accepted.

With light steps you begin to jump down the mountain, following the flow of the water towards Jueyun Karst, only to continue following a path between mountain ridges, leading you over water and towards open plains. You’re thankful for the open view, as you are able to discern Wangshu Inn in the distance, keeping your feet onto the path leading up to it.

Arriving at the small island, you take a moment to simply stare, admiring the height and the life bustling around this small place. Only after a while do you continue your travel, climbing towards the inn in a couple of small jumps.

The reception is almost equally filled with noise as the ground below, yet you fail to see the actual reason Morax has sent you to this place. But you can’t return without anything. So, you continue exploring the space, peeking into the hot kitchen, the smell of freshness mixing with spice, discovering the guest rooms, until you uncover the terrasse, one empty of the crowd down below.

There are no signs forbidding entrance, and nothing to stop you from stepping closer to the railing. The soft breeze caresses your face and you breathe out.

But before you could release any tension properly, you feel a shiver down your spine and you spin towards the source. The source of the pressure you’re all-too-well acquainted with; one of hatred and pain. Your breath catches in your lungs, phantom cracks ripping through your joints.

Only to face another, not a human but an adeptus, and something more. Teal frames his soft features, making the gold in his eye pierce through your being. You swallow. An illuminated beast stands in front of you, one taking the form of a human. And this can only make him one thing: A Yaksha.

You know him, or rather, you know of him. The last of his kind, the Conqueror of Demons, and equally haunted by them. Despite his calm appearance and the small frown on his face, he is dripping with karmic debt, and you realize why Rex Lapis has sent you to this place, to the Conqueror of Demons.

And you ought to be angry, to be scared to go through everything once again, to be hurt. Of being sapped of life and filled with evilness only to get thrown away like a puppet without strings. The bitter taste sneaks down your throat, a memory now non-existent.

“You, what do you seek in this place?” his voice brings you back to your current situation.

The words are rough, guarded, yet his voice has a soft quality, akin to silk against your skin, and you blink a couple of times, imagining him calling you by your name, in another tone. You almost forget to answer, but his sheer presence and its fluidity, easy to go as it came, reminded you once again of what you had to do.

You take a step closer, a slight bow to show your respects towards the Conqueror of Demons, and you introduce yourself, sharing your name with another with a name of the same origin. You wait, but nothing happens, he doesn’t tell you to hide away. So, you continue, straightening yourself to meet him eye to eye; only to notice the sparkle in his eyes as the soft glow of the sinking sun stows itself in them.

“I’m honored to meet you, Conqueror of Demons. Rex Lapis has sent me to this place, presumably to stay by your side for some time.”

His frown deepens at your words, and his body turns away the slightest bit, as if his senses are telling him to refuse and be done with it. But his mind seems to be aware of the person standing behind you, pushing you towards him with a plan bigger than any of you. Two adepti with a debt towards the generosity personified; yet it can never be enough to pay the price of life, of freedom.

Despite his reluctance, you begin to notice how your mere presence is alleviating his burden. That means that his senses and mind might be at odds with each other, yet his body is experiencing relief with you by his side. You don’t know how to feel about it, about manipulating his burden against him, even if unintentionally.

You don’t get enough time to properly stew with the possible consequences of your actions, but at the end of this, you had no real choice, did you? Who are you to defy orders from your savior? Using your abilities on a stranger, as renowned he might be, is something you have to take upon yourself to relieve your own debt.

A huff. “Fine, if Rex Lapis has told you to accompany me, then you shall do so, but stay out of my way,” he warns you, before disappearing with the next flow of wind.

The tips of your fingers crackle as small bits of electricity jump between them. A sigh; a stretch of fingers and joints. He might have thought this move would throw you off his tracks, yet he seems to have forgotten that despite your lacking, you still are an adeptus. So, it doesn’t take long for you to discover his prints of zapping electricity, flowing with each move, each thought. A system so similar to everyone else, yet different in the way it exists, processes, responds; one you’re bound to know like you know yourself.

With his position in mind, you begin your journey towards him, your speed not up to par to his when he’s one with the wind, yet consistent enough to catch up to him eventually. The open plains make traveling easier, too.

Easier to see, as you discover plums of darkness hovering over a certain area, only to vanish as something cuts through them. Picking up your speed, you hurry towards the battleground of the lost and the grudges. Yet, despite being there, you could not act, could not help, your body not owning any techniques to fight. All you could do is wait, wait and pick up the pain and pieces.

The shadows vanish and leave only the ickiness of being haunted by the past behind, with the bitter taste of a promise to return. You step towards the only living being in between all these nightmares from another era, shoulders slumped and breath heaving.

You want to call out to him, but it doesn’t feel right to use his name or to use his title, so you just– “It’s me…”

Licking your lips, taking a breath, waiting and waiting and waiting, but he doesn’t refuse your presence, and you step closer slowly, softly, ignoring the stickiness around you, focusing on him and his unfocused gaze upon your silhouette.

Carefully, you put your arms around him, helping him walk towards another space, free from the tarnished souls seeking to taint in return. With your support he sits under the shade of a tree, back against the trunk, heavy and uneven.

You murmur a quick apology, as you settle in front of him, almost too close, to let your fingertips come into contact with his shoulders. A breath, in sync. Buzzing, in your veins, and slowly you notice the tension release in his body as the pain leaves him. A hiss, too silent to be heard, as the karmic debt, his unending burden, and pain, seep into your bones, creaking and whistling. A familiar sensation. A sensation too familiar it seems, because your body starts doing its job, breaking everything down, crumbling it into nothing, leaving you with a phantom of an ache.

After you have taken what you could, you slump to the side, laying down onto the soft grass, and the breeze reminds you of your place, and despite the tension and the spasms filling your body, you smile.

Glancing towards the Conqueror of Demons, you notice that his body has sunk in itself, muscles finally releasing the tension of suffering. And for a moment you both stay laying like this, side by side, one digesting and ridding yourself of the pain, the other relishing in the newly acquired freedom.

Maybe this is the starting point of his trust towards you, lending him a hand when needed the most, but that doesn’t matter, as another moment has a place in your heart, in his heart, too.

Since that first fight, you have been trailing behind him, staying on the sidelines as he fights the anger and hatred left behind, waiting for the end so you can patch him up, using your own abilities to heal whatever injuries he might have sustained. All while slowly cleansing him of his karmic debt with each touch, each skin to skin, with each bit of distance closed.

Sometimes you greet him with some stuff you have collected as you wandered around. Showing him glittering shells and shiny, smooth gemstones. There is even a moment, when you have collected flowers, climbing and singing to get your hands on them, to hand a bouquet to him after his fighting and healing session is over.

“This is for you, Conqueror of Demons!” you grin as you hold them towards him, excited to see his reaction to yet another present.

And your arms slack, the flowers sink, at the sight of his frown, one you hadn’t seen since your first encounter. You press your lips together, trying to think what you had done wrong this time, opposed to every other surprise.

“It’s Xiao,” he tells you, voice soft, careful, guarded in some way, yet desperate for something, something more.

And you smile. “Yes! This is for you, Xiao!”

A slight blush spreads over his cheeks, dusting him in a lovely shade of a late afternoon sun, and the Conque– no, Xiao takes them with slow movements, tips of fingers touching and tingling, mindful of the delicateness of the flowers, aware of the too-soft connection, one with no real reason but to simply, touch.

Feeling the heat spreading over your skin, you grab a single flower, pulling your fingers away in the process. You look at the flower, a Qingxin and you slowly twirl it. Glancing back at Xiao, his own eyes are focused on the small bouquet in his hands. So, you make use of the little distraction and lean forward to tuck the flower into his hair, secured by his ears.

Of course, he has noticed you move and your eyes meet, faces close, your fingertips grazing his cheeks, and you’re grateful gravity pulls you back into a sitting position the moment you feel yourself freeze. Still, you give him a smile, even with the warmth covering your skin and his intense gaze.

The moment didn’t last long, as a cold feeling rained on your senses, alarming you of yet another gathering of negativity. And Xiao isn’t one to forgo his responsibilities for mere companionship, even if his eyes linger as he makes his way towards the next fight in this unending chain. Despite that, you promise to continue to stay behind him, to support him with steadiness.

The sun sets and rises in a continuous flow, and since that day you started trailing less and accompanying more, instead of simply seeing his back, you began to look to the side towards him. The time together has forged something special, yet, there continues to be distance between your fingertips, even as you walk side by side. Distance which feels wider than the Chasm itself, as your desire to touch him, to be close to him grows with every kind gesture Xiao shows you. But, you continue to deny your own feelings, deny whatever is sparking between you and him.

Until you’re sitting in front of a fire, making food as you wait for him to return. The adepti do not need sustenance, yet you indulge yourself with delicacies, not keen on staying without for no reason. Additionally, a little whisper has reached your ears, telling you of his favorite food, one even Xiao takes delight in, and for some reason you feel the desperate need to make Almond Tofu for him, so you do.

The recipe was provided by Verr Goldet when you subtly asked her about possible foods in your last visit. Since then you have been slowly collecting the necessary ingredients to make it happen. Though the process has been a little more difficult than you had anticipated, and above what you might expect of your own abilities, you finally drizzle some syrup over the bowl as a last touch.

The meal between your hands and only the shine of the fire, you look upon your creation with pride and excitement. And soon, Xiao comes back, taking a seat by your side without hesitation. Immediately, your body reacts, putting one hand on his shoulder, looking for injuries in his own little network of electricity, while sapping another portion of his karmic debt. Luckily, this fight has left him unscathed, so there isn’t a lot for you to do.

Giddiness overtakes you, because you pull out the prepared meal and push it towards him without any words. Without hesitation, Xiao accepts what you give him, his hand covering yours, holding the bowl between you, his gloves warm against your skin; and this is the touch you have been longing for for some time.

You watch him as he realizes what the meal entails and he looks up from the Almond Tofu towards you, eyes wide and filled with surprise and something oh-so soft. Especially with the way the flames of the fire caress his features, making his eyes revering and gentle. His jaw works, and the words escape him as he continues to simply look at you, to let his eyes linger over every feature of yours.

And you realize something. Something you have denied yourself, denied him. But before you could truly voice your heart, your soul, promising him your everything, he has the right to know the truth.

So, you make sure the meal is properly in his hands before you pull yours carefully, reluctantly out of his soft grip. You open your mouth, only to close it, words escaping, your heart heavy. There’s no foreshadowing how he might react, how badly what you have done, have been doing, could affect whatever has been budding between you.

Xiao… There’s something I need to tell you…” you start, wrangling with the right words, wanting to tell him the truth, yet not hurt him more than he has been hurt already.

He simply tilts his head, waiting for you to continue your confession, an almost hopeful glint in his eyes, the meal yet untouched.

“I– I’m sorry, but, well, you see, Rex Lapis has sent me to you, you already know, but… there’s a reason. How– uhm, how do I say it… I’ve been by your side to cleanse your karmic debt, using the powers bestowed upon me… That’s– That’s why you have been feeling at peace by my side…” Your fingers writhe on your lap, your eyes avoiding direct eye contact, barely able to even look in his direction.

And all you can hear is a thunk of ceramic against rock. And all you can feel is the empty air, cold and nothing more. He has left without a word. Without telling you what his thoughts are, what he’s feeling about what you have done.

You slump into yourself, arms wrapping against your torso as you face your own knees. He’s gone because you have hurt him. You have hurt him and you have never realized that there’s another kind of pain, one squeezing the breath out of you, making your heart ache and your eyes burn; one that can be given and received at the same time.

The moon sinks and the sun greets you, and you don’t move from your spot. There’s no place for you to go. There’s no reason for you to continue following him if Xiao doesn’t even want your presence, your company anymore, and you cannot return to Mount Aocang just like that. So, you stay and wait, stay and wait. And for the first time in your time of being free, you feel restless at the lack of connection, of actions, of companionship.

During this time of waiting, you continue to stay in the same location, never straying too far from the initial fireplace, in hopes of him coming back to… to do anything, to talk, to confront you, to get angry, anything. So, you stay and wait, stay and wait.

When the sun is at its highest, you do seek some shade underneath the next tree big enough to provide you with some relief. You close your eyes, trying to plan your time, to fill it with meaninglessness to avoid any stray thoughts from getting to you. The breeze caresses your cheeks, and you open your eyes, expectations gone and yet growing.

A presence by your side. An all-too familiar pressure, much more soft, cared for than the first time. And when you tilt your head towards the source, your eyes meet illuminated golden eyes, the sun putting a halo in them, while the remnants of the wind play with teal strands of hair.

You gasp his name, breath clogging your throat and you have to swallow a couple of times, words refusing to form coherency in your mind.

Xiao lets his eyes wander over your face once again, familiarizing himself with a sight he had missed dearly during your time apart. Then, his fingers brush over yours, but instead of that being the end of the contact, he slowly begins to interlock his with yours, watching your reaction with his heightened focus. And you let him, feeling your breath growing shorter, your neck hotter at the intensity of his gaze upon you.

He murmurs your name. “During this time apart, I realized it’s too late to sever our connection… My heart– I mean, I will protect you as you protected me, as long as you stay by my side…”

His words touch something deep in you, vibrating in your chest, rattling you awake, bursting in you and overflowing your veins with warmth and comfort. A smile sneaks onto your lips.

“I will never leave your side as long as you allow me to,” you answer him, aware that there’s much more to say, much more to confess. But you’re both aware of each other's feelings, and you will take each step hand in hand.

A small smile graces his face, making him glow despite the shadows cast upon your faces. And as if it’s the usual thing to do, Xiao sinks into you, letting his head rest on your lap as the tension flows out. Your hands subconsciously start caressing his hair and you simply enjoy his presence, giving you peace.

The sun sets with your bodies and minds close, with the promise of staying together, of holding each other’s hands, of growing this love between you with each minute, with each word, with each gesture. And you promise him once again to stay by his side, as long as he stays by yours.

[theguywithaplan]

List of Video Games Turning 10 Years Old in 2024

Alien: Isolation

Assassin's Creed: Rogue (the one where you play as an Assassin turned Templar.)

Assassin's Creed: Unity (the one set during the French Revolution.)

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky

Azure Striker Gunvolt

The Banner Saga

Bayonetta 2

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea (the DLC where you go back to Rapture)

A Bird Story (a sort of spin-off of "To the Moon")

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (is this a sequel to 1 or a prequel to 1? I forgor)

Bravely Default (in North America)

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (the one with K*vin Sp*cey)

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (to date, the last new Castlevania game to release)

Child of Light

The Crew (going offline at the end of March)

D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (a wonderfully strange game from the guy that made Deadly Premonition)

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (in North America)

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (in North America)

Dark Souls II

Deception IV: Blood Ties

Demon Gaze

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

Disney Infinity 2.0

Divinity: Original Sin (from the team that would go on to make Baldur's Gate 3)

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Dragon Age: Inquisition (the winner of GOTY at the very first TGAs)

Drakengard 3

Earth Defense Force 2025 (EDF! EDF! EDF!)

The Evil Within (from the creative director of Resident Evil)

Fable Anniversary

Fairy Fencer F

Far Cry 4

Freedom Planet

Guilty Gear Xrd Sign

Hyrule Warriors

Inazuma Eleven (in North America. And digital only.)

Infamous: Second Son (as well as its expansion, First Light)

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

The Last of Us Remastered (just one year after the original version came out...)

The Legend of Korra (the game from PlatinumGames that you can't buy anymore)

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Lego The Hobbit

The Lego Movie Videogame

Lethal League (from the team that would go on to make Bomb Rush Cyberfunk)

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (the third and final chapter of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy)

Lisa: The Painful (yes, really)

LittleBigPlanet 3

Lords of the Fallen (not to be confused with Lords of the Fallen, which came out in 2023)

Mario Golf: World Tour

Mario Kart 8 (the original version)

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (the prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which came out 18 months later)

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Might & Magic X: Legacy

Murdered: Soul Suspect (it's like Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, but not as good)

Natural Doctrine

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! (a from the ground up remake of the first Oddworld game from 1997)

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (yes, it got a sequel. I don't know how or why.)

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Pokemon Omega Ruby & Pokemon Alpha Sapphire

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (the last time that Professor Layton himself was the protagonist. At least, until the New World of Steam comes out)

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Pushmo World

Risen 3: Titan Lords

Sacred 3

Samurai Warriors 4

Shadowrun: Dragonfall

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (the 3rd one)

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Shovel Knight (yes, really)

Skylanders: Trap Team (the 4th one)

Sniper Elite III

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Steins;Gate (in North America)

Strider (the one from Double Helix)

Sunset Overdrive

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS (or Smash 4 for short)

Tales of Xillia 2

Tales of Hearts R

The Talos Principle

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

Thief (the reboot)

This War of Mine

Toukiden: The Age of Demons

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (this game merged the storyline of the War for/Fall of Cybertron games with the storyline of the Michael Bay movies. I’m not joking)

Transistor

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Walking Dead: Season Two

Wasteland 2

Watch Dogs

The Witch and the Hundred Knight

The Wolf Among Us (sequel this year!)

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

Yoshi's New Island

[jezabatlovesbats]

Here are all of my observations from Unikitty! on what the Unikingdom’s society and culture is like. It’s so I can decide what to include in my AU, and what I���d rather not.

Here’s a full, detailed list of my observations. Long post warning!

The Values and Opinions of the Unikingdom:

Happiness

Fun

Friendship

Love

Carefreeness

Leisure

Creativity and pizazz

These are all very important to the people of the Unikingdom.

Being nice is heavily encouraged; Unikitty has nice princess duties.

Being, quote-unquote, “boring” or anything less than fun, positive, and creative is frowned upon. Being unhappy or angry is as well.

Stories, Mythology and Folklore of the Unikingdom:

Ghosts (There are definitely some spirits in this world. Ghosts are often seen. Could the Score Creeper be a ghost? Dino Dude also mentions the Ghost of Wipeout’s Past.)

Sentient Skeletons

What’s the deal with the Sugar Crash Coaster in Doki Diamond Funland? Can you wish on it? (Unikitty said, “I wish it never ended!” and then the ride never ended for the gang)

Score Creeper traps people’s souls in games

Magical things happening after bedtime (by the way, magic exists in this world)

Spell books for both casting spells and spelling words

Sorcerers

Alchemists

Mages

Pegasus?

Amazon warriors?

Mermaids

Sirens

Ogres

Trolls

Dragons

Wizards that fly on brooms

Witches that fly on brooms

Trickster spirits?

Skin thieves?

Poisoners?

Zombies

Neuromancers

Necromancers

Elves?

Gnomes?

Dwarves?

Goblins

Mysterious hook hands

Chainsaw killers

Lab monsters

Alien invasions

Demons?

An underworld?

Richard dresses like Frankenstein’s monster in Scary Tales?

Scary stories can really be about anything. You can leave someone quaking in their boots with a story about a permanent stain

Stories about pirates

The old beach legend of the Perfect Spot

Detective stories?

People can die from lovesickness in this world by being literally crushed by their crush; their feelings take the form of giant giggling hearts and crush them

The Curse of the Last One There (Whoever is in earshot when the curse is uttered is cursed to be literally turned into a rotten egg if they are the last one to get to a place)

”Chair Valhalla”?

Making wishes with coins, shooting stars, birthday candles, 11:11, wishbones, eyelashes, and four-leaf clovers

Fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Hansel and Gretel exist?

The Golden Goose?

Santa Claus?

The Tooth Fairy?

The Sandman?

Cupid?

Careen Ingle, a director on the show, stated that people can have kids via a stork bringing them pieces that look like them. They build the kid with those pieces. I’m not sure if this happens in the Unikingdom, Frowntown, or everywhere.

Unikingdom Naming Customs:

Animals in the Unikingdom are typically named after their being/what they are.

Lego brick creatures usually aren’t, like Richard, Beau and Kickflip.

Not everyone follows these customs.

Some people’s names are silly made-up words, like Bim-Bom or Stocko.

They don’t use surnames in the Unikingdom.

Areas in the kingdom are named after what they are. For example, Flowery Park is, as the name suggests, a flowery park.

Unikingdom Architecture:

Everything is, quote-unquote, “cute”

Everything is brightly colored and utilizes all the colors of the rainbow

Fountains?

Bouncy castles are legitimately buildings

Towers, either with pointy roofs (like Marques towers) or with round balls at the top

Decorative pennants and banners everywhere

Decorative lights and tassels

Flags

Unikitty’s castle is her, but way bigger

The mouth of her castle is a fountain

The tail is a greenhouse with a garden inside

The horn is a tower; there are crates full of stuff in it

There are secret passages in it (Are these in other buildings as well?)

The mouth fountain spills into the moat, which has a rainbow bridge going over it.

But there is another road to the castle that leads into its garage (where the gang’s vehicles are stored)

Buildings, furniture, and appliances can look like anything

They can also be constructed out of anything

Bunnies live in carrot houses

Crabs all live in a giant sand palace

Beds and homes can also be influenced by what type of animal someone is

Batty (a vampire bat) lives in a house that looks like a cave and sleeps hanging upside down on her ceiling

Hawkodile sleeps in a nest in his treehouse. His nest is never seen in his treehouse except for when he wakes up in one episode, so it’s implied he puts it away during the day.

In another episode, he wakes up with him and a pillow attached to a punching bag

Ball pits and silly slides

Circular/round windows

Lots of geometric shapes as well

Roller coaster tracks behind Unikitty’s castle

Spherical floating buildings behind her castle? We never saw what’s inside them

Towers with round, glowing lights

Gingerbread houses?

Fantasy yurts?

Round aquariums

Condomiums?

A Unikitty sphinx?

The Toy Zone/Toy District has shops similar to carnival booths

Japanese-inspired architecture in Action Forest, such as the dojo and the Torii gate in front?

By the way, Eagleator destroyed the dojo. It’s shown that it’s still destroyed to this day, and Eagleator camps out in the rubble now. But aren’t you supposed to treat a dojo with respect? (Did Eagleator kill Sensei Falcomodo?)

I don’t think the Unikingdom is trying to represent any real countries or cultures

Everything about Action Forest is based on gritty action movies from the 80s

Forts?

Stony lairs (such as Flamurtle’s lair)

Torches

Buildings, such as the castle, have secret passages

Tubes with sparkles passing through them

These tubes can also be seen inside people’s brains. Is that where their sparkle matter comes from?

Trash is discarded in trash cans and dumpsters

There are many playgrounds with swingsets, slides, monkey bars, sand pits, seesaws, and springy rocking horses (or rocking animals, or foods)

Unikingdom Symbolism:

Silhouettes of Unikitty’s head are very prominent

I spotted flags that had a silhouette of her head. Are either of them supposed to be the Unikingdom’s national flag?

Are there other unicorn-cats?

Are there any unicorns?

Clouds (Some are rainclouds)

Rainbows

Suns?

Moons?

Hearts?

Stars?

Sparkles?

Sparkle Matter?

Planets?

Cool sunglasses are “an action hero’s highest honor” in the Unikingdom

Hawkodile’s were given to him by his sensei

The torii gate in front of Action Forest…

Is Action Forest supposed to be a sacred place?

Their official bread- a cat-shaped bread roll with cream and a strawberry on top

Their official fish- a wide-eyed orange fish with a beak

Their official bird- A green, parakeet-looking bird

Their official scary man who lives in the sewer- Yes, this is a thing they have. He’s green, and he wears brown rags.

Their official song- Official Song. It just goes, “OFFICIAL SONG! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!” (That’s all there is to it; it has no real tune)

Their official candy- The gang tried to pick one. They brought their favorite candies to life and had an entire Pokémon-style battle with them. In the end, though, they decided that you should just like the candy you have. So, I’ll just say their official candy is whatever candy you like. There’s a lot of candy in the Unikingdom anyway.

Demographics of the Unikingdom

The Unikingdom is populated by anthropomorphic animals

Like I asked, are there unicorns anywhere?

Some of them are animal-based hybrids

Monsters such as the giant jelly creature and krakens

Lego brick creatures

Living stuffed toys

Anthropomorphic foods (like Burger Person, Cookie Guy, and Herbert Sherbert)

Anthropomorphic objects (like Toaster and the kite people)

Living clouds in the sky

Self-aware robots (and rockets)

Crabs and bunnies have their own societies within Unikingdom society, but both are considered part of the Unikingdom. The crabs also have a “pinch dungeon.”

Aliens?? (Hominid is an alien who travels around in its UFO)

These creatures produce sparkle matter, which is sparkly stuff that pops out of someone’s head when they experience strong emotions.

Unikitty can also change color and burn/flood things with her emotions. I imagined that this is a thing unicorns have.

There are no humans/Lego minifigures in this world.

Who are Hank and Kyle? They, to quote Dr. Fox in their one and only appearance, “haven’t been on the team since their funeral.” So they’re ghosts?

And Batman exists?! Batkitty is the ONLY episode of the whole show that ties back into the Lego Movie, and he’s the only character from it that appears in the show. We don’t see him any other time, so I don’t even know if it’s canon

Geography of the Unikingdom:

The Unikingdom is situated on rolling green hills

The weather is usually very sunny (“Unikingdom- burning hot!”), so it looks like it has a warm climate

It’s prone to extreme weather, such as tornadoes, thunderstorms and typhoons

Action Forest is a lush jungle area; it’s confirmed to be part of the Unikingdom

But the Unikingdom isn’t meant to be fantasy Japan, like I said

Rocky cliffs

Fir forests

Caves

Dinosaur bones are underground!

Walkways made of towers and bridges are built around the cliffs and forests

There are much shorter bridges with no towers, too

Ravines? Some places in the Unikingdom are separated by said bridges (Three citizens tell Unikitty that the bridge to their town is out)

The Unikingdom is also next to an ocean

Tall coastal rock formations

It’s confirmed to be in the north of this planet

It makes sense because they get snow in the winter, and the Unigang can get to the North Pole in a short time

Neighboring deserts

Neighboring mountains

Volcanoes (which can come to life if they’re angry enough)

Some place with ice cream snow? That’s where Mrs. Ice Pop’s factory is

The surface of the sun?? They can go there?

Flora and Fauna of the Unikingdom:

There are non-anthropomorphic animals in this world

People keep pets; there are pet stores

People also keep potted plants

There are gardens in people’s front and back yards

Gators

Cats

Cows

Brightly green grass everywhere

Acorns

Jellyfish

Albatrosses (Puppycorn mentioned them once)

Crows

Gophers (inhabit golf courses)

Iguanas

Flowers with four petals

Pointy trees (fir trees?)

Some round trees, too

Trees can live to be very old; as in, “My grandkids never visit me!” old

Turtles

Aloe

Octopuses

Pancakes

Ladybugs

Colorful bushes (they come in any color)

Whatever the Darling Flower is

Mushrooms

Colorful bushes

Anglerfish

Flowers with five petals

Wolverines?

Penguins

Whatever type of bug Abugail is

Crabs

Manatees

Falcons (falconry is practiced)

Fireflies

Fish (they come in multiple colors)

Fire lilies

Raffodils

Bees (of multiple sizes)

Chipmunks

Shrews

Flowers with six petals

Sunflowers

Moonflowers

Roses

Bell flowers

Caterpillars and butterflies

Sharks

Dolphins (they can swim in freshwater)

Winged dolphins

Electric eels

Lava sharks

Cacti

Corn

Chickens

Raccoons (they are realistic)

Worms

Snakes

Lions

Monkeys

Sloths

Zebras

Parrots

Giant scorpions

Peacocks

Flamingoes

Tarantulas

Ducks

Beavers

Deer

Bunnies/Rabbits

Smaller birds of multiple colors and sizes (such as the red-chested warbler, northern oceanic blue bill, and the red speckled hen)

Dinosaurs

Elephants

Squirrels

Flies/Gnats

Unikingdom Society

Unikitty is the princess of the Unikingdom and the sole leader

Her and Puppycorn’s parents are never seen or mentioned; Richard is their guardian. Fans assume they’re dead.

Unikitty is a friend of her citizens, but they acknowledge her status as princess

They don’t acknowledge the fact that Puppycorn is a prince, though.

There is no social hierarchy to speak of, but this society is matriarchal. The law says that the Unikingdom has to be ruled by a princess

Maybe that’s why Puppycorn is never viewed as a prince by any citizens

However, it seems like the current princess can just pass down the ruling position to a relative of another gender if she feels like it. (Unikitty decided to let Puppycorn be the ruling prince for a short time in one episode)

Can the princess be elected? I think not, because Master Frown, who is not from the Unikingdom, suggested there be a princess election in that episode

There are no armies/defense forces to be seen.

Hawkodile seems to be the bodyguard of both Unikitty and the kingdom as a whole. He lives in a treehouse behind the castle. Pretty much all the defense is handled by him, and he’s, to quote Cast Aside the Truth, “the toughest bodyguard alive.”

The kingdom can also be defended by giant kaiju-like mechas

Unfortunately, though, there are cops… such as the Action Police and Science Police… Detective Dan literally mentions a Unikingdom Police Department, and there are buddy cop movies…

It’s implied that firefighters exist here, too

Action heroes/fighters require action licenses. It works like getting a driver’s license; they get it at the Department of Mayhem and Violence (DMV).

Did Sensei Falcomodo not know this before giving Hawkodile his shades? Did Unikitty and co. not know this before (presumably) hiring him?

Unikitty is also assisted by her resident scientist, Dr. Fox, who lives in the castle and has her own high-tech lab right under it

Dr. Fox seems to be the one handling the kingdom’s technology. For example, she built the security system at the zoo. Also, her smarts and inventions help solve problems in the kingdom

Occasionally, she dabbles in medical stuff, even though she’s not licensed to practice it

Unikitty and Puppycorn also drive cars, parade floats, and bulldozers, despite not having driver’s licenses, or so much as a learner’s permit

The Action Police’s job is to punish those who don’t have action licenses. The Science Police’s department is to punish those who experiment dangerously. I feel like noting that both Hawkodile and Dr. Fox end up earning their respect in the respective episodes they appear in.

Anyway, pilots in the Unikingdom have to take a pilot’s test. Hawkodile is seen doing it, so I guess they can take it with no plane-flying experience (except maybe some studying?) (Did Dr. Fox need one to build and fly any of the aircrafts she built?)

People apparently also need a license to love chinchillas.

As mentioned before, crabs and bunnies have their own areas/societies that are considered part of the Unikingdom

There are also courtrooms and jails in the Unikingdom.

Judges in the courts are decided by spinning the judge wheel.

Some jails have a specific theme, like ice pop jail.

It seems like prisoners can escape jail at any time.

How are the characters familiar with mayors, emperesses, and Madame Duchesses?

It’s implied that they use a Gregorian-ish calendar in the Unikingdom, but some of the months are different, like Brickcember

They also use analog clocks and alarm clocks to tell time. In one episode, Richard says, “I’ve been up since 5:30 this morning.”

By the way, 5:00 AM in the Unikingdom is long after sunrise, when the sun is pretty high in the sky

The Unikingdom uses dollars as its currency. They also have coins, so are they, like, their equivalent of cents? (Puppycorn changed this to paying for things with high fives for a short time.)

The Unikingdom has banks. Unikitty refers to the bank as the money store.

Anything can be sold, in either shops or roadside stands.

There are pet stores, as I said.

The Toy Zone/Toy District seems to particularly sell toys and games.

Unikingdom citizens get their news from The Unikingdom News Super Good Morning Time Action Program Information Show Now!, the Internet, and much less popularly, newspapers. (I say much less popularly because no one wanted to read Richard’s newspapers)

The people use tablets and cell phones.

There’s a secret society of people wearing cloaks, and they use stickers and books to open up a portal to the underworld?!

Issues in the Unikingdom can be about anything, from super major problems to super minor ones.

Art in the Unikingdom

Origami

Colorful tapestries with a silhouette of Unikitty’s face on them

These tapestries can have other symbols, too; see the Symbolism section above

Stickers are decorative

Firework art (Unikingdom citizens love fireworks)

Knitting

Drawings with pencils, pens, and crayons

Paintings with lots of paints splatters

Renaissance-style art? Modern art? Pop art? Surrealism? Cubism? (There are references to real paintings in the show, and those styles are what I could glean from them)

Shapes- hearts, stars, sparkles

Rainbow colors are used

Apparently, every color symbolizes love

Photography? We see lots of framed pictures in the show, and people take photos with cameras and phones. Selfies are also popular.

Uhhh… why does Hawkodile have a torii-shaped picture frame in his treehouse??

Proscenium theaters (look them up)

Dance floor stages

Large indoor arenas

Magic tricks (as in, sleight of hand and illusions)

Sea shanties

There’s a morning song that’s sung in the morning

Culinary arts

Sock puppets

Comic books

Gold statues of random things. These are very expensive

Knitting

Friendship bracelets

Juggling

Unicycles

Pillows can be shaped like hearts, squares, suns, moons, and pretty much anything

Couches are cloud-shaped

Beds can have headboards and footboards shaped like anything

Daytime television in the Unikingdom is described as “Like regular TV, but weirder!”

So… regular TV in the Unikingdom is early-morning, afternoon, and nighttime programming?

Uni-TV is, to quote, “The Unikingdom’s favorite and only television network.”

There are four known record labels in the Unikingdom (Unikingdom Entertainment, FoxZone Music Group, McCorn-Horn Records, and Rick and Roll Records)

Cars have radios built into them

Popular music genres:

Techno

Hip-hop

Pop

Rock

Metal

Making up songs in one go

Popular film genres:

Fantasy

Action

Romance

Drama

Sci-fi

Musical

Comedy

Popular TV shows:

Third Degree Love Burns (which is, like, a Bachelor-ish romance show)

The Nightly Late Night Nighttime Show (the moon- yes, the moon- watches this late night talk show so she doesn’t get bored at night)

The Early Morning Daytime Daytime Show (a morning talk show for the sun to watch)

Styles of dance:

Hip-hop dance (like breakdancing)

Capoeira

Rave dancing (like glowsticking)

Partner dances

Tap dancing

Moonwalking

Salsa

Country dances

Disco

Headbanging

Polka

Ballet

Waltz?

Can-can (Dr. Fox and her clones are seen doing it)

Musical instruments:

DJ turntables

Singing

Conical drums

Drumsets

Pianos

Keyboard

Keytars

Organs

Horn pipes

Cymbals

Shaker sticks

Xylophones

Banjos

Saxophones

Guitars

Ukuleles

Tambourines

Cowbells

Accordions

Triangles

Gongs?

Vuvuzelas (mentioned by Puppycorn when he tries to say Viva La Lazy Sunday)

Giant versions of musical instruments exist, too

Sound equipment includes boomboxes, radios, speakers, and handheld mics.

Sports and Games in the Unikingdom:

Board games seem to be common

Most notably, adventure board games like Spoooooky Game, and fantasy RPGs like Castles and Kitties (Is Castles and Kitties meant to be anything more than “Look, DnD reference!”?)

You can even get transported inside the game

Could that happen even if Score Creeper wasn’t there?

Games involving dice

Card games

Sudoku

Trampolines

Piñatas

Arcade games

Video games (There are Gameboy-like consoles and controller consoles)

Light as a feather, stiff as a board (played at sleepovers)

Walking your pets

Playing fetch with your pets

Video games can put their controls in the real world and turn people 16-bit

Escape rooms

Hot dog eating contests

Skydiving

Racing

Carnival games (like Whack-a-Mole, ball toss, ring toss, and those basketball hoops)

Hide and seek

Jump ropes

Laser tag

Arm wrestling

Sailing

Monster truck rallies

Escape rooms

Marathons

Robot fighting

Skateboarding

Ziplining

Archery

Bowling

Fishing

Golf

Rodeos

Fencing

Jet skiing

Weightlifting

Kickball

Cheerleading

American football???

Tennis

Running marathons

Baseball

Soccer

Surfing

Basketball

Pet shows

Catch with balls

Bingo and water aerobics are enjoyed by elderly citizens

Traditions, Customs and Holidays in the Unikingdom:

Snow Day, a holiday on which people make snow angels, build snowmen, carve ice, sled, build snow forts, have snowball fights, drink cocoa, decorate their homes with wreaths, peppermints and bright lights, etc.

Problem Fixy-Day, on which the citizens state their problems and Unikitty offers her solutions

Valentine’s Day? (there’s a Valentine’s Day special)

Halloween? (there are two Halloween specials)

Christmas?! (there’s a Christmas special)

There’s no Christianity in this universe, by the way. There’s a throwaway joke about nuns from Unikitty, but there are no churches or anything to be seen.

Parade Day (there was a self-expression parade in that episode, so do they pick a yearly theme or something?)

Rave-a-palooza

Hide and Seek Championship

Jump Rope Championship

The Skaterz Stuntz Gamez

Best Best Friends Competition

Atomic Battle Royale

Bounce Olympics? (Unikitty mentions them once and only once while she and Puppycorn are, well, bouncing)

The Unikingdom Awards (The awards presented are VERY random and VERY specific, such as Most Likely to Be Crushed by a Falling Statue, Best Lil’ Bro a Princess Could Ever Ask For, and Best Name That Rhymes With Schmuppycorn.)

Chore Day/Lazy Sunday, where Richard wants everyone to clean the castle, but Unikitty and Puppycorn want to chill out on the couch all day. Does everyone in the kingdom observe one of the two?

Trash Day happens every week. People throw out all the stuff they disposed of. What day of the week is it?

Unikitty chooses a Flavor of the Month.

There’s a Helpful Helpers Auction where the gang lends their services to the citizens for a day or so, and it supports next year’s auction, according to Puppycorn.

There’s also an annual Ice Cream Festival.

There are lots and LOTS of specifically themed parties, such as a Piñata Party, a Burger Party, and a Jazz Party. In fact, they celebrate something almost every day. Some of these parties are annual, like the Cotton Candy Pool Party.

I guess that informal IS formal in the Unikingdom.

Unikitty also has these kinds of conferences with her citizens on an outdoor stage?

People have sleepovers, where they eat pizza, do prank calls, watch monster movies, and play sleepover games.

Birthdays are a huge deal in the Unikingdom. They’re taken very seriously. They’re observed with cake, presents, big parties, and the Happy Birthday song.

Weddings are held outside. There’s wedding bells, flowers, groom top hats and tuxes, bridal veils and bouquets, and engagement and wedding rings. And wait a minute- bishops?!

In a scene where Dr. Fox is watching her robots get married, the officiant robot is wearing a mitre.

Funerals are done by burying the dead person in a coffin. There’s a gravestone, wreaths, and their picture. The attendees wear black and throw flowers on the coffin.

Traditionally, the people lay down a towel at the beach to claim a spot.

Elderly people customarily tend to their gardens, clean their dentures, feed birds, wait for their loved ones to call, apply ointments, bake, swim, and eat dinner in the afternoon

The elderly are seen as “always napping at weird times, drinking tea and knitting.”

Dessert sweepstakes are a thing. Unikitty and her friends search for a winning ice pop stick to win a tour to an ice pop factory

Libraries are run pretty strictly in the Unikingdom. They have a strict return policy. If you don’t return your books on time, you get banned for life

When on vacation, people take selfies and photos, try new foods, and buy a lot of souvenirs

Going to the zoo is a fun activity to people. So is going to the park.

Coupons to the zoo are sold online

On a hot day, people wear, quote-unquote, “cool” outfits and strike “cool” poses. More on this in the Fashion section

In his treehouse, Hawkodile has SOME kind of shrine for Sensei Falcomodo. There’s his picture, a bowl of incense, candles, and a cloth on the table.

In the summer, people go to the pool for a fun pool day, play/watch sports, have barbecues, go on picnics, watch fireworks, go to the movies, catch fireflies, try on shorts, ride bikes, try on shorts, and go to the beach

There are carnival games at amusement parks

Amusement parks sell fried foods on a stick

There are also park mascots

Unikingdom Education:

Despite being roughly 11 and roughly 9 respectively, Unikitty and Puppycorn are never seen going to any kind of school.

That led me to assume they were homeschooled, but who would homeschool them? Richard?

In fact, we almost never see any kind of schools in the Unikingdom at all.

They do summer camps in the Unikingdom, like Lost at Sea Survival Camp, or camping trips for kids.

Action Forest is where action heroes train, and they practice in a dojo?

Hawkodile had supposedly trained in the dojo his whole life. It’s also implied that Sensei Falcomodo raised him and Eagleator.

Fuzz Fuzz (a baby caterpillar that Unikitty decides to adopt and who grows up) attends a Giant Monster Community College… but he’d graduate with a degree, not a diploma.

Wait, so college exists?

Medical school is a thing, too?

They have the same periodic table of elements that we do.

Unikingdom Mannerisms and Etiquette:

Being silly and loud seems to be considered acceptable.

Chores (such as cleaning your home) and renovations are done in fantastical, goofy ways. Any way that isn’t is seen as boring.

It’s normal to be carefree (to the point where you can neglect your responsibilities)

Talking in unison

You can slap someone to help them stay awake

Fighting Styles and Weaponry in the Unikingdom:

There’s some form of hand-to-hand between Hawkodile and Eagleator, and between Eagleator and Flamurtle. I see punches, kicks, blocks and stances.

Being cool is emphasized in Unikingdom fighting.

As I said, Action Forest seems to want to combine martial arts with 80s action movies.

Boxing gloves. Hawkodile and Eagleator wear them. (Are there any boxing punches?)

Swords (like broadswords, katanas and scimitars)

Shields

Punching bags used for practice

Dummies

Whatever those rotating poles with pegs sticking out of them are

Archery (bows, arrows, round targets)

Hawkodile often mentions karate

He also mentions judo, like, once

Kung fu is mentioned in an episode where Richard has a book about it, and several other topics

Shurikens?

Kunai?

Big honkin’ bombs with timers

Small bombs with fuses

Missles

Cannons

Tasers

Tanks (Not just for combat. You can go on a tank driving tour through Action Forest.)

Mechas and robots, which can have any of these weapons

Lasers

Axes

Cages

Booby traps

Nunchucks

Whips

Grappling hooks

Hand grenades

Pickaxes

Sais

Forks can be used as throwing weapons

Cards can be used as throwing weapons, too

Daggers

Nets

Knight armor?

Morning stars

Tridents

Flame throwers

Staffs (like the flame staff, explosion staff, and the training staff that belonged to Hawkodile’s sensei)

Safety suits are worn to keep people safe as they do risky/daredevil-ish stuff

”Work hard, play hard!” is a philosophy that Sensei Falcomodo taught Hawkodile.

Ninjas and samurai are seen, but why do they attack the kingdom? Why is there a sneaky stealing samurai squad that causes mayhem? Why does Hawkodile wish for a ninja attack in the asteroid episode? 🤨

Any Language in the Unikingdom?

Everyone Speaks English™️

Spanish?

German?

French?

Japanese? (Hawkodile says, “Protect me, Dummy-san!” in one episode?)

Sign Language?

Hawaiian? The gang throws a, quote-unquote, “luau” when they crash land on an uncharted island… no one else is on it but them.

Slang terms such as Sis and Rad are very, very common

Puppycorn gleefully answers, “I’ll do my best, Miss Ma’am!” when Unikitty asks him to keep an eye on the surface of the pool

Sir and Ma’am are used here

Dino Dude has an Australian accent.

FeeBee speaks with a Southern accent.

Really Old Edith wrote a story about her discovering an ancient something and deciphering a lost language. When sharing it on the Nighttime Show, she’s interrupted before she can get into any detail

Unikingdom Food:

In my notepad, I accidentally put some animals in this section. My bad.

Dishes are served on plates and eaten with forks, knives and spoons. People use napkins. Utensils, plates, bowls, mugs, etc. are cleaned with dish soap and sponges.

Food is eaten at tables, though people can have picnics on blankets.

Things such as flowers and candles are used as table centerpieces.

They have a concept of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Napkins and bibs are used. In the tourism video episode, Puppycorn suggests using an entire tablecloth as a napkin and a bib. (“The whole table is covered in napkins, so you can be as messy as you want!” And he tucks it into the suit he’s wearing.)

Some restaurants in the Unikingdom don’t allow outside food.

There are refrigerators in this world. But there’s also a big, icy vault in the castle to store frozen food in. Do any other homes have this?

Steel is edible in this world.

Cheese

Tea (specific types named are Chamomile, Earl Gray, and Mint tea)

Noodle Soup

Soup

Salt

Pepper

Macarons?

Juice

Tacos

Carnitas?

Pretzels

Cauliflower stew

Berries

Bananas

Celery

Ice cream sandwiches

Muffins

Chili

Hot sauce

Chicken nuggets

Tomatoes

Smoothies

S’mores

Marshmallows

Graham crackers

Sprinkles

Icing

Breakfast cereal

Whipped cream

Bubble gum (even long after you chew it, it doesn’t lose its flavor)

Sunny side up eggs

Donuts

Hot dogs

Cheesy puff snacks

Fried foods on a stick (there are even fried sticks on a stick, so sticks/twigs are edible in this world)

Burgers

Cakes

Caviar and truffles? (There’s a restaurant in the Unikingdom called Caviar and Truffles by Giovanni.)

Bacon

Ice cream (comes in different flavors, including a mystery flavor)

Butter

Ketchup

Cookies

Milk

Sandwiches

Finger sandwiches

Poke? (Dr. Fox mentions a restaurant called Poke Bowl, but it’s never seen.)

Apples

Radishes

Barbecue (there are barbecue grills)

Rutabaga

Cauliflower

Peanut butter

Jelly (I think; the title card of What’s Grampa Eating looks like peanut butter and jelly)

Cranberry sauce

Pie

Popcorn (there are popcorn stands)

Subs

Hoagies

Jam

Waffles

Pancakes

Pizza (mostly pepperoni)

Hot chocolate

Beans

Coffee

Cupcakes

Salads

Bags of chips

Brownies

Churros

Sushi? (There’s playground equipment that looks like sushi rolls.)

Chicken? Turkey?

Chicken/turkey legs

Macaroni

Hot Sauce

Sauerkraut

Ketchup

Pickles

Salt and vinegar chips

Bite-sized candies

Gumballs

Chocolate bars (that can be filled like Milky Ways and Twix bars)

Candy canes

Peppermint bark

Taffy

Lollipops (such as Lickypops)

Cinnaburns

Sweet Buns

Chocolate Caesar bars

Peppers

Cherries

French fries

Watermelons

Baguettes

Bagels

Wheat bread

Snacks served in vending machines

Thai food? (One of the Unikingdom citizens, Batty, runs a Thai food restaurant)

Pineapples

Trail mix

Broccoli

Ice pops

Pudding (like the bad vibes pudding)

Unikingdom Fashion and Dress Code:

The people of the Unikingdom don’t usually wear clothes. They’re pretty selective about it

Even during the winter, the people can play in the snow wearing nothing but a pom pom hat and a scarf. Even Hawkodile does despite hawks and crocodiles being cold blooded, but normal logic does not apply in this show

Some people DO wear clothes all the time. Dr. Fox is always wearing her lab coat and some pants, or is fully dressed in some other articles of clothing

Hawkodile usually wears nothing but a pair of shorts, his sunglasses, and his boxing gloves

Flower crowns? (Unikitty gives one to Hawkodile for protecting the gang in one episode, so are they a symbol of gratitude?)

Boots?

Berets? (Worn by film directors, and worn with formal outfits?)

Puffy chef toques and aprons worn by cooks, and when cooking

Plaid shirts and light jeans worn by home renovators/architects

Wide-brimmed, round sunhats are worn in hot weather

Lab coats and glasses/goggles are worn by scientists in the kingdom

Black jumpsuits/ski masks are worn by thieves and criminals

Prisoners wear gray and orange boiler suits

There are MJ-ish fedora hats

Rulers wear yellow crowns, but Unikitty doesn’t?

Shorts

Coats

Hats

Shirts

Socks

Masks (in an episode where Puppycorn bought a mask, one of them looked like a sugar skull)

Tutus

Baseball caps

Top hats

Sweater vests, visors, ties, caps, and collared shirts are worn when people play golf

Multicolored safety hats and suits

Ugly limited edition sneakers exist

Headbands

Life vests

There are specific safety vests Hawkodile uses:

Laser proof vests

Teddy bear proof vests

Bee proof vests- they look like beekeeping suits

Ice ray proof vests

Insult proof vests- they are armed with mechanical hands that pop out and knock you back when you insult their wearer

Long, wild hair and dramatic makeup for rock and metal fashion

Flamurtle has a Mohawk

Pocketed khakis?

Fanny packs/waist bags

Cozy sweaters

Cheerleading outfits have white, long-sleeved shirts, navy blue skirts, pants, and a rainbow U.

Other cheer outfits are purple two-piece uniforms with orange edges

And powder blue sleeveless uniforms with yellow edges

Pom poms can be any color

Hiking shirts, coonskin caps, ascots, stringed hats, and backpacks are work for camping and hiking

People sleep with hair rollers, even when they don’t have hair

Purses are worn by old people

Fun and silly costumes are worn on certain occasions, such as the gang dressing up in submarine sweaters and caps when they rode in Dr. Fox’s submarine. There was also an entire episode where they dressed in Batman costumes.

50s fashion- leather jackets, sunglasses, pompadours

Action Forest students and fighters wear karate uniforms.

Action fighters can wear sunglasses, bandanas, jumpsuits, boxing gloves, jackets, tank tops, and shoulder/elbow/knee pads. They’re usually armed with a weapon or two.

Jewelry:

Earrings

Necklaces

Bracelets

Can be made of gems or pearls

Swimsuits:

One-piece swimsuits

Swim trunks

Pool floaties (float toys and inflatable arm bands)

Tank tops and whistles are worn by lifeguards

Swim caps are worn by old folks

Winter clothes:

Scarves

Coats and pants

Earmuffs

Pom pom hats

Underwear:

Briefs

Tank tops

Formal clothes:

Poofy gowns/dresses

Tuxedos, ties, and bow ties (of any size; Puppycorn had a comically large bow tie that he wore on his head in one episode)

Pajamas:

Night caps

Matching shirts and pants

Onesies (can have bows on them)

“Cool” outfits can consist of:

Cool sunglasses/shades/reflective sunglasses

Pearl necklaces

Heeled boots

Cool, shiny baseball caps

Gold chains

Puffy skirts

Hoop earrings

Gem earrings

Pearl earrings

Sick, wicked, awesome gems (aka SWAG)

Gold coins

Headbands

Headbands that you tie back (Hachimaki?)

Swoopy hair/wigs

Pompadours

Animal print shirts

Jackets with popping collars

Cutoff jeans

High top shoes

Patterned pants

Sweatshirts

Roller skates (can have rockets if the wearer wants)

Striking cool poses can actually make things colder and freeze things

Anything lame counteracts that, melting all the cool

Cool poses can come in literally any shape

Examples of cool poses:

Pizzazz (a zigzag shape)

Puzzle piece

Bathroom sink

”Night steed?” “Fiesty?” I don’t really know what Hawkodile said

Jazz panther

Funky cowboy

Resplendence

Head rotation

Squinty eyes

Duck lips

The infinity gaze- the coolest of cool poses!

Unikingdom Queer Culture:

People of all genders are respected in the Unikingdom. (“Sir, or ma’am or neither, I don’t wanna be presumptuous…” “Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between!” These are real quotes said by Unikitty.)

Same-gender couples are also respected

Queer people can have kids!

Other than this, there’s not that much info on queerness and queer culture in the Unikingdom

Unikingdom History:

Other than character backstories, almost nothing is known about the Unikingdom’s history. It’s just kinda there.

In this world, movies were invented by Really Old Edith.

She was also the champion of cheerleading 100 years in a row.

Her book, The Most Interesting Story Ever Told, took her 110 years to write.

Hardcore skaters were wiped out forever in the Skaterz Stuntz Gamez, and their hardcore ghosts are believed to haunt the ramps.

Dr. Fox studied hard and earned a PhD in science. But where?

Richard’s past is unknown, but he has a criminal record?

Hawkodile and Eagleator’s whole backstory together. Sensei Falcomodo is implied to have raised them. They trained together in the dojo. But… Eagleator destroyed it? And it’s still destroyed to this day?! Also, did he kill Sensei Falcomodo?

Hawkodile is orphaned, and he never met his birth parents.

Eagleator says that his family was kidnapped by bandits, and he’s running out of time. It’s also implied he has a baby sibling, but we never see them or find out who they are.

There are occasional s’mores wars in the Unikingdom between graham crackers and marshmallows, but how far back do they go?

Lego beings can grow and age like people do.

Really Old Edith is over 110 years old, so it seems they can go on living for a very long time.

In one episode, Unikitty says, “Before the castle was built, I told the castle builders to surprise me!”

When was the castle built?

When was the Unikingdom founded?

Who founded the Unikingdom?

Unikingdom Transportation:

People drive around in cars, vans, and trucks

Many cars are colorful convertibles

They also often get around on foot

If they want to, they can transform their bodies to put wheels on them

In fact, they can transform themselves into any of the vehicles listed here

Planes, with party lights on the aisle floor

Scooters, skateboards, and bikes are used

Unikitty has her cloud car.

Puppycorn has his trike.

It looks like people don’t need a license to drive, since kids like them can do it

Does anyone else have cloud cars or trikes like theirs?

People do have to take pilot’s tests to fly a plane, though (I mentioned this earlier)

Sports cars

Rigs (can be attached to trucks and vans)

Ambulances

Helicopters

Roller coasters are used as a form of transport (Puppycorn implemented roller coaster highways for a while in one episode)

People drive roller coaster wagons (This isn’t seen in the show, but it is a mini Lego set)

Ships (pirate ships, cargo ships, and cruise ships)

Rafts

Sailboats

Flying toasters

Hot air balloons

Steam rollers

Vehicles can turn into mechas

Vehicles can also be armed with cannons and such. (The roller coaster wagon Lego set has a disc launcher. Even when they aren’t mechas, Unikitty’s cloud car and Puppycorn’s trike both have cannons)

Motorcycles

Baby carriages

Blimps

Submarines

Double-decker sightseeing buses

Trains (Richard mentions reading a book about them)

Paddle subs (and paddle boats)

Space exploration has gone very far, with all the rockets Unikitty and her friends travel in

[astroboots]

RSVP

Summary: A prequel to Homecoming set 10 years before. The moment Santiago realizes he's missed his chance with you.

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We invite you to share with us a celebration of love for the wedding reception of William Miller and Abigail Jackson.

Santiago stares down at the invitation. It's a showy calligraphy font with lots of rounded gold-gilded curves offset with the pink blossoms, roses and carnation in the background of the card.

A bit tacky for his tastes, and personally he'd probably would've opted for something much simpler, but luckily he's not the one on the hook and three hours from getting married.

He leans back against the car seat, trying to make himself more comfortable, eyes drifting to the side mirror that gives him a decent angle of your front door.

Thirty minutes.

He's been sat in this car for thirty. Whole. Minutes.

You never take this long to get ready for anything. The normal routine is: throw on the cleanest shirt and jeans combo you have on hand. Or if you're feeling really fancy, a dress you have abandoned and forgotten in the corner of your closet before you jump into the car, applying makeup as best as you can, while he drives you to where you two need to go.

He's never had to sit in a car waiting for you for half an hour while you get ready.

Not for your graduation.

Not for your first job interview.

Heck, not even when you were a bridesmaid to your best friend's wedding (because you'd both overslept and you ended up clumsily pulling on the bridesmaid's gown in the backseat while he was racing down the highway to the hotel where the bride was staying with minutes to spare).

So why on earth you would need this long to prepare for Ironhead's wedding reception is beyond him. There's hardly going to be any royalty there.

Santiago sighs, reaching over the dashboard to change the radio station when from the corner of his eyes, you've finally decided to grace him with your presence. In the side mirror, he sees you locking up the front door and approach the car.

The pale blue of your dress sways in the mirror.

Santiago is confused. You're wearing a new dress. One he knows he's never seen before on you.

It's a pretty little thing. Sheer blue lace, and a flowing line that hugs your hips flatteringly. The fabric of the summer dress flutters in the wind when you walk, the edges of the skirt flirting with your thighs as it rides up slightly and he can feel his brows arch in question as you approach the passenger side of the car.

"That's new," he says, as you open the door and scoot into the passenger seat.

You look up at him as if you don't know what he's talking about, and when he gestures at the dress, you just shrug, like there's nothing unusual here to see.

"It's a wedding reception Santiago, what else am I going to wear?"

He catches you inspecting your makeup in the mirror, your chin tilted upwards as your lips part to make sure the red lipstick and gloss on top hasn't smeared.

It feels surreal somehow, like he's wandered into a house of mirrors at a funfair. It's you, but you're behaving like something alien to him.

As he starts the car and pull out the driveway, the thought vaguely occurs to him that he needs to rewatch Body Snatchers, because he's pretty sure this is how it starts.

Still, you do look very pretty.

"The dress looks good on you," he tells you when the car's at a standstill at a red light.

The corners of your lips curve into a soft smile, and you look so happy that Santiago tells himself that if you have gotten body-snatched, he's just going to have to learn to co-exist with aliens now.

It's a big gathering held in a beautiful garden space. There are all the usual trappings of a Pinterest wedding fare. Fairy lights hung up in trees. Pink balloons and mason jars scattered on rustic looking wooden farm tables that he knows must've cost a leg and an arm on Will's paltry salary check.

His body is tensing. Leg itchy and Santiago feels like he can't stand still in one spot. The lingering pain in his right knee acting up again. The last surgery should have fixed it, and the surgeon had warned him it's probably psychosomatic at this point, but whether it's real or make-believe doesn't help Santiago when the pain is there.

There's a lot of familiar faces from the army here, which Santiago doesn't love.

It's not something he does, bring you around where that world can sink its contaminated claws into you. He doesn't want you near it.

Doesn't want you to hear the confusing military jargon, and have to explain what "Dependa means", or to have one of his "buddies" refer to you as a "civilian".

He never likes it when you're reminded that out of the eight to ten months he's gone for the year, there's a dividing line separating your life from his that you are not part of.

Doesn't want you to be faced with the fact that when he's not here next to you, he's not your Santiago. He's not the guy you grew up, the one you always beat at Street Fighter and used to run a racketeering at the local pool hall for pocket money.

Doesn't want you to think of the fact that when he's out there, he's committing war crimes under a legal technicality courtesy of Uncle Sam, the way some dumb misguided 18-year-olds were shipped to both your motherlands once upon a time and burnt it down with napalm and bullets some decades ago.

Fuck, he doesn't want you to be here. Should never have invited you.

But Frankie had accidentally blabbed about Will's wedding last week, asking, in front of you, who Santiago was bringing as his plus one. You had looked up at him with such big excited eyes, because you fucking love weddings, and you are always his plus one. What was he supposed to say? No?

It's so uncharacteristically clumsy of the man and Santiago swears, if Frankie wasn't his best friend, he could've killed him for that.

Santiago scans the space, spotting more pink flower arrangements, carnations and pink tulips and hydrangeas, it looks like a pink confetti bomb went off in this space.

Under a large tree of heavy branches carrying pink cherry blossoms, Santiago spots the very culprit he was thinking of. Frankie is leaning against the thick trunk. He's looking as uncomfortable as ever in the big crowd, obviously hiding away so he doesn't have to make mindless conversation with the other wedding guests. Shoulders slump so low, the man looks like he's trying to shrink into the tree.

Santiago shakes his head. It's hard to ever stay mad at Frankie. He couldn't even if he tried.

Jutting out his arm, Santiago looks to you as your arm curl around his. The unbending tension in his neck seems to melt away when you are pressed to his side. He can feel your sun-warmed skin brushing up against him, as the two of you make your way over to Frankie.

"Hi Frank," Santiago greets.

Frankie looks up, those big brown eyes fill with absolute relief at seeing a friendly face. The man is all soft smiles as he lets out a long exhale, the tension fizzling out of his frame.

"What you don't like weddings?" Santiago teases.

From Santiago's side, you slip out your hand where it's looped against him arm, and wave at Frankie despite that you're not even two feet away from each other. You're acting a bit awkward, your greeting a bit stiff. There's a warm and almost nervous smile on your face that makes Santiago raise a questioning eyebrow.

"Hi Frankie," you say and your voice is all soft and buttery and breathless.

Frankie's eyes darts towards you and when the man sees you, he looks like he damn near swallowed his whole damn tongue.

It's bizarre.

Both of you are acting strange.

From the outside looking in, it probably looks innocuous, just two good friends having a conversation, catching up after not having seen each other for several months.

Except it's not. Something is different. He can tell because he knows you both so well. Something is just slightly off.

Santiago sips his beer as Frankie's telling you about how much he liked the book you lent him before he got shipped off. He's recanting how he'd read them in his mosquito filled tent, while sitting in the back of a truck waiting to be transported to another town. He's telling you the bits and pieces of his everyday life on the other side that Santiago never shares with you, and Santiago doesn't know how to feel.

The fact that Frankie can so easily share that part of his life with you, without batting an eye, like it's the easiest thing. The fact that you're nodding and smiling, responding with details of your daily life at school and work, like it's no big deal.

There's no dividing line between you and the two of you act like all of this is completely normal.

Except it's not normal.

Because Frankie's taken off his cap and he's no longer hiding under it. As at ease with you he might seem, he's also nervously running his fingers through his hair over and over again while he talks to you. He can't take his eyes off your face, tongue darting over his bottom lip while he's staring at your mouth while you laugh.

And you? You're smiling and laughing with your whole face as you listen to Frankie's story. It's a smile so big and bright and unrestrained in a way that Santiago's always thought was reserved just for him.

And he doesn't know how he feels about that either.

Santiago is watching Frankie's eyes trail over your collarbone down to your legs. Eyes rounding into big saucer and the effect is almost cartoonish. It makes Santiago want to roll his eyes, this man never could rein back his appreciation for a good sundress.

And oh.

Oh.

This is why you're wearing a new dress.

Santiago blinks, feet rooted to the ground, stupefied as the realization hits him.

You wore this for Frankie.

You took half an hour to get ready for Frankie.

You were excited to come here... For Frankie.

Santiago is the third wheel.

And he finally figures out how he feels about that. 

Like shit. 

That’s how he feels about it. 

Not that Santiago lets it show. He smiles, he nods, he cracks jokes with the two of you. Makes jabs at Frankie and teases you, like there’s nothing wrong. 

Still he smiles, he smiles so wide and so fake his fucking cheeks hurt with the muscle ache of it. Smiles like there's nothing wrong. Like his whole fucking world isn’t imploding before his eyes and he’s watching it burn down to a crisp to the background ambiance of the warm afternoon sun and the live music of a string quartet. 

Dramatic? yes, doesn't make it any less true for him.

Fuck, his knees hurt.

Santiago’s eyes roam over the space filled faces that are all smiling and laughing. Everyone’s happy. Drinking and eating and laughing. In this intimate space, surrounded by a crowd of people celebrating life and love, he’s never felt more lonely in his life. 

He feels like he’s drowning, head held under the surface. There’s a claustrophobic pressure hugging his ribs and his lungs squeeze painfully tight. He can’t fucking breathe, and he wonders if he could die here without anyone noticing that anything is wrong and--

“Santiago.”

His eyes blink, focusing in on your worried face as you’re peering up at him. “Are you ok? You look a bit pale.” 

“Uhm, yeah sorry. I…”

Your eyes are staring back at him, piercingly sharp. They feel like a scalpel held against his raw tender skin poised to make an incision. 

He looks away, unable to hold your gaze, eyes flittering over the crowd. “Sorry, I think I see someone I know that I have to say hi to… and catch up with.”

“Oh yeah?” Frankie throws a look over his shoulder, “who did you spot?”

Santiago scans the space for a familiar face, any familiar face that will serve as an exit route.

There’s Jones, his former captain back in the early days. The asshole who used to call Santiago ‘pretty boy’ derisively, and make him do pull ups until he felt so sick that the contents of his breakfast would end up outside of his body again.

To his left, Will is making the rounds from table to table, greeting and thanking the guests for coming. Will is too busy, which isn’t an option. 

“Jones,” Santiago murmurs, and the moment he says it, Santiago already knows he made a mistake. 

Frankie’s face scrunches up in distaste. “What are you talking about? That guy is an asshole. You hated him back in the army, why do you wanna catch up with him?"

Santiago laughs it off, because he can’t very well tell Frankie the truth. That Santiago feels the walls closing in and needs to get away from the two of you. So he makes up a cheeky lie. 

“Guy owes me money.” He pats Frankie on the shoulder, and juts his chin in your direction. “Keep her company for me will ya?”

He turns to leave, and for a brief moment his eyes catch yours.

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on Santiago's part, but he swears that for the first since you arrived, your smile falters. There’s something in your expression, the way your brows scrunches up, hands hovering mid-air as if you’re about to reach for his sleeve, that tells him you don’t want him to go. 

A snide critical voice in his head thinks he’s delusional. He’s just reading into something that isn’t there. Because why would you care? You’re perfectly happy in Frankie’s company.

In this moment as Santiago stands here before his former captain, he is regretting every single decision in his life that has led him here.

That he was a dumb naive teenager at the age of 17 that was tempted by a shopping mall recruiter to go "see the world" by joining the army. That he ended up in this man's regiment. That he didn't RSVP Will's invitation with: 'thank you but no thank you'. That in all his years of being in close range fire he somehow hasn't ended up with hearing damage that would have spared him from listening to this man talk.

Santiago glances over to where he had left you and Frankie half an hour ago, because he can't even be bothered with the pretense of acting even vaguely interested in what Captain Asshole has to say.

Santiago's been observing the two of you throughout. At first, it was awkward between the two of you. Because even though the two of you are no strangers to one another, usually Santiago is always around to play intermediary when there's a lull in the conversation.

You were hugging yourself, eyes darting to the ground, feet shifting. Frankie wouldn't stop running his fingers through his goddamned hair even as it started to look like a bird's nest that's fallen off a tree. The two of you were standing some distance apart, and Santiago cringed inwardly at the scene...

But if Santiago is being completely above board and honest... there's a small tiny sliver of a piece of him that was happy about that. That there's still a space for him between you and Frankie.

It doesn't stay that way of course. As the evening goes on and the harsh bright Florida sun starts to dim, the fairy lights flicker to life. It bathes everything in that romantic soft amber light against darkening canvas of the sky.

Frankie lends you his old worn jacket as you start to shiver. Then gradually, you two are inching closer and closer until you're standing shoulder to shoulder.

Santiago gets to witness it in real time, how the space between the two of you is closing (as is his place between you). He doubt he could physically squeeze himself between you even if he tried.

It's never gonna be a pleasant feeling to know that his best friends have just made him redundant. He knows that, and running away the way he did was probably not the most mature thing he's ever done. But now that he's seeing it from a distance, he can see how happy you two look. He has two seeing eyes after all.

For the first time in a long time, Frankie looks completely at ease. There's a soft glow to his cheeks as he's looking at you, utterly besotted, and you're smiling so wide your eyes are crinkling at the corners.

Santiago takes another sip from his beer, and despite the sickly sweetness, the beverage still warms his stomach. There are worse things in the world than seeing the two people he loves the most in the world happy, even if he's not the reason for it... right?

He peers out over the setting sun, squinting against the amber brightness and even among the buzzing crowd he can pick up the sound of your laughter distinctly from everything else. It's all he can hear.

It's funny how he never saw it before. But the two of you would be perfect for each other.

Frankie’s a bit quiet, and maybe he’s a little bit shy sometimes and takes a while to open up. But he doesn’t run away from his problems. Not like Santiago does. He’d never leave you if things started to get too serious or too hard; Santiago’s not sure he could make that same promise. But he knows Frankie can. Santiago knows how good Frankie would be to you.

And you? Just looking at the two of you now, he can see how Frankie's comfortable around you. Practically lighting up like the Rockerfeller center. Frankie looks like someone took an electrical socket and plugged it into him and he's buzzing and alight as he talks to you, Santiago can't remember the last time he's seen Frankie so animated... so at ease. Except maybe when he and Frankie are left to their own devices, during downtime, just the two of them, without having to hold a weapon in their hands.

"Captain! Mind if I borrow Pope here for a second?"

Santiago blinks out of his reverie to see the man of the hour, the groom himself in front of him.

Like a guardian angel descending from the heavens, Will stands with the sun glowing behind him, the golden boy.

The Captain nods, patting Will on the back, making some crude and off-handed and inappropriate joke about how "it's all downhill from here" not even a handful of hours after the man's nuptials.

Will doesn't smile, just juts his head with a nod, as they both watch the man depart. Then when he's out of hearing range, Will turns to Santiago.

"What the fuck were you doing with that guy?"

Santiago sips his bottle, and tips his head in the direction where the two of you are sitting. "Just wanted to give the two of them some space."

Will turns around and observes the two of you.

"Right," Will says, but his tone is gruff and serious, grinding his teeth as he observes. Will has never been the type to make any comments about anyone's personal lives, it's not his style.

"It's not my place to say something," he starts, then he stops, mulls it over as if deciding whether he's really going to say something.

The man shakes his head, then takes a deep breath. "Look, just... are you sure about this?" Will says.

It's all he says, he doesn't flesh out what he means. Just looks Santiago dead in the eye, with that sober Ironhead expression that he's so famous for.

Santiago doesn't pretend he doesn't know what Will is talking about. The man is smart. Santiago's not going to condescend him and play the game of the dumb best friend who doesn't realize he's in love with his best friend. It'd be like spitting in the man's face.

Instead Santiago takes a deep breath, and down the rest of his beer.

In front of him, Frankie's waving his hand so animatedly he nearly knocks over a canape tray from a waiter that was walking by behind him, and you're having a laughing fit over it.

Santiago doesn't know the answer to Will's question. He doesn't know what there is to be sure or unsure about. But he does know one thing... The two of you look good together.

Who is he to be in the way of that?

After all, Santiago has always had hang ups about how no one is good enough for you. Because you are his best friend and you deserve the best, and if Santiago is not gonna pull his head out of his own ass, at least Frankie will always take care of you and be there for you.

Frankie is a good man. A patient man, a kind man. The type of man he wishes he could be sometimes. He'd be better for you than Santiago thinks he ever could be. 

Who's to say this isn't going to be the best thing that's ever happened to the three of you?

"Yeah man," Santiago says as he tears his eyes away from the two of you. "I'm sure."

Credits and Dedication: To @thirstworldproblemss who already had to see this angst-fest a year or so ago and have to deal with my constant angsting over these three for funsies.

A/N: Sloppy written angst before I go on a two week hiatus as we're on a long holiday to get away from the rain and enjoy some sunshine on the Amalfi coast! I love you guuuuuys!

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[sleepyrxsetea]

It’s official been a year now since I fished The House In The Cerulean Sea and cried for literally hours. Like I shit you not, hours. That book became my favorite book ever.

I think I cried that much because it was such a happy ending and I was a bit nervous. I don’t read happy books typically, that’s on me and I’m planning on changing that. But, I think I was nervous that I would never be able to have the same escape from reality that I had when I was reading that book for the first time and never be able to have characters that make me laugh out loud as much or characters that make me feel seen and loved.

In the past year I’ve read 5 other TJ Klune books. Under the Whispering Door, the first three books of The Green Creak series and Somewhere Beyond The Sea and I got to have that same kind of escape from reality that I had wanted each and every time I read. I always have to stifle my laughter when I read in public, which I more often then I thought would happen, and every book I finished I got to walk away from it feeling seen and loved.

I think that’s how all books should make you feel. I think that all books should help you escape to somewhere you feel safe, whether that be a world full of aliens or fairies or a house near the sea.

I think that all books should make you smile, whether that be from hiding laughter or something really cute happened or whatever it may be that makes you smile while reading.

I think that all books should make you feel loved and seen. Loved by the characters and the carefully chosen words arranged on the pages. Seen because there are characters just like you. Whatever that means to you. And they make you feel validated as a person and that you are not alone.

In this year I plan on reading the rest of TJ Klune’s books and I anticipate feeling these things in each book as I finish it.

don’t waste your time on books that make you feel like shit. I’ve learned that the hard way. Read something that makes you happy, whatever that may be for you.

[hoshinoyozora]

The Immortal’s Feelings

🖤 Pairing: Yandere! Malleus Draconia x Female! Reader feat. Silver

💛 Word Count: 0,7k+

❤ Warnings: -

[Edited]

Do not re-upload my writing to another website or use it without my permission. Also, don’t ask for a sequel unless I like the story enough to write one. Please reblog so other people can see my stories!***

I’m not a psychology student, but I think it’s interesting how (forced) transformation can affect human psyche. Then again, my depiction won’t be perfect considering I’m someone with neutral feelings nearly all the time (at least enough until some people close to me call me emotionless lmao).

“Why did you become a knight, Silver?”

You sipped the tea calmly and gracefully; an act that was enough to make the majority of people here acknowledged you as their queen, but never enough to make them accept you. At least, all those tedious lessons about table manners paid off somewhat.

“Because I want to repay my father and His Majesty’s kindness.”

“I see.” you mused, putting down the cup on the saucer with a soft clink. “So, I guess no matter what I do, you’ll always be loyal to him, huh…”

Silver gripped his knees.

“You are the queen, so I’ll still obey your orders.”

“Anyone can obey me, but not everyone can be loyal to me. That’s probably the first thing I’ve learned since my… coronation.”

You hated that word. It sounded too noble, too posh, too heavy. As if it was something you should be honored with, rejoiced over. It might be better to rule over the people who hated you rather than live among them, but it didn’t make the experience any less unpleasant.

“I won’t lie and say that what he did was right, but fairies tend to love intensely.”

“And humans love freedom. They need it, even. But, at the end of the day, I’m just an artificial fae, aren’t I?” you sneered. “Even humanity feels alien to me now, like a concept too abstract for me to understand.”

The last part came out more as a heartfelt confession than a bitter remark. Sometimes you woke up and felt a deep hollowness inside your chest, as if someone had ripped your heart out and left you as a husk. Or a robot, because you were still functional. Yes, you did your duty as a queen and a wife; a routine that was as normal as sleeping and eating now. There were times when you experienced any kind of emotion too, and you quickly forgot the reason behind it. Why were you happy? Why were you sad? It didn’t make any sense. Your brain had overpowered your body at this point, and what was left of your heart was used to accommodate the petty offense over an insult, perceived or not.

Back then, you would’ve called it embarrassing. Nobody should be sensitive enough to attack someone just because they forgot to greet you. But now, you’d made great use of Malleus by ordering him to publicly humiliate the offender. Something still caught you from committing a worst act, though, and you weren’t sure whether you should be relieved or not. Whether it was your lingering humanity or the warnings you’d gotten from people who deemed themselves important enough to not embarrass yourself.

And yet, Malleus was happy. Proud, even. Although you’d learned it was much better to use him than defy him, anger would resurface and remind you that asking for his help was similar to needing him. Then, memories of him forcing you to marry him and transforming you into a pathetic, subpar version of himself would spark all the forgotten feelings, only for them to disappear when you tried so hard to remember why you hated Malleus in the first place.

It was a confusing event all around, and your husband, with his limited knowledge of human psyche and the effect of your transformation, chalked it up to ‘mood swing’. Still, it did change your attitude to everyone else and led them to look at you the same way they looked at Malleus; with fear, and probably less respect.

After all, you were nothing without him.

But then, you spotted Silver helping his sparring partner from the ground and remembered that humanity was about helping each other. At least, that was what you thought, until you heard his explanation.

“… I have nothing to say, Your Majesty.” Silver admitted shamefully.

You closed your eyes and sighed.

“Of course, you don’t. You’re just a human raised by faes. You know about humanity as much as I do.” You waved your hand dismissively. “Now, leave. I want to be alone right now.”

You heard the chair scrape against the stone masonry, but you didn’t bother to acknowledge his respectful bow. It was only after he went inside the castle, did you open your eyes and peer down through the balcony.

A few mortal servants and knights scattered here and there, and you wondered whether you could sway this minority group to join your side with your experiences as a former human.

[stygiusfic]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤️

thank you for tagging me! it's been a minute since this ask (and longer since @sharkodactyl sent the same my way), but it feels timely to do it now, as the new year is starting.

these are all fics in which i set out to do something i hadn't done before, and it brought me joy to try and learn. i'm excited to enjoy more trial & error in 2025!

a question of access (critical role). aka: the Luxon beacons heist. I had such a blast playing with every weird idea that came to mind here: heist movie sequences, script formatting, 2nd person narration... all things that i thought might alienate readers, but i was having too much fun to care, and then those "weird" elements wound up getting the most compliments. i can't recall a single moment i didn't enjoy writing this! i also think it's the best thing I've written yet, quality-wise.

call the name of god (and pray that he will listen) (hades). aka the vampire AU. wrote all 6k of this in a fugue state over the course of a single day & i'm still amazed at it. truly possessed by the muse that day—my brain was braining in a singular direction, full steam ahead. i made myself cry by the end. and i'm just so grateful and happy that it was received with so much love.

petals for armor (hades). aka the megzag hanahaki fic. I found out about the hanahaki trope and immediately viscerally needed to play with it myself. this was for a big bang and the deadline was definitely stressful but i'm so glad i did it, & so grateful to everyone who cheered me on and drew art for it.

the beast in the woods (fire emblem). aka the little red riding hood retelling. i love fairy tales, and also recurring elements that show up differently each time. this is a bit of a weird one, and so dear to me because of it.

this specific scene in some godsdamned peace and quiet (baldur's gate 3). playing the dark urge origin for the first time unlocked a kind of madness in me, and I wrote so much for Silence (and will likely write more yet). he is such a freak and it brings me joy. to me, this scene is perfect in every way; writing these tidbits renewed my love for my own words. the power of the homemade blorbo is great!

here's to more self-indulgence like the fics on this list in 2025!

[tyrantisterror]

Criticizing the police in a superhero story is kind of straightforward, examples exist, but what about the military in a kaiju story? Like, it's one thing to have the monster be immune to weapons but how do you avoid the usual cliches?

I would say most kaiju movies are pretty critical of the military - and so are a lot of Western giant monsters movies, to a lesser extent. The military is almost always impotent at best in a kaiju movie, rarely accomplishing anything more than stalling for time, and often end up making the situation worse. All the military's actions in the original Godzilla, for example, do nothing but make the monster more pissed off, until his final and most horrible rampage is directly provoked by the military's incredibly thorough and diverse attempt to kill him with every weapon they can think of. That is not a flattering portrayal of the military.

In fact, this trope is so common in the kaiju genre that it wasn't until decades after its inception that people tried to go against it - one of the directors of the 90's Godzilla movies talked about how G-Force in those movies was made because he always felt annoyed as a child that the military never accomplished much, and wanted to have them put up a better fight. Yet even then, MechaGodzilla, Moguera, and the various super xs never win - they come close, but Godzilla proves indomitable in the end.

Victories in kaiju movies overwhelmingly hinge on noncombatants and diplomacy - the happy ending comes from a scientist creating an ingenious invention, or fairies convincing their moth goddess to save our ass, or simply allowing Godzilla to swim off into the sunset when he's done defending his territory from the invasive monster of the week.

Some modern American kaiju pastiches find interesting ways to make the military useful while trying to stick to the themes baked into the genre's bones - Godzilla 2014 has a protagonist who, while in the military, specifically works as a bomb disposal expert, i.e. someone who keeps violence from escalating rather than perpetuate. Said character is drawn as a direct reflection of Godzilla himself in the same movie - heroes defined by their desire to stop a violent situation from exploding rather to destroy for the sake of destroying.

Pacific Rim explicitly focuses on a military organization of pilots in giant robots trying to fend off alien invaders using kaiju as weapons - but in the movie's greatest break from reality, said force is woefully underfunded, stripped to just a handful of robots and pilots. While the Jaegers of Pacific Rim have the trappings of some real world miltiary stuff, I think ultimately they don't resemble the military that much in execution, being more akin to, like, a remnant of an army turned into a guerilla resistance force, and really they make more sense when you take them as a metaphor for the few people actively fighting against climate change in our world (which the movie makes pretty clear is basically the theme, more or less - the aliens are specifically seeking our world out because we've fucked up the environment enough to make it favorable to them). And, ultimately, the Jaegers only manage to get their job done thanks to the help of two very brave scientists.

But, in all honestly, I feel no need to do away with the "cliche" of the impotent military in kaiju flicks. Fuck the military. Show them as incompetent, war-mongering, overfunded and undereffective assholes. Fuck 'em. They get their cocks sucked by every other genre with a budget, they can take a few beatings in the kaiju flicks.

[ouchmaster6000]

About Me:

Age: Legal, but sometimes wish I was a shota in an Oneeshota hentai. 

Gender: Incubus Subby Boy

Sex: Rough and Pelvis-Shattering please.

Orientation: Femdom-sexual

Politics: Druella’s radical faction and the Monster Girl Supremacist Party

Religion: IA! IA! SHUB-NIGGURATH! BLACK GOAT OF THE WOODS WITH A THOUSAND YOUNG!!!

Favorite food: Pussy

Favorite color: Purple 

DNI if:

You are a bot.

That's it. 

As a general rule, I don't block people unless I suspect they are not actually a person. I think it's cowardly.

My Digimon Sideblog: @picodart

My Invader Zim Sideblog: @hideousspacebug

My Monster Girl Sideblog: @mamonoparadise

Anime / Manga I love: 

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Soul Eater, Kill la Kill, Death Note, Panty & stocking with Garterbelt, Digimon Adventure, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, Digimon Savers, Digimon Ghost Game, Future Diary, Deadman Wonderland, Shiki, Familiar of Zero, Re: Zero, Overlord, Rising of the Shield Hero, Mushoku Tensei, Akame Ga Kill, Chained Soldier, Blood+, Madoka Magica, Rosario + Vampire, Monster Musume, Is this a Zombie?, Nyaruko-san, MM!, Little Witch Academia, Magical Witch Punie-chan, Queen’s Blade, Senran Kagura, Valkyrie Drive, Franken Fran, Tomie, Uzumaki, Junji Ito Manga, Promised Neverland, Parasyte, Sankarea, Princess Resurrection, Plus-sized Elf, 12 Beast, Creature Girls, Interspecies Reviewers, Elder Sister-like One, Love in Hell, Prison School, Domina no Do!, Don’t Toy with Me Miss Nagatoro, Freezing, Machimaho, World’s End Harem, Sin: Seven Mortal Sins, Qwaser of Stigmata, High school DxD, Heaven’s Lost Property, Date a Live, Zombie Land Saga, Gushing Over Magical Girls, Mitsudome, Yondemasu Yo! Azazel-san, Redo of Healer, Vandread, Monster Girl Doctor, Kandagawa Jet Girls, Keijo!!!!!!!!, Konosuba, Cautious Hero, Full Dive, Uncle from Another World, Akiba Maid War, Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan, Asobi Asobase, Darling in the FRANXX, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Manyu Hikenchou!, Dropkick on My Devil, Dorohedoro, Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun, Astarotte’s Toy, Kodomo no Jikan, Fire Force, FLCL, Space Dandy, Hoozuki no Reitetsu, Detroit Metal City, Higurashi: When They Cry, Elfen Lied, Hell Girl, Rozen Maiden, Magical Pokkan, My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog, Peter Grill & the Philosopher’s Time, Maken-Ki, Kanokon, Moetan, Uzamaid, Happy Sugar Life, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou, Gleipnir, BNA, SSSS. Gridman, Chainsaw Man, Fairy Tail, Papillon Rose, Paradise of Innocence, Berserk, Monster Wrestling: Interspecies Combat Girls, Welcome to Succubus High, Boy Soprano, Mai-chan’s Daily Life, Koro Koro Soushi, Shiragasane

Cartoons I love: 

Invader Zim, Avatar, Legend of Korra, Venture Bros, Metalocalypse, Rick & Morty, South Park, Futurama, the Simpsons, Harley Quinn, Teen Titans, Young Justice, Batman: the Animated Series, Batman Beyond, The Batman, Green Lantern, X-Men: Evolution, X-Men the Animated Series, Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man: the Animated Series, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Evil con Carne, Xiaolin Showdown, PowerPuff Girls, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, Kablam!, Action League Now, Ed Edd n Eddy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Angry Beavers, Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, Gravity Falls, Ren & Stimpy, Jimmy Neutron, Beetlejuice  

Live Action Shows I love:

Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, X-Files, The Lone Gunmen, Reaper, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Dexter, Gotham, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Legion, The Gifted, Jessica Jones, Runaways

Movies (and movie series) I love:

Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeny Todd, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie, Coraline, Paranorman, Alien, Hellraiser, Nightbreed, The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness, They Live, The Fly, Videodrome, The Brood, Dagon, From Beyond, Re-Animator, Call of Cthulhu, The Whisperer in Darkness,  Necronomicon, The Resurrected, The Void, The Mist, Event Horizon, Pandorum, Dark City, The Faculty, Trick r Treat, Cabin in the Woods, Return of the Living Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Marebito, Audition, Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl, Vampire Hunter D, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Pirates of the Caribbean, Men in Black, Galaxy Quest, Addams Family, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (original trilogy), Batman, Batman Returns, Dark Knight Trilogy, The Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Joker, X-Men, Logan, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnarok

Comic Books I love:

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee!, I Feel Sick, Filler Bunny, Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl, Serenity Rose, Nightmares & Fairy Tales, Courtney Crumrin, Vampire Cheerleaders, Princess Lucinda, Witch Girls Adventures, Cthulhu Tales, Fall of Cthulhu,  Hack / Slash, Bomb Queen, X-Men, New Mutants, Excalibur, X-Statix, X-Force, Deadpool, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Venom, Batman, Batgirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Suicide Squad, Teen Titans, Outsiders, Wonder Woman, Calvin & Hobbes, Pearls Before Swine, The Far Side

 Books I love:

Monster Girl Encyclopedia, Cthulhu Mythos, Books by H.P. Lovecraft, The Hellbound Heart, Cabal, Mr. B. Gone, Books by Clive Barker, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, D&D Novels, Greyhawk Novels, Forgotten Realms Novels, War of the Spider Queen, Magic the Gathering Novels, Warhammer 40k novels, Horus Heresy: Primarchs, Goosebumps

Book series I wanna read someday soon:

Horus Heresy (main series), Legend of Drizzt (Have only read comic adaptation)

Tabletop Games I love:

Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Warhammer 40k, Magic the Gathering, Weiss Schwarz, Digimon, Pokemon

Video Games I love: 

Senran Kagura, Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Digimon World 2, Pokemon, Disgaea, Skullgirls, Soul Calibur, Injustice, Marvel vs. Capcom, Darkstalkers, Blaz Blue, Guilty Gear, Baldur’s Gate 3, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Warhammer: Rogue Trader, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bioshock 2, Nightmare Ned, Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland, Gal Gun, Femdom University, Breeders of the Nephelym, Monster Girl Island, Escalation, Dominatrix Simulator

Video Games I like the lore / setting / characters of, but still need to play / havent played much:

Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, Resident Evil, Nier Automata, Valkyrie Drive, Kandagawa Jet Girls, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Digimon Survive, the rest of the Digimon World Games, a bunch of other Warhammer games.

Favorite Bands / Musical Artists:

Dethklok, Galaktikon, Lordi, Disturbed, Slipknot, Sorrowseed, Sinergy, Blackthorn, Creature Feature, Rufus Rex, Nightwish, Power Wolf, Patron Saint of Plagues, Tridevil, Voltaire, Stephen Lynch, Weird Al Yankovic, Gygax, String Storm, Abominable Intelligence, Endless Taverns, Jonathan Young, AmaLee, Ali Project, Necronomidol, BabyMetal, Myth & Roid, Yousei Teikoku, TeddyLoid, Kevin Manthei, Danny Elfman, Yasuharu Takanashi

[buriedlove]

The last party - for the mysterious final love interest…

This was a Halloween party unlike any other. A party held in a celestial realm. A vast and shimmering space filled with stars, planets, and nebulae. There were floating islands made of moonstone and crystal, and waterfalls of moonlight cascaded into the abyss below.

The guests at the party were a diverse group of beings from all over the cosmos. There were fairies, elves, aliens, and even a few other deities. Everyone was dressed in their finest costumes, which ranged from ethereal moonbeams to glittering galaxies. A more diverse group of ethereal beings had never been gathered in one party, but there was only one person the host was trying to find in the crowd, their eyes shining and reflecting the stars around them, shifting from blue to green and back again, with flecks of gold brighter than the moon.

And then the eyes landed on the person they’d been searching for. The stars in the sky suddenly seemed to pulse with a bright light, as if supercharged by a new energy.

The host moved across the crowds towards them and the pair immediately embraced. They then spent the evening dancing among the stars and feasting on celestial delicacies. It was a truly magical evening, almost like living in a dream.

Towards the end of the night the host gently stroked their love’s hair before kissing them on the forehead.

“From the first moment I saw you I knew. It felt like a thousand galaxies exploded in my chest that first time we met. I would have travelled through time and space to find you.”

They opened up a small box which contained the most beautiful moonstone. It seemed to shimmer and swirl in the light.

“This is my way of promising you the moon. The stars too, if they make you happy. I promise you my now and my future.”

They smiled softly and shook their head. “I’m sorry to get so deep at a party, I just have so many things I want to say when I see you. For now shall we just enjoy ourselves? We have the rest of our lives, after all.”

And just like that they were swept back into the party, the galaxy swirling around them until it seemed like they were one with the stars.

[northwyrm]

(@trixierosewrites) happy sts!! tell me about the three eyed raven? 👀👀👀

Oh man so a bunch of things mentioned in my list of bloodmood critters appear briefly in chapter 6 when Harriet goes on a walk about town and sees a lot of entities which have escaped from the lab. Trolls and werewolves get to reappear again later but slimes, shadow entities and three eyed ravens are only mentioned briefly (I copy-pasted relevant section below the cut...).

This said, I am getting a lot of 3-eyed-raven love so I might plop him back into the plot later. Also I cannot remember what I got him from and I've got a gnawing suspicion he was a Game of Thrones reference...

The sun was bright, the air was cold, there were foul city smells on the wind, but at first everything seemed normal. The street immediately outside Harriet’s flat block was in the deep shadow of the building itself, and she did not feel fully safe until she was in the sunshine at the end of the street. Foil wrappers and burger papers rustled along with autumn leaves as she crossed the road and pondered her next steps.

The obvious place to try and find blood would be a butchers’, so she supposed she had better start there. She walked past an Institute Agent on her way to the local park, which had a path through it that cut across to the middle of town. There was a satisfyingly deep and crunchy layer of sycamore leaves on the ground.

Ahead of her there was a woman having some trouble with her dogs, one of whom was barking and snarling and lunging at a bearded man, while the other shrivelled and cowered trying to crawl out of its own skin and run in the other direction. The woman was apologising profusely to the man, saying “they don’t normally do this!” and the man was… staring down one of the dogs and making a canine growling in his throat in reply. This was ignored by the woman, who kept apologising.

A werewolf in daylight? Harriet walked around them, pretending not to notice. None of her business, she did not work for the Institute anymore. The large geometrically complex pattern burned into the grass also wasn’t her problem. She was admittedly curious as to how crop circles were made and wondered if it was actual aliens or something else which burns patterns into grass, but again, this wasn’t any of her business.

At the exit to the park there was a large boulder on the path, and one of the Institute Agents was standing guard next to it. He nodded to her, and out of habit she nodded back. Harriet left the park without further incident.

She tried her very best to continue to ignore weird things, like children’s shadows racing each other across walls without any children present, or a weird blue ooze that flinched its way back into a bin as she walked past it. Mercifully, as she approached the middle of town there were fewer weird things that she needed to ignore.

# Then Harriet fails to buy any blood at the butcher shop because you can't just walk in and buy blood. She meets a fairy. Then her walk home...#

Grinning from ear to ear she walked back home, carefully ignoring the rather alarming three eyed raven which hopped after her whispering some sort of doomed prophecy. She was now very good at ignoring all the things that escaped from the Institute.

[indigestibletruths]

Open letter to Joe Burrow’s cult:

The evil cult of Joe Burrow fans is something to be scared of, I am impressed by the aggressiveness and intolerance of these people, and how they can be so alienated from reality. One question: why is it so difficult to accept that your idol is not nice, and that he is like every man, who has his masculine needs and is not concerned with respect and affection? You're nothing more than a bunch of retarded teenagers who believe in fairy tales and happy endings. Why don't you accept once and for all that your idol is fucking a lot of women out there, he's been single for a long time, just you idiots who live in a parallel universe, and still think you know a lot about his life, right? you are a joke, I think it's funny that suddenly Cincinnati became the habitat of everyone on this site, everyone here lives there, or knows someone who lives there🤣🤣🤣Seek urgent psychiatric treatment, this obsession of yours causes a lot of fear. And I’m warning you: I WON’T SHUT UP!!!!!!

[themousefromfantasyland]

Allow me to be a little sappy and sentimental.

Christmas has many different meanings for many different people.

Christmas is both a sacred date for Chritians and for the very special religion of my own making.

If I have anything close to a religion is the belief that dreams and fantasies are the only things that can give us meaning and comfort in a cold, uncaring universe. And who knows, maybe these exactly fantasies are the things that will inspired people to make a dark universe a little less dark.

In the end we all need our own paracosmos.

Santa Claus and the spirit of Christmas, the true fairy tale-like Christmas that inspire joy and dreams in old and new folk alike...They are part of my paracosm and are the things I will try to keep alive for the rest of my life.

For me, Christmas is a time for magic, wishes, and Santa Claus.

Sappy, stupid. Ridiculous nonsense holiday cards manufaturers tell. But it's the thing that keeps me calm at night despite my severe anxiety

For all the wonderful people who follow me and that I follow back. To all the wonderful people that I met on this wonderful site.

That your paracosmos never become devoid of Santa Claus, elves, cryptids, gods, fairies, ghosts, demons, aliens and other magical and wonderful things that will guide and comfort you.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

That your wishes may come true some day

@ariel-seagull-wings @thealmightyemprex @princesssarisa @angelixgutz @amalthea9 @the-blue-fairie @natache @tamisdava2 @thelittlehansy @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @mask131

[boomboxboi]

gangs fave movies 🧐

The gangs favorite MOVIES! 🎬

This one is sort of hard because I don’t watch a lot of movies BUT I know people who do soooo Also not including canon things because I said so.

Bruno Bucciarati

Any James Bond movie ever.

Also noir detective films.

He enjoys a good thriller/action/mystery movie.

And if it has some romance in it, that just makes it even better.

He also enjoys Austin Powers.

He thinks they’re funny as hell.

He will watch with anyone who’s willing to watch with him.

Mista watches the Austin Powers movies with him.

Leone Abbacchio

Horror films.

Specifically slashers.

He especially likes Friday the 13th films.

Also enjoys watching everyone’s reactions to any scary movie ever.

Mista tends to get scared the easiest.

Trish is never afraid and he respects her for that.

He doesn’t watch with Narancia because Narancia doesn’t pay attention and asks every 5 minutes what’s happening.

Pannacotta Fugo

Alien vs. Predator

And any of the Alien or Predator movies, in general.

He loves the suspense.

Also enjoys The Lost Boys.

Toy Soldiers is also a favorite of his.

Watches movies with Giorno because Giorno hasn’t seen a lot of movies.

Refuses to watch movies with Narancia.

Will occasionally watch movies with Mista but only if Mista agrees to watch the movies he picks.

Narancia Ghirga

Shrek.

Specifically the second Shrek movie (but he enjoys the first one, too).

100% cries while watching the first Shrek, though.

It speaks to his soul.

Hates Fairy Godmother.

Loves Puss in Boots.

Also cried his eyes out when the giant gingerbread man died.

Watches movies with Mista.

Chronically talks through every movie he watches and doesn’t pay attention to the plot so asks what’s happening frequently.

Guido Mista

27 Dresses.

All About Steve.

And just any romantic comedy movies, in general.

He will watch them with anyone or by himself.

Always has popcorn for every movie.

And milk duds.

He also cries at the happy endings because they’re just great.

Will force Narancia to watch them because Narancia needs to watch something besides Shrek.

Giorno Giovanna

Shawshank Redemption.

Though, his blood gets boiling when he watches it.

He watches whatever anyone recommends to him because he did not watch a lot of movies when growing up.

He thinks Fugo has the most compelling suggestions and Narancia always just wants to watch the same movie over and over again.

Giorno is often asked to rank the movies he watches out of 5 (but no four stars, that’s not allowed).

He doesn’t care for the romantic comedies that Mista likes, however.

But he still watches them.

Trish Una

Loves horror movies and will watch them with Abbacchio.

She will indulge in romantic comedy as well.

Trish also loves a good action movie but not superheroes.

Will watch Lost Boys with Fugo.

She also thinks Alien is amazing.

Will tolerate watching movies with Narancia.

She learned that giving him snacks for movies will keep him quiet and pay attention long enough to get a basic understanding of the plot.

Regularly falls asleep to The Transformers Movie because it’s her comfort movie.

The animated one.

She can quote the entire movie.