#i was struggling to figure out where and when they'd meet in canon; so it's a little generic/vague; apologies...

[strayslost]

He just needs to hold on a little longer.

Right now, Sigma is a nobody. He has no home, no family, no life - and that's given birth to a loneliness that he's sure no-one else in this world can fully understand. Even the name he gave himself still feels strange in his thoughts; on his tongue. But what does it matter? No matter where he goes, it's always the same. People use him again and again, manipulating and hurting him for their own ends, because that's the nature of this world. Use or be used.

But Fyodor has promised him a home. ...Sigma is no fool. He's sure any other ordinary person would laugh at him for believing in the words of a terrorist - but those people could never understand his desperation. Even if it's all a lie, no matter what he has to do to attain it... isn't this his only chance? Is it really too much to ask for a place to belong?

The Casino doesn't exist, not yet, so no-one on these streets recognizes Sigma. Even if his appearance makes him stand out from the crowd, no-one seems to be paying him much attention, all too busy with their own lives and worries. Instead, Sigma is the one to stop short as he notices a child standing still on the street - and what strikes him before anything else is the two contrasting tones of their hair, just like Sigma's own.

It creates a strange, uncanny sensation in him. It's not uncomfortable, but it's distracting enough that it takes him a moment to realize the more concerning absence of the child's guardian. ...It's not his problem, but they suddenly notice him staring, and so Sigma is suddenly forced to speak-

"Ah... Are you alone?"

@theircurse

[wizardandpirate]

Info for my Lil' Doey AU

I don't know how much I'll do for this, I honestly wasn't planning on continuing it initially, but I want to now:] I've got at least one more art piece in the works^^

Could anyone tell me what color each kid is? Q-Q I've seen so many people putting Jack as yellow, but I could've sworn he was wearing an orange shirt when he fell in. Until I figure it out in the future I'll make Jack yellow and Matthew orange.

What is this AU?

How they meet

The lil' Doey/Small Doey AU is one where, with every bit of denial I could put into it, Doey is still alive. Instead of dying, he split into the 3 children used to make him. This leads to the player finding and trying to take care of them all while looking for a way out.

Technically 2 versions of this AU, or rather two separates arcs of it I focus on separately. One where they're surviving in the factory, and another where they escaped and Kissy and the Lil' Doey's all live with the player afterwards.

The player will have hid from Huggy for about a week I think? Which is a long time, but my excuse is the prototype enjoys the hunt too much and Poppy managed to evade him for long enough that the player wasn't a main focus.

Jack will have been secretly sneaking the player food and such, too afraid to get close.

The player would meet Matthew after being rescued by him from Huggy. He would kind of apologize, telling them they could punish him for what happened if needed, but that the other 2 don't deserve to be out there alone.

They'd meet Jack after putting the clues together he'd been leaving the food around. The poor thing would be incredibly scared, but calm down a lot upon seeing Matthew.

Kissy would find them after a bit of exploring and looking for Kevin, because how could she not be part of this family? Still needs a lot of medical attention, but would be very relieved to see you and not be alone.

Kevin would be found in a very damaged looking room, where it looks like he'd been throwing stuff around in an angry/scared tantrum. Wouldn't want to go with the player, and insist you should want to kill him.

Additional lore/ideas

Matthew would have a hard time accepting the player as a guardian figure, not understanding how to be taken care of rather than take care of. He'd have a hard time being reminded he's still a kid, that he's enough, and did his best.

Jack would be struck with the realization of what he did to his parents. Without the memories of the other two kind of mudding up what happened, he'd fully understand, having a hard time not hating himself for it.

Kevin would try so hard to hate the player and struggle so much with being cared for, appreciated, and not lied to. He would help you if it came down to it, but wouldn't want to admit he's almost comfortable.

Kissy wouldn't really know what to do, because without Poppy, trust would be hard. But I think she'd like feeling part of a family again, and not being relied on so much like she was by Poppy.

I don't know if it's canon but I hc the toys have little to no memories of who they were before, and barely understand who they are now, so the player would probably have to tell them what they know about their lives before:(

As for if they'd make it out or not... uhh, you can decide!:) I'd really only focus on their story while still trying to escape, maybe doodle a concept or two on if they'd made it out as a family. But as for now I've got no idea on if they would or not.

I've since started more focusing on the idea of them escaping. I find it an easier setting to work with. Will still post ideas of them still in the factory from time to time, but I do enjoy their family dynamic after getting out.

[eternalera]

im bored and wanna argue with a wall why i ship lawlight.

alright so lets get started! the first thing that people usually bring up with lawlight is the age gap. so basically at the start of the series light is 17 and L is 24 BUT when they meet light is 18 and L is still 24. theyre literally adults. now okay that's kinda a shit excuse so lets talk about why the age gap is NOT the problem with their toxicty. (its their personalities-)

first off the main problem with agegaps are the power imbalances, the thing with L and light is yeah they have this. but you wanna know what? they'd have this even if light was the exact same age as L, because the whole point of death note is the power struggle that the two of them have going on. why do they have this? because theyre equals in pretty much everything, IQ, tennis etc. the power struggle they have is intriguing and everyone can agree to this, you wanna know why? YOU WATCHED DEATH NOTE. thats like half of the entertainment, watching these two go toe to toe.

then there's the "theyre in different stages of life" argument. they're not, they're just really not. L's doing nothing with his life but solving cases (sry buddy but its true-), and light's literally just doing the same thing except killing people and keeping L from solving the case. not to mention that 6 years is not that big of an agegap. no, seriously im being so genuine right now. like yeah okay, its weird if an 18 yo dates a 12 yo thats wrong because the 18 yo is an adult with a TON of more life experiences than they 12 yo, they've gone through puberty, etc. they know a lot more about sex and stuff as well so that is grooming.

but what if a 30 and 36 yo are dating? that's fine, you wouldn't object to that as long as they met at a time when they were emotionally mature enough to make the decision to date.

also there are much larger age gaps than just 6 years in real life. there are tons of couples that have 10 or 12 years (one of my friends parents have a 20 year age gap) in between the two of them and have been together for a while (NOT when one of them was younger) and they're in a healthy relationship. my parents have a 6 year age gap, it's totally fine. theyre healthy there's not power imbalance and stuff like that

anyways moving on from that. there's the whole ethical standpoint of their debate but like... guys light's a mass murderer be so fr right now. then there's the victim x their abuser argument but literally that can go for either one of them.

yes light killed L but it wasnt like L wasn't trying to do the same (if he convicted light he WAS going to kill him, make no mistake on that). he literally told the task force how once he captured kira he was going to bring them his HEAD (he knew light was kira, he's known pretty much since he approached him at the college so he WANTED to kill light).

now is the ship toxic?... hell yeah, toxic as fuck. there are hardly any relationships (romantic or platonic) that arent toxic to some extent. hell even light and his father's relationship is toxic and they're family. light uses his father's position to kill more people, he wouldve killed his father if he was a risk into revealing that he was kira, he wouldve killed any of his family if them being alive was a risk to his identity.

but what about L? well he looks down on literally everyone who isn't as smart as him with the only exception being watari and possibly light. any relationship with him he's going to regard the person as wasting his time or not intelligent enough. there is that one line where misa kisses L on the cheek and he says how he could fall in love with her. i do think he's being genuine but keep in mind it would still be toxic for her as L is way more obsessed with figuring out tough cases than retaining a relationship.

so if its toxic people cant ship it right? wrong. there are tons of toxic relationships in fandom AND in canon that have insane power dynamics. there are a few in arcane as well, caitvi (caitlyn's an enforcer vi's from the undercity) and jayvik (viktor turned into a FUCKING GOD and tried to basically turn everyone into robots where jayce is literally JUST HUMAN) are pretty big examples. now are these toxic? Mmmm honestly depends on who you ask lol. imo yeah a little (in canon at least seeing as how caitlyn did gas vi's people and viktor DID try to take over piltover) but they're still shipped widely.

and even if a ship isn't inherently toxic some people will go out of there way to make it toxic because thats just what they like. its fandom. there are going to be stuff you do and dont like about it. lawlight just tends to be one of those things and honestly i dont think its as bad as people are making it out to be. and not to mention toxic ships really are just an acquired taste, once again its part of EVERY FANDOM (havent seen it yet, you will stick around, trust me it'll happen) and you just gotta learn to live with it lol.

now do i think that theyre in love in the anime? no, but do i ship them anyways and in my own aus? yeah, but then again either L's aged down or lights aged up so what the hell do i know?

hope you enjoyed my ranting lol. byeee

(ALSO THIS IS NOT BEING USED TO JUSTIFY FUCKED UP DYNAMICS IRL. THESE ARE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS.)

tldr: their age gap is NOT the problem to their toxicity its them and i like it that way

[gerec]

any fic where they meet young (not close to 30 like in the movie) or grow up together?

Hi Anon! You'll find mostly aus on this list as I don't recall very many canon fics where they meet as kids (that isn't time travel related). Hope you enjoy!

Curve Fitting by kianspo The weird thing is, Charles always introduces Raven as his sister, but he never calls Erik his brother. Erik would be bothered, except he prefers not to think of Charles as his brother, either. He can’t figure it out for four years, and then suddenly he can.

Quiet Like a Fire by kianspo Charles has been in love with his best friend for years without realizing it. When he finally figures it out, Erik is married to a wonderful woman and has an adorable daughter, who thinks the world of Charles. Erik has the perfect life that Charles helped him build, so there is only one thing for it - get over his feelings. So what if his methods are unhealthy or if Erik has an opinion on the matter? Charles is determined to do the right thing.

To Be Alone (With You) by dizzycalm AU set in modern time. Charles and Erik meet as kids. They grow up, discover their powers together, and eventually fall in love... though one is more opposed to the idea than the other. Erik wants what he can't have and Charles is terrified of being like his mother.

Wicked Game by obstinatrix, seutedeern Erik's reputation as a defender of the weak in elementary school isn't undeserved. He wouldn't have expected a Xavier to fall into that category, but it seems that other people don't see Charles the way Erik does, as a warm, lovely person who should be protected. As the years draw on, Charles and Erik become best friends, inseparable. Everything is perfect, platonically ideal, until it isn't.

You and Me Against the World by madmalina One important thing to remember: this is a love story. Twenty years and two lifetimes later. Just two boys learning to mutant, grow up, and love each other.

A Winter in New York by nextraordinaire Charles and Erik have been childhood friends for as long as they can remember – Erik, living with his mother in Queens, and Charles in the big mansion in Westchester. For all, expect themselves, it was just natural progression that they'd end up together.

Finally Moving by zarah5 In which Erik is the son of servants, Charles is the son of aristocrats, and hedgehogs make repeated appearances. -- Modern AU that is clearly inspired by Atonement (minus most of the angst, that is).

come as you are by scarlettblush Hospital AU. The one where Charles unknowingly woos a coma patient with Pride and Prejudice. Years later, they meet again.

our hearts won't rust by orphan_account He wants to hold the face of the man whose thoughts he is even now struggling to keep separate from his own, wants to share with him the greatest truth and cruelest lie Charles knows - that he isn’t alone, that neither of them are, not if they don’t want to be. AU. Charles meets Erik during a summer abroad when he is 17.

[snuggles-and-struggles]

Thinking more on that long distance fic. I think as it went, the focus would almost be 100% Stretch's perspective, his life, I'm thinking it'd start while he’s between jobs, though I'm torn on if he still lives with Blue... Probably. But that's not the point, it'd be his life, how it's been going since surfacing, how he'd been struggling lately after a series of casual, mostly just kind of depressing relationships and his friends slowly becoming busier with their own lives.

Then it'd gradually shift to having some little bits from Edge's point of view. It's slowly revealed he’s actually doing very well for himself. Some big important government job, maybe not an ambassador, but some director of something probably.

Except...even while they'd surfaced "earlier" than "canon", he'd certainly been old enough to have a lot of fell mentalities seared into him. Maybe he doesn't struggle as much socially as a more regular AU but he still doesn't really have many friends, and his job keeps him busy. He doesn't really know...how to connect with others.

What they build over those conversations with Stretch might be just about the only real "normal" friendship he has.

And Stretch, well, he crushes easily, he knows that, so when those feelings inevitably start blossoming when he talks to Edge, eh, it's not important. Definitely not something to risk making things weird between them. Besides, he has no idea where Edge even lives, so it's not like they could meet up and hang out or go on dates.

And Edge, well, he doesn't trust easily, especially not a stranger he met online, good grief. But Stretch is not so reserved. It probably wouldn't be too terribly long before he’s shared pictures of what he’s up to, himself, friends, silly things he sees on the days he manages to pull himself out of the house.

Maybe Edge can't quite offer the same, but he relaxes into believing Stretch is who he says he is, and that at least helps him really and truly feel like Stretch...is his friend.

But the closer they get, probably over a couple of years of talking at least, maybe even voice calls as well, but no video (at least not from Edge's end), that "little friend crush" is becoming a lot more of a problem.

Edge is funny, and he’s smart. He’s insane. That voice, stars, I think the first time Stretch would hear him chuckle it'd keep him up at night. Even dates that go well, he just can't bring himself to follow up, because he just keeps wishing it was Edge instead.

It'd get to a point where his soul would ache and he'd know he needed to tell him. They would've undoubtedly gotten decently close in that time, and he’s hoping, at the very least, they can stay friends if Edge doesn't feel the same. He doesn't care if they can only do phone calls and DMs forever, he loves him. He’s in love with him.

He’s...in love with him. The way they'd talked about it leaves no room for misunderstanding. Yes. Stretch loves him. Romantically. Sexually..? Oh god, he confessed feelings for him.

Edge would be beside himself. Of course he cares about Stretch very deeply, but it'd never crossed his mind they were anything more than just friends. Maybe...maybe best friends, if he could let himself believe it. And now he has to step back and look at the past however much times passed and really ask himself. Does he...could he...love Stretch? In the same way?

Oh it'd put him through it, trying so hard to figure out the differences. Sure, yes, he enjoyed talking to Stretch more than anyone else. He mourned the nights they couldn't talk until Stretch fell asleep, and sometimes, sometimes he'd fall asleep on call and Edge would lie there and listen. Wonder what it'd be like if they could share a bed.

He knows very well what Stretch looks like, but how is he actually in real life? How would he fit beside Edge? Against him? What does his voice sound like, his laugh, without a staticky filter to it? Is he warm? Cool? Do his bones feel the same as Edge's? Well, anywhere not marred by scars. What does he smell like?

And worse yet, aside from his own struggles with demi-romanticism, Stretch is pretty. He’s handsome, funny, people like him. He is woefully out of Edge's league.

Because I'd imagine, thanks to surfacing earlier and having more exposure to humans during his late teen years/very early adulthood, being nearly 8ft tall and all points, scars, and hard ridges, he’s developed a very certain image of himself that doesn't align at all with what he'd imagine an ideal partner for Stretch would be.

But.

But Stretch said he loves him.

And...with much deliberation, I think Edge would come to find that, oh god. He loves Stretch, too. And Stretch deserves only his honesty, even if Edge feels there's surely someone out there better suited to him. That's simply not his decision to make.

After they'd talk, and the reality of it really settled, for the most part, I think Edge would insist Stretch come visit, and stay for a little while, so he they can be certain this is what they want. (And to force himself to stop hiding himself behind the distance).

God, they'd both just be bundles of nerves (ironically). Edge would probably overplan it like crazy, triple, quadruple, quintuple cleaning his house, asking Stretch over and over if he’s really alright staying there and wouldn't prefer a hotel, just in case. Stretch trying so hard to insist on paying by Edge is adamant on flying him out. He'd probably buy new clothes just for the trip.

In particular, I'd had the scene of their (new) first irl meeting in my head last night. Stretch getting out of the taxi at the agreed upon spot, a short walking distance from Edge's house. He lives in the outskirts of a city, and this street in particular is right by a small shopping district, and early in the fall, there's a good flow of people out.

Stretch is so, so anxious, but also so incredibly excited. Edge had "warned" him, even before they started "dating", that he "probably doesn't look like the dashing prince Stretch seems to think he does", but he finds that hard to believe knowing him as well as he does. He also knows Edge has a difficult relationship with doorways, furniture, and public transport, and mentioned that Stretch "couldn't miss him", so he must be tall, maybe even as tall as him.

Bundled lightly against the chill, luggage in hand, he'd be looking around with a faint flush of orange across his skull.

And angel above, he’s somehow even more beautiful in real life. Edge would hesitate before revealing himself, likely having put himself through the paces in the last 48 hours, regretting and fearing inviting Stretch up now more than ever, wanting to cling to what he trusts is safe. Stretch loves what of him Edge has shown him but he’s so scared the rest will ruin this.

The LV, the scars, his general disposition; he’s read about long distance couples meeting and the magic immediately disappearing and it's such a terrifying risk to take.

Reminding himself not to flex his hands and crush the gorgeous bouquet. There was never any other option though. Eventually they'd have to meet, if their relationship was to be considered serious. And as willing to reassure there was never any rush as Stretch was, Edge knew he was dying to meet him and see properly him for the first time.

Giving himself a moment more to commit this image of Stretch in his mind just in case, he'd finally step out and move closer, keeping the flowers behind his back and doing his best to offer a gentle, sincere smile when Stretch finally noticed him.

Okay, "maybe even as tall as him" might be the understatement of the year. Not many people towered over Stretch, but wow, yeah, he understood the "couldn't miss him" comment now. Heavens above it'd be a mercy to put him out of his misery at that exact moment because Edge was somehow even hotter than he'd expected. Weren't they supposed to be alternates of the same guy? How was that fair?

Oh would his blush flare, eyes lighting up as he'd quickly move to meet Edge, and stars, he looked unreal, his bones like perfect porcelain and his magic the colour of setting sunlight, or perhaps sunrise light would be a better comparison.

They'd both be so excited and flustered and Stretch would not know what to do with himself when Edge gave him flowers. Flowers!

I just realized I got SO carried away oh my god. Not the intention of this post. There's more after that, about going back to Edges house and talking and getting to hug n Stretch teaches Edge how to kiss n it's just. A little hurt comforty just bc of weird self image issues n fell issues but mostly it's just fluff and maybe something. Else. Who said that

It's esp crazy bc the long distance fic was actually just supposed to be one chapter. Just that bit I posted with the snippets in between. But my brain is like. No. You must imagine a whole damn series of novels of them that is 99.9% just mundane fluff. Girl...

[musicalmoritz]

hi hi mutual :D

I’m not a huge aoinene shopper (although I do ship it) but! I wanted to ask for your Aoinene hc’s since I have labeled you as the Aoinene expert in my head and I saw you reblog that post we reblogged about the ship hc’s and such!!

convince me into the aoinene lore…. /hj -Bunny

Hiiiiiii mutual!! First of all I’ve said this before but I love being known as the Aoinene Expert™️, so happy that’s my reputation lol

Headcanons are my specialty so I’m glad you asked this!! I will gladly convince you into the Aoinene lore/hj. They’ve been rotting away my brain all day so I’m gonna take this opportunity to ramble abt them and explain how I see the ship

• So as far as canon goes I wouldn’t change either of the canon pairings for them, shipping for me sort of exists in a multiversal vacuum where I can imagine alternatives for who the characters end up with and how they end up with those ppl via fan content

• I do, however, love the idea of them having mutual crushes on each other in canon. I think Nene plays hers off as just admiring Aoi but deep down she feels the same way abt her that she does Teru and Fuji (or maybe a little bit more serious since they’re best friends). And while I think Akane is Aoi’s ultimate soulmate in canon I can see her having feelings for Nene as well, though I think they’d start to fade once Nene began to pull away from her

• As for fanon tho…

• In my head there’s an alternate universe where these two end up together after everything. This usually involves lesbian Aoi bcuz I do adore that headcanon in anything that’s not the actual manga. I like to think they both developed mutual crushes on each other in middle school and Aoi was very internally angsty and aware of her’s whereas Nene was very repressed abt her feelings for girls in general

• They totally have sleepovers every week, on Fridays specifically. They do typical things like watching movies and painting each other’s nails but they’re teenage girls so they’d also probably try to summon demons. And since this is tbhk they’d probably succeed a few times (now I need an au where Nene summons Bloody Mary instead of Hanako)

• Since it’s Aoinene ofc there’s gotta be a moment when Aoi finally opens up to Nene about everything, but I don’t think that would come without difficulty. Lots of avoiding each other and being super distant bcuz neither of them want to be the first to bring it up, then maybe a dramatic fight or two before they come back together on calmer terms and have a long conversation at one of their sleepovers about everything. Whether platonic or romantic that's usually how I envision their resolution

• I think it would also have to come after Aoi's taken some time to work through her mental health problems, she's made progress but she still has a long way to go and that stuff isn't easy to talk about, especially when she knows Nene's view of her will change

• I don't think Nene ever intends to hurt Aoi though, she's more-so negligent and a bit self-centered. And she seems to know something is off with Aoi never talking abt herself but she can't take that further step into understanding WHY she acts the way that she does

• To be honest I see Nene as stressing a lot when she realizes something's going on because she doesn't want to lose their friendship, and I do think she would embrace the real Aoi with open arms if she ever were to meet her

• Then I think they'd have some struggles of adjusting to their new dynamic and figuring out how they work with Aoi being herself + Aoi would instinctively try to pull away a bit, but I think they'd find a way to make it work

• They would constantly be going on dates, wanting to try new places together. They've probably tried every cafe in their town, I could also see them being the type of couple to have each other's orders memorized

• A lot of fics tend to pull them away from their canon love interests in one way or another but not me, Hanako and Akane automatically become wingmen. Those girls are a mess and they need all the advice they can get, even if their makeshift relationship counsellors are far from qualified

• They match their outfits whenever they go out, and they're also 100% the type to do matching Halloween costumes

• Nene has a houseplant in her room that's a gift from Aoi

• Nene calls Aoi every time she has to run errands but doesn't want to do it alone. They end up at the pet store a lot

• Their moms are both convinced they're secretly dating and place bets on when they'll announce it

• They both get easily flustered around each other when they first start dating but in different ways; Nene is a very loud and dramatic type of flustered, very shoujo protagonist core. And Aoi is more the quiet, tsundere genre of flustered

• In the future I picture Nene as a successful writer and Aoi as a flower shop owner and they have a house by the beach. And a hamster, of course

• I also choose to believe they were girlfriends in the Ghost Hotel au before Aoi passed, then they got reunited when Nene arrived at the hotel

• Nene cries very easily and Aoi is a good fake-crier

• Aoi is a little spoon, pass it on

That's all I can think of rn, tysm for your ask! I am going to continue brainrotting over Aoinene for the foreseeable future lmao

[kitkatt0430]

For 5+ headcanons AU - what if Stein had been the one to die during the singularity instead of Ronnie?

Oh poor Martin, but yay! Ronnie lives. :D

Much like Martin, Ronnie would start to destabilize, so they'd still have to seek out Jax around the same time as in canon. I think Ronnie would be more proactive and opinionated about things than Martin was - though the canon episode was about Martin needing another half to Firestorm the focus was on Caitlin's grief over Ronnie when it came to choosing a 'copilot' as it were. So I think here it would focus on Ronnie's grief. He struggled to learn to get along with Martin in part because all the time spent with the merge gone wrong where Martin was directly piloting Ronnie's body, so he's understandably uncomfortable with having to let someone in.

He's definitely going to take a dislike to Hewitt upon meeting him - the guy isn't a team player and he kinda looks down on Ronnie for not having a doctorate. And maybe Ronnie absently corrects something that Hewitt has wrong in his lab when they visit him, so they're both really rubbing each other the wrong way there. Since Ronnie wouldn't want to merge with Hewitt, maybe a polite handshake is what sparks Hewitt's powers into overload.

Jax on the other hand, Ronnie takes to immediately. They get along well and Ronnie is frank about the situation he's facing. He just got legally acknowledged as alive again, is married to Caitlin (twice over since they would have had to have a second ceremony for legal purposes once they were actually able to file the paperwork), and he really does not want to die. He's as uncertain about being a hero as Jax is, but he's not asking Jax to help him save the world. Just his life. Which, as Jax points out, is arguably Caitlin's world. What they're doing will make Jax's life dependent on Ronnie's in the same way Ronnie's will become dependent on Jax's - but they can work on finding a way to stablize them both without Firestorm eventually. They're both young, they've got the time to figure things out.

Obviously Jax agrees, they merge successfully, but oh no! Hewitt is melting down and they wind up going to fight him alongside Barry.

At some point during these events, Ronnie and Caitlin would let Clarissa know what's going on and that there's a possibility that Ronnie and the as-of-yet unknown person who balances him out as Firestorm might wind up in the papers again. They want to make sure she's prepared to see that happen and isn't smacked in the face with it on the Sunday Times or whatever and left wondering if that's Martin.

Also!!! When Jax and Ronnie merge, it winds up being Ronnie riding copilot while Jax is in charge of his own body. Which puts Ronnie in what was Martin's position. And in some ways makes Ronnie feel closer to the friend and mentor he lost. But it also kind of cements that he's the advisor in the Firestorm equation now. The one who has to run the mental calculations for flying and transmutation while Jax concentrates on the actual physical actions going on. It's an adjustment for them both, but they manage to make a good team.

They still get recruited by the Legends - Firestorm would have been killed by Zoom otherwise, due to Zoom being smitten with Caitlin. Ronnie is less interested in time travel than Martin was because it would take him away from Caitlin, but Jax talks him into it (after Jax is visited by his future self in a stable time loop that doesn't involve drugging anyone to get everyone aboard the Waverider, wth Legends S1???)

Ronnie would probably make more of an effort to get to know Mick than everyone else does. He knows what it feels like to be dismissed as the 'dumb muscle' - much as he came to like Martin, it felt in some ways like Martin maybe never got over his impression that he was smarter and wiser than Ronnie was and it's gotta sting when someone that important and integral to who you are... dismisses you like that. It's probably not enough to keep Mick from blowing up at the crew because Len keeps picking them over him and even trying to erase their partnership via changing the history of Lewis Snart, but with both Ray and Ronnie being more friendly to Mick he perhaps double crosses the Time Pirates rather than sticking with them permanently. They wind up leaving Mick in 2016 as requested, only for him to wind up immediately kidnapped by Time Masters the minute the Waverider disappears.

Ronnie's survival turns out to be caused by Barry's time travel in the Flashback episode; it's not just Hartley turning over a new leaf that changed. And while Barry is glad Ronnie is alive - if gallivanting off with the Legends which includes Barry's favorite thief (crush) Leonard Snart - he's horrified to realize that Martin didn't survive in this timeline. And so Barry does not create Flashpoint because of this. He realizes that he might save his parents, sure, but who will suffer in his place? He can't do that, can't take that risk. Not even for his mom and dad.

[nageki-the-friendly-ghost]

Tell us everything

Welcome to the Hitori fucking Dies AU

Okay so I don't have pretty much anything plotted out yet but the concept is "hatoful boyfriend except hitori managed to save nageki in the fire and died in the process"

Tw for all the usual hatoful boyfriend topics (suicide, familial death and grief, medical malpractice, likeable characters making pretty awful choices)

Also spoilers for if I ever make this for real. I'd want it to be structured similarly to hatoful boyfriend where most major plot reveals happen late, so by explaining the ideas from the start of this AU I'd also kind of be spoiling every major plot twist. But I don't know how far I'll get into the project (I have had a REAL hard time focussing on writing recently) and I want to share all my ideas immediately lol

Obviously there are many logistical issues in this au that would need to be worked out- why bbl wouldn't just happen immediately if Nageki was alive, for instance. Bear with me pls

Also please note that I haven't consumed every single piece of hatoful media, mostly just the two games and sections of one of the manga. There may be some things I missed out on that.

But here are the ideas I have thus far

The first sticking point is that I think there's a high probability that if Hitori died in the fire Nageki would just attempt again because he still believes he needs to sacrifice himself and would just feel even guiltier. BUT I also think it could be equally in character for Nageki to refuse to let Hitori's sacrifice be in vain and find enough resolve to escape and keep living and find a better solution

But of course, Nageki could never have a normal life while infected with the charon virus, nor would he be content with one while he's aware of the Hawk party's plans

He'd have to go on the run, obviously. Here's where you get another interesting possible choice of Nageki somehow managing to join the Doves. But frankly I don't think an incredibly sick 15 year old with extremely limited life experience is going to be good at going on the run. I think he'd manage to stay hidden for long enough. For the purposes of this au he doesn't die from his sickness immediately but it was definitely a risk. (Let's assume that Shuu originally planned for Nageki to live much longer than he did in canon so he received some genuine medical care in between the experiments)

However. Nageki is homeless and unable to tell anyone about what was done to him or get help. He can't go to any birds because the Hawks are searching for him, and he can't warn any humans because they'd just die if he spoke to them

Surprise! This is where this also becomes a Kazuaki lives AU!

I think Nageki meets Kazuaki mostly by random chance in the street. Now, in canon I'm not sure if Kazuaki was kicked out of college at this point and that's why he was out there in the rain or if he was out there for some other reason (edit: been informed that he IS still in college when he meets Hitori in canon, which works great for me). I'm choosing to believe it's the latter for the purposes of making this au work- Kazuaki is living in a dorm at this point but is close to failing his classes and is out in the rain for some reason. Roll with me here.

Nageki stumbles across Kazuaki. He'd probably be hesitant to approach due to the aforementioned danger

But Kazuaki is obviously not in a good state, and if there's one thing Nageki hates its feeling like he can't do anything when people are struggling. And part of Nageki is purely running on What Would Hitori Do mode right now. So obviously Nageki tries to figure out what he can do to help

I think suddenly being shown kindness by some random kid who is clearly in a similarly awful state might draw Kazuaki out of his head enough that he could end up trying to help Nageki instead, out of genuine concern, a sense of understanding, and a desperate need to be important to literally anybirdie on earth

This is the first time Nageki has talked to anybirdie since Hitori's death, as well as the longest Kazuaki has talked to someone in weeks

Nageki needs a place to stay that no one would think to look for him and where he's slightly less likely to immediately die. Kazuaki needs to interact with another living being regularly, and has an empty dorm room and a meal plan he's barely been using

cue incredibly dysfunctional found family slowburn- They feel obligated to each other (which eventually becomes genuine care and protectiveness) and end up functioning better as a result

(This could possibly end up being very codependent, because what relationship in hatoful doesn't have a LITTLE unhealthy codependency. Staking the whole of your recovery on another person's wellbeing is NOT sustainable. But overall WAY healthier for both of them than Hitori and Kazuakis canon dynamic in that they both make it out alive with no deception necessary.)

Kazuaki starts attending classes again so that they can stay housed. He struggles and still can't thrive, but he just barely stays afloat with Nageki's support and renewed motivation. Nageki does what he can to make the dorm more habitable without leaving. Nageki's presence is a secret for obvious reasons, but it's a pretty easy one to keep since Kazuaki is so isolated to begin with. Nageki's trapped again in a different way, but Kazuaki's awful living space may honestly feel like a relief after the sterile lab. Months, maybe even a full year, pass

Eventually, Nageki trusts Kazuaki enough to tell him about everything- the charon virus, St. Pigeonations, Hitori's death, all of it. He tells him that one day, if he can live long enough, Nageki will find a way to expose what's going on at St. Pigeonations to the world and bring an end to it

Nageki likely tells him out of a sense of guilt- this is what he's gotten Kazuaki into, and he deserves better than all the extra trouble Nageki comes with.

But Nageki also won't be talked out of his plan, and when Kazuaki realizes this, he's not going to let Nageki be in danger by himself, not when it means Kazuaki would be left completely alone again

Kazuaki hasn't dreamed about his future in years, had no plans past college for how his life could go. What difference would it make if he started working towards becoming a teacher?

Kazuaki had no significance to the Hawks whatsoever. And teaching is completely in character for Kazuaki when he's in a slightly better mental state (see: shrine au) so no one would likely question it. No one EVER pays attention to Kazuaki or takes him seriously- which could make him a very, very good information gatherer

(And Nageki IS still sick, and maybe, just maybe Kazuaki can find out if the doctor wasn't COMPLETELY lying about doing research into curing it– if only as a contingency plan to keep his bioweapon from getting out of his control. Maybe if Kazuaki poked around enough, he could find it and hand it over to a non-evil doctor. He doesnt tell Nageki about this idea though- Nageki would refuse it outright, and Kazuaki couldnt bear the dissappintment if he told him and then failed)

Nageki... is apprehensive about this plan. But it's the only one they have, the only influence he can possibly exert to try to stop the Hawks without walking immediately into their clutches. His need to do what's right overrules his need to do what's smart.

But he begs- Kazuaki can't do too much for him, can't sacrifice his own wellbeing to keep Nageki hidden, and he can't do ANYTHING that might get him caught. If Kazuaki ever doesn't come home, Nageki is flying in right after him. Nageki has lost three families now- he WON'T lose a fourth, no matter what.

Kazuaki promises. We'll see if he's able to keep it.

WOO okay that's the main part I had planned out. But here's a little more.

I haven't thought as much about ghost!Hitori yet but. Oh man. Ghost Hitori

I think he'd be a lot less bitter than canon Hitori since he achieved what he set out to do (save nageki) but I do think he'd still have regrets enough to not be able to move on (leaving Nageki completely alone, not rescuing him earlier, knowing that there's still danger and being able to do nothing to help it)

I think he'd be less detached from the world and more driven to help others- especially the students, the kids, who were being used unawares of the horrors of the school. If only, if ONLY one of them could hear his warnings

(eventually, years later, Hiyoko can hear his warnings)

I'm also curious about how Shuu's plans would change with Nageki alive- with a burnt medical center and no liver cells to work with, he doesn't have samples of the charon virus. Would he still plan on turning Ryouta into the new carrier when the original carrier was still out there and needed to be recaptured? Lots to think about.

How I'd want to present this, ideally is as a fan game of alternate routes based on these changes

In true hatoful boyfriend fashion all of this is just the backstory to get to where all the characters are at the start of the game. The main plot is about all of the butterfly effects that occur in Hiyoko's experience due to entirely new plot threads occurring

[cr1mson5returns]

Piggybacking off of yesterday's thought and I still have a lot to say about this.

I'm not really someone who makes a habit out of telling people what they can and can't write in fandom; I think it's gross, gatekeepy behavior and sort of ruins the experience for everyone. I also don't really make a habit out of bringing up canon, especially not in Batfandom, because nobody gets into fandom creative work to just rehash canon a million times. We thrive on our many and varied AUs. So with all that in mind, I'm not about to argue that there's no place in fandom for interpretations of Jack and Janet Drake as intentionally awful parents displaying calculated patterns of abuse against their son. I think those interpretations have a right to exist and absolutely should exist, because for many people that was their experience and it resonates more for them. People deserve to see themselves reflected in fan works.

I do, however, think it's crucial to also entertain the interpretation of the Drakes where maybe they're not bad people, but they're certainly bad parents. I've known people personally who weren't evil or horrible individuals; they were actually decent and even good people. But with their children, they were pretty bad parents and consistently incapable of meeting their needs and allowing them the chance to develop normally. This can happen for a lot of reasons, and we can argue about which one would be most fitting for the Drakes here.

But personally, I can definitely see it as a result of a perfect storm of factors. Jack and Janet might have both had parents who weren't super good at parenting. Their view of parenting was skewed from the start. Their marriage was starting to struggle, maybe a little or maybe a lot, and they figured that introducing the child they'd always wanted would bring them together as a real team again, a real partnership. But having a kid is hard and messy and complicated, and if Janet had any postpartum mental health problems, things could've gone downhill fast. And while there are many resources available to learn to be a good parent and to meet your child's needs consistently, it's not easy to take advantage of those resources when you're very much trying to keep up a public image and a reputation among peers. What would everyone else think of you breaking down and accepting help from a shrink to learn how to parent your own kid? This is supposed to be innate, after all.

So, yeah. I definitely feel like my personal soft spot for Jack and Janet as parents is somewhere in the complicated mess of things that makes someone not a bad person overall, but definitely a bad parent and therefore a bad person for their child.

[jean47mclean]

I have more ideas >:3

Okay to expand upon the first point I made, you know how there are the 3 major clans in JJK and how it seems like the Kamo and Zen'in(?) Usually have their students attend JJTech Kyoto and it got me thinking what if they Gojo and Inumaki clans forced their children to attend JJTech Tokyo? Just a thought I had

So anyways Maki obviously attends the other school free of Zen'in eyes until they send in Megumi, who's cover story is that he too wanted to follow in Maki's steps and leave the oppressive and restrictive ways of the clan. I think Maki would hate him at first. I just feel like she wouldn't be fooled and thinks there's a lot more that he's hiding.

I don't think anyone would like or trust him initially, honestly. They'd all be pretty weary. Nobara, who is probably dating or at least likes Maki and lot at this point (I'm thinking takes place a couple months post-canon but nothing in canon has happened) and so she also doesn't trust him. It doesn't help that since they're the only two first years and they have to fight with each other, that the 10 Shadows of the Zen'in clan would not stoop to something like teamwork.

Megumi has been trained since his technique was revealed and he was sold away quietly by his father. Unfortunately Tsumiki was taken by her mother so he has very spare memories of her, but I like to think he clings to them like a lifeline cuz it's the only time he remembers feeling safe and loved. Since he was forced to train, he's been taught to fight alone and fight with everything in him.

He probably has all his shikigami he tamed in canon at this point plus Round Deer and Tiger's Funeral. Obviously this would put him as a very high Grade 1 sorcerer. But I Like to think he ends up battling a curse that would require Nobara's technique, and during this fight she gets gravely injured because of his incompetence and that's the first crack.

Obviously, Nobara would hate him more. But I think he'd feel this overwhelming amount of shame and grief for not being able to do anything, and struggles a lot with understanding how he could have almost failed to save someone. It's at this point, when they go on more missions together and they work almost as two foes rather than teammates where it becomes worse and worse. They both are assigned more and more difficult missions by request of the Zen'ins and because the curses have been growing suspiciously stronger lately. It's when Nobara almost dies a second time on his watch (I'm so sorry my queen) and Maki yelling at him for his facde of indifference to shatter.

Maki gets to see what lies underneath his carefully crafted stone mask and this is where the bonding begins. I like to think Inumaki was witness to this as well, because he's also a kid from a clan with probably some restrictions.

Now where does Gojo fit into all of this? Obviously he's as fleeting as he is in canon, and maybe away a bit more often due to curses growing stronger, but I think him being there is as important in some moments as him not.

Megumi never really grew up with anyone sort of paternal figure. He had the maids that would make sure he attended to his mandatory lessons work and meetings, the old drunk men in charge of dictating bis life and progress, and then the trainers who would give him more bruises than he could count. This void would probably be quickly filled by Gojo, despite Megumi's annoyance. Gojo's small moments of showing him care when everyone else at the school wouldn't, actually helping him train instead of beating the fire out of him with wooden poles. Encouraging him to rest and teasing him when he did something embarrassing. And then also not being there when Nobara nearly died the first time around, when he needed advice more than ananything. Gojo not being there when it mattered to Megumi that he was makes Megumi feel completley alone and would end in him clinging even more to Gojo because of it.

Will come back tomorrow when I have more ideas cuz I'm getting tired

I have not been able to focus on studying at all but since I'm here I just need to get this off my mind

You know how there are a bunch of spy AUs where like Character A goes in and tries to build a relationship with Character B in order to get information on them and then possibly kill them? But then Character A learns more about themselves and the world and then doesn't want to leave or sell them out?

Well I was thinking what if there was a non-shipping version where Zen'in Megumi is supposed to go to JJTech Tokyo instead of Kyoto in order to get information on the elusive Six Eyes user by acting as an incompetent student or something I dunno

But then along the way Megumi learns about found family, what it means to care for other people instead of hold everyone at arm's length, learns how to use his ability outside the strict rules the clan places on him, and what it means to have teammates.

I think Gojo would just slide into this weird parental role very naturally because it would be very similar to canon dynamics between the two anyways

That's all I have for now may expand may not I really need to study now omgs

[sapphickocho]

What if, instead of Amane finding Muichiro and Yuichiro, Kokushibo finds the twins first?

☾ A Tokito Traitor Au ☀

What if Kokushibo heard whispers of his descendants whereabouts and is interested to see where his family line has gone, and to see if he should end it once and for all. However when he arrives at their house, he finds Yuichiro on the brink of death and Muichiro who is holding his own against a demon. Impressed by his skills, Kokushibo effectively kills the demon and saves Yuichiro before he looses too much blood. He is very much intrigued by them, and Muichiro sees him as their savior figure which gives him an opening to properly manipulate them.

At first he want to turn them into demons immediately, since they do not seem threatened by his appearance. He even convinces them that being a demon is better then being human and that the demon that attacked them were not representative all demons and that demons like him did not eat human flesh because he was one of the chosen strong ones, uncorrupted. Yuichiro especially falls for that because therefore his arm can regenerate and he can protect his brother forever. However after Muichiro mentions Amane, and her offering them to join the demonslayer corps, Kokushibo decides to train them as slayers to infiltrate the corps as spies. By then both of the twins live with Kokushibo and see him as a second father figure, almost completely trusting him. Sadly the twins will not learn mist breathing, but instead Kokushibo trains them in moon breathing. Muichiro is able to master it, while Yuichiro struggles with only one arm, and instead creates a form known as eclipse breathing that works only for his body.

Muzan allows them to kill as many demons as they want to enter the final selection because he sees them as expendable, despite absolutely despising Kokushiobo's new set of twins. especially Muichiro, who reminds him too much of Yoriichri. Meanwhile Kokushibo is drawn to them because they subconsciously also remind him of his twin brother, even though he would never admit it. I do not think they would be able to become hashira, or at least not in less then six months like the original canon because Muichiro does not have his rage from his brother dying and Yuichiro, well, does not have his arm which is hard the adjust too, so they would be part of the kamaboko squad. Still they succeed to sabotaging many of the corps missions, causing the lives of many slayers.

Muichiro cant help but feel guilty, but he is loyal to Kokushibo (not Muzan, just him.) and the reward for trading information is that Kokushibo will give his blood so they can become demons like him. However in truth, unlike Yuichiro, he has no desire to become a demon. Soon he makes friends in the corps, with the other hashira and his fellow peers like Tanjiro and Genya. Soon, he begins to have a moral dilemma for betraying his friends. Therefore, Muichro begins to see the lies that Kokushibo has spun and is suddenly torn between two sides of people that he cares for.

I mean I just love the idea of bad guys becoming accidental parents. I think it'd be interesting to see how different they'd become due to not only being raised by a demon, but one who's morals were from 300 so years ago. old timey Tokito twins, would be kinda funny.

And imagine if they get invited to uppermoon meeting? Imagine how chaotic that would would be?

Akaza: Listen, you guys are too young for this. Kokushibo is not good with kids. Blink twice if you need help and I will get you both out of here.

Muichiro and Yuichiro: *continues to stare at him unnervingly without breaking contact*

or

Douma: Awww how cute Kokushibo I didnt know you had kids. They even have your eyes! who is the mother-

Koku: No

And

Kokushibo holding both of the twins upside down: I'm a single mother now

I just think all the uppermoons would be glorified babysitters for them and I cant help but think it would be hilarious seeing them all interact.

those two fighting some high-up demon, which obviously takes a while, only for the two to randomly stop cuz "dad said to be home by 10 or dinner will get cold". Just Kokushibo, being known as the worst father playing the role of father AGAIN.

Kokushibo to the twins: I am your great great great great great ancestor so just call me dad.

We just know the twins would talk shit about all the upper moons to there FACES and wont give two shits because that was just how they were raised. But not kokushibo-he could ground them.

(Anyway this Au has been consuming my mind lately so expect a fanfic coming out soon)

I mean Muichiro wont be the only one having a dilemma, what happens when Kokushkibos apathy starts to crack-and he begins to care for the twins?

[cacio-e-peppino]

Pizza Tower Headcanons: The Noise

I think it’s about time to share more headcanons, this time looking at everyone’s favorite off brand mascot, The Noise ^^. I've been thinking about this creacher:tm: a lot recently, so I have a lot to say. Headcanons under the read more

So, this first one does have some Sugary Spire influence, but I think The Noise is genderfluid. It takes him a really long time to figure it out though. I think after seeing Peppino's top surgery scars enough or Peppino passing up on an opportunity to go toe to toe with Theo finally causes The Noise to work up the courage to ask Peppino how he knew he was trans. Since, seeing those things in the first place is what got The Noise to revaluate his identity in the first place.

Before meeting Peppino, The Noise tried really hard to suppress the feminine part of her identity. I also think this is where part of their anger towards Noisette comes from; he's jealous that Noisette gets to be unabashedly feminine while he feels like he can only be masculine because "that's how men are" (and Noise struggles with the nature of their fluidity identity and feels like a freak for wanting to be referred to in more feminine terms sometimes). Though, I think through encouragement from Noisette and Peppino, Noise starts experimenting more with her identity and starts to become more comfortable to it. Noise becoming more secure in their gender identity really patches things up in his relationship with Noisette : )

Eventually, Noise gets to the point where they'll use a colored patch to single how they want to be addressed that day- blue for he/him, pink for she/her, and orange for they/them. Despite how much Peppino wants to wring his neck, he'll always insult them respectfully and follow the patch code (once he learns it).

Noise truly does love and care for Noisette. On camera the whole "wife bad" angle is mostly played up "for laughs" and Noise doesn't really like doing those bits. Though, they both understand it's just part of the job. This isn't to say they never fight or argue, they absolutely do. Though, Noise gets a bit prickly when people start implying he doesn't care for Noisette at all

The Noise is the only one allowed to bully Peppino. He will drag Peppino through the mud and rake him over the coals. But the moment someone else bullies Peppino and The Noise isn't involved? There's gonna be problems

That being said, Noise is a born troublemaker. She loves causing chaos and mischief and problems for others on purpose and will only really apologize if someone seems legitimately offended by it. For example, he knows pretending to be dead and most explosive based pranks are off the table with Peppino since it will cause him to spiral and disassociate for the rest of the day.

I don't ship Noise and Peppino, but I do think they have a very interesting relationship in the sense that they are always at each other's throats but if someone else is threatening them, they'd go up to bat for the other. They want each other dead, but only by their hands. And, when once is legitimately having a problem, the other is there to support them through it.

While The Noise is canonically Mexican, I do think the idea of him being unable to handle spicy foods is funny. He vastly prefers sweets to savory foods, and also enjoys British food like fish n chips and tea (with extra milk and sugar). He got real sick of pizza after getting a gig marketing it, but it pays too good for him to stop. Tequila is just water to him, but he can't stand any form of dry wine and doesn't understand how Peppino or even Noisette does it.

Noise does not have a very broad palette when it comes to food and is a picky eater. This contrasts with Noisette, who has a very broad palette and will eat nearly anything once

Noise is very short, like 5'3" and that's part of what makes him such a good acrobat- low center of gravity. Peppino likes hanging out with her because it makes him (5'6") seem tall in comparison

I could easily picture The Noise having a similar personality to Scout from TF2

Like all the other Pizza Tower bosses, I think Noise was some how manipulated into working for Pizzahead. Probably promises of riches or fame or something, honestly I don't think Noise would be that difficult to manipulate. I could see him working with Pizzahead prior to the construction of the Tower though. Perhaps it was Pizzahead who gave Noise the mascot gig in the first place.

I think Noise is human, but I do love all the depictions of Rat Noise, they are fantastic

[zip-toonz]

if u have ANYTHING to say abt trevor (either your interpretation, anyone else's, or just plain old canon trevs) id LOVE to hear abt it...i care abt him soooo much trevor fans make some noise ‼️

I HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT TREVOR WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN!! First and Foremost I have to say I love your interpretations of the characters! I love reading your head canons and Ideas and I'm honored my stuff inspired you like your work inspires me! (Obsessed with Schrödinger's Trevor). I should draw our Trevors hanging out sometime I think that would be a fun art piece! Also the fanart you made for the PLA au still makes me go crazy /pos

ALRIGHT *cracks my knuckles so hard my bones turn to dust* Trevor time! Read more cause I never shut up about Trevor

Trevor is by far my favorite Pokémon character of all time. I use to spend hours scrounging up any fanart I could find back in like 2013-15. I'm pretty sure he did things to my gender identity. Trevor of Trans your Gender.

He reminds me a lot of one of my other big time blorbos Mary Ann

Something about kids with this hairstyle I guess haha. I think they'd get along though they have similar personalities.

My Interpretation of Trevor!!

My interpretation of Trevor is a weird amalgamation of the game, manga, and anime. And sometimes I have multiple interpretations of him depending. But the one that I have a design for is a solid mix of all. He likes photography and wants to complete the pokedex. Gets really excited seeing Pokémon even if its a Pokémon he's already seen before and yet is very shy when meeting new people. He's only really comfortable with his friends, his sister, and Sycamore (who is effectively his father figure). Very smart but kind of clumsy, he tends to get a little beat up because he focuses in on things and forgets his surroundings. He's not big on battling but he loves studying Pokémon and want's to be a professor when he's older just like Sycamore. He takes photos of pokemon and keeps them in a little scrapbook with help from Shauna. Also he thrifts all his clothes and can never find anything that fits him just right.

Canon Trevor HCs

I tend to have sadder head canons for him due to the lack of parents. I don't think he likes Celebrating his birthday because his parents are never there to celebrate it with him. He has a hard time making friends and is always silently worried his friends will leave him one day. He's scared of getting hurt and so he tends to shut himself off from others involuntarily because he's scared of being abandoned again, and most of the time he only meets new people through the others in his friend group. Sycamore is one of the few adults he trusts.

Because of the manga I like to think he has this sixth sense of snuffing out harmful or dangerous people based on their aura. Lysander makes this kid faint his vibes are so bad. But that's really just for fun rather than anything serious or concrete.

I think he's got a wet paper bag for a stomach and gets queasy very easily. Its possible his anxiety has something to contribute to his health. and he should probably be on some kind of medication to manage it.

I love love love how hes handled in the manga. He's not the coward he thinks he is. He's scared but he's willing to fight for what he believes in. He's willing to stand up for his friends even when he struggles to stand up for himself and its so nice watching him grow.

AUS!!

I have a few aus major with Trevor PLA and REVIVAL are my two major ones but there's also Paldea (a spin off following PLA) and Wondar (My fan region that features him minorly)

Despite both major ones having godly deer screwing him over in one way or another I characterized him differently

In PLA is emotionally dead. He's got no fucks left to give and handles Pokémon with his bare hands. He's exhausted and numb. I don't think I've talk a lot about him and his relationships in PLA but he practically adopted by Laventon, and ends up making good friends with Akari and Rei. When he does return home he finds himself missing them a lot. Also he never wants to see another shinx in his life hes got scars for days from shinx alone. Also theres a Yanmask with a mask of him implying he died before returning home. (Paradoxical nonsense but its meant to represent the part of him that lived in paldea and not the part of him that died if that makes any sense? its like the physical manifestation of the impact he had on the past).

In the Revival au (sometimes lovingly called Revival Rival cause its fun to say) he's physically dead. He's practically a walking corpse with a conscious. His heart barely beats, his skin is cold. A medical anomaly. Xerneas splinters a piece of its power off (so to speak) to bring him back because humans are far more complicated than foliage. Because of this he can understand Pokémon, Flowers grow in his wake, and can revive fainted Pokémon. It seems neat but to him it just further alienates him from his peers and is a responsibility he doesn't want to have to handle. Its overwhelming. He can't stray too far from Xerneas who's is practically his life support. I've jokingly compared it to a soul gem from Madoka where if he strays to far he slows down and then eventually loses consciousness/dies again. Theres a grace radius but he can't really explore places like Lumiose anymore because Xerneas can't/won't follow. Meaning he can't go home. He lingers around smaller towns and forest. When emotinally distressed he loses his ability to control these new powers.

anyway!! enough of me rambling!! if you wanna talk about him more or have follow up questions just ask!! My dms are also open!! I can keep talking about this silly lil guy for ever!

[first-frost-fallen-snow]

@not-that-dillinger here's some thoughts I came up with:

H2o AU:

Frost is a very outgoing character at the beginning of his arc, which is when this AU will take place. I think since he's not human he'd still have a very uncomfortable mermaid look, one that's uncanny and more monstrous from afar but friendly up close (foreshadowing his downfall, ofc).

Canonically, he doesn't come into contact with water often, but he does come into contact with a lot of ice and snow. So I think maybe touching snow/ice (since it melts on contact) would turn him into a mermaid, and that would prove to be quite a hassle. Especially when there aren't many bodies of water where he usually stays.

So! I will finaggle it. Frost and his story is malleable. All there has to be is a bad guy for him to fight. I wonder if perhaps he moved his residence to an island when he found out about his new ability to easily jump into water without worry.

I think it works perfectly if Ed is also secretly a mermaid. Maybe Ed went to the same island? Things happen, Ed is on the run, and Frost just so happens to be someone who can protect him, and someone who shares the Mermaid Secret! I'd love to hear your thoughts on how they'd meet!

Regular Mermaid AU:

This one I'm really hyped about. Kind of just an Atlantis thing, but something about a Mer!Ed interacting with a Mer!Frost is scritching my brain so nicely. The kingdoms thing still works. Ed can still run away from home in the vast ocean, with Mer societies it's easy to imagine underwater civilization blossoming. I don't know how Ed being an artificer would work underwater, but I'm sure there's something we could figure out.

Frost's story is not set in stone, he only has a shaky outline of what his personal arc is. He fights in a war at a young age, and gets corrupted by it. It's not a stretch to imagine him bumping into royalty- he's a known hero. Having someone that can freeze their opponents would be a huge advantage.

I can imagine Frost's optimism would maybe even be a breath of fresh air (water?) for Ed, considering how much he's been through. Maybe having someone kind and sweet like Frost as a friend would benefit him, and perhaps they'd be good friends! Which would be even more crushing if we did go through with Frost's corruption arc (Which we don't have to if you don't want to).

Or, what could even be more interesting, is if he were Hailstorm already. A bounty hunter vigilante type. What if Dillinger sent him to collect Ed? The drama! The intrigue! Hailstorm is fighting his own (internal) battle, struggling against the corruption and desperately trying to do the right thing. Though I'm not entirely sure how far an rp with this idea would go, bc I can easily imagine myself getting stuck in a writing loop lmao

Anyway uh. Sorgy for the rant

Was inspired to draw Frost as a freaky mercreature

[lnkedmyheart]

You get Peter 😭 also Andrew is the only one that actually acts and struggles like an orphan who is trying to figure out why his parents left him and who tf he is, full of angst!

I've been a Peter Parker fan since I was 8. I got this big box of spidey and Batman comics from my rich cousin brother as a kid and this guy was a FANATIC, like he had literally all the issues. Complete with binding to protect them from tearing. And I would raid these second hand shops and bookstores for spidey and Batman comics. Seriously they were both my comfort characters because people liked me okay? I was a decent kid but I wasn't popular, I didn't have friends who wanted to stay friends because I couldn't remember names or hold conversations or meet their eye despite having cool hobbies. They'd ask me to do stuff for them with big smiles and then forget I existed when I'd done it.

Seriously Pete was my comfort character because he wasn't ugly or uncool but isolated lonely and antisocial. And he was angry and hurt and had the power to take what he wanted but instead chose to be good (after some harsh life lessons).

I know it might sound stupid that I am so deeply invested in this white superhero but he's the canonical underdog, people don't expect much from him but he keeps going.

As for Andrew, yea, he's the only one actually shown struggling with the disappearance of his parents but I think all three live action Peter's focus on seperate arcs of the character (even though MCU spidey isn't actually Peter until nwh, he's basically got Miles' setup without the bi-racial struggles) but his arc is from the comics where his parents were secret agents. And yes he behaves like the most realistically unpopular character. Tom's Peter is too adorable and sweet and kind, the only person who actually dislikes him is Flash and I think MCU implied that it's because Flash is jealous plus nobody even likes Flash in canon. Tom has none of Peter's non spidey flaws as a person. He is legitimately too likeable if dorky. Tobey was my soft nerd boy and it's believable that he was bullied because he was an easy target but he also had none of Peter's anger and hurt, Andrew understands Peter, you can tell anytime he opens his mouth about him that this guy has loved the character for a really long time and has understood him.

Also

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

Your anthro Ingo where he's all thin and pale and ghostly and he looks almost feral, is. SO. FUCKING. COOL. Dude, dude. He looks so fucked up, I love him, I love him so much. I love all of the rest of them too, trust me, but oh my god. Just, the contrast between him in Hisui and him before he fell is stellar. Fantastic even. And his EARS. His haunted eyes, his canon posture that has new connotations, the way you can see his spine through his coat. The cute aggression is real, I want to shake him around like a dog with a toy and then wrap him in a blanket and cuddle him close.

Wait, no, okay, I'm going a little bit crazy over this. I haven't drawn anything in like two years because of art block, but this. You have ignited a fire with this. So. That is a thing that is currently happening. I hope you don't mind? Who knows if I'll actually finish it, but I've made quite a lot of headway.

But anyway.

I mean, I don't how many more there'd be or if it's just Adaman and Mai in the clan right now that are reptiles, but I do think that historically they produce much, much more than the Pearl Clan, and I don't think Galaxy Team is too likely to have many either. Their populations are just so sparse you probably don't get most than a handful of any given type of animal.

Actually, I wonder if Adaman or Mai would be the one to approach Ingo about it first. Adaman if Irida decided that it was worth asking for help from the Diamond Clan if it meant her friend and warden was able to function better (which I figure she would, if she realized they might know something he could benefit from), or Mai if she just noticed at a warden's meeting that Ingo was struggling, put together why, and felt compelled to offer him some advice. Not sure if Mai would be the type to offer unsolicited help, but she seems like the responsible type and might be inclined to if only because he's a fellow warden.

Oh shit, you're absolutely right. Even though it probably isn't super safe for an arctic animal to visit the mirelands or coastlands during the summer, she and the others still could pass through safely as long as they weren't like vigorously exercising and kept hydrated, and at pretty much all times of the year they'd be okay in three of the five regions. Ingo can only go to like, two safely, and even then it's probably hard for him to go up towards Snowpeak for too long. Good thing it was Melli who got Moonview Arena and not him. Even if that doesn't really feel like a punishment to Ingo, I do think you're right that it'd hurt Irida. It'd probably help that he can still go to Jubilife once he starts wanting to, since at the very least he's able to go do something he has fun doing. I bet that'd actually mean a lot to her, to know that she hasn't basically shackled him to the highlands for his own safety (the irony being what she does in OoP lmao).

Very true, a lot of it could be! That's part of what makes it so fun to think about for me lol

>:3c tysm!! i'm really happy with how that art turned out too, it was actually the last ingo i drew after doing the other sketches (& a bunch of hare studies) and i was like "hmm. this isn't weird and concerning enough. let me make it worse" and there was a point in drawing one of the faces, i don't remember which which, but i like went. ohh yeah i love this man but there is some kind of primal monkey-brain instinct to get very far away before he sees me

MIND?? DO I MIND?? of COURSE not!! i love knowing ive inspired other people! ty!

and yeah, for sure out of all the groups in hisui they would probably have the most reptiles. whereas the galaxy team has the most diverse array of species, and the pearl clan has a bias towards fluffy mammals. the ginkgo guild is probably also a pretty random assortment. (maybe ginter's another goat, though?) so adaman might not necessarily agree that reptiles in general are unlucky, but when he hears about that particular pearl clan tradition there's probably still a "hah, yeah" moment anyway.

awwww the idea of irida approaching adaman to ask for help for ingo... especially if you assume that they're still on kind of shaky ground at that point. and she doesn't necessarily like him, but she's worried enough about ingo that she's just like "screw it" anyway and sets that aside for his sake. mai might care enough to offer her help, but the other question is, would ingo even listen? i feel like it'd require hearing it from someone he really cares about/trusts, like irida, for him to even notice/acknowledge that anything's wrong. before that he'd just be like "well that's good advice to keep in mind for the future or for anyone else i come across, fortunately i'm in perfect operating condition and don't need it. thank you though" and mai's just ... :/

YEAH... i do feel like in this au, irida and ingo are considerably closer than they are in ounce of prevention (not to say they AREN'T close in OoP, just that it's Very Complicated and in this au there seems to be less clan stuff getting between them.) i feel like there's probably also something in this au that means the clan in general is a lot warmer (ha) towards ingo... in my head i've been thinking that maybe lady sneasler was unevolved/young when he arrived and he happened to find and bring her back from having run off into the snow, which is a thing i think i've seen one or two other people do and i enjoy the social implications of lol. it also means that irida and others might be more inclined to see him, maybe not literally but metaphorically, as someone who was sent to help them during this troubled time, since he literally saved one of the noble lines from destruction before they'd even met him. which would just make the fact that hisui is so Objectively Bad for him hurt even worse!

yeah lol, it's like canon-a-bit-to-the-left right now which is really fun to play with? seeing what gets exposed to investigate if that makes sense. also reminding me that i WOULD like to write more cc stuff to do character/lore exploration... hmmm