#i'll draw him properly eventually

[styllwaters]

Long time no Vreaz. Here's a fancy shrimp for your troubles

[batsplat]

also I’ve seen some (well a lot) photos of dani & sete together and like were/are they friends? obviously I know about the honda connection + them both being spanish but not much more then that. kinda hilarious that dani was/is friendly with both of them……

time to bring back the world's funniest photo

this is a genuine work of art. quite possibly one of the greatest photos of all time. I'm in love

yeah dani hired sete in 2017!! that's what gives us that great moment where valentino forgets about jerez 2005 with sete in the room - like that's why sete is even attending pressers in the first place. this is what sete had to say about it start of 2017:

honestly this is one of my fave sete interviews, I've had it in my drafts for a while to discuss but I might as well throw it in here. so yeah, him and dani have known each other since dani was a kid!! which will have been partly due to the honda link - they were also both gresini riders in 2004-05, if in different classes

plus they had the spanish link, back when that was like. something a little more noteworthy. they've regularly trained together for years!! dani had already asked sete to be his coach for two years!! they have a "great relationship"!!

but yeah obviously we do have to address the valentino of it all. "in recent years [dani's] dropped a little, as a result of bad luck. when you try many times and don't succeed, your enthusiasm and motivation are less" uh huh...? like, say, when someone puts a curse on you and however much you try and try and try again, you can no longer win another race? it would be horrible if that curse gave you all manner of ill fortune, yeah? that sure would sap your enthusiasm and motivation, wouldn't it?

note too that the phrasing for what sete's attempting to give back to dani echoes what he says valentino still has: enthusiasm and motivation. the joy and the will. sete believes nobody should attempt to become the 'anti-marquez' - the very phrase implies a single chosen challenger to finally take down the sport's current king. focusing too much on that person can only come to your own detriment. you'll eventually become your own main rival... eventually, you'll defeat yourself, and your enemy won't even have to raise a hand. dani/sete parallels isn't the sort of thing you'd necessarily arrive at yourself, so it's always kind of the involved parties to do your work for you. what valentino and marc never lost was their 'inner spark' - and the two of them can cause the kind of misfortune for others that gradually eats away at their 'enthusiasm and motivation'. if you've been marked out to defeat one of them... well, beware

and. of course. "we've always had a great relationship, given that we've shared so many great moments together" buddy WHAT are you talking about. ALWAYS??? sete has a funny habit of acting as if he's like, worked very hard to repress everything that happened to him between 2003 and 2005 as some kind of weird ass curse-induced trauma response. but it's actually the "I've never done any interviews in which I've talked badly about valentino" that's the most revealing - which is a) kinda debatable, but at the same time b) ... well, yeah, sete has been awfully restrained in what he's said post-2005! which has always been super annoying to me, as someone on a fact-finding mission about that era, but it's also... it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? of course, sete was still committed to managing the image of that rivalry. so determined to be respectful that he's avoided giving his side of the story. and sure, you can take him at his word that he's let bygones be bygones, that he really only remembers the positives of that time, but... it's complete and utter bullshit! he's finally started talking about THIS decade (transcribed for the sete post):

if there's one good thing that came from him going on that bloody three hour australian podcast, it's in him opening up about how obviously extremely not Over It he is:

if you think that valentino has had a lasting negative impact on the sport, that he made it more dangerous, that this is something that can directly be traced back to what he did to YOU... then why are you NOT 'talking badly' about valentino? why didn't you complain about the overtake at the time, publicly rather than feeling frustrated with race direction in private? but that's sete all over, isn't it... casey, for all his sins, has not exactly been quiet about valentino post-retirement - and while I'm also not going to ascribe any especially altruistic motives to that, while he does also obviously sell a very particular version of their story, you at least don't get this kind of blatant disparity between his stated principles and his public output. it's like when commentators were talking during assen 2004 about that magazine cartoon, the one with the gag that valentino just had to put a mirror on the back of his bike to defeat sete. (which is obviously very mean-spirited, yeah, and there's plenty to critique in how sete was portrayed as this vain foppish pretty boy.) sete has always, always cared too much about appearances and it was always going to be what killed him in that rivalry. he truly is the perfect foil: valentino manipulates image to his own ends, while sete is a slave to it. and that's how we've somehow ended in this situation where both parties have been perfectly willing to let the facts of that rivalry dissipate into obscurity over time. valentino erases sete from the narrative of his career as an act of punishment, whereas sete lets himself be erased because he does not wish to be associated with something so very ugly. and thus the story sinks over time towards oblivion

anyway. sorry. uh, back to dani. reportedly that was quite a close partnership he had going with sete:

a rich kid with a fancy bike collection to the last. here's a joan instagram post about said training:

and here's another interview sete gave about dani - unsurprisingly he's once again very complimentary:

"we have noticed that the machine is developing in a certain direction" uh huh? something about riding for honda, who you believe are geared only towards making one of your rivals succeed? must be tough, eh

probably a complete coincidence, but as it happens 2017 was the closest dani and valentino ever really got to a public spat - over valentino's sturdy defending in aragon. "if he's not happy, he has to race alone" indeed. obviously, dani did not end up winning a title - though 2017 is still the closest he'd gotten since 2013. he was very much in that title fight, pretty much until the wet race at misano, even if as the fifth of five contenders... so 13 of 18 rounds in, not bad. (incidentally, that's also the race that ended valentino's title aspirations by dint of missing it entirely.) and when dani was pushed out of honda and decided to call it a day in 2018, here's what sete had to say:

more recently, dani's spoken about the advice sete gave him late in his career:

"in my last years" does make it sound like he's being put down, eh. so yeah, a rider coach, but probably more importantly a friend. wonder if they're still close

[kheprriverse]

Hello may I ask about some info on Tehoka? He is very pretty.

Thank you! I'm very glad you like him <3

I apologize for the wait on this as well. I decided to make him a proper ref so i can answer this ask :'D

Tekoha is part of my Twilit-Link au and he'll be added to the main one eventually as well! I've got a lot of neat stuff planned as well so I can't wait to explore it and share everything!

[jackkennedyofficial]

HAPPY BELATED KAREN. she is beyond

[thebluester2020]

Ok loved the Seb maid post, but now I’m curious about the other Bachelors having a maid kink 👀 Your work is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thank you for the compliment, anon! Thankfully, I have a whole laundry list for the bachelors and how they'd be with a maid!reader <3 (Sorry this took so long to get out anon! Thanksgiving break + getting ready for finals, and Christmas has me in a chokehold rn 😔)

Warning(s): Rough Sex (For Shane and Alex mostly tbh), Munch Elliot, Sub!Harvey,

SDV Bachelors Having A Maid Kink

Shane

Y'all already know I have beef with this man so I'll start the slander early.

He's putting you to work, you're going to earn your paycheck when he comes into the cafe. And not through breaking your back trying to fulfill his seemingly never-ending orders of drinks, or him inviting you over to do cutesy hand signs, oh no, that's just part of the job.

I'm talking, he'll be the last customer to leave, and why? Because he has to fulfill his trope of being the "Ugly Bastard" that's always spotted in those NTR mangas (aka bending you over the cashier counter while fucking you to the point of nearly being braindead, all while you tell him how much you just loooveeee your master)

♡ - "C'mon maid, it's like you're not even trying to earn a fat tip."

This guy had been in the cafe since the early evening. For a while now, he'd been watching you and practically breaking your back with the amount of requests he'd been giving you! From requesting drink after drink after drink, to inviting you over to perform little love songs and even draw hearts in his drinks. It'd been non-stop and you were nearly sick of it! So sick of it in fact, that you hadn't even noticed how your customer had been practically eye-fucking you your entire shift. He imagined bending you over and fucking you stupid on almost every piece of furniture available in the cafe.

But his favorite location so far? The cashier counter.

The idea of someone walking in and witnessing him plow the cutest maid of the cafe until she was sobbing for more of his dick had him sporting the biggest hard-on he's ever had in his life.

Luckily, however, his dreams and fantasies seem to be coming true more often lately.

"F-Fuck!" You whined when Shane suddenly slapped your ass, your eyes beginning to well up with tears from the pain as it started to mix in with the pleasure, his cockhead bullying your poor cervix as you grabbed at the edge of the counter for dear life. Shane chuckled when one of your hands came behind you to weakly push at his thigh, hoarse whines and moans of 'Gimme a break' leaving your kiss-swollen lips. "You sure you want a break cutie?" He cooed. "You look like you're enjoying my cock soooooo much though~" As he leaned down, he pressed some of his weight down onto you, his hot breath fanning against your ear as his hands on the sides of your waist pulled you onto his cock even harder.

"If you really want a break, then beg your master a bit more properly."

You sucked in a breath, your pussy clenching harder around Shane's length at the way his words rolled off his tongue. "Well?" He panted, grabbing at your hair to pull your head up so he wouldn't miss anything you said. And eventually, you shook your head, a laugh nearly erupting from Shane as you had basically admitted to him that you loved his cock way too much to even think of a break.

And since that was the case— "Get your hand off my thigh then slut," He tsked. You gasped when he grabbed your wrists and pinned them to your sides, using the new leverage to fuck into you even harder, tearing groans and high-pitched whines from your throat as the feeling of the veins along the sides of Shane's thick cock rubbed against your walls threatened to make your head spin. "L-Love your cock...!" You said, a brainless giggle leaving your mouth at the end. One that nearly made Shane gasp with how much harder he suddenly got at your words and how shamelessly you said them.

"What was that?" Impossibly, he fucked you even harder, the fat of your ass rippling at the sheer force of his thrusts, creating a delicious scene that Shane struggled to take his eyes off of as you tried to look at him over your shoulder. "Say that again."

"M-Master..." You moaned. "L-Love your cock!" Your thighs trembled at the force of your impending orgasm, drool dribbling down the corner of your lips as the knot in the pit of your stomach grew almost unbearably hot. "Iloveitloveitloveitloveittttt!" Your customer smirked at your crying devotion to his dick, his grip around your wrists tightening as a deep groan escaped his throat with how you suddenly squirted all over his dick, your gushing heat pushing him to his own orgasm as he suddenly pressed himself as deep as he could go into your pussy.

A long sigh drew out of your lips, your forehead falling against the counter as you moaned softly to the feeling of your customer's thick cum filling up your insides.

By far, he had to be your favorite master.

Elliot

King of Respect. Very mindful, very demure.

His kink comes in the form of the trope of "Maid does a poor job of cleaning so the master has to teach her how to do her job correctly".

You accidentally spilled tea on Elliot's lap while serving it to him? No problem! Not only would he help you clean, but he'd even give you tips on how to properly serve and clean up your messes, how generous!

In a more straightforward term, it's Elliot being the classical munch.

♡ - Your customer was really good at teaching you how to be a better maid.

When you had accidentally spilled tea on his lap earlier, you had expected him to be angry and cause such a commotion that it'd spark your boss to come out of his office and fire you on the spot! But, he hardly flinched when the room-temperature tea touched him, simply waving it off with a smile and telling you not to worry your head about it.

In fact...he was even willing to teach you how to properly serve tea, as well as how not to spill it so clumsily! And this teaching was, by far, the best one you could have ever gotten from a customer you had just met twenty minutes prior. "Mmm...don't spill the tea dear," Your customer warned from behind you as he sucked your cute clit, slurping up your juices and licking his lips like a dog would lick its chops after a meal. "Otherwise, we'd have to reset the timer, and that wouldn't be fun for you...wouldn't it?" You whined at the feeling of Elliot's long tongue fucking in and out of your cunt, the teacup on top of the serving plate shaking so loudly that you feared someone would come in to witness you being eaten out by a customer.

However, Elliot was good with stealing away any such frivolous thoughts when his fingers began to tease your sex while his lips teasingly kissed your thighs and ass. "Keep still dear," You almost hear the smirk on his ridiculously soft lips. "The cup sounds like it's about to fall~" A shudder ran throughout your body when Elliot suddenly stuck a finger inside of you while his other hand came to massage your ass.

You, oh so badly, wanted to tell your customer to hurry up and make you cum. For the last ten minutes or so, you'd been dangling on the ultra-fine line between cumming and not cumming, each time you'd clench your twitching cunt around Elliot's fingers or your clit would throb in his mouth, he'd suddenly tear himself away and smirk in your face like a wicked fox!

"You can't cum just yet, you haven't learned how to properly do you job yet..." He'd say it in such an alluring voice that it was useless to try and talk back to him, to bat your eyes and attempt to convince him to make you cum. Not that you were complaining exactly, such a handsome man eating you out? His eyes hooded as he focused intensely on his work of making you feel as if you were always seconds away from cloud nine.

And rapidly, you were beginning to approach that peak once again. "M-Master..." You whispered as seductively as you could in the moment without sounding like a shaken-up rabbit. "Please...let me cum," You begged, shaking your ass ever so slightly in an attempt to have his fingers dig further into you.

You clenched when he hummed against you, his fingers leaving your weeping sex with a lewd 'pop'. "Hm...should I?" He moaned when he licked your slick off of his fingers, your taste only making him strain even harder against his slacks. "Have you learned how to properly do your job dear?" You nodded your head all too eagerly, panting out a series of 'Yesyesyesyes!' to your lover as you watched him through blurry eyes slowly stand up from his position behind you. Your tongue licked across your bottom lip as Elliot started to undo his belt.

"If that's the case, I suppose we should put your words to the test, hm?"

Sam

Similar to Sebastion, but I think he would like the possibly of "corrupting" a maid. When he went with Sebastion to Zuzu City and saw how you were doing such a good job, being nice and polite to the customers and generally just being so pretty that he could hardly believe his eyes.

All he could wonder was "What if I molded her to be the perfect maid for me?"

And so he did, classic blondie with blue eyes style, he flirted his way until you (during your work shift mind you!) led him to the storage room in the back and flipped up your skirt for him without a second thought.

♡ - "You're sooooo pretty, miss~"

Amid the lewd sound of your customer's balls slapping against your clit, your skirt flipped up to reveal your ass as your customer currently groped your chest over your clothes. He'd been repeating that same sentence to you for the last few minutes since you had snuck him into the breakroom! Choked-up moans and high-pitched whines tore from your throat as he fucked you into the breakroom's dirty couch, all as if you were some cheap whore!

And to be frank, you might as well have been one at this moment.

Your customer was just too charming when he flirted with you so shamelessly as you worked, nearly forgetting all about his poor friend who eyed you up and down just as much as the blonde did! Thankfully for Sam, however, you found his charms to be just a little cuter, which is why he was balls-deep inside of you right now, cooing all sorts of cute praises in your ear as he hugged your body to his torso like he was afraid that you'd disappear the second he eased up.

"S-Such a cute fucking pussy..." Sam whined in your ear, his rhythm beginning to stutter as he felt himself approaching his high almost embarrassingly fast. "Please...pleasepleaseplease let me cum inside baby," He pleaded. Your cunt tightened around his length at his begging, a gasp leaving your lips when Sam's hand traveled from your breasts to flip up your skirt even more, all so he could rub your throbbing clit. "Fuck!" You cried at the almost mind-numbing pleasure.

Your pulse raced in your ears, your juices dripping from your pussy even more now that he was rubbing your clit like he was just begging for you to go insane! Your arms started to shake, your head lifting tiredly to look over your shoulder at the tear-eyed blonde as you could've sworn you saw hearts form in his eyes when he opened them to look at you. "T-Too much..." You whined. "Baby, please...you're so fucking deep...c-can't handle...it!"

"Yes you can," He insisted before pressing his lips against yours. He whispered a soft 'you have to' against your lips as his lithe fingers increased their movement on your clit even more, constantly switching between a pace of teasingly slow and mind-numbingly fast. Your hand shot to Sam's wrist, fruitlessly trying to get him to slow down before you had let out a drawn-out moan against Sam's lips as you climaxed. Your cunt clenching so impossibly tight on his cock that the blonde could only manage a few more thrusts before he stilled against you with a groan.

The warmth of his cum flooding your insides almost made you sleepy, along with your shaky arms and how tired you were, it only increased that feeling by tenfold as you hesitantly parted your lips from your customer's, a single string of spit still connecting the both of you as Sam held a lovesick look in his eyes.

He took a moment to further catch his breath before he spoke. "When...when do you get off? So I can see you again."

Alex

Okay so hear me out, I can't see Alex going to a maid cafe but—

I can see his grandparents hiring a maid to help out around the house. Every day from 9am to 7pm.

The way you so sweetly helped out his grandparents made his heart skip beats, and the way his grandmother referred to you as a daughter only solidified his budding crush on you!

The final nail in the coffin, however? It was when you were cleaning his room and, in the middle of you changing his bedsheets, the sight of you bent over his bed nearly made him dizzy with how fast blood rushed to his dick.

It was only natural that he decided to fuck you on his bed while his grandparents were out!

♡ - You loved working for Evelyn and George.

When you first came to the valley searching for a job, the older couple hired you without a second thought! And they paid extremely well for such an otherwise simple job description, all you had to do was clean the house, cook a few meals when Evelyn was unable, and even occasionally help Evelyn water her plants! It was the perfect job, and that wasn't even taking into consideration that the couple's grandson was very handsome.

And he thought the same way about you as well. After a long day of working, sometimes he'd be blessed by Yoba enough to spot your skin shiny with sweat. The sight of droplets falling in between the valley of your breasts when he'd see you sitting down for a moment to catch your breath, tired from an hour straight of cleaning...his cock would get hard so fast that it nearly left him dizzy.

Suddenly, he couldn't function right if he didn't quickly excuse himself to go masturbate in the shower, imagining your mouth sucking on his cockhead as he gently coaxed you into taking him even further into your mouth. Your hands bracing yourself against his muscled thighs as the warmth of your tight mouth would eventually have him finishing inside and down your throat.

Alas, it was only a daydream.

Until it wasn't, one day he walked in on you changing his bedsheets, your dress unknowingly riding up your ass as you bent over to fit the sheets onto his bed. The poor guy nearly passed out from how hard he got! Luckily for him and you, he was able to release all that pent-up tension he had for you on you. Which left him with the only viable option left—

Fuck you like a dog on his bed! And thankfully, Alex's grandparents were out.

"Fuucckk..." Alex moaned into your ear, his body currently curled over yours as his arms wrapped around you to pull you even tighter against his body. Your cunt was addicting, in fact, he almost felt insulted that you were walking around his grandparents' house with such an unbelievably tight pussy! Pliant and eager to take every inch of his dick while making the lewdest noises.

"Maybe you should quit being a maid, huh?" He purred in your ear.

You gasped when he nipped the shell of your ear, your arms beginning to shake more and more as Alex fucked into your cunt even harder. His thick length was rubbing against allll the right spots inside of you. "C-Can't handle—Fuck!"

Alex laughed. "C-Can't handle? What?" He mocked you. "My dick? Maybe you shouldn't have looked so good bent over my bed." You could imagine a smirk decorating his face as you felt his dick twitch inside of you, the embarrassing sounds of your pussy seeming to grow louder as you rapidly approached your orgasm. Yet when his cockhead began to batter against your cervix, that delicious sting of pain made you crumble over as you submitted to your sudden orgasm. "Fuck yeah, juussttt like that~"

Alex's hands grabbed at your skin as he leaned back, situating his hands on your hips to pull you back onto his cock even harder as he enjoyed the sight of your gushing pussy practically having a seizure on his cock. When you whined from overstimulation, however, Alex couldn't help but sigh, he almost felt bad that he had to ignore your cute whines for the moment! It was far too hard for him to part from your cute cunt just yet, especially when he wasn't even close to his orgasm. "Bear with me for a little longer, will you pretty?" He chuckled.

"I'm not even close to being finished with you yet~"

Harvey

Kinda similar to Elliot and Alex's in a way? You were hired to help keep his place cleaning, after all, being a doctor meant that Harvey had an extremely busy schedule and thus couldn't be at home all the time!

When he first met you, he already thought you were super kind-hearted and seemed extremely dedicated to your job. He couldn't help how he developed a little bit of a liking towards you at first meeting!

But, like any man, there was always a fall.

And his fall came pretty fast when he came home a little earlier than usual one day, you were on your knees wiping some spilled cleaning fluid off the wooden floorboards.

The outline of your underwear against your dress was so lewd that Harvey fell like a stack of cards against the wind.

♡ - A pair of writhing bodies were on the floor, moaning and panting as hands ran over each other's respective bodies and beads of sweat dripped down their skins. Harvey had a mind to feel bad with how quickly he suggested you clean something else when he had spotted you on the ground, yet luckily for him, you were willing and all too eager to take up a new cleaning task.

One that quickly turned from you sucking him off to you now fucking him like a bitch in heat on the floor, your face tucked into the side of his neck as your ass slapped against his thighs, his hands grasping at your sides desperately in order to further aid you in fucking yourself on his dick.

"Y-Yoba Y/N...t-too fast...!" His moans were so cute, you thought.

But so unbecoming of your master! He was the one who sported an obvious hard-on when you had turned your head to see him staring at your ass so obviously! The least he could do was handle your speed as you fucked him on the floor. "Bear with it, won't you master~?" You pressed a sloppy kiss on his lips, his mustache tickling your face a little before you pressed a hand on his chest to raise yourself up a little. Your cunt clenched tighter around him at the lewd sight before you, your master being flushed in the face with lipstick marks all over him!

Cute pants and whines choked out of his throat along with confused babbling for you to both fuck him harder as well as slow down! It was quite the ego-booster, having a usually composed doctor be so easy to ruin with your pussy. "Oh please, master—" You leaned back down to whisper in Harvey's ear as you slowed down just as he requested, instead grinding back against his cock which seemed to make the doctor whine and grab your hips even louder. "—try to bear with me a little longer, will you please? You're too cute to let go of!" You giggled, your laughter quickly turning into gasping moans as your master started to fuck back up into you.

A tight knot quickly started to form in his stomach, sending him into a spiral of almost blinding pleasure as your pussy was practically begging to suck the cum out of his cock!

He tried to hold back, a weak and needless attempt to impress you more than he already had, but when you had kissed him, tangling your fingers into his hair. That was all he needed before he stilled against you with a muffled cry.

You sighed at the warmth that flooded inside of you, gently fucking yourself on Harvey a little more in an attempt to milk even more of his cum out of him before he whispered 'Too sensitive' against your lips. Thus, you gave him a little reprieve with a smirk. "You've been holding out on me doctor," You chuckled. "We definitely can't stop here!" Your urge to fuck yourself stupid on him grew even more when his eyes widened like a confused puppy's.

You had a new job assignment, fuck your master until he made you dumb on his dick, of course!

[the-sinful-voice-witch]

Crimes against Stephanie Brown:

Getting only 24 issues of her run as Batgirl. I wish she had more, after all isn't Cass getting now a new run as Batgirl again?

Not appearing at the boy wonder comic when it was specifically Robins related and instead they put Barbara as Batgirl (like if you wanted a Batgirl use the fucking Batgirl who used to be a Robin).

Not being included at birds of prey with Cass and Babs.

Getting 2 heroes team projects with her included rejected. (In one she was with Supergirl and Damian, denying us that is a hate crime)

Not appearing in Damian's drawing of people who loves him when she is canonically the first big sister figure he had and she helped him be a kid and have fun.

Getting her character denigrated by Tim's bisexual actions like: dumping her without giving her a reason or having a proper talk, ghosting her for months, only talk to her after their friends force him to do it and then without warning or asking her introducing his new boyfriend to her and make her react like a fujoshi 13 years old wattpad writter saying that "the best day ever" Is meeting her ex' new boyfriend in the most cringe way ever.

The time they tried to erase her time as Robin and Batgirl in the new 52 reboot

Only let her be Robin for 2 months and was fired for doing something every Robin has done more than once.

Dying so fast in DCeased when she became Damian's Robin and never coming back even after Taliah said she would use the Lazarus pit on her.

Not having a visual reaction of Selina, Cassandra, Dick and Babs to her being alive.

Jason not mentioning her to rub it on Batman's face when he came back to life for revenge or mentioning her to black mask, what a wasted opportunity!

Never had the realistic representation of the trauma she should have after being tortured by black mask.

Never hanging out properly again with huntress (well I think they were seen together again once but not enough), Supergirl, Black Canary or Green Arrow junior after the reboot.

The fact that in my opinion she never got a proper apology from all the people that wronged her and treated her badly, like a lesser fighter, like she was a bother, like she wasn't made for vigilante life, I think I saw Tim apologizing to her but it felt shallow.

Not showing us Tim visually crying for her death.

Completely ignore how was her very first interaction with Catwoman, in which Selina was extremely kind and sweet with her only to screw it in the second meeting in her run as Batgirl and later in the new 52 reboot making Selina be a jerk to her.

Making Alfred be cold and dry to her in their first interaction, yes he later cries on her death and then he is very happy when she comes back and later he stands up to her against Batman's stupid tests but it doesn't erase the fact that he was mean to her when he met her and I think that was out of character with Alfred.

Her teen pregnancy arc, some people might think this was a way to make her character more tragic and deep but that pregnancy arc didn't bring anything good to her character because it was all about Tim not her and it makes my blood boil. This arc was just a cheap "easy" Way to make Tim and Steph become closer in their relationship by making Tim be there for her and taking care of her even though he wasn't the father and help her and that and I suppose it was also to make more dramatic her death telling Batman that she had a daughter and Batman be all like: "I'll make sure the baby never has to ask for anything" And then Steph dies... Seriously this is the one thing I wish they could erase from canon FOREVER, making Steph go through that just to make her deepen her relationship with Tim only for getting killed off and eventually dumped with everything she already had on her plate was CRIMINAL

Jason not meeting her properly before the stupid new 52 reboot and still not having the trauma and dead Robin talk with her.

[hylicsfancomic]

FINALLY I have USER status on VRChat and can publish my New Muldul shop world!

Its pretty basic atm and I will add a few things to it eventually, but its main purpose is as an Avatar world for my Hylics avatars! Now they should be easily accessible!

Please share the word around so it will be taken out of purgatory (Community Labs) and be made properly public! Also if you support me maybe I'll get back to working on the rest of the hylics avatars>w> just saying uwu

Currently available: -Wayne -Decres -Wayne Larva -Pongorma (functional but I'm in the middle of updating him)

WIP -Somsnosa (need to update the mesh a bit and draw the lipsync before i can start working on the avatar) -Gibby (need to do textures and fix the mesh before i can start working on the avatar)

Future -Dedusmuln (I at least have the old model as a reference but Im making it from the ground up)

[prisma-palace]

Mind sharing your HMSW designs with the class?/nf

HELLO!!! apologizes for the late reply i forget to check my inbox ^^ i've actually been intending to make reference sheets for em... buuuut i havent gotten around to that yet. so. heres what i got as of now!

(i'll make a big post digging more into specific details and design choices and headcanons Eventually cause i do have a lot to say. but that'll probably be included in the ref sheets when i finally make them. Unless someone asks me about specific details. Wink Wink Nudge Nudge)

mind

spider motifs!!! he has little fangs and an extra set of arms (that i keep forgetting to draw him with Oopsies). the spiderness was Unintentional at first but then i decided to just go with it and lean into it more cause i liked that idea. ill probably eventually redesign him to make him look Even More spidery but that day is not today sorry

his lower set of arms can extend/retract as he chooses. he likes to annoy heart with this. he also installed said arms himself one loop. it confused the Fuck out of heart & soul

HMS are all the same height so he wears heels to be taller cause of his Ruler-Of-Everything complex. and also i just like drawing characters with cunty ass heels

the broken side of his face is a result of the juno incident! his teeth are exposed and the big ol light on that side is his broken eyelight. its supposed to vaguely resemble a sun

also his teeth are blue. yeah

OH YEAH he also has a plug tail. it was a more recent addition so it isnt in these drawings but he does have it

heart

last two are a little old. but they show off his design so it doesnt matter

face feathers!!!!!! makes him look more creaturey :-)

the way his hair parts is supposed to be shaped like a heart

he does have a teeny feather tail but its usually covered up by clothing

his wings are purposefully messy looking, he does NAWT take care of himself. sigh. he cant really fly with them because theyre not strong enough to carry him, but he can hover/glide for short periods of time

hes SOME kind of amalgamation creature. mooostly bird, but nobody really knows exactly what he is. not even himself!

he has claws and sharp teeths hehe

he can Technically see but its VERRYYY blurry, he can only rlly see vague blobs of color. hes also super light sensitive so he wears the blindfold more out convenience than anything else ^^

hes a trans guy cuz im a trans guy and i said so Thank You

soul

right. so the problem with my soul design is that i've been meaning to redesign him for, like, a long time. However i havent actually properly fully drawn my new design for him yet! so instead enjoy what i Could find, put in order of newest to most outdated :-)

devil motifs however theyre not really fully intentional it just kinda Happened. hes not really anything specific to me, just an Unidentified Thing

neck scar. No further comment!

he has two rings on his horns, blue for mind and purple for heart

his middle horn is broken off .. :-)

claws but only on the shadowy side

if he gets particularly stressed or angry his shadow side starts to lose form and get all static-y

star shaped rip on his jeans!

also he has a star patch on his sleeve, as to match with heart and mind, who have a moon and sun patch on their knee and coat pocket respectively!

^^^ the yellow background on his patch is intentional

the eye on his shadow side is always closed. if its open thats how you KNOW you Fucked Up

whole

my whole design also has a problem but its kinda different. and its that. i dont. really. draw him often? what i Do have of him is either Old or not colored. so like. have what i do have i guess ^^

hes literally Just Some Regular Guy

his hair is a combo of HMS's: length/half-circle shape from heart, bangs from mind, ponytail + side thingies from soul

they arent rlly shown in these but he has two bracelets! one is red, purple, n blue and the other is tally hall colors

i kinda gravitate towards his name being CJ. a while ago i saw someone somewhere call him first name "Cash" last name "Something-That-Starts-With-J-I-Cant-Remember" hence the nickname CJ and its stuck with me. but also i havent thought about it all that much so Who Knows

theres a difference between him and "whole". whole is more of a Concept while hes the actual Person

on the rare occasions he manifests in headspace, HMS only see him as a shadowy figure. the closer they get to concord, the more of him gets revealed!

also. you didnt ask for her. but i wanna show her off anyway

love interest

i need to draw her properly sometime soon......

i like to think that her name is stella. as a miracle musical reference. heheh

idk shes very subject to change ill probably fuck around with her color palette sometime soon

i dont have like anything to say about her sorry. i like her. shes fun to draw

[hotchocolatedoodles]

Sketches for an Alien Stage College AU ^^

There was initially only a focus on Ivantill, but I'm trying to work on an interesting plot for a Mizisua focus, too!

Either way, for anyone who's curious, I'll leave my ramblings about the Ivantill side below!

Basically, Ivan chose to go to a college because he was tired of private schooling and being a model all the time. He was lucky to have Sua as a support for getting accustomed to the new environment, although the two of them hadn’t seen each other in ages.

Ivan and Sua only texted each other on a few occasions, but other than that, they didn’t know much else about each other anymore as it had been years since their parents’ divorce.

Ivan was way more interested in the backgrounds of fashion rather than posing for magazine covers and everything, but he never had the chance to properly follow this interest. The same goes for exploring love as a gay man.

He had a reputation to keep up and wouldn’t want to disappoint his mother. However, now that he was older and was able to choose something for himself, he could finally start exploring such aspects of life. That was also when he met Till.

Ivan was quickly captivated by Till’s appearance and the things he did. Especially the drawings Till made caught his interest. Another special thing about Till was that he didn’t treat Ivan like the popular model he was. Till immediately treated him just like any other person.

Till on the other hand was a music major, producing his own music, working part-time at a café and live house, while also pursuing art as a hobby. He knew no rest, and Mizi, his best and pretty much only friend, had to check up on him regularly.

Unfortunately, Till has been struggling to find inspiration for new works in recent months, and it was difficult to keep up with all his work. On top of that, he had an unrequited crush on Mizi, which he couldn’t let go of.

After finding out about Mizi and Sua’s relationship, Till tried to forget about his feelings for Mizi without having to tell Mizi about it. It’d be best for everyone if he just slowly forgot. However, the feelings wouldn’t let him go, but he knew it was not fair to feel this way.

So eventually, he decided to confess his feelings simply to get rejected already. He feared possibly losing Mizi as a friend, but he couldn’t hide it from her any longer. Thankfully, Mizi is the best person ever and appreciated Till’s honesty and understood his issue.

Poor Till, however, only fell into a deeper inspirational pit after the confession. He thought that maybe things would go up after talking with Mizi, but things only seemed to get worse. Especially after meeting Ivan, he had an irritating person always asking what he was doing.

But what Till didn’t know yet was that Ivan would be just the person to give him fresh inspiration and new life, just like Till would show Ivan the freedom he never thought he would experience.

[kathairoette]

Hey! I love the yandere-ish puzzleshipping au, and the comic about Yugi giving Atem a collar made me love it more.

If it's okay to ask, would Yugi's other friends be aware of Atem coming back or that Yugi's acting strange? Would it result in Atem being isolated or something?

Super excited to see where the au goes (if you choose to continue it ^^)!

hehehe thank you very muchhh~ Yes! yandere-esque puzzleship with Yuugi being the yandere for once? Ugh I Love 😩 😩 I'm so happy this comic's gotten more of us who enjoy this flavor of Yuugi and Yami to come out of the woodwork (Dances with joy)

Hmm you mentioning about Yuugi's friendos gave me some ideas... If I get the time later, I'd love to draw em haha. So for now, I'll just mention what I'm not going to be drawing instead, cause I think the friendship gang feat. gramps can add an interesting dynamic to this AU!

I'd say that since this AU's big main point is Yuugi being terrible at dealing with grief, he's probably a bit more distant from his friends than he was in canon. Ofc he's still friends with them, but he's likely built up a bit of a wall that makes him seem standoffish. It's different from his "I'm being bullied" S0 quiet tho, it's clearly something tinged with grief, and since his friends want to be understanding, they back off for the first couple of weeks and just focus on making him happy.

Only... Yuugi seemingly isn't happy. At least, not in the way he used to. He can still laugh, cry, and get angry like anyone else, but there's a pervading sense of tiredness in him that worries everyone. Grandpa tries to get him help, but Yuugi rebuffs him, and since they no longer live together (Yuugi works in some game dev company and thus had to live somewhere else for commune reasons He also can't stand the idea of living in the same place where Atem once was) it's hard to make him go.

Jou and Honda are a bit more tough love about it, staging interventions and everything, but no attempt, therapy or otherwise ever seems to stick. Even Anzu, who had moved to America, tried to do some reverse-shovel talk thru their video chats to essentially guilt-trip Yuugi to take care of himself. Though that blows up in both their faces when Yuugi takes offense, and they get into a big fight about it. It takes them months to patch things up, and an actual in-person meeting later on for them to hash it out properly. Yuugi does feel guilty about being as harsh as he's been to his friends, but the void Atem left behind in his heart can't ever seem to close, no matter what he does. Jou and everyone else in turn, decide to do the "I can't tell you not to do it but I prefer to be next to you when shit hits the fan" approach, and instead just try to be there for him and support him when the tides are rough. Eventually, Yuugi just decides to accept that he probably can't ever be whole again, and sorta just coasts through life trying to enjoy it as much as he can with his friends by his side.

And then Kaiba comes to visit, with a short Egyptian man trailing behind him. And when the gang hear the news, they laugh and cry tears of joy, all while hoping to everything they know that Atem's return won't spell further hurt for their dear friend.

[katiekatdragon27]

Sometimes I forget that Flatland is something I can interpret as my own thing so I'ma do that now.

Ik these look very inspired by Flatland 2007, cuz they lowkey are, but I just really like how A. Sphere looks I'm sorry (ik the creator is bad but I can't help the brainworms). I wanted to add quirks tho so it's better imo. My versions of the characters if you will. More fun to draw for me and less ugly (on A. Square's end).

They have actual names and design purposes for each thing. Abel's glove to prevent contamination into himself from Flatland, Anthony's glasses and front hairs being makeshift arms, all that has a reason lol.

More explanations of stuff below cut:

The Flatland parts of Flatland the book stay the same mostly. I'm not changing much there. I do want to flesh out Spaceland tho, so I'ma do that cuz I'm super self-indulgent.

In my version of Flatland, I think it would've been fuunier if out of frustration, Abel Spherious ("A Sphere"), grabbed Anthony Squaur ("A Square") out of Flatland and yoinked him out without thinking about the consequences. He realizes shortly after that he probably shouldn't have done that, and it will probably have horrendous consequences later down the line.

Abel almost kills Anthony on accident, so uh, yikes. But then after bringing him out of Flatland, he decides to work with it, taking him back to his office to do his report on Flatland. He sorta keeps him hidden, but on the last day Anthony gets leaked to the public and the war starts over it rip. However, the span that this is like 3 days, so they get time to chat and develop communication skills n stuff.

Also, since the gravity is so harsh on Anthony's body, he struggles with talking, only emerging little squeaks. Eventually he's able to use a device to get his thoughts across (probably like a telegraph or smth), so the first day or so of being out of Flatland was a terrible time for communication. Especially when you're so entranced with the idea of seeing your "god's" insides.

Also, Abel just kinda finds Anthony gross in general (cuz he looks like a bacteria) and rejects all advances until Anthony learn to properly yap though morse code. When Anthony writes the Flatland novel, Abel translates it for the world of Spaceland to read and not want to obliterate Flatland. However, that is after his misadventures in the fourth dimension (boo a Heightlander's Escape reference tomato tomato).

These are some studies of the two. I really like the hairs on Anthony, it makes him so much more expressive. Also, Abel is a slaying king, I love him sm.

Also, Abel is like the last person who should be in charge of a company. That shit goin down the drain in a week I swear (he came to work high every day his first month of being CEO). I'll probably change the name a lil I just have to cook.

Also, silly joke of how Anthony and Abel met lol.

Have a good one broskies :)))

[amarioe]

Welcome to....

The insane ramblings of a mad man! (Me)

AKA

Animator Swap AU!

Note: Most of the drawings in the second image sadly are no longer canon to the au, but i did draw a few new ones you'll probably be seeing a few paragraphs down :D

Long post incoming, do be warned 💀

So, the basic idea of this au is..fairly simple, actually-- as much as i struggled thinking of a good, solid concept for it :'D

As the name suggests, the biggest change is that Alan and Grace are swapped, but, well- not quite..

You see! Their personalities remain more or less the same, but the stickfigures they made are swapped- go simple enough visual representation!

Basically, the idea is: "What if Alan made Mitsi and Grace made the Hollowheads?"

To explain this further: Alan would have treated Mitsi primarily the way he treated Victim and Chosen.

Grace, on the other hand, would have treated the hollowheads far better than Alan did in canon, leading to an entirely different outcome for their character arcs! (Although i'm thinking of having Victim and Grace have a rocky start for,, reasons, but i'll expand on that in a different post, probably)

Anyway, as a result, Mitsi would probably look something like this at the time of her escape:

Alt/ slightly rendered ver.

Also, i'd send in an image of the hollowheads too but uh...they don't really have designs or any art yet lol...rip :')

I was planning on explaining far more thoroughly, but i got a little sidetracked and didn't have time to expand this too much.

To at least somewhat make up for my messy ass brain, here are some ideas i'm planning (key word) to solidify into the canon aswell!

-After Mitsi escapes the PC, Alan doesn't draw/animate another stickman for years after. Then i'm thinking he either draws Purple or the guy just kind of,, shows up on his PC one day and after a tentative truce makes the minecraft village there instead of on the Mac (which could potentially lead to the cg meeting Alan aswell?)

-Victim leaves the PC before or recently after Chosen is created, accidentally ending up in the village from his canon backstory and becoming a farmer there.

-Chosen is mute, and i'm thinking he later becomes a sign language interpreter :D (i'm thinking they'll all get regular or semi regular professions since they'd actually get to grow up properly and have childhood and stuff,,, and absolutely no one has any cursor induced trauma whatsoever! Victim? Haha, who's Victim?)

-I was originally thinking of making Dark a Gordon Ramsey style chef, but i feel like i should make him a programmer/hacker of some kind instead LOL

-Orange helps Grace out with her animations in this au aswell! He also has a lot of independent projects of his own :]

-Orange and the cg still eventually end up being the only permanent residents on Grace's pc, with Dark and Chosen visiting fairly often while Victim visits more scarcely. For some reason, he seems a little bit anxious around Grace.. (also yes they're all probably gonna have different names, excluding the animators)

-I'm thinking of calling Mitsi either Mayday or Malice!

-I'm thinking Mitsi crashes/escapes to the village where Victim is. Victim befriends Mitsi pretty fast. They let her stay at their farm and Mitsi helps out pn the farm in return.

-Agent and the mercs will probably be in this au aswell!! I'm just not sure when and how to include them yet.

[pluieasteroides]

moon elixir (buttercups au)

hi! i'm back with another au (meau; pronounced meow lol)! this was my idea for the deadeye zine project, but unfortunately i wasn't selected :/ i'll still write the fic i thought of tho! so here are a few details about it >:D

it's a cowboys-themed au, though there are mythical creatures in it (i.e., vampires and sorcerers, mostly)

grian is a watcher (which is kinda like a biblically accurate angel in this au? ish?) (and a cowboy! yeehaw!)

mumbo is a vampire (and an heir)

scar is a sorcerer (and a cat hybrid + an assassin/hitman)

scar and grian are from this one town that's near the desert (idk the name yet lol) they were childhood friends (and bonded over the fact that they're both mythical/magical creatures) and eventually fell in love (though they never confessed! ;0;) but one day scar betrayed grian by joining the police force (he was in desperate need of money and being a police hitman would enable him to pay for all his necessities) (grian views it as betrayal because he's always been against the government) thus, grian left town and scar has been looking for him ever since so he can properly apologize and confess

and so grian becomes a cowboy and starts robbing banks and rich people's houses/properties! >:D but in order to not be found, he's constantly on the run across the desert. he gets hurt many times by government officers, and at some point, one of his eight wings breaks (he has two on his head and six on his back; one of his back wings gets broken)

from scar's pov, nothing really happens for a while, though he does gain money by getting commissioned to kill. the government pays him well, and so he investigates cases and stuff. suddenly, a series of mysterious murders happens across the desert and its neighbouring towns/villages. eventually, people fully believe grian is behind the mysterious murders, and so scar is sent on his tail by the police force

one day, still hurt and in need of money to get cured, grian decides to steal from a powerful vampire family (mumbo's!) but while there, he meets mumbo, and they make a pact: if grian protects mumbo and leads him to a faraway town across the desert (so he can escape his family), mumbo will give grian his blood in order to heal his injuries. and so they're both on the run!

grian rapidly finds out that mumbo's the person behind the mysterious murders lol; mumbo never really socialized outside of his family's estate, and so his hunger is quite powerful, and he does not know how to control it yet (he was forced to feed off his friends and children back at the estate because his parents believe in vampiric supremacy and so the poor guy's kinda traumatized lol)

cue silly shenanigans between grian and mumbo! they start falling for one another, and grian begins feeling guilty over his feelings because he's still in love with scar, and he doesn't really understand that *yes* you can fall in love with multiple people (lmao) the angst is angsting

because mumbo is nocturnal, he and grian travel during the night and sleep in motels/tents during the day. they're both pretty weak and need frequent breaks, so they are quite slow in their travels

one night, as the sun sets, grian wakes up with a gasp; he's had a vision. (since he's a watcher, he has visions of the future-kinda like alice from twilight lol-) he saw scar running towards him. panicking, he and mumbo grab everything they got and are back on the run

but scar gets to them impressively fast, and arrests them by bonding them to him using runes/spells. the thing tho, is that scar needs to spill blood to cast spells/draw runes. so, famished, mumbo jumps on him and starts drinking his blood (and is addicted cause sorcerers' blood is super 'refined' and tasty lol) so scar and mumbo are accidentally blood-bonded because of mumbo's bite (they share emotions, feelings, and pain). everyone is kinda annoyed at each other and their relationship is very tense at the beginning lol; grian feels even more betrayed and is still very much angry at scar because of their shared past too. though, they start traveling back to scar and grian's original town nonetheless

but of course! they all for one another over the duration of their trip lol ;; and so scar ultimately decides to run away with mumbo and grian :>

idea of a very specific scene: at some point, grian and scar can't stop arguing in the middle of the day while mumbo's trying to sleep and he grows immensely fed up of their quarrels, so he gets up from the bed, kisses scar, then kisses grian, and shouts 'THERE. THAT'LL SHUT YOU BOTH UP.' LMAO

they do... other stuff while in motels. if you get what i'm saying. wink wink

scar loves to wrap his tail around mumbo and grian's legs :( and he purrs super loudly (especially when cuddling them)

oh oh and mumbo has gigantic bat wings :P

but yeah that's pretty much it for now! i have already started writing a fic for this au :> hope you like it as much as i do (it's so important to me lol ;w;)

[smol-guppy-wuppy]

Another creature feature... say hi to megatron's totally real boyfriend chat!

I still lowkey don't know how to draw robots but fuck it we ball 💪

Info below!

Overall he's just a freak who enjoys having fun at the expense of others. Very obsessed with megatron like that's his boyfriend he just doesn't know it yet ya know <3

He's really good at doing all kinds of tricks and stuff!! Also he's able to extend his limbs to do said tricks :P

He first started out trying to get into the high guard. Though a while into it he ended up flunking in the academy for goofing around too much and being a little too violent.

He then started to get into illegal fighting rings after that right. Doing them solely to make a mockery of whoever it was he was going against because haha hehehe funny stuff!! And that's what he's good at!!!

Eventually he decided to sneak into the gladiator fights to participate in those. And well... He did well at the start, doing what he usually does, even sort of intrigued Megatron himself with his odd method. But his opponent did NOT like being made a fool in front of such a crowd, so they end up getting the upper hand with their better speed and agility. And he ends up getting MESSED UP. In turn then megatron immediately loses interest.

So... Joystick did manage to escape almost getting killed by that bot. And he's fucking pissed that he was the one who lost even though things started out perfectly for him.

Because of this, he decided to get himself fixed, but switched to a sleeker, more lightweight look. This gives him the ability to move around easier, use his opponent's size to his advantage (the bigger they are harder they fall ya know?), and still pack his usual punch.

With this, he went back and challenged the bot he fought originally.

He ended up evading so easily, having the bot running into walls, tripping over themselves, acting more on their anger than strategy, which got everyone in hysterics.

Eventually he did stop with the goofing and absolutely wiped the floor with the bot when he started to fight properly. This whole scene finally fully caught the attention of megatron and he decided to keep more of an eye on him.

Joystick started to frequent the pits, but only more casually, just to cause his usual commotion and get the whole arena to laugh at the misfortune of others.

Megatron finds him to be very entertaining, so he ended up being one of the first choices when it came to gathering decepticons!

But then megatron also learned just how annoying he is... so it's a struggle between "he's really entertaining (and kind of cute) and keeps morale up I should keep him" and "holy fucking shit he does not know how to leave me alone I don't need him I have to kill him NOW"

At the same time, Nobody is allowed to be overly mean to him besides megatron. like no you do not scold or berate him, that's MY job. try again and I'll kill you.

But also joystick will just eat them up without his help by prodding at their every weak point and insecurity and megatron is just like. yeah go off ur so right !!! He's especially mean to starscream.

Starscream did try to kill him several times during the periods it was thought megatron was dead. and he got his ass handed to him the first time he tried doing it directly and failed every indirect method too... After starscream started working with megatron again, well. joystick still makes his life miserable lol

[yukidragon]

You ever considered how a pirate AU might transpire on the sdj universe or in SiH? I'm reading this pirate bodice ripper and it's got my mind running.

Admittedly, I've don't think I've ever read a bodice ripper before, and I haven't had a chance to read many pirate stories in general, but I think that's a fun idea to play around with. I'll give a shot! My Sunny Day Jack headcanons will be through the lens of Sunshine in Hell and its canon by default, but hopefully I can give enough general ideas that can be used as inspiration for other peoples' take on this AU and how their MC might fit into it.

Content Warnings: Mentions of toxic relationships, abusive childhoods, violence, murder, yandere obsession, and general pirate shenanigans.

As any good Sunny Day Jack story, our titular male lead is going to be the main catalyst for this AU's story, so we're going to be starting with Joseph and what led to him becoming known as the infamous Captain Jack.

From Land

Much like in regular continuity, Joseph started off with a shitty home life. He was the son of a rich and successful merchant who was constantly off at sea making trades. His mother found him to be a nuisance more than anything, always underfoot and constantly demanding too much of her attention (which was pretty much any attention at all really). He was palmed off on hired teachers and the servants at their estate while she was often out socializing to raise her status.

Joseph was the lone heir to the family business and was expected to conduct himself at a much higher standard than his parents held for themselves. He grew up hearing about how his mother had a secret lover and his father slept around at every port. Their lack of care or even interest in him beyond what was superficial for appearances left him feeling painfully alone.

Joseph did try to connect with his parents and pushed himself to excel in the interests that always kept drawing them away from him. He learned the art of trade routes, how to properly manage and sail a ship, and what might come in high demand to be sold for a high price. He even tried to convince his father to let him come along on at least one expedition by showing how much he had learned, but he was denied every time.

Similarly, Joseph tried to make his mother proud. He learned how to keep smiling convincingly even when the daggers laced in other peoples' words cut him deep. He saw just how two-faced high society was and grew resentful of how fake its glitter was.

The teachers were strict and uncaring, downright abusive in their education, and the servants at their estate offered no sympathy for young Joseph. He struggled to connect with kids his own age, as the ones he would be allowed to see were all of much higher social standing than him and never failed to remind him of that fact.

Over time, Joseph started to resent his life and the role he expected to take in society. He tried so hard, but none of it ever seemed to matter. No one cared about him. They cared about the money that his father could earn from the sea trade. No matter what he tried, he could never truly find love from anyone.

As the resentment grew, Joseph eventually started rebelling by sneaking sneaking off whenever he could. The servants at the manor certainly didn't care to check on him unless he rang for them, and his mother was barely there, so it left him plenty of opportunities when the teachers weren't beating lessons into his body.

Joseph would dress down in simple clothes when he snuck out. He tried to connect with commoners his own age who weren't stuck up and constantly looking down on him. He started running with an unruly crowd, and let out his repressed anger with petty stealing and vandalism, which he also used to impress and carve out a place for himself in this group of misfits.

It was during one such outing that Joseph met someone who changed his life forever.

Yes, this is going where you think it's going.

Mary might not have met Joseph at a school playground when they were kids in this AU, but they still bonded over an injury. Though he was dressed down in unassuming, simple clothes of the common folk, an utter nobody that everyone except those rejected by society would even notice... a duke's daughter of all people went out of her way to help him when he had fallen and injured his ankle.

The life Mary led in this world was much like Joseph's, neglected and devoid of love. She was palmed off on tutors and servants much of the time to deal with when not paraded around like a show pony. Her older brother Ezekiel was the heir to the dukedom and was in all ways her parents' priority, as well as their pride and joy. She was just a shiny bauble on display, a tempting lure for whatever political marriage would enhance their family standing the most. She was less a person and more of a possession of the Phoenix family, polished to perfection to fetch only the highest price.

Mary's life was suffocating, like a bird trapped in a cage barely bigger than its body.

Joseph was aware of who Mary was of course. He had to memorize all the notable figures in society as part of his education. He never had the chance to meet her in person before, even at the social gatherings his mother deigned to bring him to, as she had yet to debut in society.

Though Joseph had never seen Mary's face before, he recognized the Phoenix family crest and pieced things together right away. He never expected her to leave the fancy carriage she was in just to kneel down in the dirt beside him. Her eyes were so shockingly gentle, so sincere. She smiled at him as she asked if he was alright and if he needed anything without a single hint of hidden intent.

Mary cared. She saw a young man bleeding on the cobbled streets and went out of her way to try and help him. She even wrapped his wound in what he would later learn was a handkerchief that she embroidered herself. It had the image of a bird flying across the sea in the sunshine, though now it had a bloodstain from being used to treat him that he could never fully wash away.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before Mary was urged to back into the carriage while chastised for getting so close to someone "beneath" her and getting "dirty" from him. Joseph didn't even care that he had been insulted yet again. His focus was only on Mary who met his gaze with a sad look as her parting word to him was a whispered apology.

Their encounter was brief, but it left a major impact on Joseph. He had to see Mary again. He learned all he could about her and managed to talk his mother into allowing him to attend the ball where she would debut to society.

Although greeting her while looking his best, all polished and clean in his best clothes, Joseph was surprised to see her eyes widen in recognition upon seeing him. His heart skipped a beat when he realized that he left an impact on her too.

Mary was intrigued by Joseph. She had read stories of nobles who disguised themselves as commoners before, but she never met someone who had actually done it. She didn't dare mention it while surrounded by people though, and she was disappointed when her father drew her away from him to greet others.

It was when Mary managed to get some time alone to herself on a balcony to take a break from the stifling gathering that Joseph saw his chance. Though she was initially startled by his sudden presence, they managed to connect quickly. Their conversation was refreshingly light and eventually became playful. They were both sick of the cutthroat nature of society and all the games people played behind fake smiles.

Their smiles for each other were real, and Joseph thought that Mary had the cutest laugh. He loved making her laugh. He would be silly and act like a complete fool just to hear her laugh. She was genuine and looked at him not as the son of the upstart nouveau riche Cullman family, but as Joseph the person. Joseph the human being. Likewise he saw her as a girl who longed to express her true playful and sweet nature despite the stifled trappings of class. She was every bit as human as him, and it was an insult that she was treated as nothing more than a shiny lure to catch a big fish.

Joseph fell in love hard and fast. Maybe he first loved her when Mary touched him so gently when she bandaged his wound and looked to him with such genuine concern. Maybe it was when he first got her to laugh at a silly pun he made. Maybe it was when she surprised him by shattering her image of an innocent and naïve maiden by teasing him a little, getting so comfortable with him.

Whenever it was, Joseph just knew that Mary was the one. For the first time in his life, he truly felt seen, heard, and wanted. He had to be with her, no matter what it took.

Of course it wasn't as simple as that. The Cullman family were not exactly of high standing, having bought their barebones nobility through his father's money. The Phoenix duchy was a noble family that had the bluest of blood, tied to various royalty for centuries. There were painfully few opportunities for them to connect.

Joseph made bids to court Mary. Although she herself was very receptive to it, her family was a different matter. Shockingly, Joseph's parents were actually supportive of him for once. When they heard that their son had gained favor with the duke's daughter, they did all they could to help him in his bid to marry her.

It should have felt good to have his parents on his side, but it only made Joseph feel even more distant from them. They weren't helping him for the sake of love. They weren't helping him for the sake of his happiness. They didn't give a shit about his feelings for Mary. All they saw was the Phoenix family crest and the opportunity to forge a connection with such a noble family to raise their own status.

It was bittersweet in ways, but mostly bitter. As a child, Joseph would've done anything to get his parents' attention and support like this. Now though, he had learned all too well the greed and hidden intentions that they and others hid behind their smiles and honeyed words. He learned how to use his own smile and silvery words as a weapon from them after all.

Now, Joseph knew better. He didn't want their "love" anymore. Just like they were using him, he would use them for all they were worth. He would do anything for that one bright spot of sunshine in his life.

Joseph learned many things from his parents - how to sail across the sea, how to maneuver through society, how to forge connections, and how the flow of money could change everything.

His parents weren't the best people, and Joseph knew it. Though he didn't want to get his hands dirty, he participated in shady dealings that pushed the boundaries of his sense of morality. He helped put pressure on people where they were weak in order to profit, and where the Phoenix family was weak was money.

The Phoenix family was known for opulence and splendor. It was said that gold flowed as easily as water from their hands. No one would suspect that generations of spending and some poor investments were bringing them to the brink of ruin.

Joseph knew. Although he didn't feel good about participating in some pretty shady dealings, particularly ones that put strain on the Phoenix family's businesses, it would be worth it in the end if he and Mary could be together.

Mary wasn't oblivious to her family's financial woes, or that others were putting pressure on them. Her brother Ezekiel would use her as a means to vent when his business floundered. He raged especially when the upstart Cullman family managed to outbid them for a mine that had been seemingly worthless, but he secretly knew was filled with riches. Someone had betrayed him and leaked the secret, surely, but who?

Ezekiel never even considered that Mary was the person who leaked the information to Joseph.

Mary and Joseph exchanged letters after her debut, as part of his attempts to court her. She had many suitors she had to respond to, but he was the only one she opened up to. He was the only one who she eventually gave her heart to completely.

Mary might have been a sheltered bird in a cage, but she wasn't naïve. She knew what it would take to convince her parents to accept Joseph's bid to marry her in spite of their status. They would need their pride broken first.

It didn't feel good conspiring against her own family of course. Although Joseph had given up on his parents' love, Mary still held out hope for her parents and brother. At least for a little bit longer. For all the abuse they hurled her way, they would always show her love and shower her with presents afterwards to make amends. The love bombing they did made it hard for her to emotionally distance herself from them completely. She wanted their approval and love so badly...

But Mary also wanted to be with Joseph. She reread the letters he sent her countless times. They bonded in a way she never had with anyone else, and his words always had a way of making her feel flustered and giddy. His letters were always full of love and support that was positively addicting, and she wanted no one else but him.

There were so many potential marriage prospects for her. Mary had no illusions about the role expected for her. She knew that chances were that she would be married off to some older man who was interested in trading prestige and maybe land to have her in his bed. Her parents were in talks with royals of distant countries trying to sell her to the highest bidder.

Going behind her family's back went against everything Mary had been taught all of her life. She felt terrible about the anger and frustration she put them through, but she wanted to be happy too.

Things slowly started to work out. The Cullman family's wealth and status were ever rising, and the Phoenix family couldn't ignore them anymore. Talks of Mary and Joseph's potential marriage were taken seriously by both families, and the pair couldn't have been happier about the prospect.

The pair managed to have more chances to spend time together and get to know each other more than just with letters. Joseph was allowed to court Mary openly, even solidify an official engagement, and it was apparent to all who saw them together just how much in love they were. They even managed some stolen private moments together away from any chaperone to steal secret kisses, words of love, and passionate touches full of longing and desire.

Everything was going so well... until the incident.

Joseph Cullman had made quite the name for himself. He was handsome, cleaver, wealthy, and had a way of charming people. He learned how to give people what they wanted so that he could get what he wanted. He was a rising star soaring ever higher, gaining the admiration and respect of many.

Unfortunately he gained just as many, if not more, rivals who envied this rising star and plotted to snuff out his light.

Joseph was aware that he had enemies, but he had underestimated just how far one might go to steal everything he had worked so hard for. He trusted certain people that he shouldn't. LambsWork Company was a well known business, and one of his biggest investors. One of his trusted partners working at the business was plotting all along to ruin him.

A business woman had her sights on Joseph since he started making a name for himself. She desired him, such a handsome, clever, and charming man. There was a bit of back and forth between them, something she believed to be a game of cat and mouse. She flirted with him, and he seemed oblivious to her advances, evading her suggestive words with a feigned innocence that she saw right through.

However, when she made a move that could not be overlooked, Joseph couldn't play ignorant anymore. He made it clear that their relationship would only ever be professional, and there was only one sun in his sky.

It wasn't a cruel rejection by any means, just a firm one that showed a glimpse of his contempt for the way she treated him, but it served as a spark that lit a terrible fire.

The business partner could not accept the offense that she had taken from this young upstart's rejection. He dealt a blow to her pride that she would never forgive. She would only be satisfied seeing Joseph broken and on his knees before her in total submission. Instead of making him her husband, she would ruin him and turn him into her pet.

The business partner wasn't the only one wishing for Joseph's downfall. She joined hands with others who wanted to steal what was his, including a royal from a neighboring nation who wanted to take Mary as his wife.

Sabotage forced Joseph to travel and work many long nights. He was so exhausted putting out fires that he didn't see the knives aimed at his back until it was too late.

The incident that ended it all was awful. Scandals were exposed publicly in a public setting, ruining Joseph's reputation beyond repair. There was evidence of things he did mingled with far worse crimes that he didn't, all tangled up together in a way that painted him as a heinous criminal.

Mary did all she could to advocate for Joseph and his character, but she was powerless. All she could do was watch as her love was dragged off in chains with a wound to his forehead from the scuffle, helpless. No matter how hard she fought, her parents didn't care how she felt. All that mattered to them was how this incident damaged their family's reputation. The engagement was dissolved, and a new piggy bank, I mean fiancé was chosen to dig the Phoenix family out of their financial hole.

The machinations of the business partner had involved stealing some of the letters Mary and Joseph exchanged that exposed some of the things he had done. Mary's betrayal enraged the Phoenix family and she was expected to make up for conspiring against them.

There were other letters Joseph wrote too that were exposed to light that painted him as a conspirator, a criminal, and a cheating snake. Not all of them were real, but they were all presented as being penned by his own hand. Though Mary refused to believe the worst of this evidence, she couldn't shake off her own guilt for the part she played that led to this.

The business partner's plans had worked flawlessly, sending her status and wealth soaring in the process. While Joseph was left to suffer and rot in a cell for the rest of his life, she came to see him and offered him a way out.

Joseph realized what had happened during his imprisonment. Sure he had made mistakes, but was it worth all this damnation and hatred? The enemies that he didn't realize he had couldn't help but make themselves known, to mock him at his lowest point. His business partner's betrayal in particular and how far she went to possess him shocked him to his core. He knew that this woman desired him, but he had no idea just how far she'd go to have him.

The betrayal that hurt the worst though was that of his parents disowning him and banishing his name from the family register. The Cullman name was in tatters, and they wanted nothing to do with this stain on their family name ever again.

The business partner also wanted Joseph to feel betrayed by Mary. After all, their engagement was broken and Mary was set to marry some king in another country. The business partner made sure to tell him all about how little his love actually mattered in the end, how his "true love" could so easily switch to marry another just because he no longer had anything to offer.

Joseph was worthless now, and only his former business partner was willing to offer him even the smallest scraps of something close to freedom. If he refused, then he could rot away in that small, dark, and cold prison cell until the day he died.

The business partner underestimated just how much Joseph loved Mary. He saw through all the bullshit. He knew all about the situation that Mary was in. He knew her heart. She was the kindest, gentlest, most sincere person he had ever met. He knew Mary better than anyone.

Joseph didn't have faith in much, but he believed in Mary and their love more than anything else in the world.

But the business partner didn't know that his faith in Mary hadn't been shaken, and Joseph took advantage of that. He played the part of the broken man desperately seeking the only salvation he had left in order to escape his cell.

The world wasn't fair. It was cruel and only those willing to get their hands dirty would get anything. Joseph tried not to believe that even when he was doing some shady things in order to get ahead before, but the truth had been beaten into him now. He had to take what was his no matter who tried to stop him, and damn anyone who got in his way.

He would never allow his sympathy for other people to betray him again.

He abandoned his life as Joseph Cullman. The business partner had arranged for him to take different identity for when he was her kept pet, since his real name was a vile criminal now. The man now called Jack accepted his new identity, but he made it his own. He didn't want anything to do with the Cullman name anymore anyway.

To Sea

Jack played the part of the broken man desperate to keep his former business partner's approval to hide his actions. He still had connections he made from his time in the streets, a gang of outcasts who still hadn't found a place to go. He used money he stole from LambsWork to buy loyalty as he plotted to take back the only treasure worth anything in this cold, cruel world.

Though Mary tried to delay the marriage to her new fiancé, her efforts were in vain. The incident and her efforts to resist only earned more and more ire from her family and poisonous words filled with guilt and damnation. It killed the love she had for her parents and brother slowly, but she had no cards to play, no path of escape. They kept a stricter watch over her now, read her letters and made sure that she couldn't plot anything. Punishments for defying them went beyond harsh to downright cruel. Even an attempt to escape out her window in the middle of the night was swiftly thwarted.

The Phoenix family thoroughly clipped Mary's wings and crushed her spirit. The upcoming day of her wedding felt more like the day of her execution.

However, sorrow Mary held towards the impending marriage to a man who only saw her as a body to plunder and own was only matched by the news that Joseph had been murdered while in prison.

Mary was broken. On the day of her wedding, they had to use a thicker veil than they originally intended, as there was no hiding the sadness etched in her face. No makeup could withstand the tears that refused to stop falling, no matter how she was berated or punished for her insolence.

The wedding day was a grand affair in a foreign land. All sorts of people came to attend the ceremony. Though security was heightened, the sheer number of people there meant that there were many openings to exploit.

The time when the church was filled to the brim with countless guests and many more stood on the streets outside waiting for the ceremony to start was the perfect time to strike. People only realized something was wrong when whispers leaked that the bride had gone missing.

No one was expecting a newly formed band of pirates to infiltrate the wedding. They exploited the commotion to raid the royal vault while their brand new captain kidnapped the bride-to-be.

Mary wasn't expecting to ever see Joseph ever again, let alone on her wedding day to someone else. He appeared before her with a smile and a new look. She thought that she was dreaming even as he wiped away her tears so gently. When he asked her to come away with him and leave everything behind, she didn't hesitate for even an instant.

LambsWork was old money, and it had a lot of it. The business partner Joseph once worked with had made it something truly big and imposing.

Jack was meant to be the woman's pet, a beaten dog that would only do whatever she wanted. She didn't think that this dog still had teeth, nor that he would use them to tear out her throat when she lowered her guard.

Jack used the woman's arrogance against her. He played his part and got his revenge for all she had done to him. She was his first kill, and although he felt like a part of his humanity was lost in the act, it was a small loss compared to everything else that was taken from him.

The wealth of LambsWork was gutted and used for Jack's master plan. He weeded out who he could trust not to betray him, if only because they wouldn't dare for fear of their own destruction. He outfitted a grand warship known as the SunnyTime, a cheerful name that clashed sharply with how cutthroat its crew could be.

After kidnapping the bride from the royal wedding and looting the royal coffers, Jack and his crew evaded capture and sailed off on the SunnyTime to open waters.

From then on, they became a feared pirate crew. Jack was sometimes called Captain Sunny Jack or Sunny Day Jack in reference to the ship's name. He knew the trade routes by heart and was an expert at timing when to strike. His crew plundered and pillaged as they pleased, leaving survivors only to tell the tale.

Mary was seen just a victim in their grand plan to steal from the kingdom, just another treasure taken to serve as an insult and to make a name for themselves. She was thought to have died due to her delicate nature not long after she was kidnapped.

Of course, this was just as much of a lie as Joseph dying in prison.

When taking a new identity, a change in appearance is necessary. Magical potions and devices can change how one looks for the right price. Magic might be a rarity in this world, but not so rare that blue hair isn't impossible. Rather, it's a striking look that commands attention, just the same as tattoos and other markings that speak of his true self.

Captain Jack has a mixture of markings on his body that sort of blends the makeup of Sunny Day Jack and Joseph's tattoos from the canon timeline. In the pirate AU they're a bit different, but more symbolize him abandoning his old life and embracing his new identity and newfound freedom. They're not marks of shame, but him finally expressing himself.

Jack helped Mary express herself too with a new name and new appearance. He hated the idea of changing any part of his beloved sunshine, but she liked the idea of having white hair instead of brown. She also chose the name Alice for herself, discarding the name Mary Phoenix and all the gilded trappings of the cage that name locked her in.

Alice isn't as ruthless as Captain Jack, but she doesn't need to be. She serves as a medic on the ship and first mate, helping the captain plan for places to go and things to see. The world is open to her now and she wants to spread her wings. She even got some tattoos of her own to express herself in a way she was never allowed before.

Privately Alice sometimes had a giggle over the outrage her parents would have if they knew that she "defiled" the pale skin she was always taught to keep flawless in such a way.

While Joseph and Mary could never have their wedding, Jack and Alice did. Sure it was a small affair with only the crew in attendance, and Jack himself officiated as the captain, but it was a beautiful sunny day. Even if their marriage wasn't official in the eyes of the church or any other governing body, their bond was unbreakable.

Although Alice's reputation pales in comparison to the infamy Captain Jack has acclaimed, she's still well known for her deadly accuracy with a gun. Losing everything taught her to better guard her heart and fight to keep what's important to her.

After losing everything before, Alice vowed to never let it happen again. Even if doing harm goes against her very nature and hurts her, she won't ever let anyone take away Jack or her freedom again. Though she'll avoid combat if she can, she won't hesitate when it's necessary.

Jack, likewise, is just won't let anything take his sunshine away ever again. He learned just how cruel the world is. Even though he's bonded with his crew, particularly people like Dan, Rory, and Sue, he doesn't open up to them completely. They are important to him, but after everything he's been through, he knows that even people he thought he could call friend or family might be plotting to betray him.

Alice is the only one Jack opens up to completely. Those moments where he can be vulnerable to her are more precious to him than all the gold and jewels in the world. He promised her the world and all the riches in it when they were Mary and Joseph, and he still intends to keep that promise. Instead of trades and shady deals, he'll just plunder whatever he pleases. He'll dress Alice up in jewels that would put anything she ever wore as Mary to shame.

The Phoenix family were right to guard her like a precious treasure. Alice is the greatest treasure in the world, and Jack knows that better than anyone. Even when the world turned his back on him and didn't care whether he lived or died, she still reached out to him without reservation. Her kindness and gentle nature is truly special.

Jack feels some guilt for the life Alice lives now and the blood that they both shed, but it's a sad necessity. The world is cruel, and they can only truly trust each other. He'll spill more blood on his hands if it means lessening the stains she might get on hers. Death is a brutal necessity, and he won't hesitate to dish it out to keep his sunshine by his side.

Gaining riches and infamy are the goal of any pirate, but Jack has a greater goal. He intends to sail all across the globe, to see all the riches the world has to offer and steal it for himself. He's going to give Alice the world that she was denied all her life, and the world will never forget his name. They will never ignore or forget or bury him ever again.

Joseph Cullman might be gone, but the dreaded Captain Jack will live on forever.

I think I'll wrap this post up on that fun note. I hope you enjoyed my take on a pirate AU with the Sunny Day Jack crew. I know I did a lot more on the period romance aspect than I did the pirate part, but when asked how Jack might become a pirate, my mind started spinning with thoughts about how that happened in the first place. Let me know what you think about my ideas, and maybe I'll set sail on the high seas of this AU in the future again sometime. Thanks for reading!

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aaand here's deadlands! it didnt take seven months this time, who cheered?

i'll probably do another post grouping all of my line-ups together, but that's gonna wait for when i do the wyrdwood PCs as well :] more thorough design thoughts/smaller details will be under the cut, but im putting this here so that everybody has to know: their eye shines are all different card suits, except for nate, who gets J for the joker card :]

oxventurers guild | the hobby horses

unlike my other designs where i let everyone have individual colors/palettes, i tried to keep colors more consistent across these designs! the oxventurers guild has the fantasy element and theyre all very different, so the wide mishmash of colors are fine, and the hobby horses all have a lot of dark colors so that keeps them looking consistent together. but for these guys, i wanted a more consistent feel, so i tried my best to reuse colors between each design (especially between delacy and nate ^-^)

silas - ough. my boy. i wanted him to be broad with a strong build, and i hope i pulled that off :D i had so much trouble with his hat that i almost just didnt give him one, but eventually i decided it was better to just. give up and rock with it, even if he looks a bit like a mountie hbjgfjhd and he is wearing cowboy boots, theyre just tucked into his pants because he doesnt feel the need to flash them (looking at delacy, lol). he has spurs on his boots, even though he doesnt ride horses, because he likes the way they jangle <3

garnet - people really liked it when i gave garnet dark roots, so i have decided to always give her dark roots. i like how it looks hehehe and i also like to give her freckles!!! i think theyre cute!!! for the vest, i struggled for a while trying to capture the vibe of jane's vest, because its so so strange and specific in a way that makes it impossible for me to picture garnet without it. i'm pretty happy with where i landed with it, especially the pattern, since i've never tried to make a pattern like that before :3 i dont know why ive been loving patterns so much lately LOL but i will keep riding this wave and regret it later when drawing the designs again

edie - definitely the furthest departure from canon outfits, though still in the right wheelhouse. i just don't like drawing multiple layers of ruffled skirt. i didn't like how my sketches kept looking. i wanted to give her a skirt slit, especially after my friend reminded me about her thigh rifle holster. so today, i stared at a bunch of victorian ballgowns and party city costumes, and then completely redesigned her skirt before i lined these XD and i think it was worth it!! i love the layers and the way her rifle peeks out, and it meant i could show off more of her boots and give them a pretty design :]

delacy - my main thought going into drawing delacy was just. "i need to malnourish this boy" LMAO i refuse to believe that he is eating properly, i just know that he is not. otherwise, i mostly just stuck to the campaign art but scuffed up his clothes a bit. as implied on silas's notes, i very purposefully had his boots be Big. he's overcompensating a little bit :] also sorry i did not want to draw rooster so he just gets a generic handgun. i didnt feel like drawing complicated guns, and i wanted it to be a smaller handgun so that he could be poorly copying edie :') he has no trigger discipline but neither does edie so its fine

nate - that's just nate, baby!!! i think, canonically, he's meant to be a bit. emaciated. but i cant help but just picture him being a bigger guy, i think it fits his vibe better and its more fun for me to draw that way. i like having variety in body shapes, and garnet and delacy already have the rail thin thing down for this line-up. let my old man be fat !!! also. he has a weird nipple because he is transgender. heart emoji