#i'm not angry about the revamp i aCTUALLY LOVE IT

[pianokantzart]

Hi Piano! I love your posts and your comics! I loved the idea of ​​making a Luigi's mansion film, I even posted some ideas, do you have ideas for a Luigi mansion film?

Thank you! I have touched upon the idea a bit, with @keakruiser adding some thoughts of their own. But I do have more...

Mario and Luigi start off the movie having money issues despite the booming business. Maybe they accidentally caused some sort of serious damage that they need to pay for? Maybe there's a family emergency? Or maybe they've been too generous with free plumbing repairs to the point that the bills are catching up with them. Either way, I want all the gold and cash that Luigi vacuums up to have some sort of serious significance.

Luigi tries to talk to his father and uncles about the plumbing business at Sunday dinner, but they all speak over him in favor of talking to Mario. Mario tries to nudge the conversation in Luigi's direction, but Luigi eventually gives up and goes to the kitchen to help his mother with dishes. There he has a little heart to heart with his mom, similar to this scrapped scene from the SMB Movie concept art, but with Luigi instead of Mario:

Please please please make The Dark Moon an element! Establish that it isn't just Mario's life on the line, but an entire world at risk of being swarmed by angry ghosts under King Boo's control.

And of course we need to have Polterpup! Let's say that "animals are the among the few spirits who don't need to be soothed by the dark moon," but unfortunately that matters very little to Luigi, who has an established fear of dogs. So we go into why! Maybe he got attacked by a dog as a young child and needed Mario to save him? This would feed into both Luigi's sense of helplessness, and guilt about being so frightened while his brother is so brave and selfless.

As Luigi gets more victories under his belt, and as Polterpup follows him around and helps out, they start to form a bond. Eventually we get a Puss In Boots 2 esque scene where Luigi has an anxiety attack after loosing radio contact with E. Gadd, before Polterpup floats over and helps calm him down enough to keep moving.

Have Luigi's semi-canon mechanical prowess come into play! At some point, midway through a particularly grueling fight, the poltergust gets damaged. Between running for his life, hiding in various locations, and knocking things over to buy himself time, Luigi steadily fixes the damage enough to pull through the fight.

Luigi and Elvin Gadd bond over being two (vaguely autistic-coded) weirdos. Luigi is surprised that Elvin Gadd doesn't mind trusting him with his equipment, that he doesn't get annoyed with his fear, and doesn't mind walking him through every tiny step. Meanwhile Elvin Gadd is like "Patient with you??? I love walking you through things step by step! You're one of the few people who'll actually listen to my ramblings! And yeah, you're clearly scared, but you've stayed! That's way more than most."

I imagine the people trapped in paintings are able to speak and move around, but King Boo can set their painting to a sort of "stagnant mode" if the captive gets too rowdy or mouthy. Mario's picture is mostly kept in stagnant mode for obvious reasons.

King Boo's confidence visibly wavers the further along Luigi gets. King Boo goes from "Why should I be worried? E. Gadd's a decrepit fool and his new 'apprentice' is a sniveling coward!" to "Okay so Luigi can use the poltergust... he's no match for my forces!" to "What is wrong with all of you!? Why can't you catch a simple plumber!?" to "I'm going to tear this man's soul apart with my teeth!"

Bowser was heavy metal, so I want King Boo to be operatic with a Gothic/Baroque ballroom aesthetic. Of course we've got to have orchestral version of the Luigi's Mansion theme, but I also want a cinematic revamp of the SMBW "Night At Boo's Opera" song.

You know how Luigi broke down laughing and sobbing when he finally saved Mario in the original Luigi's Mansion? That. I want that, with an extra dose of Mario hugging Luigi and reassuring him that he's alright.

[andraste-preserve-us]

hi i have cullen thoughts for you <3 do you ever think about a mage trevelyan who had a Bad Time in the circle and how she and Cullen would get past the whole mage/templar mistrust and trauma thing?? it’s one of my fave fic tropes and i’d love to hear your thoughts! :)

Hi! Yes, I do. I actually had a whole fic with my mage inquisitor, Margo Trevelyan (my profile pic), who had that exact situation. I orphaned the fic on AO3 a while back, since it became really big and I just couldn't keep up with it, but I'm thinking of revamping it into a different version where Margo is actually the inquisitor's little sister who shows up at Haven insisting she help.

But anyway. In my original fic, because of her Bad Time at the Circle, she doesn't particularly trust Templars. She doesn't hate them, but isn't usually ready to get cozy super fast either. So she's not very forthcoming with information about her past trauma. However, she and Cullen are still very drawn to each other and become good friends. He does slip up from time to time though and there was one chapter where he made a comment about how she was different because she was more "responsible" with her magic than other mages he'd met and she really let him have it - she did still explain things to him without being rude or insulting, but was very visibly angry as she did so and they struggled a lot in the beginning because Margo would assume he was less and less safe with each comment like that while Cullen's facepalming in his quarters like "why did I have to put my foot in my mouth." With the stress of being the Herald, everything kind of gets to her and she starts isolating a lot and Cullen feels extra guilty.

I think a similar situation would happen with any sort of mage inquisitor, but I also think by this point, Cullen is committed to making a different path for himself. I feel like the "mages cannot be treated like people" comment and sentiments from DA2 probably still haunt him and he's determined not to have a repeat (re: his comment in DAI "the inquisition is my chance to atone"). So I think he would really try to make amends and open up about exactly why he's so jittery around magic, then maybe ask if they'd consider helping him overcome it (which was the plan with Margo before I orphaned the fic and she ends up giving him kind of magic lessons? Obviously he can't do magic, but knowing the mechanics of it really lessons the fear for him).

I think even after that, it would still be something that occasionally triggers him and something a mage inquisitor would have to be mindful of. He would never expect them to not use magic at all in front of him, but he really appreciates when they're able, giving him a heads up before they do any big spells or ask if they can use magic to heal him/help soothe his withdrawal symptoms. I think especially if he was having an episode, respecting his boundaries of not using magic at that time unless they absolutely have to would be a big one.

I think overall, a relationship between him and a mage inquisitor would take a lot of tactful, respectful communication, understanding, and patience - but also that's most healthy adult relationships, and I feel if Cullen really cared for and saw a future with someone, he would be determined to get it right and eventually, I could see him being a lot less triggered by magic in general and actually find it kind of beautiful (sorry this got so long, this is a topic I really enjoy talking about).

[analexthatexists]

Alright, from the top...

Writing and revamping everything I've written about Cheery so far and putting it into one post because I'm not satisfied with the current way I'm portraying her, let's go!

Meet Cherry "Cheery" Pit!

A silly part-time clown who resides in Ponyville after searching all around Equestria for a place to make her mark. Cherry Pit idolized Pinkie Pie when she was a little filly, and as Cheery the Clown, she’ll do everything in her power to follow her hero’s footsteps and spread cheer to all! But… will comparisons and preferences to and for Pinkie Pie get in the way of this clown’s fun?

More about her below, images included because I really love this character I whipped up!

Spoiler Alert: she's kind of insane

Goes by Cherry Pit casually and Cheery when working as a clown

Cutie mark is literally a 🎉

Loves anything explosive or bright meant for entertainment and small fun, including party poppers, sparklers, firecrackers, ETC

Her house is a fire hazard, as seen by her room covered in sparklers on a carpet floor

Slight pyromaniac

Voice claim is Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus

This clown's a LESBIAN!

Idolizes Pinkie Pie, but constant comparisons slowly make her dislike Pinkie overtime

Extremely spiteful and holds grudges, but this usually goes unseen

At some point, Cherry Pit has to get a job at Sugarcube Corner because her circus clown services aren’t working out and she needs the money. She’s extremely inexperienced when it comes to baking, and comparisons to Pinkie Pie don’t stop as she struggles. Pinkie stands up for her, but Cherry still lets it get to her head

She's kinda scary when she's mad ngl

Very Happy Fella from Spooky Month coded; Growing bitter and aggressive the longer she goes without being able to fulfill her needs and slowly giving up her happy go-lucky persona the more times someone angers her

Rest of family is still WIP, but her mom’s Mango Pit and she has a younger brother who still lives with both parents while Cherry moved away

Convinced herself to focus entirely on entertainment and performing arts after constantly being pushed down and criticized by other ponies

Despite this, Cherry has shown interests and enjoyment of baking, music, and art, but she shoved those interests aside

Has heard of Cheese Sandwich, but doesn’t mind him as much as her issues with Pinkie. Has never actually met Cheese either

Probably a nightcore/breakcore fan but doesn’t let anyone know it

Extremely competitive, can lead to reckless and dangerous decisions

Really likes rock candy, also definitely a fan of Nerds Clusters

Rairty doesn’t like her and also banned her from her boutique because she’s a walking fire hazard (Remember; She’s a bit of a pyromaniac)

Twilight and Pinkie want to help her out, but Cherry’s kind of hard to reason with especially when she’s angry

Ever since Cherry Pit was a filly, she knew she wanted to make people's days and stand out. She didn't exactly know what to do, that is, until she went to one of Pinkie's parties. It was then and there Cherry realized her calling; Making people smile. Cherry loved Ponyville, and surely it could use more sources of entertainment and laughter, right? Sure, Pinkie was the party planner and thrower, but she’s just one pony! There’s enough room for two in this town, right?

Cherry Pit as a filly and her mother, Mango Pit!

…Okay, can I tell you a secret?

Not many people like Cheery. Her jokes and acts are mediocre at best, and more people simply prefer Pinkie, who’s a lot more zanier and unpredictable. Why would you prefer a clown who’s decent at their job when you can have the best of the best?

Cherry Pit idolized Pinkie Pie, even if she’s constantly outshined by her. It’s not like Pinkie wants to overshadow her or anything after all, and Cheery knows that. But… constantly getting compared to Pinkie and deemed worse than her is… definitely making her second-guess that idolization.

A clown in distress is not a very funny clown.

Now, Cherry’s tried to move around and perform in other parts of Equestria like the Crystal Empire or Manehattan, but surprise surprise, Pinkie’s hit all those areas before she has. While her services are welcome and she can still do her job, it’s once again accompanied by comparisons and questions about Pinkie Pie, usually behind her back. And when it’s not Pinkie Pie, it’s some other guy with a rubber chicken claiming to be the “super duper party pony”, whoever that is…

But it's not like this will shake up Cherry Pit too much, right? Surely she can find a way to figure things out and-

Everything is not fine.

Oh, nevermind. Cherry Pit wasn't able to figure things out after all.

So, Cherry kind of... has a meltdown. And she becomes quite cross about not being able to do the thing she got a Cutie Mark for. It really gets to her head, to a point where she resorts to some... interesting measures. As in; she tries to sabotage Pinkie's parties and terrifies the guests. Like, she'll crash parties and try to steal all the spotlight or do something so insane that she'll out-perform Pinkie's wackiness and have all eyes on her, even if it can get other ponies hurt. Either that, or if she sees a pony experiencing the slightest of sadness or negativity, she'll barge in and try to make them "feel better", which usually leads to said pony getting absolutely terrified of this manic clown appearing out of nowhere screaming at them and running away. It's a lot like when Twilight freaked out and tried to solve friendship problems that barely existed in Lesson Zero, if not exactly like that.

Any form of attention and fame at this point is all she cares about. It doesn't matter to her what type, even infamy. Any type of admiration or applause for her talents without being compared to or undermined by other ponies is enough for her.

...But, I'm still sure Twilight or someone else could help her. Somehow... Some way... Friendship conquers all, right?

Someone's really left her mane unkept!

I honestly really love how Cherry here turned out, and designing all the different looks and testing different expressions is so fun! I wonder if I could ever use Cheery in more public Pony Town experiences and in more social things with other ponies... You never know!

[1d1195]

Hi Sam!! I feel like it’s been FOREVER since I’ve talked to you even though I think it’s been just a couple of days 😭 I’ll explain in another ask bc it’s gonna be another long ramble lol btw I don’t feel any pressure responding back so don’t worry! I WANT to chat always!

ANYWAYS so I have just finished reading part two and three of honey and bestie IM OBSESSED!!! FOAMING AT THE MOUTH FOR CEORRY!! I need him badly like idc when will it be me?!? Anyways LOVED seeing jealous Harry it’s so hilarious when it’s with Niall like I love their banter! But ngl I love seeing Harry spiral over another guy 🤭 but also fuck the guy the MC went on a date with bc that’s so not cool!!! Also the MC is just so perfect like she so good with Cece my heart hurts from how cute it is! Now that little dream that Harry had was WILD and I didn’t expect that lol AHH loved part two!

Now part three omg! The drama of it all omg! LOVED IT! The fact that they ended in the hospital and the way Harry talked to her… she’s braver than me bc I would absolutely start crying! And then I would just be so angry bc I’m stubborn and will simply not let a man talk to me like that 😁 BUT this is ceorry so he gets a pass bc i need him badly🙄 plus I would be terrified if my child was in that position! But omg don’t get me started on her catching him basically looking so lovesick and gone for her 😭 Anyways ugh omg she’s just so perfect omg and I kinda loved that Harry was missing her a bit when she was away! And bestie you know loved that Harry had to suffer a bit hearing Niall’s convo her her🤭

Ahhh LOVED PART THREE! Also so loving this slow burn effect on this story, I’m obsessed! You’re so amazing!

Btw can’t believe I missed two polls for honey😭 bestie my vote would have been for a cliffhanger bc I love the suspense!!

The way academic rivals MC will be grumpy… IM GONNA EAT IT UP!! And I’m so excited to see exactly what you’ve been hinting at for future stories!

Grocery shopping is a personal hell sometimes lol I guess the best way to describe it is that it can get a bit overwhelming/overstimulating depending on how crowded and the overall vibe of the store I’m in. Some days I can handle it better than others lol I’m sure everyone was so over being stuck inside during Covid so I don’t blame lol I actually prefer doing dishes but I do agree baking is definitely preferred than cooking!

I never was classified as “gifted” through exams bc I literally have terrible test anxiety that I don’t do well lol BUT I was definitely always considered a higher performing student even though test like that didn’t technically show it. And bestie you’re so smart like you don’t even know!!!(Also I have beef with standardized test like that but tbh that’s a whole other topic lol) but knowing how much of a hard worker you are it makes sense that you’re sadly going through some sort of burn out. I’ve realized it happens more often and sometimes it’s really hard to get out of. Lowkey I’ve been so burned out since I was like 18 ish and have been just trying to barely function lol. So I can totally get how frustrating all of this may feel!

I can assure you that people do care about what you write! And I’m being honest when I say if you ever choose to publish whether it be through self publishing or traditional, you absolutely have the potential to succeed in that! Bestie I swear the stories that you put out already exceed works that are already published! And you’ve mentioned how you want to indulge in longer stories(I support it!) so I feel like if you find a story line you like or even revamping a current one you’ll be amazing! I know engagement is so weird rn bc the culture has kinda changed. As well as how some people view writers and stuff which sucks. But you are so loved and so are your stories! But always do what’s best honestly!

Alsoooo hope your first week back teaching went amazing! You know that I’m sending you love!!!-💜

OH MA'AM I'm ALWAYS going to answer all your asks no matter the length! I was thinking our communication was a little delayed! No worries at all (I'll address why and such in the other ask too!)

FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. Same. I think Niall's harmless towards Harry (in all my stories) it's why I enjoy it so much. I know you weren't a huge 1D fan but there's this clip of an interview or something when they're in a car and basically Niall's like "Ireland is the best city in the world" and Harry goes "No." and then looks out the window wistfully. 😭 So I've just been riding that banter for my whole life it seems. I love an overprotective man 😍 one of my favorite tropes. "Touch her and die" = me swooning. YES. Idk I thought the dream was cute hehehe

I WOULD HAVE SOBBED. My alternate timeline for this story would be that one scene and she just has a full blown sob-fest and begs Harry to keep her job and then he feels like an ASS and probably asks her to marry him right there (and then Honey is done half way through part 3) HAHAHAHA He's so lovesick, so gone. He's fucked. I love making Harry suffer 😈 I'm glad you like the slow burn 💕 and that's good to know about your votes regardless. I didn't mean to do the second one, but I thought it was worth asking! I know you don't mind the suspense!

YES I do LOVE a grumpy male lead, but as a stubborn female STEM student, I think she has WAY more cause to be grumpy than him. I haven't hinted at many of the future ones, but def one of them. Probs been like six months though. Hopefully it'll make sense when it comes around hehehe

NO grocery shopping is absolutely overwhelming. I'm just INSANE. In New England we have Market Basket and if you haven't been there good for you. Best grocery prices in the world but there are SO many people there all the time and someone is ALWAYS in my way. Doesn't matter what time of day. If I didn't want to save $ i wouldn't go.

Test anxiety is the worst! I watch so many of my students struggle with it. I got nervous over some tests but I was fortunate that I didn't get too overwhelmed (shocking, tbh, something had to give I guess). I'm always trying to think of strategies to help my students with it. I also did a whole research proposal on math/test anxiety in grad school. The "experts" recommend journaling before an exam (but you gotta be kind to yourself and manifest that you'll do well) which was NOT for me because I was like "I'm confident" i'm not going to do well. My AP Bio tests?! Holy cow. DAMN. Those were a bitch.

Not to sound like 100 years old, but when I was in college I remember by the time I was in grad school I was like "holy shit this is endless" I was exhausted. No reading, no writing. Nothing. It was just endless school assignments and work. BUT now I have TIME to do things I like so I actually think my burn out is entirely 'better' than the one I had in college. Not sure if that's hopeful for you or not.

You are the best and sweetest 💕

Work was good! I'm cautiously optimistic at the moment but trying not to jinx it nor get my expectations too high.

Lots of love for you too 💕

xoxo

[bells-of-black-sunday]

🥺 uvu

Positivity | Accepting

Oh god how long have been writing together? I don't even know anymore, but you've been around even when I was in a really dumb "angry at the world" headspace and I'm so happy you stuck around. It's nice having a constant figure on dash even if we both take hiatuses. I love all your ocs and how you easily flow between their different personalities and stages they're in so well.

I love your little drabbles about what's happening in the campaign you're apart of and how that reflects how Igris changes over time. I'm excited to see the new direction you're headed with him and I need to stop being lazy and poke you to start new threads. I know you've been really interested in Tarhos's league verse and maybe I'll eventually get around to actually re-working Rose for how I revamped my Hell and Heaven!

[bonesandthebees]

I did drop off the face of your askbox for a while but shhhh school has been kind of hectic bc I'm falling behind a bit skbska

GLASS DIVINE IS SO COOL YOUR BRAIN BEE WHAT THE FUCK

I read someone else's dream a while ago when you started talking abt revamping it here and goddd Glass is such an improvement already.

I love the changes, especially with Wilbur's behaviour in the Deathlings temple and how he was actually kidnapped. It adds so much to his relationship with Tommy and I love seeing Wilbur being a bitch because it makes sense!!! Wilbur was ripped away from all he's known since he was a child and they're keeping him from his purpose. He's lashing out because he wants them to be more antagonistic towards him; they're his kidnappers, they have no right to act like this.

Also the grey morality with the Deathlings is amazing already. They treat him with a bit more humanity than in the palace but it is painfully obvious that they had no plans past "get the Pythia to fuck over Schlatt 👍" without taking into regard how he is a person, not just a toy. Also that they likely have any more knowledge about the Pythia than the rest of the public. They don't know that Wilbur is traumatised and while they might be pretty open with each other about how fucked everything is, they can't expect the same from him. They literally kidnapped him, they can't be too surprised that he isn't taking very kindly to them when his entire role is to guide Schlatt.

They don't have a great grasp on how to interact with him and don't know when they push too far until he snaps back (see his convo w Niki).

Also I love the conflict between Deathlings vs Clara's followers. The way that worship of Kristin has been outlawed and all these rumours (some may be true, some may not be) have been spread about them to justify it. Also the fact that Deathlings have a name to refer to them as a whole while Clara followers don't seem to or that Wilbur just doesn't use it bc he's so deep in her worship is a little detail that I adore. It adds to the whole "us vs them" mentality that has been grown in this country in regards to religion and reminds me very much of my own experiences with religion.

I'll go into more detail about this chapter in another ask but my general thoughts abt glass divine can be summed up into "inject this into my veins, the religious trauma hits a bit too close to home".

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hi shark anon!!! welcome back!! i'm sorry school isn't going well :( manifesting you getting caught up soon king!

aaa thank you so much, I'm so glad you're enjoying glass divine so far. I'm liking it SO much more than someone else's dream. that fic was so rushed because I wanted to write the world but just didn't have the time to give it the story it deserved, so I'm really diving into everything I originally wanted to and then some with glass.

yesss wilbur is not thrilled to be there because he's been ripped away from his duty and everything he's known!! he's lashing out because he doesn't know what else to do. at least in the palace he had a false sense of being in control. now he knows full well he has no control of his life and what happens to him, and he's not being treated like a deity for once. those things combined have just sent him spiraling. not to mention the fact that he can't serve clara and it's making him panic.

the grey morality of the deathlings is definitely something I wanted to emphasize in this. just because they're treating him more like a person doesn't mean they're doing a great job of it. they still thought of him as more of a tool than a person and now they're being forced to confront the fact that he's going to be an irrational and angry human being who doesn't want to be in captivity. it's a fun conflict to play around with.

YEAHHH US VS THEM!! there is no term for clara followers because clara worship is the default. everyone is expected to worship clara, so why would they have a title? only the deathlings have a name for their group because it shows that they're different. they're not following the common beliefs and it brands them as heretics.

[superemeralds]

this is only the first of your Titan designs and i'm already in love, holy shit. i'm going crazy imagining how would The Giant look in the game itself. i genuinely can't wait for the redesigns of the next several Titans (and The End) because i have faith that you'll knock it out of the park <3

as for your revamp of frontiers, i LOVE the amount of thought that went into it and i LOVE how you attempt to insert more Greek mythology themes into your revamp! may i ask about the changes you have made to The End? i find the concept of Sonic battling the literal embodiment of death extremely interesting and awesome, but all it is in the game is a big purple Ikaruga rock :(

(sorry if this ask is dumb or my inquiry concerns something you don't want to reveal yet)

if i was better at 3d and programming i'd maybe attempt modeling and modding the game to have my new designs </3 especially w giganto and wyvern it would be easy to implement bc it wouldnt need too much of change and i could potentially manage to keep the original rig (im pretty much done with eyvern now but im waiting a little to post it so its more spread out with not too much time to wait between the other bosses)

i was soooo excited when it was revealed how the islands are called but in the end the names had nothing to do with the islands themselves or the titans..... so i wanted to take the idea and actually commit to it. what made me most angry was ares island because ares isnt even a titan, he's just the god of war and making knuckles a war/military fanatic is so lame :/

THE END in n my version is a little different, they're not the embodiment of death per se, they're more of an aspect of chaos - specifically push, destruction and space

i can't say much on the design itself rn but I'd also go with the same explanation as Morio Kishimoto said abt the canon version: The End's appearance varies from person to person, seemingly being a visual representation of what they perceive death itself to look like.

[rodolfoparras]

I am working on Venus right now !! And sorry for this wall of text I'm sending I got carried away🙏

!!! I'd say it's a good show but like it's really weird😞 unfortunately the show tried made Sebastian (demon butler) and Ciel (literal child) have some weird tension😰 the manga is not like that, idk if the animators wanted to appeal to freaks or try queerbaiting but

Grell is absolutely my favorite character, she's a grim reaper and she has a chainsaw to reap souls!!! So cool !! Grell finds out the "weird old guy" was actually hot and immediately is like "take me😍" and that's so real.

Unfortunately she gets misgendered constantly😞 the author of the manga admitted they did a shitty job writing a trans character respectfully and has apologized, regardless though Grell is a great character, it's more so other characters are poorly written around her???

The fans get annoying though, tbh the fandom is full of girls fetishizing gay ships and they get pissed off about Grell being trans because it ruined their fetishization

Also I have three black butler ocs to revamp, technically four but the fourth one just needs to be 100% redone😧 was like a cringy mary sue 💀

there's the half demon servant that's fed up with everyone, and he has a little sibling!!! They're non binary and a gremlin that likes to bite and does slow frog blinks !!! So silly

Third one is a cupid because if there's grim reapers, demons and angels, why can't there be cupids??? He randomly break out into song like he's in a musical and everyone is just???? As crazy as this is gonna sound - Make A Move from Shrek the musical is basically them💀 it's a great musical tho would recommend

Fourth one is gonna be a grim reaper!!! That's all I have

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Im sorry but why do so many mangas and animes have elements of pedophilia or even incest bc I rmr reading JJK one day and having a sudden jump scare 🧍🏻

A chainsaw to reap soul?? Hello that’s so different and neat! Why chainsaw though? Is it because she has to k word the person first before taking their soul?

You know I think the author had good intentions but fell down a slippery slope when he didn’t consider her relationship with the other character and thus erased her identity

I will never understand fans specifically female fans being angry over a character being anything other than a cis straight man like these are pixels we’re talking about lines on paper you cannot fuck them 😭

Oh the sibling sounds so sweet pls🥹 just a silly little peach hello I love that there’s a Cupid and that he randomly breaks out in songs 😭

Someone dies and he’s like “AND IIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS-“ and everyone’s like 🧍🏻

Also I cant wait to hear about the grim reaper oc !!! every time I hear the word grim reaper I think of this one author on tiktok who’s writing a grim reaper x male love interest and I pray and hope I get to read it soon🧎🏻‍♂️

[leidensygdom]

I find the popularity of stuff like the Sith, Slytherin House, and the Drow fascinating, the way that people become attached to and committed to fantasy cultures or people who are meant to be unambigously evil. Why do you think this phenomena exists, and why do you think fans become attached to a fantasy people even if what is canon about them doesnt seem that nuanced or pleasant?

I've been trying to figure out how to answer this one because I don't know much about Star Wars, and avoid anything HP-related out of pure hate for JK Rowling, so- I don't know how these are treated in fandom!

I can only speak for drow. I've seen all sorts of takes for drow: Trying to get away from the idea of elves being these perfect ethereal creatures and getting interested into something that has another flavour seems to be a good one. There's a lot of grudges toward usual elven portrayal.

I'll say, however, drow (kinda like tieflings, actually) also have that appeal of being a commonly hated race, which seems to resonate a lot with queer people. I've noticed an overlap between people who like drow, people who like tiefling and people who are part of a LGBTQ+ community, and a really common reason people have cited is some sort of self-reflection. I host events related to both races (the Secret Satan exchanges), and run a discord server for them, and there's actually quite a minority of cishet people in there-

It's also only natural people want to try to say "this group of hated people isn't as the rest of the world portrays it" if they connect with them due to being, in one way or another, also excluded from society or hated by others. Of course though, I'm surrounded by an echo chamber and that's from what I've seen in my experience: Most of the people who go through the trouble of making drow different from canon do seem to steer towards being minorities for one reason or another.

I've noticed people who love drow canon though. Or people who really enjoy RA Salvatore's books. These people tend to be of a very specific profile: Older dudes (40ish, possibly). Who tend to have their profile filled with... Eh, non safe for w*rk stuff, to say the least. I've also got some angry dudes here and there leaving really rude comments over me talking about drow races needing some revamping. The average redditor thinks of drow as "evil race you can just kill regret-free", too. I guess, though, these are the people who are content enough to have a shamelessly-evil sort of group within media which they can hate for free, and don't really engage much with actually developing it, so- They're less likely to stay in overly specific fandoms.

Anyways, that's a lot of text!

[insomnia-productions]

17 and/or 35 for the weird questions for writers 😊

Thank you for the ask!!

35 - my favorite writing rule to smash is anything related to sentence length and structure. with the help of commas, colons, semicolons, and dashes, i will defy the will of the gods and forge sentences that are as grammatically correct as they are indecipherably long

17 - ooh okay i actually have a new wip i haven't spoken about on here, so i'll take the opportunity to talk about it! The working title is Kick The Bucket, and it's a revamp of a plot idea i had back in high school. By "revamp" I mean that I took some sweet, soft romcom characters and turned them into most esteemed assholes

The elevator pitch is that it's a Jerk x Jerk style love story between a living person and a ghost who needs their help to move on. I'll put the rest under a cut -

Since this ask is about lore and minutiae I'm just gonna ramble about the characters and all the niche information I have about them so far. As with all of my characters, they're both based on pieces of me that I peeled off of my psyche and expanded into whole people. If this gets long and rambly.... im sorry i haven't talked to anyone about these two yet and im love them

First: April Anand, the one that's alive. She's a grad student studying medicine (following in her father's footsteps, in more ways than the one). If I had to explain her in the shortest way possible.... April idolizes Spock, but thinks that his biggest flaw is being too emotional. She's one of those people who thinks that being pragmatic and emotionally detached is the only way to be intelligent. Consequently, she's also very arrogant and firmly believes that she always knows best. Naturally, she would rather die than admit to being vulnerable or Having Feelings. Her general rule is that if she ever has an emotion, no she doesn't. Underneath it all, though, buried so deep that she isn't even aware of it herself, she's exhausted by her own expectations, and she's afraid that she isn't a real person, that there is no extant part of her that was not crafted by the expectations placed upon her. She's afraid that she'll always be alone.

A random collection of facts about April:

Her movements are often sharp, decisive, and forceful, especially when she's annoyed or angry.

Calls her parents once a week for updates on how her 15-year life plan is going.

Deals with stress by working harder

When she's frustrated at herself for being unable to do something right or not being able to focus, she gives herself a single hard, sharp, controlled slap and keeps going

If she analyses the data and concludes that she was wrong about something, she will readily admit it. She'll never apologize, though.

I took an MBTI test for her and got ISTJ

If I were to assign her one of the five primal fears, it would be Loss of Autonomy, but also Fear of Mutilation

Her favorite flowers are sunflowers.

She's very good with makeup and enjoys wearing it. She likes the idea that she can so completely control her presentation and the way people perceive her. At the same time, though, those moments of transformation make her uneasy, the idea that she could be someone other than the person she has made herself, that she contains multitudes beyond what she was crafted into.

Second: November Niran, the one that's dead. November was a renowned violinist in the world of classical music - a child prodigy, trained by his parents, both failed musicians themselves. He's also exceptionally vain and self-absorbed. He's lived alone since 19, when he essentially disowned his parents. November is just as arrogant and averse to vulnerability as April -- but where she is genuinely very self-assured, November's self-aggrandizing and somewhat narcissistic demeanor is mostly just a front for a deep insecurity and self-loathing. He's a chronic over-thinker, picking apart every thought and feeling he has, and he is deeply, crushingly lonely. November claims that he can't move on because he never fulfilled his bucket list - but really, it's because he was unable to form a single genuine human connection, the only thing he really wanted to do.

Facts about November:

(TW for suicidal ideation and mentions of ambiguous suicide in the final bullet point)

His surname means ‘never ending’. So his name kind of means ‘never ending November’, which has two different levels of meaning- one referencing November the person, and the other referencing November as the last month of autumn.

He turns more translucent when he's upset or embarrassed and will phase straight through the floor to get away

He composes his own music, but never had the confidence to perform it

He's actually an excellent gift-giver, when he tries.

His primal fear would be Fear of Separation

His favorite flowers are daffodils.

When he was alive, he had a recurring dream of standing on the lake shore, or at the beach, or on a cliff, watching as a great incoming wave rose far above his head, blotting out the sun.

November died by drowning in the lake. When he was alive, he used to stand at the end of the dock imagining what it would be like to sink into the cold silence of the water. The idea of not existing anymore unsettled him, so he never really intended to do anything other than imagine it. Now, though, he can't remember exactly how he drowned. He doesn't think he would have done it, but he can't stop thinking about it.

The story follows the two of them as April tries to exorcise November, or otherwise get him to move on and stop haunting her house. I wouldn't say that they improve each other, but along the way they adjust to each other's unique brand of terrible, and eventually fall in love. It's kind of bittersweet that way, because once November gets that genuine connection he's been longing for, he's finally able to move on, leaving April behind.

I've... definitely rambled enough for one post so I shall leave you with this cover I made for their Spotify playlist. oh and their Spotify playlist lol. i Cannot draw but i think this image does give a general idea of the vibes

[bunnygotchi]

🖋+your first oc whose name i forget (timmy??)

timmy is the right name also i love you :)

timmy was my first oc i made i think 9 yrs ago who i still love dearly. he was originally an oc for don't hug me i'm scared (sorry) i would not say he is still in that universe now. due to me being like 12 yrs old when i made this guy he was very like soft boy core. sorry youre getting lots of cringe with this. but yeah like he had like brown curly hair, White, skinny, shy, gay, and then his like extra thing was that he had music powers. this i actually think is sorta cute bc i made his emotions connect to like the sound of violins playing, so when he was mad there would be angry violin music just playing off of his body LOL and then like on the other side if he felt flustered or something it'd be soft and gentle. he might've had some other stuff with music but i honestly don't remember. in general with it he was just great at playing instruments like the piano and obviously violin, and i think i made him have a cute singing voice. i revamped him a bit a few years ago. i wish i had some art or something tbh. but i made him chubby and he's got vitiligo now. he's also kind of a bitch LOL he's still kind and polite but he's got more substance than just being A Nice Shy Music Guy like he can be kinda snippy or sneaky. i honestly don't talk about him very much so i don't have a ton more to add, but i know that the last few times i brought him up i didn't rlly do much with the music powers aspects but i do think think it was cute of me to make him with that as a kid. he's very dear to my heart bc my partner and i made him (and a boyfriend named max to go with him lolz) together and idk it just feels very special :) also i just remembered i made him an npc in a short lived dnd campaign i dm'd for a bit. he was a bard elf i think. didn't even do a ton with him there bc i didn't stick with that campaign for long but i thought the concept was cute

[dismas-dumbass]

name: dismas

age: 28

timezone: est

favorite play-bys: so i tend to use the same fcs and i'm trying to branch out :'D i adore a lot of them tho!

tell us about your character ideas: this is a revamped version of what i had back when i was on CWT but pretty much a hotshot defense lawyer who's returning to his hometown after he claims he's having to lie low due to, idk, maybe a criminal being angry at him back in The Big City. the truth is that he blew through most of his money and the last case he was on was not in his favor so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

favorite horror movie/tv show:  Haunting of Hill House! (also i am very terrible with watching stuff lol)

a song that should be on the of unholy things playlist: so???? slightly weird but when i was searching for the song you guys used in your trailer i found And so it begins by Klergy (then i opened up the trailer in YouTube and found the actual song) and i think this one actually fits as well haha

what would you like to see from us? tbh i'm just pretty giddy about writing with the lore again since it was absolutely amazing

a gif of your favorite fictional character: (okay the last gif didn't work y'all get the Countess now)

(love Darkest Dungeon, as you may be able to tell jdjdjjshsksk)

[esc-is-holding-me-hostage]

Sometime in March I've started writing a long-ass post about my opinions on each entry this year. Aaaand then I've decided to procrastinate on it for almost two months. Anyway, rehearsals are in full swing already so let me share some quick-fire thoughts at least. 1. Albania There's no shortage of powerful vocalists in Albania, huh? 2. Australia I kiiinda like it but I wish that I liked it more. 3. Austria It's allright. 4. Azerbaijan It's the same song as the last year but for some reason I like Cleopatra 2 Electric Boogaloo more. Also, why the fuck do the last 20 seconds sound like they're from the Hades soundtrack? 5. Belgium Belgium can keep sending these moody, dark songs every year and I'll eat them up every time and ask for more. 6. Bulgaria It sounds like a very pleasant nothing 7. Croatia My favorite "female bop" song this year 8. Cyprus Don't worry it's not JUST another Fuego clone. This time they're copying Lady Gaga's homework too! 9. Czech Republic Seems to be kinda underrated for some reason 10. Denmark Out of all 80s-inspired entries this year Øve os på hinanden feels the most authentic, I'll give them that 11. Estonia Wow, Estonia grew all the way from painfully mediocre in 2020 to regular mediocre in 2021. 12. Finland Adorable. Fucking nu-metal with the authentic "I'm 14 and I hate everything except Linkin Park" lyrics and delivery. Just *chef's kiss*, thank you, Finland, every bit of it is hilarious and I love it. 13. France Compared to their last year's entry, it's almost aggressively French 14. Georgia D-did they put Tornike on Xanax for You? The dude looks fucking sedated. 15. Germany Why did no one tell me that Pewdiepie has made a song for that new Spongebob movie?/s 16. Greece Not a big fan of the chorus, but the rest of the song is kinda cool.17. Iceland Gonna agree with general consensus here: still very good but not as memorable as their 2020 entry. 18. Ireland Well, at least it's not as dated as Lesley's song from last year 19. Israel The revamped version of Set Me Free sounds more like a DJ-remix from the Deluxe-edition of an album than an actual song. At least Eden looks like she really enjoys singing, which is always good. 20. Italy Zitti E Buoni is my favorite song this year, I'm just gonna say it. The only downsides are the repetitive chorus and that my fingers are too clumsy to play it on bass q_q 21. Latvia Someone, please tell Samanta that "I'm the baddest bitch here" is a totally valid genre and she doesn't need to masquerade her songs as some grand all-women empowerment anthems 22. Lithuania Eh, it's not as good as On Fire. Also, why is their backing dancer is wearing a sailor-fuku and where can I get one? 23. Malta Parov Stelar's cover of Toy sounds great, amiright? It's kind of a wast of Destiny's voice though. Give the song to a weaker vocalist and it'll work just as fine 24. Moldova I hate that I like Sugar as much as I do. It's the drop, it kinda slaps. 25. North Macedonia It surely does sound like a song from a Disney musical 26. Norway Fallen Angel is such a normal, inoffensive, cheesy song but TIX's egregiously gaudy outfit really elevates it 27. Poland The Ride is ok if derivative but Rafal seems like a fucking charisma black hole. Which is weird, because this guy is a TV-show host. 28. Portugal It's allright. Will probably forget about it 5 minutes after the contest ends 29. Romania Alcohol You was one of my favourite songs last year, but I really don't care about Amnesia. Maybe the lyrics don't click with me, I dunno. 30. Russia Manizha has such an amazing stage presence it's insane. The song is not neccessarily my cup of tea but as long as it's not a typical Russian ESC entry I'll take it. 31. San Marino Best Summarinise entry since Vola, I'm just gonna say it. Flo Rida's presence on ESC can set a bad precedent, though, but it's also so surreal that I'm not even angry. 32. Serbia Very tacky, very 2000's, very much should not be my thing. Why can't I stop listening to it? 33. Slovenia Great voice, meh song, that's it. 34. Spain Why

does it sound to me like a fucking Argonavis song? You know, that anime band? 35. Sweden One time. One single time in years Sweden chooses something interesting for Eurovision and the show gets fucking cancelled. And this year they're back on their bullshit with yet another bland, safe, standard Swedish pop entry. I really don't like Voices, I'm sorry. 36. Switzerland I would've loved it Gjon's voice wasn't so high-pitched 37. The Netherlands I do respect bringing traditional elements into the song but it's not for me and was never supposed to be. 38. Ukraine Oh hey, it's my country. Shum is pretty great. It sets out to make you wanna dance in the woods, worshiping some ancient god and it achieves precisely that. 39. United Kingdom It's good. Could've done much better in a year with less upbeat songs.

[waltongoggins]

ohhh may i ask what you didn't like about the first season? fyi i never read the comics and i think the story kinda dragged at times (esp. abt the hazel&chacha bits??), and ik i'm gonna be lynched for this but i think ellen page was pretty meh as vanya...but since you've read the comics i'm curious abt what you think

yes, you can absolutely ask but the answer may be long...and keep in mind this is from the perspective of someone who not only has read the comics, but has been completely enamored with them since ‘07...i’ll start with hazel & cha-cha since you mentioned them and because it’s a Big One for me. (this is going under a cut because it’s long as hell, and i’m prone to rambling)

steve blackman, the showrunner, was so excited to bring H&CC into s1 and yet what he essentially did was create two OC’s. on one hand, i get. in the comics they have very little depth, but the few key traits they do have were essentially erased. they became bland, joyless versions of some of the most iconic characters in the whole series. the more time i spend with tuatv the less i give a sh*t about hazel/agnes (and it was already part of the show that dragged for me). i’m annoyed they massively revamped these characters, but i’m disgusted by the way they made the White Man redeemable and Loving and Soft, while focusing on the hyperviolent, revenge-seeking black woman trying to ruin the Quirky White Indie Couple. i’m annoyed they ruined the love and camaraderie between comics H&CC in favor of a forced romance subplot that they used to fill time. i’m mad that hazel got a second chance and a few layers worth of depth while cha-cha started and ended with “she likes murder!” with about one second worth of deeper characterization before it gets shit on again. either give both characters the same care and attention or keep them both as Gleeful Assassins, prioritizing and humanizing the white man while reducing the black woman to harmful tropes at the same time without even hope for something more is UGLY.

moving on to vanya because you also mentioned her (and i’m bitter) i love ellen page and i think she did an amazing job in the show. and i like tv!vanya for what she is, but it didn’t feel much like vanya to me and while i work really hard to keep the show separate from the comics and enjoy both for what they bring to the table, i wish i saw more of that character on screen. that’s essentially the base of a lot of my issues with the show as a comics fan...in so many ways it doesn’t /fee/ like the comics at all. and that’s a bummer for me, because i spent over a decade imagining what this adaptation would look like. i could go into detail here and make a list of specific things that disappointed me re: character details, personality changes, world building, etc. but it would be long and tedious and it’s just as easy to say that it wasn’t what i hoped it would be. (not that i don’t love the show, i do!!!! but coming from this specific perspective, some of these things are just hard to accept, and a lot of the changes i’m just not a fan of, no matter how hard i try to be. some of them make sense and some of them just didn’t need to be done imo...). overall i feel like the show lost a lot of the magic from the comics, and certainly much of its uniqueness.

as for some Bigger, more Tangible issues i have with the overall narrative of the show itself:

dave. listen, i was ecstatic when i read that klaus was going to have a canon boyfriend, but this isn’t what i expected nor what i wanted. you want to talk about Bury Your Gays? this is a pretty significant example, and dave doesn’t even have any actual characterization out of fanon and/or what the actor had to make up for himself to give any semblance of life to that relationship (or the idea of it). in the end he was simply fodder to klaus’ arc and while i respect any/all fans who try to salvage this and make the best of it, it really did Nothing for me at all besides make me angry.

EUDORA PATCH. similar to above, another example of a harmful and ultimately unneeded trope to fuel diego’s pain and personal tragedy which he’s already full up on. another new addition to the story i was excited to see on screen that really just ultimately left me bitter.

to be fair, both of these could be fixed or at least revisited via time travel, but i’m still cautious about being hopeful. i feel like the chances of seeing dave again might be higher than that of patch bc of certain details of the Dallas arc that might land them back in the 60s, but STILL. a season with this kind of thing back-to-back just ain’t cute.

on a different level, i have such a big problem with how the plot is revealed in this show, specifically re: pogo. let me say this, if your entire plot can be avoided by ONE CHARACTER revealing some truth then it’s...Not Great...and the fact that pogo has THREE bombshell pieces of news that are littered off one after the other and significantly drive the story just feels lazy, frankly. and the more i watch it the more i hate it. (also i feel like they missed the opportunity to make the audience really /care/ and /feel/ for pogo. maybe instead of all that time with hazel/agnes they could’ve added in more flashbacks to reveal character rs’s for ALL the kids and their parents/guardian figures hmm just a thought...)

give me time and i can think of more, but i guess (barring some of the more petty issues i have regarding certain choice changes from the comics) these are mostly the Big Ones i feel toward the show.

[captain-lovelace]

I keep seeing "blogs Homestuck characters would have” and I'm going to set the record straight

 John: 2010 memes and tutorials on practical jokes. He posted a screamer once but a follower told him that was fucked up and he deleted it and never did again. Sends kind anon messages. Basically the leader of a whole friend group, seems to know everyone personally? He and Jane have running arguments about cake. 

Dave: aesthetic pictures of swords that he's glitched beyond recognition, his own "art", basically a tumblr funnyman along the lines of like, slimetony, but with more SBAHJ. Lots of weird niche memes, makes his own music and it’s actually really good. 

Rose: "Welcome to my twisted mind" is her header, no one can tell if she's serious or not. "Here's how to summon a demon" kind of tumblr witch. Probably the reason people in that world worry about the literal Stealing of Human Bones.

Jade: "I will take care of you with crystal energy" kind of tumblr witch. Lots of pictures of dogs and other cute animals! Didn't really figure out that you don't have to add comments to every post you see but it's okay because she's super sweet. Someone once sent mean messages to her and her friends and she took them down so brutally and effectively that they deleted. Everyone's a little scared of her but they love her so much.

Roxy: Used to post a lot of positivity for others along with a lot of self-hate, later revamped and is all about positivity all around. Also sends kind messages. When she deletes things They Stay Gone. Despite Dave's popularity her posts circulate the most and it's not uncommon for them to go around 4 or 5 times on everyone's dash per week. She's just nice. Once someone yelled at her for her posts about booze and alcoholism way back and she did the internet version of sitting them down and talking earnestly about addiction. They apologized. She said it was okay but never do that again because no one owes you their life story. Running series of "jokes" with Jane about being married, eventually they start dating.

Jane: tumblr version of those surreal food bloggers. She posts tons of recipes but they've got kinda weird shit in the background like "obey" in tiny font on the pictures and the descriptions are vague. Basically food gothic. Also posts terrible jokes and puns, on occasion starts discourse in the utensil and cake mix fandoms. Also posts A TON of comedians, Parks & Rec gifs of Ron Swanson, and makes gifsets of her favorite black-and-white noir detective films. Posts selfies of herself in a mustache. Replies to anon hate with stuff like "Listen, buster, I have literally dealt with attempts on my life. I have received letter bombs from people angry with my family's cake mix. You don't scare me." Once had a huge breakdown though. Everyone ships her and Roxy.

Dirk: Made a tumblr bot called, like, “halbotover9000″ or something, but it became sentient and started making callout posts for him and ruining his friendships. It went inactive for a while and everyone assumed he deleted the bot, but really he just passed it on to Equius. When it resurfaces there are just tons of posts about milk and horses.

Jake: He has no idea what he's doing, how do you use tumblr, can everyone see these posts? Here's a cool rock he found in the forest. Starts a whole Gigantic Tumblr Anger Thing, is totally oblivious until it all crashes down. Deletes his blog for a while and then makes a new one in which he barely interacts with anyone ever but he seems somewhat happier. Puts tags in the description like Jade, but more unintentional.

Aradia: Similar to Rose, but posts WAY more depression memes. Also her blog has a lot of archaeology stuff? Talks about time travel a lot, too. Really enthusiastic or totally apathetic there is no in-between. Has an elaborate ongoing roleplaying scenario with Vriska, Tavros, and Terezi. When Vriska hurt Tavros, she set a bunch of her followers (she calls them "ghosties") on Vriska, which ended with Vriska doxxing her. She came back though, in a quasi-relationship with Equius, who she broke up with after discovering lesbianism. Now gay as hell.

Tavros: POKEMON! GOTTA CATCH EM ALL! He posts a lot of stuff about the Peter Pan movies, books, musicals, etc. Reblogs posts about being disabled and also posts about self-esteem and how to build it. Is constantly being torn down by Vriska, eventually tells her to fuck off but not until WAY after the incident. He posts stuff about keeping animals, especially cows.

Sollux: Who are we kidding, he's on reddit. He says it’s because it’s cooler but he’s really just sort of scared. 

Karkat: His blog is Emo(TM). He posts sad song lyrics, rom-com gifs, and FUCKTONS OF ANGRY POSTS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE WHAT HE LIKES. All his writing is in all caps, people ask why. He says it's because the world has earned his rage. Really the caps button got stuck a long time ago and he got used to it and now lower case looks weird.

Nepeta: Cat gifs cat gifs cat gifs!!!!! Volunteers at an animal shelter, posts about kitties looking to get adopted. Super sweet. Lowkey a furry and interacts on those "open rp" posts only to get made fun of, doesn't really understand it. Gets a ton of anon hate for no reason? But she's friends with Equius and Equius is.......... uh........ so eventually people leave her alone. She's listed as a "cringey" blog sometimes but everyone who actually follows her thinks she's adorable and is a little happier when they see her on their dash. 

Kanaya: Lesbian Blog. Inserts herself into tumblr drama all the time to mediate, mostly ends up making things worse. Got so mad at Eridan that he deleted his blog, is very proud of this. Posts pictures of herself with her chainsaw and elaborate topiaries. Fashion aesthetic. People reblog her selfies with "holy shit step on me" and "I'm too gay" and she loves it.

Terezi: get ready for that shitty leetspeak, it's ya gal Terezi Pyrope here with so many gotdamn bright colors that your eyes will spin. You thought Dave had a bad theme? She's got the worst one. Posts memes about everything. Roleplays with Nepeta sometimes and no one can tell if it's sincere. Used to roleplay with Vriska but they had a horrible fight which ended in a way people don't really know but afterwards she got someone to post a picture of her with bandages all around her eyes and the caption "1M BL1ND NOW YOU DUMB FUCKS". People tried to call her out but damn she is. She is the law. Don't try that shit on her she'll destroy you.

Vriska: The literal worst. holy shit. Has done most of the terrible shit in the book. Scams people, doxxes them, sends SHITTONS of anon hate. Spams the block button on anyone who calls her out and then posts infinite shit about them. Pulls receipts. But she's holy shit pretty and has a legion of loyal followers who are just as willing to attack people because she Can Do No Wrong. A few people know about her awful home life but she warned them not to spread it on pain of death. Ran a fortune-telling blog but it was Bad Shit. Spiders, so many spiders.

Equius: Fetish blog he doesn't know is a fetish blog.

Gamzee: .............part of the clown uprising???

Eridan: "Eridan Ampora. 13. Male. Bisexual but don't let it fuckin fool you I don't take shit. White. My family has money. Basically everything tumblr hates. Women are bitches haha amiright?” Constantly posts about how he can’t get a date, also posts... wow some terrible shit. Also history, for some reason? And selfies with his rifle collection. 

Feferi: ENDLESS CUTTLEFISH PICTURES. ENDLESS. SO MANY FISH PUNS! SHE TAKES PICTURES OF HER FISH AND GIVES THEM CUTE CAPTIONS. Was friends with Eridan for a while, eventually realized how terrible he was and left.

[pyropsychiccollector]

Okay how about Natsu and Ultear mourning that they lost their daughter. (I know I'm evil)

It's one thing to experience loss of a loved one. Though you may wish to spend even just one more day with that person after they've passed, you can still find some way to trudge on, because you know that they wouldn't want you to wallow in the misery of their loss. They would want you to live on as happily as you could.

.... It's another thing entirely to get that 'extra time' with that special person, and then at the end of the day still lose them in the same way you did before. Really, this is even more painful than the initial loss, because if enough time has passed, you've been strong and moved on. To talk to them again, to hold them in your arms after years of feeling hollow in their absence, and then be struck with the unmerciful truth that nothing in the past has changed... The pain is indescribable.

This is how it was for Natsu and Ultear Dragneel. For twenty two years, they lived happily with their eldest child; raised her, taught her many things about the world and about Magic, and loved her with all their hearts. When Claire became ambitious and took up the task of resurrecting and highly revamping the old 'Bureau of Magical Development' so that it actually performed as it should have, her parents supported her wholeheartedly. The times were peaceful, and they had enough connections and resources to give the new Bureau a good headstart in research. And with Claire taking charge of management, there was little to no chance of the Bureau becoming corrupt, like the old one. The future seemed so bright. 

... And then Claire began research into Arc of Time. Though Ultear expressly forbade it, Claire had reasoned she had no intention of using the Spell until she had worked out how to 'perfect' it. Or in other words, be able to time travel without the user dying. Claire wished to look into it for the sake of her mother, who had experienced loss and suffering that was out of her control; and the same could be said of her father.

Unfortunately, Claire broke the promise made to herself. Research without experimentation can only accomplish so much, and Claire had hit a roadblock. She didn't try anything until she was reasonably sure she had made significant changes to the original Spell, but of course the risks were still too high. Evidently, Claire had inherited her mother's intelligence, and her father's brash nature.

In the end, when the time came to run the experiment, it seemed Claire made a miscalculation somewhere. Or perhaps the experiment was doomed from the start. Either way, the eldest child of the Dragneels died in a fiery explosion that took out the main lab of the Bureau. Because Claire worked on this project in secret, no one else perished in the blast. There was one soul that had previously been helping her research the Arc of Time... her younger brother. But she deceived him in regards to when she would be running the experiment, and by the time he'd worked that out, it was already too late. He'd rushed into the lab mere minutes after the explosion went off, only to find his sister's limp body. He wept for nearly an hour after the initial discovery.

Obviously, Natsu and Ultear had been displeased that their children had been researching Arc of Time behind their backs. Dimitri was forbidden from looking any more into it, and for seven years he complied with their wishes. Seven years they came to grips with Claire's death. And then... she reentered their lives, if only for a short period of time. Dimitri had been the first to stumble upon her; he found that her body wasn't stable, and that if nothing was done, she would return to the moment of the blast. But their parents found out, and they forced Dimitri to stop his research... They didn't want to lose him, too. And Claire had come to realize she never should have attempted to tamper with time - she was glad that Dimitri was prevented from making the same mistake she did, even if she was physical proof that Arc of Time could be perfected.

Time wasn't on the Dragneels' side, though. Not even a day after the figurative book on time travel was closed - forever - Claire sensed her time was up. The time had come to say goodbye.

~*~

They'd been out wandering in Magnolia for the better part of the day. It didn't matter where they were, as long as they could spend even just a little more time together. Though, just sitting around and talking didn't seem like a good use of what time Claire had left, and so the four of them did what they could around town, and even visited the outskirts, where they'd lived as a family.

Claire felt her time had come as they were passing an alleyway after night had since fallen, a single dim light only managing to wash over the narrow corridor before it turned off to presumably a dead-end.

"... I guess this is it. Mom... Dad... Dimitri... I have to go back to my own time, back to that day when... when we parted..." The dark-haired young woman's eyes were downcast before she threw her arms around her mother and she sobbed into her shoulder. "I'm sorry I can't stay..."

Ultear held her tight, just as she'd been doing all day. Though she also allowed her daughter to hug Dimitri and Natsu one last time each. Dimitri seemed to take it the hardest, since the only loss he'd ever experienced was that of his sister, but like Ultear he somehow managed to keep to a reserved, respectful silence as Claire turned to walk down the alley.

It was Natsu who couldn't just... let things end like this.

"CLAIRE! Please, don't go!" The Dragon Slayer pleaded desperately, taking a step forward to pursue her. Claire turned back around with a remorseful look in her eyes. It also didn't escape their notice that she was beginning to... glow.

"There was so much that we didn't get to do... So many plans that went unfulfilled... But... I'm glad that we got to spend at least one more day together!" Claire gave the saddest smile as tears streaked down her face. "I'll miss you... and our... lost future."

Natsu clenched his eyes shut tight as he fought back the urge to scream. This was no different than when he lost Igneel; he'd been powerless to save his father, and he was just as powerless to save his daughter... Not to mention Ultear had lost her mother! No, they couldn't just let it end like this!

"I don't want to go on without you...!" Natsu's voice was strained with emotion, and it struck his family to their core. "I won't...!"

Claire stepped forward one more time, and took his hands in hers. Hands that were capable of such destruction, but hands that had also taken such good care of her. After briefly gazing at those hands in both nostalgia and admiration, Claire looked back up into her father's eyes.

"I know you... And I know you'll stay strong. After all... You're the son of Igneel!" Claire had dearly treasured those memories Natsu shared with her of his times with the Fire Dragon King. Most children were told frightful stories about dragons, but not Natsu's kids. Taking a calming breath, Claire released her father's hands. "I must go now, dad... Thank you for everything. Goodbye."

With this sorrowful farewell, Claire turned once more on her heel and walked down the alley until she turned the corner. Ultear had an inkling, but Natsu knew for a fact that Claire was... gone. He couldn't smell or hear her anymore. But Dimitri couldn't remain composed anymore, and he ran after his sister. When he reached the corner, he sagged upon seeing no one there.

"... She's gone." The young man miserably intoned.

Natsu whirled on the wall closest to him and punched it in anguished frustration, leaving spider web cracks even though he didn't put much power behind the punch. Many tears cascaded down his face, and he knew there was nothing that could be done. Claire Dragneel had died seven years ago, trying to perform a Spell that he and Ultear had told her not to attempt. Had he been angry about it? Hell yeah. 

But... Natsu knew Claire had only wanted to help them. Just like how she redeveloped the old Bureau of Magical Development to help families all over Ishgar, she'd only wanted to take away their pain. Yet in doing so, she would have completely rewritten history, would have completely changed how they'd grown up... When you got down to it, was time travel something you truly wanted? Sure, the pain of loss was great, but they'd found ways to move on... Even though it would be nice to avoid such pain, it would irrevocably change the kind of people they were. And Natsu wouldn't have traded his time with Ultear, Claire, and Dimitri fro the world.

"Natsu..."

Natsu craned his head as he felt a hand on his shoulder, and his eyes softened as he made eye contact with Ultear. Fully turning around, he swept her up into a tight, meaningful embrace, which she equally reciprocated. It didn't take Dimitri long to make his way over and join in.

As Natsu held his loved ones tight, he resolved to not take them for granted. He'd loved Claire just as passionately, and he'd still lost her. Kami knew when he'd lose either of his remaining loved ones, or if they'd lose him first... Either way, Natsu still had them, and he wouldn't be letting them go without a fight. He'd be strong for them - for Claire. Old wounds might've been reopened, but they'd get through it... together.

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Post-note: Think you're 'evil', do you...? Well, I got to offload a bunny I had some weeks back, so thanks for that. Yes, this is a crossover between Fairy Tail and Professor Layton: Unwound/Lost Future, and I regret nothing. XD This seemed so much better than killing off a child, or going with the 'usual' mourning. Yeeeah, I could probably expand on this, but I dunno if I will... Hnnn. Too many bunnies. :P