#if it does. this was meant to be posted on the 28th!!!!! my birthday is february 28 !!!!!

[lpsotd]

todays littlest pet shop of the day is ... german shephard #2137 !! for me ... because it is my birthday !!

[lowkeyrobin]

👀 guess who's back

Is now a bad time to request a Foosh fic?

helloooo!! ; also I'm backed the fuck up but dw I swear I'll get this shit posted LMAO ; also went for some angst cause why not (I wanted to write maze runner angst of some sort but idek I have too many reqs)

FOOLISH GAMERS ; meet you at the graveyard

summary ; you have to say goodbye to one another

warnings ; language, suicidal innuendos

disclaimers ; snow in carolina 😭🙏 forgot where bro lives for a minute, reader is 23 but can mostly be ignored ig, young sheldon reference, me venting about loss and grief kinda idek

track ; meet you at the graveyard, cleffy

word count ; 853

b/m = birth month & b/d = birth date

masterlist

Foolish somblerly walks up to the graveyard where you lay now, where you stay now. He carries a bouquet of crimson red roses in his hand, the snow under his feet making a crushing sound as he walks.

His head hangs low, the vision of the accident and your face clouding his mind as he lays eyes on your headstone. He sets the flowers down across the snow, covering the bottom of your headstone like a freezing cold blanket.

You didn't deserve this, being only twenty-three.

His fingers trace your birth date and death date fragiley, like he'd hurt you beyond the grave.

B/M B/D, 1999 - December 28th, 2022

It stung seeing those numbers like that, under this circumstance. Your birthday was something to be celebrated, bringing joy and excitement, but now it hurt. Instead of creating more fun, happy memories with you, he'd have to sit in silence and ponder, drowning in those old memories because he couldn't make any new ones with you.

He sits down, looking blankly at the grey stone, then up at the grey skies above.

He talked to you every once in a while when he visited, trying to fill the empty hole in his heart. He felt like Mary Cooper talking to you like this, still hurt and alone, just wishing it'd all get better.

"How do you ever expect me to be happy?" He asks, his tone laced with the slightest bit of anger. Anger at himself mostly, angry at the force that took you away from him. "Why isn't letting go as easy as loving you?"

Tears stream down his frost-bitten cheeks, glowing a bright red. He wasn't properly dressed for the cold, only wearing some thick shoes, jeans, and a heavy coat over a t-shirt. He'd nearly left the house wearing basketball shorts until he saw the snow in his yard.

"I can't help it, it's just the way I'm wired, I know. I just can't let go. I love you too much to even try." He shakes his head, shoulders raised as he tenses up. "Every time I see photo recaps of you on my phone, I just cry. I don't wanna cry anymore, Y/n/n. I wanna smile when I see you, but I can't."

He wipes his tears away with his thick sleeves, sniffling a bit as he attempts to keep his composure.

"You taught me so much, you gave me so many new experiences and memories and showed me things I never would've if it weren't for you. I'm here right now because of you, everything is because of you." He admits. "Getting over you feels so wrong, even if it's just trying to live with myself without you. Those words that you said before you left my house are stuck in my head like glue, I don't know what you even meant. I can't even tell between fact and fiction with it"

He thinks of it over and over again before whispering it aloud. "'See you tomorrow, maybe', what does that mean?" He questions, "What does that even mean?" He asks again, his voice breaking.

At the response of nothing, he hides his face in his hands, struggling to hold back the tears. He quickly stands up without wishing you goodbye, heading back to the front entrance to leave and get back home.

You watch as he does so, his frozen fingertips hidden in his pockets. You sat on top of your headstone, knowing he couldn't see nor hear you, hoping one day he could. You always answered his questions, responded to his statements. You'd stay there until he joined you, hoping it was later rather than sooner, if anything.

As much as you'd been waiting for him, you could wait longer. You wanted him to live the long, fulfilling life you didn't give yourself. He'd be okay without you, he just needed time to adapt.

The days flick by quickly as if they're merely seconds, showing the snow melting over time and those roses wilting. Eventually, they're fully decomposed, leaving the plastic wrapping to be picked up by a stranger visiting their loved one, as it'd blown in the wind toward them. The grass is cut again once it's warm again.

They never weed wack, but mow over the flowers Foolish left at your grave, angering him. He decided that every time he'd come, about once every two to three months, he'd plant new ones. They hadn't run over the new rose bush he'd put beside your headstone, pleasing him at least.

You watched as he grew month after month, clearly happier and healthier after each visit. They'd become more sporadic, but he'd never healed, you don't just heal after losing someone like that. You break for good, you're able to super glue the broken plate back together, but cracks and small missing pieces still remain.

His goofy laugh makes itself present one day, lighting up your whole face like you'd never smiled before. It glued together one of those broken pieces inside of you, you swore it.

"I love you, Y/n/n."

[rockanroller]

WGA / SAG-AFTRA Strikes Masterpost

[ !! this post will be edited if there are any updates to info or if i discover i made any errors in my research, so i don’t recommend reblogging it !! ]

✤ TL;DR:

viv has now said in an interview posted October 26th, 2023 that the delay was due to Hazbin Hotel not having a streaming platform, and making arrangements with Prime.

prior to that, viv said on July 13th, 2023, that she felt it was "safe to say" the actor's strike "effects both (helluva boss and hazbin hotel)" even though she could only speak for helluva. [ link to post detailing her tweets & replies that mentioned the strikes ]

what i think is the strikes weren't the main cause but they caused minor delays due to their effect on the industry, and the main cause was Hazbin Hotel not having a distribution partner.

the timeline of WGA strikes and Hazbin Hotel's delay coincidentally line up with each other

✤ basic info about a24 and the unions:

A24 handles producing (funding, organizing) and distributing (marketing, release strategizing, platform seeking) of their products.

Bento Box is the studio that handled animation for Hazbin Hotel.

WGA is the union for WRITERS in film, TV, radio, and online media.

SAG-AFTRA is the union for ACTORS and RADIO ARTISTS.

SAG-AFTRA allowed A24 to continue filming MOVIES with SAG-AFTRA actors around late July 2023 due to A24 not being affiliated with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that SAG-AFTRA & WGA were/are striking against.

the only thing i've found about A24 and the WGA was a Redditor saying that in relation to SAG-AFTRA's decision to allow A24 to use their actors, WGA hadn't made a decision about A24.

The WGA contract does not cover writing for general advertising, however the development of branded television/entertainment shows/projects that are using WGA writers most likely would've been put on hold. Non-WGA writers would also hesitate to work during a strike for fear of ruining rep/scabbing/ruining their own chances to eventually join the union themselves. (pic below)

Regarding the above; "development" usually means earlier pre-production work, so this may not be applicable to HH at all.

✤ timeline of strike updates, hazbin releases, and vivziepop tweets:

A24 picked up Hazbin Hotel in August 2020.

The Hazbin Hotel Twitter posted that it would be coming in Summer 2023 on October 27th, 2022.

Hazbin Hotel's Twitter continued to make general promotional posts with images & GIFs of the characters throughout 2023 starting with... January 31st - "it's going to be one hell of a year!" February 28th - "lovers in hell"

Hazbin Hotel's wrap-party was posted about on socials in late March 2023. [ As far as I've found wrap-parties generally are held once everything is completed & ready for post-production, but can still take months or years to come out afterwards, although the industry tends to want things out the door fast these days. ]

Hazbin Hotel's Twitter continued to post promo tweets... April 1st - Angel Dust's "birthday" April 30th - "Charlie is excited! Are you?"

The WGA strike began in early May 2023

Viv says in a reply tweet that the WGA (writer's) strike wouldn't effect a Helluva Boss episode that had already been written. (this is true.)

Hazbin Hotel's Twitter continued to post promo tweets... May 31st - "What's Alastor so happy about? We'll see!" June 30th - "Someone had a great month! #happypride"

SAG-AFTRA votes in approval of a strike on July 13th, 2023.

Viv tweets on July 13th, 2023 in support of the SAG-AFTRA (actor's) strike and explains the strike "will effect show marketing and promo so things might take longer" but doesn't specify if she meant for Helluva Boss or Hazbin Hotel.

The same day, in reply to someone asking if the strike would effect both shows or just Hazbin Hotel, Viv says she can only speak for Helluva Boss, but that she thinks it's "safe to say it effects both."

The SAG-AFTRA strike officially starts at midnight on July 14th, 2023.

Hazbin Hotel's Twitter doesn't make any further promotional posts or announcements for months

There were many developments and meetings on the WGA strike during September 2023.

The AMPTP met with the WGA to officially restart negotiations on September 14th, 2023

The WGA resumed negotiations on September 20th, 2023, with Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix, and Universal Pictures.

The meeting on the 20th was followed by meetings on September 21st, September 22nd, and September 23rd, 2023.

VivziePop posted a tweet September 23rd, 2023, that an update would be “coming very soon”

On September 24th, 2023, the “writers and studios reached a tentative agreement”

On September 26th, 2023, the WGA leaders announced the strike would officially end.

The strike for WGA ended on September 27th, 2023 at 12:01am PDT.

The Hazbin Hotel trailer that announced its new release in January 2024 was released the very next day, September 28th, 2023.

Hazbin Hotel's Twitter resumes posting on September 28th, 2023 when they share the new trailer as well.

VivziePop posted that she had watched “through the whole season of hh” on October 4th, 2023.

On October 9th, 2023 the WGA successfully agreed to a new contract with AMPTP.

The Hazbin Hotel "Happy Day in Hell" preview was released on October 14th, 2023.

The SAG-AFTRA strike is still on-going as of October 13th, 2023.

✤ !! UPDATE !!

Viv has now said in an interview posted October 16th, 2023, that the delay was due to Hazbin Hotel not having a distribution partner (streaming platform), and once they made a deal with Prime they then had to make arrangements. (pic below)

✤ final thoughts

it would seem that they’ve been working the entire time/on and off since March 2023, and the delay was due to difficulty finding a streaming platform/making arrangements with Prime, like Vivzie claimed in this interview, and just happened to fall into a similar timeline with the WGA strike.

since she has said in reference to the actor’s strike she felt it was “safe to say it effects both (helluva boss AND hazbin hotel) then it’s possible that both caused a delay.

i.e. they were delayed while trying to find a platform, but there were ripples from the "drama" of the strikes throughout the industry that could've caused some other minor delays along the way while they were trying to find a platform, and/or as they were settling arrangements with Prime.

alright that's all the data and speculations i have, enjoy, and as always remember to take speculations with a grain of salt!

[ also feel free to send me any receipts you have regarding all this, you can always share your thoughts or feelings or theories in my ask box if you want to, but pls do not come to insist what is or isn’t true without including receipts/links pls and thank you! ]

[itsmikatheghost]

The Uchiwa’s (Rework)

I reworked my jjk ocs, this post will be long but full of some detailed information if your curious in reading, and if anything is spelled wrong or something then excuse me I was half asleep writing most of these lol

@fifteenskies15​ your babs are mentioned 

General Info:

Name: Kiyomeru Uchiwa (清める) 

Alias: The Healing Hand

Species: Human

Birthday: May 13th

Age: 34 (at the time of his death)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: semi-1 

About: 

Kiyomeru was a very kind man, with a heart big and full of love towards everyone that knew and was close to him. He gave everything and anything to his wife and kids, and he treated his sons equally as well, never treating them differently under any circumstance. Not even when he was feeling stressed or if he had a bad start to his day. He was the rock in the family. Anyone could go to him for advice. Until, his unexpected death saddened everyone and took them by surprise. Soon, buried in the Uchiwa clan garden that suddenly started to become full of blooming plants and the most livily part of the house. Some even say that, the plants can't be removed, without more growing back.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Regenerative Touch

Allows Kiyomeru to heal others who got injured by a curse. If he uses his powers on someone with injuries from another human, that could cause more pain to the injuries or death by combustion. However, he was very helpful to the Sorcerers and even became their doctor.

His ability does not work on him.

It's more of a supporting ability, not something to attack curses with, so control over it is normal and his power level is also normal

General Info:

Name: Yoru Uchiwa (夜)

Alias: The Black-Hearted, The Depraved

Species: Human part Curse

Birthday: October 11th

Age: 102(?) (Looks 40 in appearance)

Height: 182cm(6′0″)

Occupation: N/A

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: Special Grade

About: 

Yoru is a wicked bitch managing to keep herself alive for years and using all her family members to find the purity she's missing. The blood of her family stains her hands as she taints her own son, Mamoru, wanting to see how far she can push him before he shatters completely. Mamoru is her gem, her beloved son that she only cares about for his purity, She's been using him for years, taking everything good from his life, his brother, his wife, and his own children. It wasn't that she cared for them, she would kill anyone in her family if it meant her survival however he is starting to fail her, the darkness is consuming him slowly and she can't have that. He was supposed to be their savior. But luckily her great-granddaughter shows promise of freeing them from the darkness and Yoru would do anything to sacrifice her as she did her own husband. She only gets away with it by using the sorcerer's lack of safety, manipulation, and grief she puts on her family to cover her back and make some of her family want to butcher the sorcerers for things they never actually did to them.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Mimicker

Allows Yoru to mirror the movements of another curse energy user, even knowing their next move and what their powers will be if they attack, However she can only do it to one person and if interrupted or trying to be stopped by any others if they are around can cause instant death to her and the person she is mirroring, meaning her powers are not just dangerous to others but also herself.

Her power level is high and so is her control over the ability

General Info:

Name: Mamoru Uchiwa (守る)

Alias: Evil incarnated

Species: Human

Birthday: November 28th

Age: 82

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer (Former)

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

Grade: Special Grade

About:

Mamoru was very strict when it came to his kids, wanting the best for them even if they didn't see it but similarly to his father, he treated them the same. He was always there when they needed him and tried his hardest to be a good father to them, after all, his own has been absent for years and the loss of Akeru's older twin. it pushed him to be the best dad he could be even when it all falls apart the older he gets. When he was younger many believed that the death of his father changed him and made him unenjoyable to be around, Mamoru was moody and could easily be ticked off, once he'd begun moving away from his mother with his wife and kids however, he became best friends with his neighbors Kaname and Tamae Hagihara. Mainly Kaname who he'd end up spending a lot of time with even allowing their kids to play together, the two work in Kaname's office making a book together. It can get chaotic pretty quickly from how the two have different views of how the story can go and only sometimes agree on certain ideas. Mamoru also seems to have an issue turning his back on dire situations. Yaburu would even say “ Four eyes, yet you still can’t see”.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: True Darkness

Allows Mamoru to control any area that might be covered in darkness, His powers can form into claw-like hands that can stretch and protect him from sneaky curses in battle, and weapons infused with darkness can allow him to make easier cuts into a curse, only downfall is that if he isn't careful he could lose control and go on a murderous spree, especially with his darkening hair that makes it harder for him to control his killer urges.

However, Unlike most Uchiwa's he has full control over his powers if he keeps focus and can use them easily without needing to worry about anything too horrible happening. If he breaks out of his focus things could get a bit....destructive.

General Info:

Name: Seisuru Uchiwa

Species: Human

Birthday: December 19th

Age: 50 (at time of her death)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: N/A 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About: 

Seisuru was a quiet and calm lady, being extremely close to her daughter. They would spend the night talking, braiding each other's hair, and trying on clothes with one another.  To her husband and kids, she seemed cheerful but that was not the reality as she was tortured by her mother-in-law who forced her to do whatever she wanted. No one knew of their abusive relationship or how Seisuru couldn't pick out her own clothes or food, her mother-in-law was in control of everything she did. Yoru even injured her, being the one to stab the poor woman's eye out, Seisuru never said anything about it to anyone but it was noticeable that she was becoming miserable and tried to hide it when with her kids. Luckily she would be freed from that when Mamoru decided they should move out and find their own place to stay. Her life became joyful in the new house and was happy to see her husband finally make a friend But her Joy dissipated from the house after her planned murder.

General Info:

Name: Osaeru Uchiwa (抑える)

Alias: Mother of curses

Species: Human

Birthday: May 1st 

Age: 55

Height: 170cm (5′7″)

Occupation: N/A

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: 1

About:

The murder of their mother at a young age consumed her, making Osaeru delusional which started tampering with her sense of reality making her believe things that weren't even true, she has always been protective of her younger brother since then, so much so that it has become unhealthy for the both of them. She has a kind heart and wants nothing but the best for her brother but has ended up getting him and many others into her delusional world where all sorcerers must die when her brother was in training to be one, she felt they took him away from her and she meant nothing to him anymore especially when he made friends with Kanata. She filled herself with lies about sorcerers and now wants to kill them all for what she believes they've done.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Mothers Call

Allows Osaeru to call upon the curses that live within her, each will enhance her power level making her stronger depending on how many she calls out to, she can also make her curses stalk others such as Akeru having the curse looking like his wife which follows him around. However the curses won't be able to move and the only way to stop her is by cutting the very thin lines that connect them all together, she will feel pain once a line is cut and it could stop her from using their power as the curse will no longer be under her control.

Her control over this power is in between but definitely needs work 

General Info:

Name: (明 ) Akuru Uchiwa

Alias: The Immortal one, Two Face, Untouchable fool

Species: Human

Birthday:  February 7th 

Age: 50 (Looks 30 in appearance)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: N/A

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

Grade: Special Grade

About: 

Akuru was taken away from his family when he was a baby, he grew up in secret with Yoru who tested on him to try and get a sample of his blood, however, his Curse was protecting his body making it hard for her to do so until she was able to find a way to force the Curse away from his body. It didn't last long as his Curse evolved as he got older making everything and anything break when hitting Akuru lightly. Akuru would then be forced into training with Yoru who made him be a Murder, filled him with lies about his parents, Sorcerers, and even what happens when an Uchiwa gains scars or black hair. He never knew the truth for the longest time before he became sick of her ideals and found it to be immoral, he was tired of shedding blood so he vanished when he saw the right opening, being exactly when Akeru had killed his wife on accident.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Darkest Protection

Allows Akuru to keep himself safe from attacks, Curses will burn if they touch him, and humans will break bones or die in a horribly contorted way, it activates on its own when he is in trouble and protects him as a mother would. This also means he has no control over using it but, his is also the least destructive in the family

General Info:

Name: Akeru Uchiwa (空ける)

Alias: The Shattered Soul

Species: Human

Birthday: February 7th 

Age: 50

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa clan (Former)

Grade: Special Grade 

About: 

Aloof and vicious, definitely not the type of person you'd like to be around or close to, after his assumed death he was full of murderous hate towards sorcerers even those he truly cared for. Clouded with so much anger he forgot his humanity and slaughtered anything or one that would try to stop him, wanting nothing more than to ruin and destroy every sorcerer alive even his own children. His daughter, Kageru, disappeared for a whole month after hearing the news being too distraught to teach or be around others during that time, because of this his son, Takeru had to go back to the Jujutsu school to try and help find their father much to his and many others distaste. And Akeru's closest friend, Kanata, was left confused and heartbroken by the terrifying realization his dead childhood friend was alive, butchering sorcerers in the cruelest ways possible. It wasn't his fault, he was being told lies and controlled by a curse that shaped itself into the image of his deceased wife. It took away his memories and made him forget himself, so when Kanata fought him and killed the curse it knocked his childhood friend out of the trance he was in. But after everything he's done, many have found it hard to put their trust in Akeru and he has been forced to stay indoors, going from his father's home to Kanata's father's home to try and bring more special memories back to him. Once that had happened he wanted nothing more than to save his sister from the insanity of their grandmother not yet knowing or finding out about his twin.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Pain Sharer

Allows Akeru's curse to feed off his pain and injuries even healing them when the attacks are from curses not Kanata's or another Sorcerer as that would only allow him to minimalize his pain with one injury but the next will double in pain depending on how many times he has gotten hit.

It also allows him to infuse his darkness into weapons such as his Tachi or his fists and feet to allow for stronger attacks but has to be careful since it could cost him his arms, legs, etc since he doesn't have the strength to really protect himself from it. But he does have speed making it hard to hit him sometimes unless he is trying to get hit.

He has close to the weakest control over his Curse energy in the family but it is as strong as Mamoru's

General Info:

Name: Tataru Uchiwa (祟る)

Species: Curse, Human (Former) 

Birthday: December 19th

Age: 23 (at time of her death)

Height: 180cm (5′11″)

Occupation: N/A 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About:

Tataru was clever and formidable, never letting anything get her down but no one knew she was a hardworking mother as she kept herself looking beautiful, youthful, and elegant. She would always buy the most stunning clothes for her kids and spoil them rotten, when she would visit her best friend Minami Hagihara, she would take her kids with and they would sometimes play with Minami's kids, Akeru also won't admit it but there have been times she destroyed him in bed, but sadly like many others in the Uchiwa family, she was killed and by her  husband at that, of course, it was an accident but now a curse takes her place to fill the void within her husband's heart. 

General Info:

Name: Kageru Uchiwa (薫る)

Alias: The mist

Species: Human

Birthday: October 28th 

Age: 25

Height: 162cm (5′4″)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer, Teacher

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan, Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College

Grade: Special Grade 

About:

 Kageru is naturally calm and well-mannered but strict when it comes to teaching the students of Jujutsu High, most students are scared of her and never want to know what it’s like to get on her bad side. The only two that really know of her bad side are her two friends Satoru Gojo and Kiryuu Hagihara (who will be her future husband). Even then, those two know not to make her angry. Besides that Kageru is almost a jump scare of a person from how she comes out of nowhere and starts talking. She is so quick in her movement that no one sees or hears her coming. She grew up with her grandfather and brother after what happened to their father, she believed her father was truly dead and always imagined meeting him, getting to bond and know one another however she never thought it would come true or that her father would be trying to kill her. 

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Shadow Acceleration 

Allows Kaegeru to be the fastest in the family, Some say it's as if she is teleporting because her feet don't even look like they are moving, she is also able to move any part of her body quickly not just her legs. Cutting Curses into pieces easily with her fan blades and her unlike some other Uchiwa's she doesn't have to worry about losing control of her powers

General Info:

Name: Takeru Uchiwa (武猛)

Alias: The Beast

Species: Human

Birthday: February 20th

Age: 16

Height: 175cm (5′9″) 243cm (8'0" beast form)

Occupation: Jujutsu Sorcerer (Former) 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan, Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College(Former)

Grade: Special Grade 

About:

Full of hatred towards his father Takeru has tried his best to not become like him however no matter his attempts, it’s failing, no matter how much he tries to look like their mother- that girl, her death, he’s becoming him Takeru can feel it, the betrayal, rejection, and death that will come if he stays a sorcerer. So he’s stepped away and decided to get his mental state together but his sister’s been trying to let him know that it wasn’t his fault that girl died, it was an accident. He couldn’t control it after all. He should let it go but...why can't he? Because he can't become like him. He has made a promise to himself that he'd never use his powers again no matter what might be happening around him.

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Beast within

Allows Takeru to turn into a curse-like beast, a mask forms on his face, losing control of his body and mind, his beast state he will be able to easily overpower any curses however he would have to be calmed down and treated like a dog almost, to bring Takeru back to himself, he had many issues trying to control the beast and feels it trying to claw its way out of him now that he has stopped using it, his control over it, is as bad as Akeru's is 

General Info:

Name: Yaburu Uchiwa

Species: Human half curse

Birthday: July 15th

Age: 71 (Looks 30 in appearance)

Height: 182cm (6′0″)

Occupation: Teacher(former)

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan 

About:

Used to be a fun-loving guy but after the death of his wife and child which he believes happened due to a curse attack and sorcerers who failed to be safe, he slowly started to lose himself, and he became extremely close to his niece and nephew almost too much. Trying to fill the void and bring happiness into his life again. His brother was worried for him as he seemed possessive over the two, but in the end, it didn't matter. Yaburu would soon murder Seisuru over jealously that his brother was able to have a family and be more loved by their mother, now he forever tries to tear his older brother down in hopes he could finally get the attention he always wanted from Yoru

Curse Energy/Jujutsu: Puppeteer

Allows Yaburu to control another Sorcerer with his cursed arm, he puts his cursed energy into them before allowing them to fight for him however this doesn't mean he isn't a formidable fighter on his own, he could quite easily crack a person's back in half with his knee if wanted, but the person being controlled can be easily killed by another sorcerer or curse so he uses them more as decoys if any are around him.

General Info:

Name: Kaoru Uchiwa

Species: Human

Birthday: September 25th

Age: 24 (at time of her death)

Height: 165cm (5′5″)

Occupation: Psychacrist 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About:

A very anxious lady, always cautious about everything and made sure she would be safe wherever she went especially with her young daughter however it would seem that her safety precautions would fail her and her daughter.

General Info:

Name: Maru Uchiwa

Species: Human

Birthday: April 13th

Age: 4 (at time of her death)

Height: 93cm ('37")

Occupation: N/A 

Affiliation: The Uchiwa Clan

About:

She was Energetic but shy, barely got to know her cousins or Uncle, and was fated to an untimely death.

Trivia For all Uchiwa's 

Their hair will become dark showing how they really feel through a tough time, being mentally stressed and breaking, it doesn’t go away even when they do get better 

Something will snap inside them that allows them to do cruel things without care, so Uchiwa's with even the slightest of dark hair means that they would kill someone at any time depending on their feelings

Scars mean how many they’ve killed on their murderous spree of insanity and some being that they killed people with their own hands or caused an accident that killed people

Scars all have a starting place on each Uchiwa: An example is an x-like scar on Yoru's chest

All Uchiwa's have some type of flexibility 

Kiyomeru had an interest in gardening and made most meals for his family with fresh food from his gardens

Kiyomeru loved Yoru even though their marriage was an arranged one 

Yoru is the main reason the Uchiwa's have so many issues, causing more and more chaos as years go on

Yoru doesn't use her Curse Energy much, meaning she has killed sorcerers without using any of her powers against them, just pure strength and speed. mainly because she finds her powers to be useless.

Yoru used Akuru and Kiyomeru's Curse powers as a way to make a youth serum which is what the canisters wrapped around some of their legs hold 

Yoru dislikes the Hagihara clan and will threaten their life at any moment, even using them to keep Mamoru quiet because he knows her threats can become real and fast

Akeru and Osaeru are the only two who haven't taken the youth serum

Akeru was born with sharp fang-like teeth and the reasoning is unknown, some believe it's from his Curse powers

When Akeru was younger he was outgoing and always had a smile on his face even with all the injuries he endured from his curse technique 

Akeru wears an eyepatch after losing control of his cursed ability when he was 8 and ended up clawing his eye out brutally, he doesn't remember this incident very well 

Akeru also gets nosebleeds very easily when using his Curse energy

Akeru holds the Hagihara flower close to his heart no matter if he remembers Kanata or not, and will drop everything to find it if he lost it

Akeru calls Takeru, "Taki" or "Jalapeno" as a reference to his son's attitude towards him

Osaeru dislikes Akeru's childhood friend and would do anything to have his head

Osaeru became overprotective of Akeru after Akuru disappeared and their mother was killed 

Osaeru does get freed from the grasp of her grandmother with the help of Akeru 

The girl that Takeru killed was part of the high-class Saki clan, who got him banned from being able to continue his sorcerer training

Takeru wears feathers similarly to what his mother has worn to remember her

Kageru's outfit is made from her grandmother's older clothes that Mamoru allowed her to use and take

Yaburu is bi, and would probably have been attracted to Tadamichi Hagahara if he was still alive and if they ever met

I think that’s all lmao

[chemicalpink]

Hoseok's Birthday Roast Masterlist

disclaimer: these analyses/readings are based on my experience and knowledge of astrology and tarot, they’re is not meant to be the absolute truth, as Hoseok is a real person, and astrology/tarot can only capture so much about multidimensional humans that have had past experiences and cultural approaches amongst other things, it does not have to resonate with you since this is in no way related to anyone reading it (unless you are a member of bts in which case, get out of here lol ) this is just for entertainment purposes. please remember that tarot as a form of divination only allows us to read current energy and as time advances it becomes less accurate, so it basically reads up to a 6 months period of time, which leads me to also mention that by s/o i mean any soon to be relationship or an already established relationship, indistinct of whether they are a soulmate relationship or not.

key: ੈ✩‧₊˚personal readings ੈ✩‧₊˚, | ・❥・love readings ・❥・, | ༊*·˚ humour readings ༊*·˚ | ⍣ ೋ smexy content ⍣ ೋ

warnings: some of the readings below contain explicit content, only suited for an audience of 18+.

duration of the event: february 1st to february 28th

further information: this post serves as a masterlist and can be found on top of my welcome pinned message on my blog, each work will be tagged under #cp:hobi birthday, the humour readings (as you’ll see) are kinda like the vibe of if _____ did a uquiz, still readings, just on crack

・❥・ Hobi's ideal type ・❥・ Tarot + Astrology

ੈ✩‧₊˚ Hobi's inner child ੈ✩‧₊˚ Tarot

ੈ✩‧₊˚ What does dance mean to Hoseok? ੈ✩‧₊˚ Tarot + Astrodice

ੈ✩‧₊˚ What the name j-hope means to him ੈ✩‧₊˚ Tarot

ੈ✩‧₊˚ Jhope as a leader ੈ✩‧₊˚ Tarot + a bit of astrology

ੈ✩‧₊˚ Hobi + each member ੈ✩‧₊˚ synastry

⍣ ೋ Hoseok on the dom-sub scale ⍣ ೋ Tarot + astrodice

⍣ ೋ Hoseok in bed ⍣ ೋ Tarot + Astrology

༊*·˚ If he were to make a 'reasons to date me' PPT ༊*·˚ Tarot

[intothewickedwood]

Once Upon A Time Rewatch: 6x17 Awake

Snowing centric!!

When Snow and Charming kiss themselves to sleep do they go to the fiery room? I presume so.

S1 flashback!! God, I love it!

One problem though, Snow had a completely different fashion sense during the curse. They should have brought back her cardigans and skirts! 

Gaaah the music! I’m gonna have to watch s1 again soon, aren’t I? Yaaaay! 

This rewatch is coming to an end kinda. Still got s7! I think I will rewatch and record my thoughts on Ouat in Wonderland after that and after that I may go wild with gif making and/or look at each episode or character or lore or perhaps the magic system in more depth. Idk but gonna try and keep the ouat part of this blog active! 

Woah that flower bloomed after she picked it.

MM must be thinking what the hell kinda dreams has he been having in his coma. Evil Queens?!

They remember!

Love the sisters doing magic together. They could start their own coven!

Oh my God, are Snowing okay?!

It seems that here David has no curse memories whatsoever. This world must be so bizarre to him.

Would that have meant that Snow and Charming would have been in the fiery room together for eternity? 

Come to think of it why can’t Emma just kiss her parents. Wouldn’t that break the curse?

So, the pixie flowers in neverland grew in reaction to the presence of great evil? They were there before Pan took permanent residence so maybe it was the creepy shadow beast that caused them to grow.

Mummy’s back, Rumple!

Oh snap! How’d the Black Fairy get the dagger?!

Rumple is always so vulnerable around his parents, bless him. I wonder if the Black Fairy knows or cares about what Rumple did to her husband or the fact that her husband decided to become a young boy again. 

What happened at skull rock?

Archie!

Snow was gonna straight up stab Regina with a pair of scissors.

Nooo! They needed those pixie flowers. In the flashback the pixie dust went on David and Snow. Does that mean they could fly then? Fly Snowing! Fly away from Regina! Weeeeeee!

Only 10 years cursed. Uh oh.

Oh God, I feel so bad for Snowing. They just wanna be there for their daughter.

Go through that godforsaken door, Snowing or I will push you in myself!!

No. No. No. This is ridiculous. They absolutely would have gone through! They didn’t just put Emma through that wardrobe so she’d become a hero. They put her through because Regina would have likely killed her. It was her best chance! Yes, they love their people, but their daughter comes first for them. I refuse to accept that they wouldn’t have gone through. 

Listen to Charming, Snow! Why do they always have to make Snow the one making questionable decisions? 

I’m going to shove them through that door, goddamn it!! I need to read all the fanfiction!

Though, to be fair, if they had gone through, they probably would have been arrested for breaking in but only if the portal closed. They could have grabbed Emma and pulled her through to Storybrooke and she would have been very confused. But if they had gone through together and escaped with her through the window or something, I don’t see the problem with them raising her to become the Savior on her 28th Birthday. They were both going to go through and then just Snow was going to go through initially. What’s the difference in them going through now? That doesn’t break the conditions of the curse being broken, I don’t think.

God, it hurts!

Is the shadow naked?

Eww, I wouldn’t want that creepy naked ass shadow touching my face.

At least Snow is trying to put Emma first now but no, they need it more than Hook. Her parents would be trapped in a fiery room for all eternity! Hook can probably be found with some spell or another. Emma, please. S1-S3 Emma would never let this happen to her parents.

Pour the pixie dust on your Goddamn parents!

Emma, use your magic to blast the lost boys out of the way!

Emma: “It’s okay. I didn’t exactly make it easy for you to tell me the truth.” What the hell?! Emma, don’t you turn this around on yourself. You’re blaming yourself for him not being honest? What, because you found the engagement ring there was no possible way he could have just told the truth before proposing? Istg. The show can’t just bring up such a huge obstacle and wave it away with one line! Wtf?!

Okay, yeah, just propose in front of her practically dead parents as they burn in fiery torment from now until eternity because their daughter didn’t throw the freaking dust on them and bought you a portal-ride home instead! You do that! Why not get it on in front of them while you’re at it, ya nasties!

How could this possibly be romantic? Emma, your parents are suffering! You may never see them again!

Okay, in fairness, Hook didn’t know they were there. But Emma freaking did! Emma, what is wrong with you this season, girl? 

Lol, let’s all get wrecked on sleeping curse! Partaaaay in the mayor’s office!

They shouldn’t have let Henry drink it, wtf?! They would never have let Henry drink it pre-s5 but I mean post S5 they took him on a one-way trip to hell so…

I would drink it for them though. They are my babies. 

They’re awake!!

Woah that was one hell of a partay! Everyone’s passed out. Do they have to kiss everyone now? 

Okay, Emma. You redeemed yourself by drinking that potion. I’ll forgive you. For now.

Regina was like, “the floor is for peasants. If I’m gonna go out for a hundred years, I’m gonna do it on a fancy, luxurious chair.”

Let. David. Be. Angry.

Absolutely pointless introducing that story, if they were gonna have everyone, including poor David instantly forgive him. 

How on earth does the Black Fairy know Rumple was “Always such a clever boy” she was torn away from him when he was a baby.

I think this is my favourite episode of the season.

Yes!! Zelena centric next week! I am being spoiled.

[izukukuzi]

updates for this week’s episode of What The Fuck Is Going On In This Fandom (and special shout out to @soren-bleu-kun for putting this idea in my head as a legitimate thing ejfjnejf)!!!!!

for whatever fucking reason, leaks for 296 came out on sunday instead of thursday, like usual (and y’all, the amount of P A N I C that i felt after waking up to that shit out of NOWHERE is unexplainable enejnfjwn). in said leaks/chapter, some interesting (?) points we saw were:

MIDNIGHT’S DEATH VBYHBHYVYUHB LIKE NOOOOOOO HORIKOSHI PLEASE ERASE THE THING AND BRING HER BACKKK WAAAAAAH like, there’s mina holding her hand in that one panel, then her, kirishima, momo, and satou in that other panel, crying and looking absolutely heartbroken.... THIS CHAPTER HAS BROUGHT TRUE SADNESS TO THE WORLD (am also so not looking forward to hizashi and shouta’s reactions to this either:((((( major waaaaaaah)

uh.... thirteen (13) has a face????? there’s a body in the suit (though it looks like she lost an arm)???? this makes me wonder wtf that was about with what happened to her during the usj incident BUT whatever????? i guess????

fucking wash was in this chapter ebfbwjbfjbwf i love seeing a personified house appliance out here kicking ass lmao (you go number eight (8)!!!!!)

along with midnight’s death, we also have a moment where ochako sees another pro hero say that “this was just a big mistake... maybe i should find... a new job,” so we see a narrative motif of lost innocence, i suppose, and exposure to hopelessness when those that the students are meant to rely on (their teachers, the pros) can’t successfully get the job done... so we’ll see what hori does with that :(   

mr. fuck-face-potato-man (afo) still has control (???) of shigaraki’s body and, at the end of the chapter, he tells the “nomus who know nothing of fatigue [to] go free my main body,” SOOOOOOO????? prison break arc?????? and, mayhaaaaaaps with that, something with stain maybe??????

according to our fandom’s Leak Dealer (@/atsushi), the short preview for 297 (which will be officially released on jan. 17) is: “The worst is not over yet.”

do with that joyful information what you will lmao

outside of the leaks/chapter, IT WAS MY BIRDBOY’S BIRTHDAY (Tamaki “Hawks” Keigo) on the 28th!!!!! is this need-to-know information for the mess that was this week? no, but i love him so i had to share endjnjwndw

um..... on a more messy note, there was a lot of discourse taking place around endeavor for some reason (from what I saw, it was happening more on twitter than here). our Leak Dealer was mixed in this as well cause he tweeted (but then deleted) a, to me, sorta dickish tweet about people needing to give endeavor some slack or whatever. then people were trying to report his account (which is not cool djwbjdjw, i get why people were upset, but there are other things to do besides trying to get him in trouble) BUT he’s still there, so I guess????? things are fine???? i also dunno what was causing people to fight about endeavor all of a sudden but... you know, that’s a common thing here bdejbdjndw

Number Of Days Until March 27, 2021 (the release of bnha season five (5), as of dec. 30): eighty-seven (87) more!!!!

I also doubt this will really turn into A Thing, which is fine ejndjnw BUT if it does, you guys are freeeee to send me anything that I may miss or that you may wanna have included on a week by week basis!!! my eyes aren’t always peeled for everything, so any additional information is alwaaaaaays welcomed! but for now, that is all!!!! (maybe?????) i will see y’all again with a similar post in a week yeeeeee!!

[searchingwardrobes]

I’ve been thinking all day about this post that I saw and reblogged about Snow’s desire to have another baby and how that hurt Emma. While it is completely understandable for Emma to feel that way as the lost girl that she is, I don’t think Snow is evil or a bad mother to want another baby. I’ve even read fics where people delete the birth of Snowing’s son altogether, seeing them having another child as a betrayal of Emma. I disagree completely. It isn’t them having another child that is problematic, it’s the way it was written in the show. Snow’s words in the echo cave that what she has with Emma isn’t what she wanted is a poor choice of words, but as a mother myself, I get what she was trying to say. Every mother wants to experience all the special moments as their child grows: the squishy baby against their shoulder, the first steps and words, the gap toothed six year old smiles - all of it. It’s what’s so tragic about the curse and what it did to Snowing and Emma. Snow having another baby doesn’t mean she’s “replacing Emma” because, by that logic, every mother who has more than one child is a bad person. Every mother who has a baby after losing a child is a bad person. That’s ridiculous. Any mother will tell you that ten babies can never replace the one you lost (or the ones you have for that matter). And if the Snowings should never have children as some sort of penance for giving Emma away, then by that logic, Captain Swan should never have children either because Emma gave up Henry.

Soooo, the problem isn’t Snowing having another baby. It’s the show’s writers doing Snowing dirty time and again by sweeping Emma’s emotions under the rug and having David and Snow cater more to Regina than their own daughter. We’ve heard the shows creators and writers use the excuse that they didn’t have time. Well, it wouldn’t have taken much. Dozens of little moments could have done the trick, they just didn’t take advantage of the opportunities they had to include them. So here are some quick scenes I wrote that either tweak canon or add to it and fix what the writers botched. These are written like scripts because I just needed to get them out of me. If anyone is inspired to use these as prompts for fics, feel free!

In Neverland:

Snow: If you can’t leave this place, then I’m staying with you. I’m not losing you again.

Charming: No, you can’t do that, Emma needs you.

(tears fill Snow’s eyes)

Snow: You’re right.

Charming pulls her close

Charming: I have hope that you and Emma will find a way to bring me home. We always find each other, remember?

Later, Emma is alarmed that they are leaving her dad behind. Snow takes her face in her hands.

Snow: We’ll find a way to bring him home - together.

Emma and Snow have a conversation in 3B ( did they ever get this chance in canon? I don’t think they did.)

Snow: (rubbing her belly) I get the sense that this is bothering you.

Emma: Why would it bother me?

Snow: (touching Emma’s arm) You can tell me.

Emma: I know it sounds silly, but I feel like . . . like I’m being replaced. (her voice hitches)

Snow: Oh sweetheart, we always knew we wanted you to have siblings. You could never be replaced.

Emma: But in the echo caves, you said I wasn’t what you wanted.

Snow: (eyes widening) Oh baby, no! That’s not what I meant at all. I meant that being separated from you wasn’t what I wanted - as a mother. We deserved so much more than we had - you deserved so much more. I wanted a chance to hold a baby, see his first steps, hear his first words. I’m sure you understand.

Emma: (chokes on a sob) I do, actually. I wanted all that with Henry, but I knew he needed more than I could give. And the worst part is, these false memories of raising him? Now they’re torturing me.

Snow: (pulls Emma close and holds her) I put you through that wardrobe because I had no idea what the curse would do.

Emma: (chokes out laugh) I would still be a baby now, for one.

Snow: (pulls back and cups Emma’s face) And who knows if Regina even would have let us be together. Your father was in a coma in the hospital. I shudder to think where my precious baby Emma would have been. (She presses her forehead to Emma’s.) Nothing could ever replace you, not now, not ever. Do you hear me?

(Emma nods and smiles through her tears.)

While Charming and Emma are putting together the crib, Snow gets quiet and wistful, then tears fill her eyes.

Snow: You were supposed to be so much younger when it was time to get ready for a new brother or sister.

Emma: (pauses in what she is doing to give her mother a watery smile) I know.

At the naming ceremony:

Snow: David and I thought about all of the many people who have loved us and supported us over the years. There are two special people who have not only been our friends, but also sheltered me when I needed a home. (chuckles) And didn’t hold it against me that I was hiding in their barn stealing their eggs. So we would like to introduce: Prince Lucas!

(Ruby and Granny gasp tearfully, then rush over. Ruby hugs Snow tightly and Granny gently takes the baby.)

Granny: Well, now that he has a name, I can finally finish that baby blanket.

(The crowd in the diner laughs.)

(Now Emma doesn’t have to be reminded of her painful past/awful ex every time she says her brother’s name.)

Emma realizes she’s made her baby brother’s bottle start boiling - ignore my alliteration :) - all the other mothers in the mommy & me class gasp or recoil, but Snow reaches out gently to her daughter.

Snow: It’s okay, Emma.

Emma is freaked out that she could have hurt her brother and runs from the room while Snow shouts after her, frantically getting LUCAS (not Neal) into his stroller so she can go after her. This sufficiently establishes the fear Emma has that she will hurt her family or push them away - Snow recoiling wasn’t necessary just as it wasn’t necessary for Hook or Henry to recoil from Emma to convey the plot point.

Instead of teaching Regina to dance:

Snow: (in her chambers, sees her husband rushing to leave) Where are you going?

Charming: I just realized I never got a chance to teach my daughter to dance, (harkening back to the dream he had in 3b - HELLO writers!) and this is her first ball.

Snow grins at the excitement on his face and in his voice and rushes out with him, baby LUCAS in her arms. But when they get to Emma’s chamber, the door is ajar, and they see someone has beat them to it:

Hook: It’s a waltz Emma, remember? You’ve done this before, and splendidly I might add.

Emma: You did it splendidly, you mean. Remember, pick a partner who knows what he’s doing?

(Hook laughs, and in the doorway, Charming deflates, smiling sadly and wistfully.)

Charming: (whispering to his wife) I forgot, this isn’t her first ball after all, and she already has a teacher.

(Snow touches him in a comforting way. Across the room, Hook looks up and sees them. He catches Charming’s eyes, and a look of understanding crosses his face.)

Emma: Besides, there will be other dances besides, waltzes, right? How will I learn those in only a few hours?

Hook: Well, love, I believe reinforcements have arrived. Someone else would like a dance.

(Emma looks up as her father approaches, a smile beaming across her face. Charming is visibly choked up as he takes Emma in his arms to dance. Hook and Snow exchange emotional smiles.)

Snow: And after the dancing lessons your mother is going to help you get dressed and do your hair.

Emma: (pretending to be embarrassed) This isn’t the prom.

Snow: No, but it is our first ball together. (She’s choked up - they all are.)

In addition to these, I believe the writers should never have done the “darkness was taken out of fetus Emma” storyline. I could write an entire post on this, but all I will say here is that it harmed Snowing’s established characters and did further damage to their relationship with Emma. For no reason at all, really. (And does Emma really seem like a pure snowflake with no darkness in her? Does that even fit her character? Please.)

They also never should have added the plot point in season 6 that Snowing could have gone to little girl Emma and chose not to. Why in the world would them going to her prevent the curse from breaking? That makes no sense! They could have raised her from that point, preparing her for her 28th birthday, when they could have all returned to Storybrooke TOGETHER to wake everyone else up from the curse. The only reason that couldn’t happen was - plot. You change the entire show. So why even include this plot thread? It did nothing but make Snowing look like bad parents. I’m a mama, and let me tell you, nothing would be keeping me from my kid, curses be damned. I would have gone through that portal in a heartbeat, telling Rumple, “we’ll figure it out, see ya!” So - yeah - never should have included this. And Emma’s reaction to this revelation? Completely out of character! Ugh!

Um, so there ya go - “How the show could have been better” by Melanie. 

And reading back over this, it’s kind of a mess, but I just had THOUGHTS that needed to come out. 

[just-like-playing-tag]

A totally self indulgent compilation of my favorite works on this blog of the year June 13, 2019 - June 13, 2020

I wanted to do this for the blog's first anniversary but then completely forgot about it lol.

The following lists are all in chronological order according to the date each post was first published.

Top 10 panel edits:

#1: Don and Gilda - Chapter 138: Demon serch (1)

Date: Jun 14th, 2019

Time: ~ 1:30 h

My very first redraw from my very first edit posted here, so it deserves an honorable mention. Back then I was young and inexperienced, I didn't even apply a gray filter (lmao I was so unskilled I even unintentionally scratched the picture, I hadn't realized until today). I'm actually very happy my first redraw was of Don, boy deserves all the love.

#2: Emma and Ray - Chapter 140: I’m Here!

Date: Jun 28th, 2019

Time: ~ 1 h

Back then this looked like so much work to me!!! And to this day, I think it turned out pretty well. I'm particularly proud of how the bow turned out. This is one I was really proud of right after having finished it; it gave me the confidence to try redrawing bigger areas. Also, the edit were I first applied the opacity of layer / opacity of brush for the gray filter that would have stuck with me.

#3: Krone's birthday edit

Date: Jul 15th, 2019

Time: 15 mins

I don't know I just really like how Krone's hair vanish to a more sketch-like style here– and consequently, how I managed to replicate such effect. I think Krone's beautiful.

#4: Emma, Norman and Ray - Chapter 153: Coward

Date: Oct 4th, 2019

Time: 4:07 h (and 67 layers lmao)

Probably the single panel redraw I'm the most proud of. That Norman panel was beautiful and very poignant at the end of a chapter I adored, so I believe it deserved all the time I've spent working on it. It's far from being perfect - the back of his head is too plain, and the difference between my brushes and the original brushes is pretty visible - but I still like it very much and am extremely attached to it. The horn looks kinda big but I honestly believe it to be more of an issue with the original than with what I had redrawn lol. Funny enough, the whole picture didn't make it to the final edit and had to be trimmed.

#5: Full Score Trio - Chapter 154: A Breakthrough

Date: Oct 11th, 2019

Time: 29 mins

I don't have a particular reason for this I just think Emma's hair turned out amazing. It took just half an hour and I didn't even use references like. Wow. @Redrawing skills where did you go please come back

#6: Mujika and Queen Legravalima - Chapter 158: The Reason I Was Born

Date: Nov 17th, 2019

Time: 2:09 h

Sis I love this so freaking much. The shift from redrawing almost exclusively people and clothes to redrawing this mess was so fun and refreshing. Even though it's a mess I think it turned out very clean and overall it looks beautiful? I remember after finishing this I felt so powerful, like now that I had redrawn this thing I would have been able to redraw anything I set my mind on lol.

#7: Emma - Chapter 161: Never Be Alone

Date: Dec 13th, 2019

Time: 57 mins

Again no particular reason except this is a very cute Emma and I think the redraw turned out pretty well. There's this big lock on the left that doesn't make a lot of sense but overall I really like it. Cute Emma is cute, and I love her determination.

#8: Emma - Chapter 166: Going Back Home

Date: Mar 9th, 2020

Time: 3:45 h

I'M SO FREAKING PROUD OF THAT RIFFLE I have not the slightlest idea why this took so damn long BUT I'M SO PROUD OF IT

#9: Norman's birthday edit

Date: Mar 21st, 2020

Time: 1:04 h

This is cool! I didn't know I could manage to draw this, but I did it! The feathers were particularly hard to clean but I think they turned out fine.

#10: Full Score Trio - Chapter 174: A New World (part 1)

Date: Apr 6th, 2020

Time: 2:11 h

I just think they're very pretty? I can't understand if I like Ray's face a lot, or not at all, but I think overall there was a lot to redraw and it turned out pretty cute! Sorry Gillian.

(Also insert pretty much every panel from the chapter 177 Isabella edit– I've spent so many hours on basically every panel there's no way I could choose only one).

Top 5 edits as whole:

#1: Emma and Ray - Chapter 140: I’m Here!

Date: Jun 29th, 2019

Complessive time: 2:57+ h

The very first edit I'm actually proud of; I'm really attached to it. It's the first edit I had put all of my effort into, and I remember feeling anxious people would have left it without notes. It kinda feels weird to think about it now, because I really don't care about notes anymore; yet, it somehow makes me happy to think that past-me wasn't let down. Thank you @neverlandstrio for your support, you may not remember but it really meant a lot to me back then! And it still makes me smile. You're the best!!!!!!

#2: Mujika and Queen Legravalima - Chapter 158: The Reason I Was Born

Date: Nov 20th, 2019

Complessive time: 7:12+ hours

This whole edit was an hella wild ride. It's midnight before a school day, when I think: "Mh, it's been a while since I last made an edit, why not make one about Musica and the queen from the last chapter?" And seven hours after this was born. I'm particularly proud of the queen's redraws on the 3rd, 7th and 9th picture (ofc), the areas which have been redrawn are pretty huge yet I think the difference with the original is almost impossible to notice?? @Redrawing skills where did you go please come back (part 2)

#3: Emma - Chapter 174: A New World (part 1)

Date: Apr 12th, 2020

Complessive time: 6:53+ h

I think the panels that were selected work very well together, especially considering the close-up / full body alternation. I love Emma, and I've always been kinda sad noticing that edits that focus one her take the less notes... She deserves all the love. Also, fun fact: for the last but one panel, I had redrawn Emma's whole left ear before remembering she doesn't have one, so I had to redraw the panel from the start. Besides from the error with the ear, the reason why this (and all the others after) took so long is because official panel take way longer to clean.

#4: Isabella and her children - Chapter 177: Mother

Date: May 22nd, 2020

Complessive time: 13:41+ h (ahah.)

Lmao tbh I can't understand how this has so few notes it's like. Technically speaking, probably the best edit I've ever done. I don't even like Isabella that much, I haven't got the slightlest idea why I decided to spend so many hours on this. Anyway, I find the composition (full body on the left / headshots on the right) really good looking in this as well! And I think the redraws turned out fine, especially Isabella's.

#5: The Promised Neverland manga ending countdown→ 1/7 chapters: chapter 1 - Grace Field House

Date: Jun 9th, 2020

Complessive time: 1:59+ h

I don't know how I came up with that idea for the composition but I find it really beautiful??? I think it does a pretty good job conveying the sudden, terrific shift of atmosphere from the first chapter, and I think that sharp bridge is very nice. I'm very, very proud of this.

Honorable mention #1: Full Score Trio - Chapter 154: A Breakthrough

Date: Oct 13th, 2019

Complessive time: 3:44+ h (+ 1:13 h of working on a panel that ultimately didn't make it to the final edit)

A very good chapter, and the edit turned out surprisingly amazing??? All the redraws look great and make it almost impossible to distinguish them from the original; honestly I feel like I'll never be able to redraw so neatly again lol.

Honorable mention #2: Don and Gilda (+ Norman) - Chapter 160: Shackles

Date: Dec 11th, 2019

Complessive time: 3:14+ h

That one is really one of my favorite scenes; I'm telling you peoples, Gilda and Don are a blessing to the earth. I think I've never mentioned it, but Gilda's hair is a nightmare to redraw??? More specifically, it takes me h o u r s to fill the texture without making it look too weird, it's the worst.

Honorable mention #3: Norman and Ray - Chapter 179: Compensation

Date: Jun 6th, 2020

Complessive time: 4:16+ h

I was so glad to finally be able to make a Norman / Ray edit, and it turned out it was just in time before the series' finale. I like how it turned out and I'm pretty satisfied with the redraws (even though my sister helped me with the lineart of some panels - it was exams time and I really couldn't afford to spend more time on it), too bad we didn't have more chapters that focused on the boys. Ray sweetie one day I'll fix your ear it's just today's not that day.

Btw, I justed realized I have never done an Emma / Norman centered edit? I'll have to make one eventually. I remember considering focusing on them alone for the chapter 154 one, but then I thought "even if the manga is gonna ignore Ray, I will chose to do not" lol.

Top 5 long posts:

#1: Reconstruction of how the Grace Field children were settled in the three bedrooms

Date: Aug 28th, 2019

I just had really a lot of fun doing it. I love putting all the little things to their own place, it's so calming to do and that's why I love making this kind of things. Also, loved how @temporoom contributed to the post! It was so nice of them to add what they had noticed to come up with more exact conclusions, that's one of the things I love the most about the internet.

#2: A study of how many times the characters of The Promised Neverland call each other through the first season of the anime

Date: Sep 10th, 2019

I REALLY LOVE IT! I mean it *was* kinda stressing to note everything, but it was very also very satisfying to see everything methodically divided and organized! And it's not just that– it's also the fact that it looks good. That's one post I have fun rereading because it's actually pretty! Also, even though it can be very stressing to learn to use new programs and sites, it's always very satisfying to look at the final result. Again, I really adore compiling these tiny little details! I would love to make more posts of that kind if i had the time.

#3: The Promised Neverland musicals headcanons

Date: Oct 27th, 2019

I mean it's literally. Putting my two favorite fandoms together how could I not love it. This is another one I really enjoy rereading, I find all the musical / character associations so fitting! I really want to make a second part, I hope to find some time to do it.

#4: Considerations on the reward / eventual series' finales (and Emma's sacrifice)

Date: May 7th, 2020

It's always nice to put down all your thoughts regarding a particular matter. It can take a lot of time (at least for me it does because... I need time to think about things), but it's so satisfying to see all of them there once you're done. Bonus points when, like in this case, it was something asked by someone else because “Wow! Somebody wants to hear my opinion on this subject! I'm flattered (◍•ᴗ•◍)”

#5: Some other considerations on the series' finale and Emma sacrificing herself

Date: Jun 13th, 2020

Pretty much the same as above. It's like some kind of clarity when the post is done and signed. Another fun fact, I had to censore the post a lot; the first version was extremely sharp and harsh, but I believe it's right to express your opinions calmly and politely.

Bonus: A thread of what the tpn characters would wear at the Oscars

Date: Feb 9th, 2020

Imagining all the children in those pretty dresses makes me so incredibly happy (╥﹏╥) I go back to look at that post a lot. I really love red carpets, I love looking at pretty dresses!!!!!

Lmao it's so funny how the post of mine I like the most are also the ones with the less notes

Anyway this was just a personal report! You don't have to read it all (or any of it actually). But it was indeed fun making it! Here's to many more months in the fandom!!!

[hello-im-not-a-possum]

ATDT!AU Post-Escape Halloween thing 1-5 (or more)

The little town at the base of Mt. Ebott was practically buzzing with excitement. Normally, due to restrictions put on by an H.O.A that feared and hated Halloween as “The Devil’s Birthday”, Halloween parties were rarely held unless they were in secret and at home. A lot of normal people in town were delightfully surprised that the power-tripping harpies in charge didn’t try to ban trick-or-treating or house decorating altogether but the townsfolk were often muffed at the strict rules surrounding it: “Trick-or-treating starts at 6:30 and ends at 7:00″, “Any house that puts up decorations before Oct. 28th and or leaves its decorations up after Nov. 3rd will receive a fine”, “All Outdoor Halloween decorations must be 5′ tall or shorter”. And other such ridiculous rules were put in place to shackle Halloween to the ground.

But what made this year so different? This year, Mettaton and Sammy Lawrence were holding what could only be described as the BIGGEST Halloween party/Haunted mansion romp in the history of humans, monsters, and toons. And thanks to the co-stars’ charisma, Mettaton hiring a really good lawyer, and the currently dominant half of Sammy being too darn spiteful to be contained by mortal means, the H.O.A. was completely powerless to stop them.

However, it didn’t stop them from trying anyway. This week, Linda Simmons (Not to be confused with Linda Stein, who is a lovely lady and an excellent member of society but is not human in the slightest.) Was the one to march up to the monstrosity of a haunted mansion in progress to demand to speak to the pair.

She clutched the cross on her necklace tightly in her hands as she saw the mansion in all its ‘unholy’ glory. As per Mettaton’s usual ‘go big or go home’ approach to his work, the damned thing looked like something out of someone’s nightmares! The mansion itself looked like an old-fashioned but normal one but the “Decorations”? Large patches of fleshy growths scattered all over and presumably within the mansion, giant human-like bones and organs growing in and around the area, thick black fluid being pumped into the monstrosity, and god knows what else!

Linda felt sick to her stomach when she walked up the thing, almost swearing that she saw the flesh patches writhing, as well as the bloodshot eyes embedded into the outside walls staring directly at her. In her other hand, she held a copy of the H.O.A.’s very strict rule book, clutching onto it as if it were a bible. She took a deep breath in, and pounded on the door.

“Just give me five minutes Darling!✨”

The mechanical menace whom she once adored on television before meeting him face-to-face oh too cheerfully responded over the sound of a roaring chainsaw and nails being pounded into wood on the other side of the door. After an exact five minutes had passed (she checked her watch between impatiently knocking on the door and tapping her foot on the ground), she was greeted with a giant calculator-like robot wearing a spiffy Halloween-themed suit complete with a tie with a bat pattern on it.

“Why Linda, how nice of you to drop by!”

She frowned at the superstar machine.

“Mettaton, are you aware that you’re violating the H.O.A. rules regarding Halloween decorations?! And what on earth are you two thinking holding a Halloween party here?! Do you have any idea how many noise complaints you’ll get?! The fine you’ll get is-”

“SShhhhhh”

Mettaton put his finger against her lips and Linda crossed her arms in frustration as he continued to draw out that ‘shush’ noise. His other arm extended into the room behind him and retracted with a large pile of papers in hand. He stopped shushing when the papers where in her face. She internally groaned at the sight of them, she hated it when people found loopholes.

“As you can see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here... Everything we’re going is completely within the H.O.A. rules and regulations.”

“What the?!” Her eye twitched, her face turned red, and after skimming through Mettaton’s papers, she spoke through gritted teeth “Okay, so your decorations are Technically allowed... But only because nobody would ever think that we’d have to make a rule against animating MEAT with black magic to make Halloween decorations... But what about the party itself?! And the noise?!”

While Mettaton did not have eyes at the moment, Linda could feel him rolling them at her.

“The ‘Party’ you claim we’re throwing is actually a charity ball that happens to have a Halloween theme to it, which as you can see under this section right here, IS allowed.”

She raised an eyebrow at the robot.

“What type of charity?”

The lights cut out, all replaced with a single spotlight on Mettaton, who was now dramatically draped over a piano while a sad melody on a violin began to play and white rose petals started to fall on him.

“A great tragedy had fallen on thousands upon thousands of innocent lives... Men, women, and even small children stripped from their homes, from their friends and families and all brutally slaughtered! And after death? Their souls broken, and forcefully fused together within a prison of vile ink made by a cruel man who cared not that he was turning nightmares into reality, as long as it meant his dreams come true... These restless souls have finally been freed from their devilish tormentor, and had grown attached to this world, no longer humans, but not quite monsters either. These people are lonely, confused and scared in a new modern world that while offers them new chances and opportunities, is a strange and foreign place that overwhelms them to the point where they want to go back. As having a familiar yet horrible home can be more welcoming than an unknown yet kind home at times. We’re raising money and awareness to help these poor people get back on their feet.”

 Linda bit her lip and rolled her eyes at Mettaton’s overly sappy and over-dramatic speech, she knew that the “people” he was referring to were most likely those strange, hyper, 2-D creatures and or those disgusting, smelly, ink things that took up residence inside Mt. Ebott after all of the regular monsters came up here.

“And what about noise complaints?”

The lights flicked back on and Mettaton threw himself off the piano in annoyance.

“Well, Sammy and I are constructing sound proof walls as we speak, so when the building is properly complete, there wont be a thing to worry about.”

Linda threw her head back laughing.

“Sammy is helping build them? Sammy Lawrence? That weird giant slug thing with the creepy mask? What does he do? Ooze on the wood that needs to be nailed up?”

“You can always ask him what he does yourself, Darling!” He pushed her down the hall and into the next room before slamming the door behind him while she stayed on the other side. “He loves to answer questions!”

“Hey! Don’t just shove me in here with that disgusting mass of slime! I don’t care if you’re a celebrity or not, I can have you arrested and- Oh sweet Jesus, Mary and Joseph...”

“Have a Banana, Hannah, Try the salami, Tommy, Get with the gravy, Davey, Everybody eats when they come to my house.”

While she was pounding on the door, she looked back just to make sure that the creature Mettaton often worked with wasn’t about to pounce on her and gnaw her limbs off, but instead of a giant black slug that had arms and reeked of spoiled meat and moldy art supplies, she was starring at a human being. And he was the most beautiful man she had ever seen in person.

“Try a tomato, Plato, Here’s cacciatore, Dorie, Taste the baloney, Tony, Everybody eats when they come to my house!”

The man was tall and broad, his skin was clean-shaven, on the paler side and had healed claw marks all over it, he wasn’t wearing a shirt at all (A fact which Linda was very thankful for.) which revealed that he had a large, strange tattoo on his back, and he had dirty-blond hair that was so long that it was only stopped from dragging on the floor thanks to the braid it was in.

“I fix your favorite dishes, Hopin’ this good food fills ya! Work my hands to the bone in the kitchen alone, You better eat if it kills ya!”

He had his back turned to her, singing to himself and clearly very focused on the task in front of him, but she happily watched his every move in awed silence. In addition to his body, the man also had a lovely singing voice.

“Pass me a winda, Linda,” he gestured behind him. “In all seriousness, if you could pass me that window pane behind you, that would be great.”

“Oh!”

Linda snapped up and instantly scrambled for the window he had gestured to.

“Thank you, that’ll do.”

The head of the PTA and member of the H.O.A. stared intensely at him, taking in every single detail of his front. From his black pants to his washboard abs- until he gently tilted her head up so that she was looking at the man’s face.

“You know,” He said teasingly with a wink. “My eyes are up here.”

His sharp-featured face that only had one long claw mark on it as opposed to the rest of his body, his bright white smile that she couldn’t find a single flaw in, and his eyes, his deep, dark brown eyes that just made her melt by looking at them. Oh sweet lord, this man was so far out of her league that she honest to god thought he was blind to be flirting with her.

“I’m so sorry sir!”

Linda blushed redder than a jar of tomato sauce and looked away altogether, trying to fruitlessly cobble together an explanation.

“MettatonpushedmeinheretospeakwithSammyLawrencebutyouwerehereinsteadandyouhaveareallyprettyvoiceandimsosorry-”

“Wait, Mettaton sent you in?”

“Y-yes..?”

“And you’re looking for Sammy?”

“Yes?”

“Well why didn’t you say so sooner? What do you want to speak with me about?”

She went from bright red to white as a sheet as soon as that sentence left his mouth. Now that she thought about it, didn’t the local news channel say that the ink creatures could shape-shift? Oh god, this man was that gross slimy creature... The gross slimy creature that she kicked in the face with her high heels the second she saw it in person...

“N-nothing!”

She then ran out of the house as fast as her legs could carry her, jumped into her car, slammed down the breaks and sped as far away as she could. Once she was possibly miles away from everyone, she buried her face into the car horn and screamed.

Back at the haunted mansion, Sammy let out a long held sigh of relief.

“Thank fucking God she’s finally gone, just listening to that harpy’s voice makes me want to bash my head in against a wall.”

“Oh my...” The robot star half-dejectedly mused. “And here I thought the winds of romance would turn her cold, dead heart.”

“Mettaton, my standards might be rock bottom, but they’re not in the mariana trench.”

[killiansprincss]

Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan Characters: Emma Swan, Captain Hook | Killian Jones, Neal Nolan, Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time), Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard, Prince Charming | David Nolan, Alexandra (Once Upon a Time), Phillip II (Once Upon a Time), Original Female Character(s), Robin | Margot Additional Tags: Neverland (Once Upon a Time), Curses, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Emma Grows Up Happy, Evil Queen curses Emma, season 6 AU, Angst, Magic, Hurt, Canon Divergence Chapters 1|2|3|4|5| okay here is chapter 6 of my Neverland fanfic! I hope you enjoy please leave me a comment on A03 I’d really appreciate it!

I also have a collage for my story below, ignore the badly photoshopped Alex Pettyfer as Neal Nolan! 

Emma woke up on the morning of her 28th birthday and she felt like she had a hangover even though she hadn't been drinking. In fact, it was worse than a hangover because she had woken up with 2 lives inside of her head.

But it wasn’t like in New York, because that life was based on a lie and false memories, she actually had lived 2 lives. One as a daughter, a sister, a friend, and another as. Well, as an orphan.

Henry, and Killian. The two missing mystery men. No wonder she was dreaming of those two the most, as she had no clue where they were. The two most important men in her life and she was clueless as to where to begin looking for them. Hopefully, her parents would have the answers.

Her house. With the white picket fence, with a view of the water.

The two people missing from it were the ones who chose it.

How could this have happened? Things were going so well, the three of them were finally starting to be a family when the Queen ripped that away from them. She searches in her jewellery box that she’s looked through every day, hoping the one thing she wants is in there. Necklaces and bracelets and rings she’s received from her parents and friends over the years. It’s not there she thinks to herself.

But then, at the bottom of the pile, it's there. Liam’s ring, the one Killian gave her back in Camelot all those years ago. She takes the silver ring on the chain and feels a sense of relief as she puts it over her head. She was going to find them, and bring them home.

The drive to her parents’ house, despite it only being less than a 5-minute drive, felt like a lifetime. She kept going over in her head(s) what was happening right now, she was meant to be celebrating her birthday with her parents and younger brother, the way they do every year, but now she was finding it strange that she had a family to do this. She was an orphan who found her family at 28, but she wasn’t really an orphan now. Or was she?

She knocks on the door to her parents house, expecting a huge Happy Birthday banner and for them to sing, but instead her father has the sorrowful look in his eyes when he opens the door. There’s no ‘Happy Birthday’ because he obviously knew what was coming.

“I remember,” is all she says as she just starts to cry.

The old Emma, the orphan would never cry, especially in front of her parents, but the girl who grew up with a family cried over the stupidest things

“Come in, we'll talk all about it.” David says putting his arm around her leading her inside.

Wiping her tears away she asks, “what happened?”

David and Snow look at one another trying to figure out the best way to explain the situation. “The Evil Queen, she said turning you into a toddler was the best way to get to each of us.” They begin to explain, going through all the details of how they eventually captured the Queen using squid Ink and how Regina has sacrificed herself to save everyone.

“Wh-what about Henry and Killian?” Emma asks when they’ve finished.

Snow takes a deep breath before saying, “we don’t know. When it happened they ran off to another realm we think, we haven’t heard from them since it happened.”

Emma looks like she could be sick, or faint, or both.

Seeing her face David quickly adds, “they’re safe though don’t worry. We believe Gold had a hand in wherever they escaped to, we can go ask him.”

“No-“ she cuts them off, “I’ll go. Just me. Henry’s my son and I have no idea where he is, I haven’t been his mother for 25 years.”

“Emma, you didn’t have a choice. He forgives you for putting him up for adoption, of course he’ll forgive you for not being there when you were under a curse.” Snow tells her, caught off guard by her sudden attitude-the Emma she raised would never do something this important alone. She was going to have to get used to the fact that the Emma she didn’t raise was seeping back in, the one who liked to work alone. The Orphan.

“Before you go beat up Gold to find out where Henry is,” David says, giving her a large rectangular box, “I thought you might want this.”

Emma takes the box, and slowly opens it to reveal her red leather jacket. Her armour. She hasn’t needed her armour growing up with a family, but now…

She took off her armour when she realised she wanted a future with Killian. But now, she didn’t know if there was a future with him.

_______

She decides to walk to Golds shop. Feeling slightly betrayed by everyone she needs the fresh air. That is until she bumps into her best friend Alex.

“Happy Birthday Emma!” She screams and hugs as she sees her. “I know it’s only a Tuesday but I was thinking tonight we can go drinking at the Rabbit Hole, like I’m working there until 8 and then I have tomorrow off,” she starts babbling, Emma feels so mean but all she can think about is Henry and getting him back.

“I can’t, I need to find my son. I need to find him I don’t know.” She starts to ramble, she knows Alex won’t understand, but she can’t think straight.

Alex looks perplexed, “I’m confused, you don’t have a son? Emma are you feeling okay?”

“No!” She cries, “nothing in my life is real, none of this. It’s all lies I don’t.”

Alex takes Emma’s hand, “Em. It’s okay. I’m your best friend, I’ve known you for your whole life, whatever you’re going though I’m here.”

“No that’s the problem, you don’t know me. At all. My life, growing up with you, it’s all based on a lie.” As soon as Emma said it, she knew it came out wrong.

Letting go of her hand Alex replies, “okay well if that’s how you feel then forget it. I was only trying to help. So much for being best friends.” And storms away, hurt by what Emma said.

She tried to call after her, but it was no use. And plus even if she tried to explain what was going on she wouldn’t believe it.

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Standing outside of the Pawn Shop is strange. She had been inside many times before in her past life, but not once in the past 25 years. She stands outside for a moment debating what to say, but in the end she just storms inside. She sees the dark one inside in all his horrific glory, despite not having aged much he still looks awful.

“Where the hell is my son Gold?” She demands.

“Why Miss Nolan, I didn’t realise you had a son?” Emma rolls her eyes, the typical Dark One avoiding the question at hand.

“Don’t play dumb okay. Henry. Your grandson. Where. Is. He?” She demands again.

He finally looks up from his books. “Ah, has it been 25 years already? Well I believe birthday wishes are in order!”

Emma sighs, this isn’t going to be easy. “Look. My parents told me Henry and Killian made some kind of deal with you after what happened to me. They’re in some other realm or something, I want to know where, and how you can get them back.”

“Well I told them where they could go. Doesn’t mean they’re still there. As for getting them back, I’m afraid you’ll have to do that yourself.” He explains.

“Okay then do something to find them.” She practically yells at him.

“Blood magic can be used to find your son, for your one handed pirate lover I'm afraid there’s no way of finding him.” Emma’s heart sinks, but she knows Henry is the most important person to find right now.

He reaches under the counter to grab something, part of Emma wishes she had her gun but at the same time she knew that wouldn’t work on him, and her parents probably got rid of that a long time ago. It’s the same white atlas-like ball he used to locate Henry when he was kidnapped by Pans' minions.

“Before you do anything, if that’s a locator spell we are using my blood. Forgive me if I don’t trust you, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you do anything.” She tells him.

He nods in understanding. Emma gives her hand over and he and he pricks it on the top of the globe, slowly releasing her finger onto the white globe and the blood rushes around forming different shapes until they finally form one shape and glow.

“What does that mean?” She asks.

He smirks, “why it’s Neverland dearie.”

The pit of Emma’s stomach gurgled, and it wasn’t because she hasn’t eaten anything today.

Neverland.

Where Henry was taken the first time. Also the place where she finally admitted to herself that she felt something for Killian, and where he told her after kissing her he saw himself loving someone again.

It was where she accepted the fact she was an orphan, a lost girl.

“So do you have a magic bean or something?” She asks, ignoring her overwhelming thoughts inside her head.

The Dark one just laughs, “you think if I had an endless supply to magic beans I would still live here?”

Emma just glares at him, “so how do I get there? What happened to the wand you had? It created portals before?”

“That wand was lost a long time ago. As for portals, you and your brother are born of the truest love, your powers are of the strongest light magic. You created a portal once when you went back in time, I’m sure after years of training and love you’ll be able to do it again.” He explains. “Meet me back here later with your family and I’ll show you.”

______

______

Neal Nolan was working as an English Teacher in Storybrooke High. He had grown up with his older sister Emma, who was a year older than him. Or so he thought. Neal had no idea of the news he was about to be hit with about his sister.

Neal knocks on the door to his parents’ house with his gift for his sister. He got her a Granny's gift card and a new brown sheriffs jacket (which his girlfriend Thalia helped him pick out) and expects to see Emma in the goofy birthday hat they have both worn on their birthdays since they were 5, but instead, his dad opens the door and he walks in to find Emma looking through the Storybook almost crying.

“Everything okay?” He asks.

Emma looks at him, almost horrified. “We gotta talk.”

He debates whether to say Happy Birthday or not. He decides against it.

“I have no idea how you’re going to take this news,” Emma begins, “One thing is that you are an uncle.”

Nels eyes widen “You’re pregnant?”

“NO!” Emma shouts “Not, no, definitely not.”

Neal is even more confused.

“You are an uncle, but I’m not pregnant. I was, but I'm not now, or well I was a long time ago” Emma starts rambling and making no sense, Neal is even more confused now-When did Emma have a kid?

“Maybe we should back up a little.” Snow says, seeing her son's confused face.

And so the three of them explain how Emma was put through the magic wardrobe to eventually save everyone. How Emma met Neals namesake and thus Henry was born but given up for adoption. Then all about her journey in Storybrooke and breaking the curse, and all the other journeys and curses up until the one where she was turned into a toddler. And how said son and Emma’s boyfriend ran away to Neverland, a place where nobody grows old.

Looking at the photos of Emma holding her baby brother was slightly concerning considering Emma in the photos looked exactly as she did now, yet Neal was a baby. If he hadn’t just been told Emma’s previous life story, he would’ve sworn they were photoshopped.

“Okay, so what happens now?” Neal asks, worried about the answer.

“You and I have to create a portal to Neverland to save my son and True Love,” Emma tells him as though it’s obvious.

“Wait a second, you and I create a portal, like combine our powers?” Neal asks slightly worried about this, they had never combined their powers before and now they were meant to create a portal, everything that could possibly go wrong was likely to happen.

“I realise it’s crazy, but we have no choice. You just gotta trust me.” Emma knows Neal can never say no when she says this, as his older sister Emma always got him to do what she wanted by saying “trust me”. Despite getting into trouble most of the time when they were younger with the whole trusting Emma, even now as a 26 year old man, he couldn't say no to his sister.

Neal just sighs, “Okay. Let's do this.”

Neal had never stepped inside Mr. Gold's Pawn shop. When he was younger he heard stories of kids sneaking in and touching different items therefore getting cursed with the insane amounts of dark magic in his shop. Now he was older, he knew this was just a story, but it didn’t make him any less nervous to enter his shop, there was an insane amount of light and dark magic inside that freaked him out.

There was something different about Emma, the way she walked and held herself. She was less confident, very aware of her surroundings, normally she was more confident and whilst she was aware people knew her (both as Snow White oldest child, and the current sheriff), she never let this bother her, whereas now, supposedly everyone their parents age would have known her before her curse, people were looking at her wondering if she had broken her curse yet. Even as they enter Mr Gold's shop, which wasn’t actually as scary inside as he pictured, she walked in very determined,

“Okay were here. How do we do this?”

“Patience Miss Nolan.” He tells her.

“Ah and the youngest of the Charming broods I see.” Mr Gold says looking at Neal, who suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He knew of the things he had done to people, innocent people, in the Enchanted Forest and that made his stomach churn. But his parents (and Emma apparently now too) have trusted him in the past, and Neal guessed so should he.

“Before we make this portal, you don’t do things out of the goodness of whatever heart you have left. What did you ask for in return?” Emma really was not the older sister he grew up with, she was this independent, confident and slightly argumentative woman that looked like his sister, but had a different aura about her.

“For my grandson I was willing to let the poor lad have this without a deal. As for the pirate.” He sneers, Neal was told The Dark One had a colourful history with Hook, and he was seeing this already. “I simply reminded him of the 300 years he spent in Neverland and what, desires, may still lurk.”

Neal had no idea what this meant, and neither did Emma by the looks of it.

“Now, you two are born of the purest true love therefore your powers combined can create some pretty serious magic.” Gold explains, “Now I need the two of you to hold your hands together and believe you are strong enough. You need to think of the portal in your minds, you will feel it when it is ready.”

And so the siblings to just that. They take each other's hands, standing opposite one another and close their eyes. They then take a deep breath and think of a portal in their minds, letting their magic grow and rise above them.

Emma thinks of Henry, and of Killian. She thinks of Neverland in her mind, and when Henry was kidnapped, she thinks of how badly she wanted to get him back and the things she had learnt about herself, about how much she loved Henry. And about how she was feeling something for Hook.

Both siblings can feel the magic, it’s a part of them and it's rushing around their insides like their blood. Gold said they would feel it when the portal was ready, and he was not wrong. It almost splits the two siblings apart, but they hold on to one another until they just know it’s ready.

The two siblings open their eyes and see a door, a green door with black etchings and designs. It's the portal to Neverland.

They're going to save Henry. Again.

_______

The four charming family members step through the beautifully crafted door, the portal to Neverland. They had packed a few bags and Emma was going to see her son (and hopefully true love) for the first time in 25 years. She could be sick.

The greenery of Neverland greets them as they walk through the door, the humidity and vast amount of jungle and sea that they had seen once upon a time. They arrive near the coast, and Emma can’t see the Jolly Roger in the water, but she had to think positively. If Killian was here she would find him. But only after they found Henry.

She looks over at her parents, and they have the same look on their faces. Fear, determination and awoken memories they had shoved into the back of their minds. After all, Emma wasn’t the only person to go through hell in Neverland, her father was poisoned with dreamshade and had planned to spend the rest of eternity here after drinking the rejuvenating waters.

And poor Neal who only found out a few hours ago that she was actually a lot older than him and was cursed, and now he was in Neverland searching for two people he had only met as a baby.

“Let’s head into the jungle then.” Emma says to her family. And so they head off, into the green jungle filled with who knows what. Now Pan was dead, who knows who now ruled Neverland.

It looks the same as it did 30 years ago, but it feels different. The Magic on the Island feels different, she knows this now, by studying magic for years taught her to sense different types of magic and this was some kind of mix of light dark magic. Not as powerful as Dark One Magic, but not the light magic she feels inside herself. Whatever was keeping this Island alive was clearly a type of magic not found in Storybrooke.

They’re walking for probably an hour when Neals plucks up there courage and asks, “Do you recognise anything here?”

Emma wants to ignore him and shut him out, the way she would’ve done before, but he was her brother, “Honestly, no. I thought I would but it all looks the same.”

“I think we should keep walking, I think we’re on a ridge right now and I assume there’s flatland where we can set up camp a little further up.” Their mother cuts in. Snow was a bandit and a runaway for years when her father was killed, so she knows how to scope out new lands and find a place to set up camp, so they don’t question it and sure enough another little while and they find flat land that seems like a good enough place to set up camp.

“Let’s not use magic to set it up though,” Emma tells her brother, “we don’t know what sort of magic is used here, or who now rules this Island and if they can detect magic. It’s just safer to do it the normal way.”

Everyone nods as they begin to set up. Emma is terrified, she has been since she woke up and realised her life was a lie. She had grown up the way she always wished to, with a family, but now she had broken her curse, it didn’t feel right. She abandoned two people she loved, one being her son. The first family she had in 28 years.

They had run away. So heartbroken that they ran from their home. That didn’t make her feel good about herself. Henry has forgiven her for giving him up as a baby, but will he forgive her for this?

“Emma! Emma!”

She’s snapped out of her thoughts by her brother's voice.

“Sorry, I was zoned out.” She tells him.

“Hey it’s okay don’t worry.” He can clearly sense what’s happening in her brain, though he has no idea of the extent. “I know you said no magic, but don’t you think it’s a good idea to put up a protection spell around our camp? To keep out whoever or whatever might attack us.”

Her little brother was brilliant. Though his magical abilities were not as good, lucky for him was not the saviour so his magic wasn't as strong, but what he did know was his magical history and the theory behind magic, much more than Emma did.

“That's actually a really good idea! You can cast it if you want, I’m a little weak after the portal.”  She lies, she’s not weak, she's just scared of using her magic. In her real-or before her cursed life, she didn’t use magic unless it was serious, when she was the Dark One she used it for everything just like in her cursed life.

He believes her lie, why wouldn’t he, she never normally lies to him. He casts the protection spell eagerly, not normally given the chance to do magic.

“We should rest. It’s dark, and we’re not gonna be able to find Henry now. Let’s sleep, and we can figure out our plan in the morning. We also don’t know who or what is in charge of this Island, don’t want to run into them in the middle of the night.” David says to his family, to which they all agree. Emma is exhausted and her dad is right, there’s no point starting now all she knows is he is on the Island somewhere, maybe he’s imprisoned, or worse, enjoying his time on the island where you don’t grow up.

Sharing a tent with Neal when they were kids was a fun adventure, but as two adults, one who was snoring very loudly, it was a very different story. As tired and exhausted as Emma was, or thought she was, she could not sleep. Killian once told her he was never able to sleep in Neverland, as you can hear the cries of the other lost boys and girls.

But you can only hear their cries if you are also a lost one.

Sure Emma had a family, and she grew up surrounded by people who loved her, she had 2 best friends and a little brother. She was the furthest thing from a lost girl. But she was an orphan. For 28 years, she was an orphan who was never wanted, and gave up her child at 17. That part of Emma will never go away.

Giving up on trying to sleep, she gets out of the tent and sits on the log to try and clear her head. If it’s even possible to do that with the cries of lost ones.

She thought about the two men she was here to save. The last time she had seen Henry, it was saying goodbye to him on the school bus, it was a Friday so they planned to have a Star Wars marathon that weekend. Emma had stocked the freezer with Ice Cream especially. Finally Killian would learn and understand their references to Star Wars. She hoped Henry would still be the same smart little kid who questioned everything.

And Killian. God she missed him. He would bring her coffee in the mornings when she had an early start, and when she was on a night shift at the station he would be at home cooking her breakfast. If she hadn’t been cursed, they would’ve been married and had a kid or two by now. They were finally happy, finally without walls, and she had a feeling Killian was going to propose. But of course he never got the chance.

She loses her train of thought when she hears a twig being stepped on. Her impulses kick in and she hides behind the large tree to her left. She hears someone whistling, as if signalling to somebody. She sees him in the distance. A lost boy, around 15, dark hair, like…

“Henry!” She jumps from behind the tree and in front of her son.

He looks startled, obviously because she scared him and also he hasn’t seen her for 25 years. “Mom?”

Emma is smiling so hard right now, “Henry!”

Henry can’t seem to get words out, “m-mom? Is? It’s-you-you’re here?”  

She goes to embrace her son with tears streaming down her face. “I’m here. It’s broken. The curse.”

She pulls back and wipes away her tears.

“Is it really you?” He asks.

Emma looks different to how he remembers her. Her blonde hair is in a french braid, something she only learned to do in this life. Her clothes are nicer, but still donning the red jacket. Henry knows it’s her, but could it really be her?

“It’s me. Henry. It’s really me. I know you love cinnamon on your hot cocoa, and Operation Cobra brought me to Storybrooke and you made me believe in magic in everything.” Emma’s practically sobbing, she didn’t expect to see him so soon.

Henry looks nervous constantly checking his surroundings, “I can’t stay. If you’re truly my mom, then meet me here tomorrow morning when the sun rises over the place they took my heart.”  With one last look he runs away into the darkness of Neverland.

Emma is stunned for a second, confused as to what just happened. Was there someone following him, or did he need to be somewhere?

The place where they took my heart

Dark Hollow . She tried to look around but it was dark, hopefully in the morning she would be able to see the sun rising over it.

Just as she’s pondering over the last minute with Henry, she’s startled by another voice.

“Swan.”

She hasn’t heard that name in 25 years. And there’s only one person who calls her that.

“Killian.”

[queentargary3n]

Tournament for Sakura’s Hand II

SasuSaku Fanfic - cracked canon    FF.net   Link to part I

Sasuke tried to remember the anger management techniques he had been taught by Sakura during his year in Konoha after the war. Count down from 10, inhale and exhale slowly, as if trying to move the fire on a candle but without blowing it out. He wasn’t even able to make it to 5.

He knew all communication from other villages came from the Kages themselves. So that meant Kakashi was behind this. Kakashi was auctioning her off as property to the villages, and for what? To promote tourism?! What was he thinking!? And on March 28th, on her damned birthday. That was only two days away, and who knows who long those flyers have been posted and how many people have seen them.

He ripped the flyer off the post enraged, then began making the journey back to Konoha, using his complete body susanoo to travel the distance between the villages as fast and he could.

He arrived at Konohagakure a day before the so-called tournament was supposed to begin. He made his way to Kakashi’s office and walked in without knocking. He slammed the flyer on his desk, and demanded of his former sensei “what the fuck is this?”

“Well, good to see you too Sasuke, how’s your journey going” The white-haired man said. Without even so much as a reaction to Sasuke’s use of profanity.

“Answer the question!” he continued to demand.

“Oh that? Well you see, the girls were having a night out drinking, they broke into my office and sent it to all the villages, I was going to call it off but since we received an incredibly positive response...”

Kakashi was interrupted by the loud entrance of Naruto, using the window of his office in lieu of the door like a normal person. “Hey Teme! I felt your chakra flaring and I thought I better come protect Kakashi sensei from whatever you think you’re doing” he said.

“None of my students have any respect for me” Kakashi muttered mostly to himself.

“Did you know about this?!” Sasuke said, throwing the wrinkled flyer on Naruto’s face.

“The tournament? yeah, Hinata told me after she sobered up, it got pretty big real fast, I heard the Daimyō’s son wants to participate, ya know” Naruto said, now speaking to his former sensei.

“The Daimyō’s son? Really? Impressive” Kakashi commented, since it was pretty amazing for a low born kunoichi to get the attention of a noble man.

“What... you can’t let this happen, you need to stop it!” Sasuke said through gritted teeth.

“I don’t think it’s possible at this point Sasuke, and Sakura hasn’t said anything about it so...”

“That’s not possible, she wouldn’t want this...” Sasuke muttered.

“Sorry Sasuke, she was with Hinata and Ino when they did this” Kakashi explained. He had scolded both Ino and Hinata upon finding out. But Sakura seemed to have gone into hiding right after.

“That’s not... this is not what she wants!!” Sasuke answered angrily.

“And just what makes you say that?” His former sensei asked coldly. He really did knew just how to push Sasuke’s buttons.

“Because Sakura and I ....” he hesitated for a moment, he didn’t know why he was like that. “Because Sakura and I are together” he announced.

Both his blond best friend and the Hokage were dumbfounded by his confession.

The silver-haired man cleared his throat to compose himself and asked. “Excuse me Sasuke, but does she know that?”

Naruto snickered at the questioning.

“Of course she does” Sasuke argues.

“Nah I don’t think she does Teme” Naruto said.

“What makes you think you’re ‘together’?” The way Kakashi used air quotes with his fingers when saying together, made him angry. This whole situation was extremely uncomfortable for Sasuke, he had never been one to talk about his feelings, even after he started opening up again.

“I.... took her on a date!” Sasuke offered.

“You asked her to come to sit on a bench and watch the sea! And it lasted two minutes!!! That doesn’t count as a date!” Naruto said.

“I came back to save her when that bastard kidnapped her!” Sasuke said, referring to the whole Kido situation.

“As any of her other friends would have if she’d been taken because of them” Kakashi countered. “Besides you ran away right after, she didn’t even see you”

“I... accepted her feelings and... I asked her to wait for me, you know! you were there!” He pointed at Kakashi.

“You mean when you left the village? No you didn’t!” He rebuked.

“I did, I...”

“You said thank you and poked her in the forehead!” Kakashi contested.

“It was implicit!!!” Sasuke yelled uncharacteristically, almost as loud as Naruto.

“Well it needs to be plicit!!” Naruto yelled back at him.

“Thats just not a thing idiot...”

“You know what I mean! The point is, she doesn’t know, she’s been thinking you rejected her” Naruto explained, his hands behind his head and looking up at the ceiling in thought.

Sasuke was desperate, he ran his hands through his inky locks in exasperation. He didn’t know what to do anymore.

“There is only one solution to your whole problem Sasuke” The Hokage offered. “You need to participate in the tournament... and win”

“Yeah teme! It’ll be easy! There’s no way someone stronger than you will be there” Naruto explained excited. Because really, other than himself, who would stand a chance against the last Uchiha?

“Well there is one thing though” Kakashi said, handing a piece of paper to Naruto. “Sakura sent me the stipulations of the tournament by hawk before she started hiding from me”

As Naruto began to read the contents of Sakura’s letter, his eyes almost popped out of his head. “WHAT?! NO CHAKRA, DŌJUTSU, SENJUTSU OR GENJUTSU ALLOWED?! IS SHE TRYING TO TAKE TEME OUT OF THE RUNNING?!”

“I don’t believe she thinks Sasuke would be interested enough to participate, but no, I have the feeling she wants to find someone who has to work for everything as hard as she had” Kakashi explained.

“This can’t be! I have to do something, I have to tell her” Sasuke turned around to leave and immediately look for his former teammate, but Naruto stopped him with a firm hand on his shoulder.

“I don’t think you should” Naruto said, with a very serious tone Sasuke had never heard him do. “She wants you to fight for her Sasuke, I’m sure, you need to participate and win”

“I think Naruto is right Sasuke” said Kakashi.

“I’ll still help you out Sasuke, I have a plan” the blond fox said, flashing his very kitsune-like smile to both men.

x

Thank you much if you are reading this. Please don't forget to leave your thoughts in a comment. 

[fmdjaeinarchive]

this is mostly for organization purposes because having four muses means i’m most likely going to mix them up all the time, but it’s also a mini plot call if anybody would like to plot for event purposes ♡ so please like this post, and i’ll come running to your dm’s! also none of my girls have roommates if that’s something you’re seeking as well!

jaein

her whole attitude throughout this thing is: i can’t believe i got pulled out of working in seoul only to work on a boat and in three different cities in a span of a week. she also can’t believe that all these idols are gonna have to technically greet the new years together lmao thanks a lot, three companies

i random generated all the balls that my girls will be picking because ngl i didn’t wanna put in thought. it would require me individually thinking out too many possibilities and... no <3

december 26th: she draws yellow and has to figure out some flash mob thing which makes her go ??? who thought of these activities because they should be fired

december 28th: she draws yellow again and honestly the zoo mission is a nightmare, but she’ll do her best because she doesn’t want to find her own way back 

december 30th: draws blue and will definitely be taking advantage of a free massage because god knows she needs it

any other day that’s free will consist of her probably trying out a lot of things on the boat because hey, she’s being paid to be on it so might as well try whatever she can? it’s not like she’ll pay to be on a cruise ship on her own so join her in trying to relax!!

unless you’re a lucid member. in that case, please be wary of the cameras and don’t cause her too many headaches. other than that, y’all can go wild

hyeju

she likes the cruise better than the wellness retreat in the past at least. though she would rather be in the practice room to prepare for her comeback. if anybody would like to discuss her comeback with her, she’s more than willing to!! she’s a lot happier with this one than her previous one because it doesn’t feel as rushed

december 26th: she draws red! she’s not big with the holidays tbh but she thinks boat decoration sounds kind of fun since it doesn’t require too much energy

december 28th: she also drew yellow, but she probably won’t work as hard as jaein and honestly, if anybody wants to plot it out, she can be one of the losers who has to find their way back to the ship on their own 

december 30th: draws red so she’s cleaning lmao what a terrible task like hyeju is not a great cleaner but she just does it because whatever. i don’t see her having a lot of screen time during any of these days unless it’s a word or two of her complaining

she’s in love with the idea that lipstick gets to perform lil touch for the concert, and she’s just big when it comes to concerts. like that’s where she feels the best so concert days may be when she’s in her better moods/up to more things

suji

suji’s used to having to work on her birthday since it does fall at the end of the year, but it usually meant that she would work and then get to go home and celebrate it with herself or a couple of friends at the least. this whole thing kind of ruins that so she’s kind of bummed : / 

december 26th: she draws red and is much joyful that hyeju when it comes to decorations because she does love the end of the year a lot!! much festive much joy!! 

december 28th: she draws blue and decides to spend the day as if it’s a belated birthday gift to herself. thank god she got some of the events that might actually boost her mood

december 30th: suji has the best luck or something because she draws blue again, and she’ll probably get the mani/pedi 

like she is during any event, suji’s very approachable, and she might whine once or twice about having to spend her birthday on this thing, but overall she still likes the festivity at the end of the year so she’s all sparkling eyes and whatnot 

yujin

my girl yujin being able to spend the new year at busan is just 🥺 especially since this is after she reconciles with her family so she’s super excited throughout the whole event because the very last thing will be busan!! getting to perform there too?? it’s such a dream come true and her family will very much be coming to see her, and she’ll probably spend the free time at busan with them

december 26th: draws blue. a busan girl so she absolutely loves the water and the pool so she’s genuinely having such a great time

december 28th: draws red, and she’s element’s resident cook anyway so she’s super happy with what she ends up getting to do

december 30th: draws yellow and honestly the idea is so funny, and she probably gets caught so that can be a plot lmao your muse can catch yujin in the act!!

also completely in love with the fact that she gets to perform!! on stage!! element music!! she missed that so much because literally the last time she got to perform was in july with oh my mistake 

as always, yujin’s just : ) throughout !!!

[soylago4]

Thank you @charleslestappen for the tag 💕

Rules: tag 8 people

Name: Dora

Birthday: March 28th (also hey birthday twin @charleslestappen )

Zodiac Sign: Aries♈️

Hobbies: Painting, writing, yoga and whatever I am hyperfixated on atm... (hey adhd hey)

Favourite colour: this is a tough one because different colours for different moods.. but red, black and emrald are probably my top 3

Favourite books: I would say my all time favourite book is Just Listen by Sarah Dessen it came to me at a time when I really needed it. But man the world of books is too wast to be contained to a favourite for me, I could do like a list for every genre.😅

Meaning behind URL: Basically I have never been the same since Carlos revealed that Lando told him his comment ‘soy lago’ under his leaving McLaren instagram post meant “I’m a lake of tears”. The fact that these assholes have their own language really gets me yall. So yeah soylago stands for I’m a lake of tears over Carlando and 4 is Lando’s car number.

Last movie I watched: Death Becomes Her, it’s the spooky season🎃

Last song I listened to: Crow by Bear’s Den

Something I love: Equality, Cats (the animal, not the musical or the movie), Holidays (like all the commercial ones, I live for it), Long or short walks into unexplored nature and unexplored places (especially if there’s a castle/cabin/any cool structure involved), Travelling (miss rona needs to go before that tho), Scifi and fantasy, Fanfics and waking up feeling properly rested after a great night’s sleep (which doesn’t happen a lot but when it does damn)

I tag: @maxiel404 @galaxyphanshler @the-toasted-teacake @footballftf1 @weazel2408 @rosecoloredroom @yeeeeesssssbbooyyyss

And anyone that wants to do this fun little tag game📝

[excusemewhileiplaykh]

Another Origin for the Black Box

So there are a lot of theories going around that have connected MoM’s Black Box with the computational/theoretical term “black box”, which in very basic terms describes a device which receives information (an input) and then produces a response (an output). A lot of things can be a black box, like your TV remote that responds to the input of you clicking the power button and responds by turning on your TV. The human brain (kinda like Brain in KHUX *cough, cough*) can even be considered a black box, as it similarly receives signals and then reacts accordingly. 

While I do believe a lot can come from considering this connection, I want to suggest another inspiration for MoM’s black box, one that actually comes from Christianity…

Before I delve further into this theory, I want to note that Christian symbolism seems to be something Nomura has always been interested in for developing KH’s story. For instance, there is a big emphasis on 3 or a trinity of persons (as in the Holy Trinity). There is also the importance of the numbers 7 and 13, two numbers that are largely important in the Bible and Christianity in general (I’ll talk more about these numbers later). There may also be other religious symbolism in KH, but examining those symbols deserve their own posts.

Then, of course, there is the Book of Prophecies, whose name and purpose seems very similar to the infamous Book of Revelations contained in the Chrisitian Bible. 

As the name suggests, the Book of Revelations details how the apocalypse will come about, including how and what will trigger Jesus’ second coming.

It is said in the Book of Revelations that Jesus will appear after the Seven Seals secure the book or scroll that contains knowledge only known by God. It is said that only the “Lion of Judah” and the “Lamb having seven horns and seven eyes” will be able to unseal the scroll and read its contents.

Each seal triggers a different event. The first 4 trigger the arrival of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, the 5th the arrival of martyrs dressed in white robes, the 6th natural disasters,  and the 7th bring about the 7 angels with trumpets which signal the end of the world and the arrival of Jesus.

Ok… So what does this scroll have anything to do with Kingdom Hearts? Or the Black Box for that matter?

Well, the first thing we should consider are the seven seals which must first be opened to access the scroll. Does that sound kinda familiar?

Well that’s because the scroll may be reminding you of the notches on the Black Box (13 in total) which need to be unlocked before the contents of the box can be accessed. It should also be noted that in KH 3, the Black Box is connected with Pandora’s Box (Remember that this happens early on in Olympus. For more context, you can look at my theory on this connection here), which is said to bring about havoc and destruction to the world when it is opened, similar to how breaking the seals of the scroll will cause devastation.

Of course, one major difference between the Black Box and the scroll is the difference in the number of barriers; one has 13 while the other has 7 and these numbers are each other's stark opposites in Christianity and KH.

I would like to remind everyone that in Kingdom Hearts it seems that the symbolism behind the numbers 7 and 13 has been switched. Let’s remember that in the epilogue, when Eraqus starts the new chess game, he gives Xehanort 7 gold pieces (the “dark” pieces) and himself 13 white pieces (the “light” pieces).

Thus because of this change, I would suggest that the 13 notches then can be synonymous with the 7 seals.

Another noteworthy thing is that the seven seals will be opened by a “lion” and a “lamb”. The lion symbolism in KH has been important since the introduction of No Name, which features a chimera figure which is both a lion and a goat. Moreover, people speculate that MoM’s animal will be a lion based on this keyblade and the fact that MoM’s suggested sin, Pride (or Superbia like the “Super-X” on the Black Box), is represented by the lion.

Ok, so we’ve figured out who this lion could bo. So who’s the lamb?

To answer that question we’ll have to turn to another keyblade, principally one that is only featured in DDD, End of Pain.

As you can see, End of Pain is structurally very similar to No Name. Indeed, much like No Name, End of Pain is one of the few keyblades with the Gazing Eye. End of Pain even has an animal on it, although it is more obscured than the chimera on No Name.

Blowingoffsteam2 wrote a theory comparing these two keyblades here and they suggest how the animal may in fact be a ram. They analyze the meaning of this animal in terms of the zodiac (the ram represents the first sign in the zodiac, Aires. Curiously, Sora, who’s birthday is March 28th, is an Aires) and greek mythology.

I’d like to, however, also consider that a ram is just a sheep. And well.. A lamb is also just a sheep…

(also *cough, cough* RAM as in random access memory has to do with computing language, similar to the concept of a the black box just saying)

Also in Christianity, the lamb is meant to symbolize Jesus, who sacrificed himself for the sins of mankind. You could even say that Jesus died to “End” the “Pain” of our sins…’’

With all of this in mind, if MoM is the Lion and the original wielder of No Name, then the Lamb would need to be the wielder of End of Pain.

This is where it gets tricky because End of Pain is a keyblade that both Sora and Riku can wield, so it is hard to say which one of them is truly the Lamb. I suppose we can assume that its Sora since, ya know, he’s the main character, but it could also be a fusion of both Sora and Riku (for instance, look at the butterfly charm on End of Pain. Butterflies represents two halves working in symmetry, almost like a heart. Moreover, the butterfly is made of both purple and orange, two colors making one form.) 

With all of this context in mind, my hypothesis is that the black box can only be opened through a combined effort between MoM and Sora (or MoM and Riku… or MoM and some Sora/Riku hybrid *cough,* Yozora). Moreover, if and when this box is opened, it will bring about disastrous omens and possibly even some sort of rebirth, like Jesus’ second coming.

I’m offering this as mere speculation since there isn’t very hard evidence to suggest I’m right, but it’s strange how much things from the Christian ideology of the 7 seals seems to match up with KH lore. Guess we gotta wait until DDD 2 for some real answers.

[marionsblack]

Intro; Marion.

❛ ☆ › landon liboiron & he/him male ‷ watch out , marion black has crash-landed into roswell !! they look 27 years old and celebrate their birthday on november 28th . they are from almira, WA, have lived in roswell for 2 years, and are currently working as a librarian at roswell high. one thing you should know about them is he has a two year old daughter named violet!

CHILDHOOD

Marion Black was born to perfectly bland parents, in the perfectly bland small town of Almira, Washington (pop. 217). Growing up surrounded by more trees than children, Marion was always a pretty lonesome child, with a tendency to latch on to anyone who was kind and stuck around for more then a few weeks. A tendency that would follow him into adulthood. Almira being the small town it was, meant that everyone knew everyone's business. So when word got around that Marion's father hadn't come home from his current worksite in a few months, it was no big surprise. Teachers would stop Marion in the halls at school as ask after his parents with thinly veiled glee, eager to glean some exclusive gossip straight from the source.

But Marion knew about as much as anyone else did, and was no help to the local gossipers. His dad was just... gone, and his mother was a wreck because of it. By the time everyone had kind of accepted that Marion's father was gone for good, Marion had become largely self sufficient in hopes of relieving the burden of raising him from his mother. He picked up shifts at the local diner and tutored on weekends to make sure the lights stayed on and there was food in the house, and later to pay for the many prescriptions the doctors put his mother on; not that they seemed to do much.

PAST (TRIGGERS: PREGNANCY, BABIES, ABUSE, SELF HARM MENTION, CHILD ENDANGERMENT, KIDNAPPING)

When Marion was 25, he met a girl. She'd come bursting into the diner one night just before close, yelling wildly into her phone and very much pregnant. There was more life in her than he'd witnessed in his entire life, and he was half way in love before he even poured her tea. By some stroke of luck, Marion managed to talk to her and got her number. There was never really a friendship between the two; instead they jumped headfirst into a serious relationship. She had just moved to Almira, and Marion was quick to offer her the spare room in his apartment. His mother was hardly coherent enough to butt in and knock some sense in her son, and the locals were too greedy for drama to maybe let him know that generally speaking, you don't move in with someone before you even go on a date. He wouldn't have listened though, too blinded by first love. They moved in together and life was like a movie; they ate breakfast in bed, and danced in the kitchen, and went on silly dates into the surrounding forest to skinny dip and scream at the moon. The only real dark spot in their relationship was the baby. She flat out refused to talk about it, or even really acknowledge that there was a baby at all. Marion, in all his wild googling, had read about post partum depression, and how it could sometimes present during the actual pregnancy, and figured her indifference was not unusual. He took the lead with anything regarding the baby, prepping their apartment and making doctor's appointments, and dragging her to said doctor's appointments. He made potential baby name lists, and spent a weekend converting their walk in closet into a nursery, and when the baby was finally born, he was the first to hold her (the only one willing to hold her). After Violet was born, there was a direct change in their relationship. Everything Marion did was suddenly annoying, or stupid, or insulting. Violet was a serene infant, hardly ever crying, but any noise from her seemed to set off her mother. Marion kept the two apart as much as he could, still chalking her personality change up to post partum. He'd tried to talk to her about possibly seeing a therapist about it, but that had only resulted in a huge fight; her yelling and slamming doors, him trying to calm her down while avoiding whatever she could get her hands on to throw. She accuses him of awful, entirely fabricating things, says she'll kill herself if he keeps treating her this way. Marion didn't mention therapy again. As the years went by, Marion was forced to accept that the drastic change in his girlfriend's personality was nothing to do with post partum depression, and everything to do with her just being a bad person. Things he'd seen as endearing when they first got together he looked back on and saw them for the red flags they were. Her possessiveness wasn't so amusing when he was being accused of fucking the woman who babysat Violet every so often. Her impulsivity wasn't so thrilling when she disappeared for days at a time to party with friends he wasn't allowed to meet. The longer he stayed, the more trapped he became, and the more comfortable she got with her treatment of them. Marion learned to sense her moods, hiding Violet away if he had the chance to. He would have left ages ago ( he tells himself he would have left, anyways) if not for Violet. Despite her complete lack of interest or affection for her daughter, she never hesitated to use the toddler against him. He had no legal claim to Violet, after all. So what if he was her sole provider, and the girl hardly even recognized her mother? He's working a late shift at the diner, Violet at the neighbor's house, when he gets a call from the neighbor. She's frantic, but he finally gets out of her that Violet's mother is at the front door screaming and trying to break in. When he gets there she's just bashed in a window. Anyone on their street can hear the commotion, hear the screaming baby, but no one so much as investigates. It takes him what seems like hours but is only actually about 15 minutes to defuse the situation, leaving the neighbors with his meagre tips from that night's shift and a promise to never involve thme in his drama again. He packs a couple of bags in the middle of the nights and grabs Violet and the cash from the oatmeal canister on his way out the door. Fuck legality, he's not letting the shittiness of his life ruin his daughter.

PRESENT

So now technically a kidnapper and criminal, Marion picked the most random place he could think of to settle down and build a new life for him and Violet. He changed their names, spent a good chunk of their emergency money on new papers for them, and the tiny family of two settled down in Roswell. He took the first job that was willing to take him, set Violet up with a puppyish nanny, and now does his best to ignore the previos two years. As far as anyone in Roswell is aware, Violet's mother died recently and that was why they moved.

OOC:

this got long af i’m sorry!! I’ve just had him for so long that i tend to go on and on abt him. but yeah, so hit me up for any plots or connections, I’m open to anything with my sad boy!