#if you have questions I will try to answer :'D

[faggotisaacfloofs]

the person who helped today when I fell out of my wheelchair actually did a really great job, so I want to share in case other people wonder what to do. [Note: this is not universal, this is merely a suggestion from one person, every wheelchair user's needs are different! I am a person who uses a manual chair usually pushed by someone else who is also disabled.]

Scenario: you see someone in a wheelchair fall out of their chair, and you have the ability to help.

1. Approach and ask "are you okay?"*

2. Next question if they say no, are vague, or open to continuing conversation** is, "is there anything I can do to help?" Or "what can I do?"

If they say no to help, then that's the end, just leave and go do whatever you were doing!

If they ask for help or say they are mildly injured, ask "what would you like me to do?" And wait for an answer before doing anything! If they seem dazed or confused, they might have hit their head or had another medical event*, or they might just be like that due to regular disability. Be patient.

Do not touch the person unless they say to, or they are like, unconcious in the middle of the road, ya know?? Wheelchair users usually have conditions that mean being handled improperly can severely injure us, you could cause much more damage than the fall.

Some things they might need you to do:

Bring their wheelchair closer (mine went about 5 feet away after it dumped me)

engage the brakes of the wheelchair

hold wheelchair steady if it's an unsteady surface (mud, hill, ramp, wet, etc)

offer an arm for them to hold onto to get up (them grabbing you, not you grabbing them) or move another solid item closer for them to use (i.e. a chair) [only do this if you physically have the ability to!]

If the terrain is rough (i.e. a parking lot), they *might* ask you to push their chair to a more stable area once they are back in their chair

nothing

Something else

Do what they ask, NOT what you think would be helpful. If for some reason you have to do something (i.e. you can't stop oncoming traffic and need to get them out) ASAP, tell them what you plan to do

Keep in mind they might also be D/deaf, have a communication disability, be stunned after the fall, have a head injury, not trust other people, etc. Be patient and treat them as a person with autonomy and agency! They might need to just sit on the ground for a few minutes to recover before trying to get back in their chair. They might want everyone to leave them alone. They might ask you to call someone specific. Their chair might have broken and that can be extremely distressing. All of this is like if your legs spontaneously stop working when you're out and about!

A lot of wheelchair users (NOT ALL) have ways to get into their chair on their own once the chair is close enough and brakes engaged (but it's hard from the ground!). Here's what brakes look like on a lot of manual wheelchairs, in case they ask you to lock the brakes. They're levers on each side and pushing the lever pushes a bar against the wheel to hold it still.

ID: A manual wheelchair with the brake levels circled in red and labeled "user brake levers"

*There is also the possibility of course that a person fell out of their chair due to a seizure or other medical event, so that is why it is important to ask if they are okay. If you saw them hit their head, tell them so. If they had a medical event, follow protocol for that, I'm not gonna get into it here (thought I could).

**sometimes a person will be clear after the first question i.e. "I'm all good thanks" clearly means they do not need you to ask another question, you can just leave them alone. Keep walking and don't stare. A lot of the time people will be a bit banged up but be totally fine and able to manage on their own.

TLDR: Ask the wheelchair user if they're okay, then what they need, and then do exactly that, including leaving them alone. Thanks!

[theoutcastrogue]

In an exciting new development, for the the first time in D&D Rule Zero has been officially namedropped (as "Rule 0"), and redefined in one important way: the DM's word is not, in fact, Law. This is a group game.

"Rule 0. Rule 0 of D&D is simple: Have fun. It's fine if everyone agrees to change the rules as long as doing so means the game is more fun for everyone."

It's from "Peril in Pinebrook", an introductory 5.5 adventure "for new and younger players". (It's not a core rule, don't take it too seriously, eh?) Still, "if everyone agrees to change the rules" is a proper paradigm shift. I like it! No gods, no masters! Ahem.

You might say wait, what if no consensus can be reached? Shouldn't it say that the DM is the final arbiter then? A fair point! And realistically that's what's gonna happen, like it always has. But I mean. Small children can play football in an alley without a referee, it'll be fine.

As for the 2024 DMG, it has instead a section on House Rules.

D&D (5.5 a.k.a. Revised 5th Edition, 2024)

"House rules are new or modified rules you add to your game to make it your own and enhance the style you have in mind for your game. Before you establish a house rule, ask yourself two questions:

Will the rule or change improve the game?

Will my players like it?

If you're confident that the answer to both questions is yes, give the new rule a try. Present house rules as experiments, and ask your players to provide feedback on them. If you introduce a house rule that isn't fun, remove or revise the rule."

P.S. If it were me, I'd make it clearer that taking player feedback and removing/revising rules that don't work on your table should 100% apply to official rules as well. But eh, this will suffice. Rules are a suggestion, always have been, no official permission necessary. Merely welcome.

Rule Zero: A Timeline

“Rule 0” is an unofficial term for a fundamental aspect of tabletop role-playing games: the DM’s word is Law. Some games have no referee at all, but if there is such a thing as a Dungeon Master, Game Master, Storyteller, etc, then what they say goes.

This can mean two things. The first is “what they say goes, as opposed to what the players say”. Someone has to be the final arbiter on how rules are interpreted and what happens in game. And if the DM says Rocks Fall Everyone Dies, well, rocks do fall and everyone does die. (And whatever led to that should be addressed out of game.)

The second is “what they say goes, as opposed to what the rulebooks say”. As far as I know, no RPG designer has ever had the gall to claim that the rules are final and you shouldn’t change anything. Sometimes it’s left unsaid (and probably considered obvious), but most of the time rulebooks explicitly state that the DM (Game Master, Storyteller, etc) can change the rules. The attitude varies, ranging from “rules are a suggestion! do what you want!” to “you can make changes BUT take into account this and that”.

I find it interesting that D&D 3rd Edition is the most stringent in this regard. It doesn’t say “change the rules as you see fit”, it rather says “well if you must change the rules, do it right”. It makes sense, I guess: that edition was BIG on simulation, and having rules for every little thing. Like, you can calculate how many hit points the wall has, depending on size and material. That means the DM can tell how many punches it takes to break each specific wall, since unarmed attacks deal damage to objects (half dmg, but still). It also suggests that the DM shouldn’t say “you punched the wall? okay, your knuckles bleed, it hurts like hell, and the wall is fine”, which for some styles of play is in fact unfortunate, because that’s exactly what the DM should say.

(There’s no right or wrong here, different strokes for different folks, and every system caters to different needs.)

I also find it interesting that the very similar Pathfinder is conversely generous, and singles out Rule Zero as “The Most Important Rule”. This also makes sense, given that Pathfinder is essentially a house-rules project that got out of hand.

In any case, here’s a selection of different ways to say “the rules are a suggestion”.

Original D&D (1974)

“These rules […] remain flexible. As with any other set of miniatures rules they are guidelines to follow in designing your own fantastic-medieval campaign. They provide the framework around which you will build a game of simplicity or tremendous complexity — your time and imagination are about the only limiting factors.” – Dungeons & Dragons Book I: Men & Magic

Basic D&D (aka Eric Holmes’s revision, 1977)

“Instructions for the game referee, the “Dungeon Master,” are kept to the minimum necessary to allow him to conduct basic games. This is absolutely necessary because the game is completely open-ended, is subject to modification, expansion, and interpretation according to the desires of the group participating, and is in general not bounded by the conventional limitations of other types of games.” – Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set

AD&D (1979)

“The final word, then, is the game. Read how and why the system is as it is, follow the parameters, and then cut portions as needed to maintain excitement. […]  The game is the thing, and certain rules can be distorted or disregarded altogether in favor of play.” – Dungeon Masters Guide

Basic D&D: B/X (aka Tom Modvay’s revision, 1981)

“In a sense, the D&D game has no rules, only rule suggestions. No rule is inviolate, particularly if a new or altered rule will encourage creativity and imagination. The important thing is to enjoy the adventure.” – Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rulebook

Basic D&D: BECMI (aka Frank Mentzer’s revision, 1983)

“You may use all or part of these rules. They often include several ways of playing and running the game. You may create new rules, monsters, and magic, using these rules as guidelines.” – Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game Set 1: Basic Rules

AD&D (2nd Edition, 1989)

“Take the time to have fun with the AD&D rules. Add, create, expand, and extrapolate. Don’t just let the game sit there, and don’t become a rules lawyer worrying about each piddly little detail. If you can’t figure out the answer, MAKE IT UP! And whatever you do, don’t fall into the trap of believing these rules are complete. They are not. You cannot sit back and let the rule book do everything for you. Take the time and effort to become not just a good DM, but a brilliant one.” – Dungeon Master Guide

D&D (3rd Edition, aka 3.0, 2000)

“Changing The Rules: Beyond simply adjudicating, sometimes you are going to want to change things. That’s okay. However, changing the rules is a challenge for a DM with only a little experience.” – Dungeon Master’s Guide

Note: I won’t quote the whole thing, but it goes into some length on what to consider before changing a rule. I’m gonna bet that when they suggested you ask yourself “How will the change impact other rules or situations” they hadn’t predicted that 3rd Edition would end up with 215 books full of interconnected rules, NOT including adventures and periodicals.

D&D (Version 3.5, 2003)

“The power of creating worlds, controlling deities and dragons, and leading entire nations is in your hands. You are the master of the game—the rules, the setting, the action, and ultimately, the fun. This is a great deal of power, and you must use it wisely.” – Dungeon Master’s Guide

Note: I won’t quote the whole thing, but it says there are different styles of play, and if you like combat-oriented games you should be “very careful about adjudicating rules and think long and hard about additions or changes to the rules before making them”, whereas if you’re into deep-immersion storytelling, rules become less important: “feel free to change rules to fit the player’s roleplaying needs. You may even want to streamline the combat system so that it takes less time away from the story.” Or you can go for something in between.

Deadlands (Revised Edition, 2004)

“The rules in the Weird West Player’s Book are fairly detailed. […] Characters need all that detail because they can’t cheat. But you’re the Marshal. You can do whatever the Hell you want to, and that’s official partner.” – The Marshal’s Handbook

GURPS ( Revised Third Edition, 2004)

“The GM is the final authority. Rules are guidelines … the designer’s opinion about how things ought to go. But (as long as he is fair and consistent) the GM can change any number, any cost, any rules.” – GURPS Basic Set

D&D (4th Edition, 2008)

“If you disagree with how the rules handle something, changing them is within your rights.” – Dungeon Master’s Guide

Pathfinder (1st Edition, 2009)

“The Most Important Rule: The rules in this book are here to help you breathe life into your characters and the world they explore. While they are designed to make your game easy and exciting, you might find that some of them do not suit the style of play that your gaming group enjoys. Remember that these rules are yours. You can change them to fit your needs.” – Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook

D&D (5th Edition, 2014)

“The D&D rules help you and the other players have a good time, but the rules aren’t in charge. You’re the DM, and you are in charge of the game.” – Dungeon Master’s Guide

Vampire: The Masquerade (5th Edition, 2018)

“If the rules in this book interfere with your enjoyment of the game, change them.” – Vampire: The Masquerade (5V corebook)

Legend of the Five Rings (5th edition, 2018)

“Your Game, Your Rokugan: This game is designed to support numerous styles of play and, as GM, you are empowered to jettison, rework, or simplify rules as you desire.” – Legend of the Five Rings Core Rulebook

Pathfinder (2nd Edition, 2019)

“As Game Master, you have the final say on how the world and rules function.” – Pathfinder Core Rulebook

[themoodyestj]

Jensen is a white, rich, straight, man, living in a country that favors people like him over everything else, he controls the finances of his family, he has a squeaky clean reputation.

he's so strong that he can lift Jared over his head with no trouble.

do you seriously think Danneel has a chance against him? if there's a inbalance of power in that relationship, Jensen is clearly not the one with a disadvantage.

so if there was a problem with their marriage, why should i asume that Jensen is the one being abused? when all evidence suggests that it's most likely to be the other way arround.

i mean, he is the one who gets to go out there to shine and expand his career while she stays behind taking care of the kids, with seamingly no life of her own. for all we know, he could be shamelessly sleeping around and D just having to shut up and endure for the sake of their children.

Why do I have the feeling that an anon that writes awfully like you sporadically comes into my or my mutuals inbox asking the exact same question?

And if that's the case, what's the issue? Are words hard to understand?

But in case it's not, let me provide the answer, prefacing that whatever I write here is pure speculation based on my personal and professional experience.

No he doesn't. Unfortunately for him, Jensen has the reputation his fans let him have. And opinions on him will differ depending on which part of the fandom you are addressing. If his wife wanted to start a rumor, all she would have to do would be to cry wolf. Unfortunately, there are many people that still think like you and fabricating something to tarnish his image, especially coming from the wife, would be super easy. The justice warriors of this world would have a ball defending the poor defenseless damsel from, like you put it, the mean white rich straight man.

Strength, power, money mean nothing in an abusive relationship. Violence is rather a consequence than a form of control (although it can become control later on). I've seen cases in where the abused makes more money than the abuser. I've seen cases in where the abused had more power, did more around the house and the abuser was, in reality, completely dependent on them. Abuse is not black and white, it's an ocean of gray with many specs of many colors.

What is the real key here is how easy the abused is to manipulate. Take someone, for example, who is already somewhat fragile from abused suffered in the past from a parent. Add a few mishaps that make them feel less worthy, uncapable of seeing their real value. And then put them with a narcissist. That person can have all the power in the world, but the narcissist will make them believe they can lose it all in a blink of an eye, and only with the narcissist they can keep it.

It's not about having power. It's about whom the victim believes has the power.

If he held the power in this case, he would be home a lot more frequently to exert said power. If there is something abusers like is to see the fruits of their manipulation. He wouldn't say his wife "runs a tight ship", he would praise himself. He wouldn't call her a strong woman, he would imply he is the strong man. Abusers don't give away power. They take it. They like to be the good strong heroes for their audience.

On the other hand you have a paraphernalia of instances in which she implies he doesn't help at home, he's messy, he didn't cry when his kid was born, she was the one helping him with his acting, etc. All things she says to make herself look good. I'm yet to see a true compliment towards her husband. Most often that not, she is putting him down," playfully". And she would do a lot more if she thought it would stick/not ruin her meal ticket.

Furthermore, if she was the victim, she would not make jokes at the abuser's expense, for fear of retaliation. She wouldn't initiate contact, she wouldn't try to touch him or kiss him.

He's the one who gets to... Probably run.

She stays behind "taking care of the kids"... do you count ordering nannies around to take care of the kids? And she does have a line of her own. She did "charity", initiated a jewelry line, became the "power producer"... The thing is, she's incompetent. All she touches turns to shit. Her lack of a life is not due to her husband, she only has herself to blame. Besides, she's not alone. She made sure to surround herself with people she trusted while simultaneously trying to drive him away from the people he trusted.

And maybe she isn't the one having to shut up for the sake of the kids. There are two parents in this equation, did you forget? She could be staying for the kids, but so could he.

Anyway, there's a lot more but my time and patience are limited.

[bolithesenate]

Hiiiiii ! I’m here to harass you about your temple guard fic 💕🩷❤️💕 I wish to know more about feemor and jastitha (I can’t spell RIP) also I ship your OC’s now Ernstor and Ranatward their dialogue in chapter five especially was very funny and I think they should kiss. Anyway love your fic keep up the good work !!!!

ahahahahaha and I shall welcome you with open arms

Hmmm.... more about Feemor and Jasitha (you almost got it right lol)...

I am a person who tends to stick with a headcanon for a character when I come up with it, so the backstories remain pretty similar across AUs. In that vein, I've always liked the headcanon that Feemor wasn't Qui-Gon's student from the beginning, rather that Qui took over his education (through Yoda's encouragement) after Fee's first Master (Who I called Vyan Ves Jal) died on a mission they had together. The trauma from that was also the main reason why their relationship always remained lukewarm at best.

As for Jasitha, she was an OC I came up with at least in theory quite a bit before I started the guard fic. I've always considered it unlikely that Tor, who seems to have a weird, downright psychosexual obsession with Jaster, to have fathered a bio kid somewhere. Him stealing his sister's child thus seemed much more plausible and also was a good way to make him even more of an absolute asshole :D

Jasitha is a fun existence to think about, because on the one hand she was kyr'tsad and subscribed to their ideologies (at least in part), but on the other hand she first hand experienced how utterly horrible and destructive those turned out to be. She's definitely not a good person, by most standards, but she is learning. Mostly because she has to.

On the other hand, neither Nat not Ernstor were even halway planned to have such an integral part in the progression of the fic and I think it is the HIGHEST honor that people look at these two idiots and think they should kiss!

and who knows! maybe they will!! especially Ranatward certainly wouldn't be against it lol

[bansheeoftheforest]

more thoughts! this time even more loose points that is mostly about Anubis' stay at camp half-blood

Also! Everyone is very welcome to add onto this, send questions/suggestions for the au, etc! :D I also do have the urge to turn this into a fic but that is quite unlikely since i haven't read any of the books since i was. 12 (Same as before, eventual updates will be found in the reblogs until I come up with a good AU tag!)

I know that realistically, this lil au would follow the plots of the book(s) but I also cannot for the life of me remember more about the third book other than "demigods find the hades kids and then Bianca dies" so at this point this is just me throwing out whatever feels nice between my brain wrinkles.

You know who would have been the first one to figure out that Anubis is an egyptian god? Rachel, but she doesn't show up properly until multiple books later, at which point he definitely would have been revealed. She could have taken one look at him and notice that he is both a god and definitely not (entirely) greek, and then promptly pull him aside and demand answers. I think she would agree to keep quiet about his secret but also would find some way to tease him about it.

It could possibly be Annabeth that figures him out first but I also do not really think she would have any reason to suspect that he is an non-greek god, just perhaps not entirely human/demigod-y. The more time Annabeth spends trying solve whatever tf is up with Anubis, the more happy he is that there are no demigods of Thoth.

I also assume Hades kids don't typically end up at the camp since there is no Hades cabin and all, which means that Chiron and Dionysos either A) have absolutely 0 idea why Anubis came along with the other demigods, or B) they do know what he have been up to, but decide he isn't enough of a threat to have to be dealt with.

(I HC that Anubis is very charming and respectful to elder/higher ranking gods, so I could imagine that Dionysos was sceptical until Anubis like. Bowed and greeted him with "Lord Dionysos" and shit, to which he was totally on board with letting him stay at the camp).

Since the "claim your damn kids and pay your child support" oath isn't taken until the last book, I don't think Hades would claim any of the siblings until like. He has threatened both Zeus and Poseidon to the point of compliance, if even then, so Anubis kinda has to balance not being suspicious, not seeming like he knows to much, making sure the kids' death abilities don't go haywire, and also reassuring them that no, their godly parent doesn't hate them, they (the gods in general) are just weird.

I am very inbetween no one suspecting anything weird with any of the siblings, or the campers thinking Anubis specifically is just really uncanny for some reason. Like, first of all, he claims to be a 16 year old demigod, which is rare in itself and especially so with no prior contact to Camp Half-Blood, and secondly, he probably hates lying outright bc of his whole work with Maat so like every other sentence sounds like he is hiding something because he has to lie but he doesn't want to, and he also probably doesn't really know how. Not to even mention the fact that he is the most intimidating out of these 70+ year old siblings in the first place.

NGL, I think he would try to keep Bianca from joining the hunters of Artemis, only because. Well. she is 12 and has absolutely 0 training in her godly powers or weaponry/fighting at all. Whether or not he is successful in convincing her to join the lesbian commune when she is older is an entirely different story. But hey, if she does and she still dies, he can feel really guilty about it!

No matter if it is PJO or actual mythology, I am always convinced Anubis and Hermes are really good friends, so I do find it funny to imagine Anubis having to bunk with the children of one of his best friends or exes. Although I think out of all the demigods (other than Nico and Bianca) he would like the Hermes kids most.

Anubis would still put most of his focus on the siblings/Nico, but I also feel like Dionysos and Chiron would still tell him that, if he is going to stay at the camp with the Di Angelos, he has to do what the campers does and follow their schedules. Imagine being an egyptian god of death and funerals but now you are a babysitter doing arts and crafts or playing capture the flag with like. Children.

I also quite like the thought of like. How Anubis would be found out. Did Bianca and Nico get suspicious when he keeps disappearing to talk privately to Chiron/Mr. D/Hades? Do they assume he knows something because, before CHB, he claimed to know quite a lot about their father's "testament"? Do the other campers just get really really suspicious? Did he do the classic folly of "I have to play fighting games with children and while I am good, I am not that good and oh shit they see that my blood is quite literally liquid gold. Whoops."? Is he forced to reveal the truth on Hades' orders, or because he has to deal with whatever the fuck is going on with the egyptian pantheon? Or did Annabeth simply figure out what he is and confront him about it?

(Honestly there could be a big chance he just got really fucking tired, stayed in his jackal-form for a while, and Annabeth decided the only reason a black jackal would be at camp could be an egyptian god infiltrating said camp, and technically she is right).

I also do like, in the very small chance that Hades decides to claim his kids, since Zeus and Poseidon know he would murder the fuck out of what is left of their children if they tried to hurt them, he also claims Anubis to keep up appearances for the time being. Like eventually the entire "I got the egyptian god of death to babysit my kids" thing turned into "well, I guess I am fighting for custody over the egyptian god of death".

With the above point, I do love Anubis being super duper confused about it because THAT was definitely not part of the plan. And it is not like he can explain to anyone why he is so confused when some might already have assumed he knew who their godly parent was.

Honestly the thought of Anubis doing the equivalent of attending kindergarten to keep the Di Angelo siblings safe is quite funny to me.

Still refusing to reread PJO/TKC but it is still infesting my brain so woe crossover au be upon yall

Au where Anubis casually gets assigned to be Bianca's and Nico's older brother, anyone?

(messy points below, mostly from Anubis' pov coz he is my pookie)

Like, once the other Egyptian gods start dropping like flies because the magicians are imprisoning them, assuming they may also go after Anubis, he turns to Hades as a very very very last resort because, well, he would like to not be imprisoned for all eternity, thank you very much. Hades agrees on the condition that Anubis looks after his demigods, since he otherwise really isn't to any use of him, which Anubis accepts. So, Anubis is basically the Hades/Pluto demigods' divine babysitter in exchange for some protection from the magicians who may or may not also want to imprison him.

I shall say that this either works bc A) Hades kids radiate enough death so that he can be around them without a host or B) it is all just bureaucracy so when the rest of the Egyptian gods are gone those rules simply do not really apply.

Anyways, once the Big Three ProphecyTM rolls around and Maria Di Angelo kicks the bucket, Anubis is left in charge of making sure the Di Angelo siblings survive, taking them to and staying with them at the Lotus Casino and the different schools that Hades moves them around to, either as their "older brother"/guardian or as their pet dog that the authorities simply don't bat an eye at.

The siblings, with their memories absolutely fucked up, simply accepts that they either have a brother, a dog, an older brother who is occasionally a dog, or a dog that only conveniently shows up when their brother isn't there and vice versa.

And since I haven't read any RR books since I was 12 and I never read the HOO series, I can't really talk much about the logistics from here on out but. I have some thoughts in general.

Anubis makes sure that he takes the majority of the responsibilities, so that Bianca can be a little more happy and a little less stressed than she would have been if she was alone looking after her little brother.

He also happily distracts Nico when Bianca needs a break, he can genuinely listen to Nico ramble about whatever for hours, remembers it quite well and can return the conversation, which Bianca rarely has energy for.

(He was the exact same when he was young and wants to make sure Nico has someone that listens to him)

Genuinely cannot rest until he makes sure the siblings are fine and safe, which becomes a bit of a problem when Bianca goes on her first and last quest, and even more of a problem when he is more stuck in the Brooklyn House and he has to keep contacting Nico before he allows himself or Walt to rest as a result of that.

He is so so so so SO protective of the siblings. He is absolutely ready to die or kill for them. He is not a fighter, more often than not a pacifist, but when it comes to them he is the first to throw hands.

Also him absolutely being ready to kill the demigods that find the siblings at the military school coz he is so used to the "any demigod or magician is here to kill one of us and I have to protect them at all costs" mode that he has been kinda stuck in for the last 70 or so years, minimum.

He is merely an older sibling running on the equivalent of 3 hours of sleep and 2 strong coffees, which really doesn't help the situation once shit starts going down in Brooklyn/the Egyptian pantheon.

Speaking of the Brooklyn House. After being a Divine BabysitterTM for like 2000 years he genuinely cannot get rid of those base instincts, which ends up with him fussing over the Kanes/Walt/Zia and the rest of the initiates because those are CHILDREN and they need to REST and be SAFE and EAT PROPERLY and TAKE YOUR DAMN VITAMINES, WALT.

Because of those 2000 years of babysitting, Anubis is genuinely amazing with kids. You'd think they'd be scared by him, but no. He is the first one they run to when they scraped their knee and need a band aid and a hug.

He also 100% stares right into Percy's and Will's souls the moment he finds out Nico has/had crushes on them. Despite being raised in an entirely different time he definitely is a "no dating until you are at least 25 otherwise I might have a heart attack" sibling and he is not letting some random demigod break his lil brother's heart. He accepts Will well enough though coz he makes Nico laugh which in the end is the most important thing.

Will might actually be more intimidated by Anubis than Hades but that doesn't stop him. Nico is his babygirl and he knows Anubis is (probably) more bark than bite (most of the time).

No matter if Hades allows him to like. stop being a babysitter once the gods are restored and Ma'at is balanced and all, Anubis still sticks around and checks in on Nico (and eventually Hazel). He gets antsy if he hasn't heard from them at least once a day.

He probably has a good base relationship with Jason and Reyna (bc both are protective older siblings when it comes to Nico) but he keeps Percy at a distance ever since Bianca's death (not that he blames him). But he isn't particularly close to any of them, as his priorities lay with Nico, Hazel, and the Brooklyn House.

Assuming Anubis doesn't like. Introduce himself to the greeks as "Anubis" and instead says he is someone else, I have absolutely no idea when or if he would ever tell any of the greek demigods what he truly is. But I suppose Nico would eventually find out that his older brother actually isn't related to him at all, or even from the greek pantheon, and instead only happened to become his older brother as a favour to Hades. Depending on how he finds out he definitely could get upset but I like to believe he sorta figures eventually, and is just happy Anubis genuinely cares for him.

I also like to think that the greek gods they meet when the demigods take the siblings from the school to camp half-blood, just gives Anubis A LookTM. Either they are fully aware he is protecting the Hades kids or they think an Egyptian god is just casually hanging out with some random demigods. Which must certainly be a sight to behold.

Can yall for a moment imagine being the Kane siblings, trying to get the feather of truth from the god of death to avoid the impending apocalypse, who then says "sorry I am mostly on babysitting duty so I can't really help yall more than this, good luck tho."

Walt who meets Nico and is so conflicted because in one way he is slightly weirded out by this tiny depressed gremlin, but in another way the Anubis PartTM of him is just going "protect protect protect protect", which is a weird first impression.

One of the Kane siblings would be interested in Mythomagic, I just know it. Either Sadie coz it is funky or Carter bc it is nerdy. Either way, Nico has at least one Kane to bond with bc of it.

Nico just has the ultimate diplomatic immunity because he can go between Camp Half-blood, Camp Jupiter, and the Brooklyn House basically as he pleases.

On a completely different topic, the majority of Nico's wardrobe is just shit he has stolen from Anubis, he just lets it happen, in part because it is not like he as a god has a limited wardrobe, and in part bc Nico is absolutely adorable when he drowns in Anubis' jackets bc they are too big for him.

Also, Anubis helping Nico train his death magic, and teaching him the easiest ways to build endurance while using it.

Frankly the thought of the rest of the gods being banished, imprisoned, in exile or attempting to free themselves while Anubis is playing babysitter is very funny to me in general. Imagine being Isis or Osiris and attempting to ask your nephew/son what he did during the 2000 years yall were imprisoned and he goes "I took a side job as a babysitter to pay the bills".

Honestly I might reblog this with more thoughts eventually. They are all just so pookie.

[rottendragonfruit]

Mentions of alcohol, death, and drugs.

Spike, my Hazbin Hotel sinner OC. I don't know what to make of his demon, but I'll come up with something. I was drawing a smiley face with a bow and a odd nose when I came up with this idea to make it into a character.

He has ears, similar to Husk, with stars on the inside. He has short hair- have not decided any colors yet- and a nose similar to Husk's. His hair looks more like fur. He has an obsession with bows- bows in his hair, neck, with bows on this strap he has across his body, bows on his bracelets.

He was sent to Hell for killing innocent families/people(who may or may not be related to people who did him wrong, so some are innocent and some are not.) that disrespected/insulted him, or bullied him(when he was human and alive). His parents were abusive, into drugs. He later got addicted to drugs and alcohol. He had gotten hit by a vehicle, and was killed. He killed his parents before that. (icebound, that you? Except Spike is still better than that vegetable old ass.)

[ruelin024]

I wanna have opinions so uh, what do you think of my SacredFell AU? (So far anyway haha)

Hello, my mutual compadre, @littleyukki5033 , I have traveled down to the depths of your blog and will now commence judgment.

Kehehehe. ψ(｀∇´)ψ

[Gonna be long, I like/wanted to try making my responses worthwhile and attentive, to show you I went in on your AU and posts.]

(And you can laugh at me or with me on this, but I may not be the best at giving opinions, 😖 I think. Just know I'm typing this with my miniscule overthinkin’ brain and hurt wrist.)

START!

Feb 4: Don’t be afraid to post your AU and talk about it, beautiful or not, unique or not, complicated or not, similar or not, cringe or not, demented or not, eh or not. 

Share your mind, you’ll find people who share it with you. And if you get hate, show them San’s ass or something. It tells others how nonexistent they are to you. (though I’ve seen someone draw Sans very beautifully thicc, we will keep in mind he is bones, which we indeed simp for). 

Observe Exhibit A:

(I found this silly image saved on my desktop, so I thought it'd be cool to share it with you.)

So never let a negative comment change your love and view of your au and undertale. 

Undertale is amazing, it’s good to ramble, even if others don’t talk about it, even if you’ll never get reciprocated. There’s other people there reading it, like me sometimes I read and forget to heart, or I don’t heart a post because I don’t wanna bombard their notifications and all that. 

Yes, post your art, even if you’ve got no idea what to post, doodle, ask for ideas, or even take a break. I think it’s beautiful to share your mind’s eye. Show no fear, you’ve got this!

Everyone starts where you were once. 

Feb 12: Your Introduction of your own Underfell AU called SacredFell

I am interested. I am in fact one of many who are and will be interested for days to come, for as long as you build and love your AU, as it becomes whatever completion you dreamt of it to be, so on and so forth, even if one day you stop.

I’m finna be there bruh, late or on time.  

And imma let you know that right now as you reading this. You actually asked me first about your AU and lemme tell you, you beat me to it. I actually have fanart for you. AND was gonna find a time to ask you first.

(~(>_<。)＼ Usually I'm ready to send art cause I plan before hand, but someone used a wrist twist move on me for fun recently. ಥ_ಥ)

Anyway, moving forward.

Frisk and Chara of SacredFell: I enjoy teh designs. And me personally, I like Frisks design, the fact Frisk went through multiple design phases is nice to know. Would you ever show Frisk's previous designs?

Oof, you changed SacredFell Sans height from 5’2 to 6ft, damn what a stretch. And he part of the Royal Guard, whoa! 😆hotsome big skeleman.

Also, I love the art style of @/melikitinas, too. 💖

Feb 14: … ScaredFell Papyrus…. I-... 11ft height, yeah, we gonna need a height chart. I short, so they a fucking tree at this point, imagine Paps just bending at the waist towards a shorty like me, he’s gotta be prone on the ground or something. AND his fine ass a 2nd in Command Royal Guard, too. ○( ＾皿＾)っ AWWHEHESJDHWU ✨

Feb 21: LORE Ah, so the beginning is different, interesting. *reads through it with glasses* (I was recently working on my other OCs at the time as well :D.) 

Yukki sounds like a good character! And portaled? Oooooh, portaled, I wanna know backstory! 

Did Yukki not go through the ruins? She just collapsed in Snowdin? Was she unconscious the entire time she was taken to Asgore, up until Toriel saved her?

And usually humans, are strong, is Yukki weak due to something? (you don’t have to reveal too much lore unless you wanna) How much power does Yukki have? Why does it drain so quickly? 

Also, love Toriel, to save one instead of all, what a mother. Even if Yukki wasn’t her own, that was such a big sacrifice for the price of saving one child over freedom. I would love to see how you draw that part out.

And Toriel left Yukki behind the waterfalls, why not take Yukki with her? 

Why out of all the souls, Kindness was taken, would this serve as a significant plot point in the AU?

Would Yukki grow to harbor bad intent or negative emotions towards the monster or would she end up sacrificing herself after understanding the monster’s want for freedom, would she find another way, would she resort to genocide at some point(despite her being weak)? 

Would Toriel come in clutch next time Yukki is in grave danger? 

And what plans would Asgore have after he gets Toriel, I would’ve expected that he wanted Toriel dead, not with a bounty on her head to be returned ALIVE to his home. I'm probably just thinking to the extremes. 😂

I like this plot. I’d love to know how Frisk and Yukki will come together. And if within the one or two years, Yukki stayed with Sans and Papyrus, would the brothers falter when they need to get their jobs done for Asgore when the time comes? Would Sans and Papyrus eventually come to value Yukki as their own friend? Does Yukki know Sans and Papyrus are working to gain her trust to betray her in the end? 

Also is Toriel and Sans doing the knock knock joke through the gate in this AU too? What’s Toriel’s relationship with the characters so far? Within the time Yukki was living in the Underground, does she come to meet Toriel again?

Feb 23: YUKKI I agree Yukki is a main focal point in the beginning of this AU, I really like this. I can’t wait to see how you build this lore up. Would Toriel act again when Frisk comes? Would Toriel talk to Frisk about Yukki? How old is Yukki again? To me, Yukki looks like she has a strong presence, tongue sticking out, seems playful. ✨

Feb 27: Comic Heh. Middle school art is always nostalgic to look back on. I wish I still had some of mine. I threw most out due to the fact, I didn’t want physical evidence of my cringe art tying back to me, but looking back on it now. I was stupid and paranoid. 

Now cringe art is one of my favorite art pieces to discover, it brings a certain emotion outta you, am I right? Yeaahh.  

Anyway, I admire you for sharing your old art and comic. 

An AU, especially when a creator is lovingly dedicated to it, can become hectic and mentally crowded and out of order, or as you say “all over the place.” Good luck on that journey, creating comlex stories is hard! I was overwhelmed by my own ideas and burned out at some point and stopped entirely. You make me wanna go back to my little world.

And Yukki and SacredFell Sans look like they get along noicely. yukki hand on her hip, confidence and power ✨👌 makin' Sansy sweat.

Mar 7: Yay Toriel Character Sheet Me like tall woman. She taller than Sans, haha. I gotta learn how to draw a goat at some point. And she looks good in my opinion. Do SOUL Protectors gain power from the souls? Wouldn't they accidentally at some point absorb the soul? Has any of the protectors even thought of doing that? Doesn't the barrier need one monster soul and one human soul to break the barrier, or is that different in this AU?

Mar 11: Another comic redraw, SacredFell Asgore WIP

Aw SacredFell Sans and Yukki smiling together, your old drawing of them is cute. ANd that’s a jump, good to know they're out of the underground. Hope you eventually find the right design for Yukki, that you’re gonna be satisfied with. I’m excited to find out how they got out of the underground, too.

What's the key on Sans? And the heart necklace on Yukki?

And yes, I think Tumblr does something with the quality of an image when posted, because compared to my computer view, my phone view of some posts are different a bit.

Yass, show off the Goat man. 

ANd I also saw your Avatar DTIYS, looks awesome! I love the coloring, shading, and perspective! 

Mar 15: Update Eh, it didn’t take a while for me to gather info on your AU, it was spread out a little yes, but not so much, for me the pacing was alright. 

Ah and the ask blogs, yeah I dunno how I’m doing this tbh. 

And a webtoon would be great! But I hear it’s a lot of work to put into it, take small steps, so you won’t stress or burn yourself out. But I would definitely read teh webtoon if you were to make one. 

Mar 16: SacredFell Undyne WIP I love Undyne, I just dunno how to draw her yet. Love the art! She pretty. 

Mar 16: SacredFell Flowey Flowey in a bag, hahahahaha. I like how annoyed he looks in the drawing.  

Mar 17: SacredFell Monster Kid Another main character, you developing a lot of lore right now I bet. I wonder how MK will play out in your AU. 

Mar 18,22 : It’s UNDYNE >.< Fangirling. Another Tall strong woman. And missing parents during gaster’s disappearance, is this what I think it is, a lore hint?!?!   

Mar 23: Alphys Alphys is gonna be somewhat of a sly character in the plot huh, wow! And she fights, you gotta make art of that at some point! Alphys having bravery is interesting! 

Pfft, you spelled “Bavery” I didn’t even notice until you mentioned it. 

Mar 23: Gaster I love how you drew Sans and Papyrus in at Gaster’s “You’re in Trouble” expression.

And me like the tinted glasses as well.

Mar 24: Mettaton! He a Bravery SOUL Decoy! Was that Alphy’s idea to make him like that? Is he famous in the underground as well? He’s a looker. And he got four arms! Yuuusss! 

Mar 26?: Muffet Indeed a 5’7 lady spider is a cutie patootie, the arms are good, multiple is betta. Good design!  And she is also part of the Royal Guard, what will the fight be like? I’m curious! 

Mar 26?: That Sacredfell Mini Comic/Story was nicely put together! The end where SacredFell Sans responds with, ��I don’t know.” I enjoyed reading this conversation! And Undyne in her royal armor MWUAH!  

So from all this, hopefully I did something good for you, most are just questions and comments, but I hope it served as an answer. *ahem*

A new character was added. [Yukki] = Will lead to more plot. *Check*

There’s a different backstory before the arrival of Frisk. *Check*

Toriel makes an act against Asgore before leaving, Asgore ordering Sans and papyrus to gain Yukki’s trust until the “time” comes = Complicated relationships *Check* 

I can fangirl, which means I can simp, which means, I’m invested. ✨ *CHECK CHECK CHECK*

The concept is really good! (The fact Asgore would entrust the souls to another and make them SOUL Protectors, and you still fight Alphys even in the pacifist route, and I sense "things" though not sure what, but it makes me look forward to your lore.) *ChecK* 

It’s a Fell type Universe. (I love Underfell) *CHECK* 

The art is noice!!!! *CHecK* 

I find interest in how characters will interact or encounter each other. *Check* 

I can see the work put into this AU! I see their dedication based from the dates you posted things about your AU. I really look forward to seeing how you continue to develop and make art for your SacredFell AU! With what you’ve shown at this time, I can happily tell you, for me this AU is interesting, there’s potential in many areas, character development, choice of dialogue, different relationship dynamics, personality, world building, plot changes, etc.

I wish I had more to say, I think most of my response here sounded... I think repetitive, maybe some questions were even answered already and I didn't catch it? Though hopefully I conveyed to you that I think you're doing well for what've you've shown thus far!

That's my grand opinion. 😁✨

Also, I found you through graphictale au. 💕💖👌✨

😙 Both ya'll wonderful.

[fruitmilkshake]

Ok, I felt like explaining this shit.... :

Ok, first of all: It wasn't a NSFW roleplay, it was just Ghost being jealous of Makarov for flirting with us and Graves just..... Existing....

Second, this roleplay is in spanish, is from this one guy called @DarkVoice - ASMR in YouTube.

The roleplay was called "Secuestro" (in translation: "Kidnapping") and it was about us being a new medical recruit in Ghost squad and we had the mission of helping Ghost and Graves to Capture Makarov, and when they do it and were going back to the base to interrogate him, he starts flirting with us, and Ghost get Jealous.... And like said; Graves was just existing... (The interation beetwen Ghost and Makarov was just like.... In 5 minutes, so it was a really short one)

And well.... From there, the story starts to get interesting (i mean in how things go, because this dude's ability to put the sound effects when it's needed it's really cool)

And.... Well, yeah, that's all, some of this guys roleplays are not really the NSFW kind, in the description of his videos he says that you can watch the full version of the video by paying in Patreon, but to be honest; i don't have money of my own, and i don't want to know what kind of weird things this dude does when he's Patreon 💀.

And just to add; some of his videos (Specifically; Part 2 but at the end but nothing really happened, part 4 but that one just gave us a Skip-time before anything happened and got back to the lore, and Part 7, but, just like in the last two but mixed; it gets cut by the end of the video) Contains a bit of NSFW, but it's just the guy kissing us and whispering Sweet shit in our ears... And some freaky shit too..

And also, if you guys were waiting for this dude to have other dudes like Soap, Gaz, Price, Alejandro, Rudy and some other.. Well, i have bad news for you; this dude has a full main story with the ship Ghost x Us, and he has like 4 of Konig x us. Another one With Keegan x Us, a delivery guy x us and a León Kennedy x us.... Yeah.

So... Yeah, that's all, It's not really a Big deal, I just thought it would be funny to see how the fandom of Cod mwii used Ghost image, specially in a "Roleplay", but shit man, I just saw this dude's roleplay and i stayed because.. Even if i think this dude is making a Roleplay with the old Cod Mwii instead of the new one, it was a really interesting one I think you guys should give it s try! :D

So.. Yeah, this was like an answer to this two users @yukirah and @hughjackmanadict because the comment answer doesn't let me answer both question, sorry 😢

Just saw a roleplay asmr with these three dudes.... Why am i doing this to myself? 💀

[gumy-shark]

finally i have time!! so i come here to ask questions aboout cynthia laflorem!

would love to heat more about here sentient spell book- how sentient are we talking? like on a scale of moon jellyfish to human?

you mentioned she fully bought into the religious propaganda, yet she studies it. What made her so interested in it? Does she eventually go "oh old on wait a minute, my nation was wrong to think like that?" how long does it take her to reach that point? does she do anything/ want to do anything about it?

what was her last happy memory, and how often does she look back on that? Is said memory distorting over time?

you mentioned that someone used a spell in the past to frame her for murder- huh? how did she take that/ how long did it take others to find out she was framed?

you mentioned she lived in a farming village (me too bestie lmao)- what were the main crops grown/ main animals taken care of? how did that effect her as a person? because of that, is she decent at making things from scratch, etc.,?

what's some things she likes to do in her free time?

I'd ask more, but i dont wanna give you a literal essay of questions :")

cynthia's wizard subclass is order of scribes, and one of the major features of that subclass is that you have an awakened spellbook, with some level of arcane sentience. I decided to have dandy be fully human-level sentient, on the basis that it would be fun (for me. mostly for me), and bc it added into the backstory pretty nicely!

ok, so this one's interesting, since her knowledge of religion wasn't a part of her initial character concept in the same way as her buying into the propaganda was. i was originally going to have her be pretty disdainful towards religion and stuff, but then in session 2, i ended up rolling a lot of religion checks, and getting really good rolls for all of them. so, i decided to change that part, and so the studying-religion-in-secret thing was born! it's not going to be the thing that makes her start Really questioning the exclave, but it's a step in the right direction, and i like it as a character direction- she believes the propaganda, but she's willing to disregard her own beliefs for the sake of curiosity + knowledge!

(i think out of what i know of the campaign lore so far, the thing that would Really make her question the exclave more than anything else would be finding out the Real reason why they drove out the wood elves. that or finding out that like. her assignment is literally just a suicide mission, presumably to get her out of the way for smth) (i don't know how long it'll take for her to reach that point- it really depends on how long it takes for it to come up as we're playing)

the last time she was Really happy was when she was back in her village, but she doesn't look back on that time much. the memory Has distorted over time, but that's because she's hasn't really revisited it in so long. she's been really busy over the years, and doesn't have too much time to reminisce. she'd much rather look towards the future!

oh, i think i might've given the wrong impression with that one- cynthia's never been framed for murder! the spell dominate person was used by an unknown villain in session 1 to assassinate a government official, and cynthia was able to recognize the aftereffects of the spell because she'd had dominate person used on her in the past, presumably by a teacher, or her current mentor. (probably as a training exercise? i don't quite remember)

i don't actually know what crops were grown in the farming village- most of her backstory isn't super fleshed out, since it'd require a lot of worldbuilding details and i feel really awkward about the idea of messaging the DM like "hey what are the staple crops of the exclave? major trade routes? imports and exports?" and such. i've been imagining a lot of wheat, but i don't know much about wheat farming, and i don't actually know how young magic students start at the wizard school. i'd say the main effect her background would've had on her personality today is that it left her with a very strong belief in the power of hard work- if she just keeps trying, keeps working harder, she'll succeed eventually!

i'm not really sure. definitely talking to dandy, maybe reading? she seems like the type who would really enjoy reading, whether fiction or nonfiction. also the idea of her reading a book and talking about it with another book is funny to me

[mitchfynde]

Again, I'm not interested in the whataboutism. Have that debate with someone else.

You conceded that the fake electors plot was a real thing that happened. That was him attempting to steal the election. Not sure if you changed your phrasing to him successfully stealing the election on purpose or not, but my claim wasn't that he succeeded but that he attempted. You conceded to that and now you seemingly don't remember or didn't actually think about what that meant.

Trump did immense damage to the America and the world.

Are the Democrats to blame for their most psychotic extremists online being anti-male? It's not as if the party endorses these beliefs or in any way puts them forward. You're quite literally advocating for reactionary politics or at least excusing them. That's feelings over facts, by the way, something I doubt you'd be comfortable with.

And you're just totally wrong about Trump VS Kamala. I cannot remember Trump answering a single question about anything. His answers were never real answers. The concept of a plan? He usually just said "we're gonna fix everything magically" in one way or another. There were 0 details. No real answers. Kamala had actual policy, you just ignored it apparently.

And then you put it on her that her followers are anti-male, even if that's the vast minority. You don't seem to use that same standard for Trump, whose extremists are far more mainstream and include Elon Musk, a fucking billionaire who runs the website where most Americans get their news.

I tolerate the memes from both men and women, because I have actual principles. It's fun and you should try it.

I am deranged. Next.

You don't even know the bigger issues exist. You don't even think the abortion restriction is an issue. You've memory-holed Trump attempting to steal the election. I just... don't have much faith in your ability to prioritize these things.

Your current priorities make no fucking sense to me and seem based on your own personal experiences with far-left lunatics. Reactionary politics are not real politics. You're just in your feelings. Radfems are bad, I'm with you on that. Let's not pretend Democrats are some radfem haven. In reality, Democrats are the party of trans rights and they do not give a fuck that you are male. In fact, they see it as an absolute win of their own social policy. You most likely owe the fact that you are able to openly exist to Democrats with or without the capital d, politicians and voters alike.

That's not to say you owe them allegiance btw. I don't mean to imply that. It's just worth thinking about. And obviously, if you're from a different country, it doesn't apply so much.

This is actually wild. And I'm pretty sure nearing illegal. These people want you dead. And they keep yelling out so everyone hears. This is legit advocacy for murder. And for what? Because you can't kill the unborn? Except what changes? Trump said he won't ban abortion. And even SUPPOSING he did it's very likely against the 14th amendment anyways.

And abortion is never life saving. So again. What's your issue? What's so bad you'd advocate for murder? You all belong in a looney bin.

[cats-inthe-cradle]

So y’know how sometimes Leo gets all lightning-y when he’s using his ninpo? Anyways have this

Plus some Donnies :D

Some more doodles & info for this au (it still needs a name ):

[clemencetaught]

when there is no paper one must learn to adapt ( post-it note meme w/ @mythvoiced even tho lenlen did not send one in &lt;3 )

send “ POST - IT NOTE ” for what my muse would leave yours in a post - it note message !

"Miss Castro,

I have a feeling you broke your hairpiece on the way over, so I brought an extra. Try not to ruin this one? It belonged to an Avox.

-Patrick"

( Slipped into María's hands along with a fancy hairpiece via an avox. )

"68 needs to be bidded on for the highest price. The minister of transportation has been looking her way a bit too much...had to divert his attention three times already."

( Exchanged discreetly while in passing by Van. )

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

just uhhhh to. not clarify or anything (and thanks for the repeated shoutouts, I do love being the OG Charles/Donna shipper), and I guess this sort of qualifies as cheating, but the Charles/Donna wedding that Max and Soon-Lee attend is uh the fourth part in a series, and it's also set in 1957, and I sort of imply in the first story of the series (which is set in 56!) that they've come a long way from the end of the show. it's all offscreen but they did the work to get to mutual respect/friendliness. anyway. not sure why i'm sending this. thanks for the shout out 💜

Omg noooo that's not "cheating" at all I hope I didn't make you or anyone feel awkward or anything for whatever you write!!! I really was trying to say I don't think anybody has to justify their Charles ships like this! I would and I think I have read fics where Charles and Donna's second marriage happens during the timeline of the show and that doesn't bother me either! It's an alternate universe where he gets his shit together faster idk who cares. Maybe I should care but I don't care lol.

Anyways I'm so glad you weren't offended by being referenced in my post QwQ I was specifically trying to show that I enjoy these other Charles ships a lot and they are written by some really skillful writers such as yourself and the phenomenon I was talking about is most definitely NOT caused by anyone being a bad writer or a bad person or anything. Tbh I think if the show writers but half as much thought into fucking ANY of this as much as you or stateofintegrity or any other writer here then we wouldn't have had this problem in the first place. But not everyone can be as cool and smart and sexy as all of us Charles fans unfortunately :( so sad :(

[orcelito]

dying. dying. dying. the oracle's been going around Asking Questions. and i got cornered by her. and i relied on my past experience with her & her sister which Did Not Go Well for reasonable reason to refuse to let them peer into my mind again.

so instead, they cast zone of truth. and i had to lie the FUCK out of this without actually fucking lying. relied on the fact that there's this dude i could use as a scapegoat and the fact that i Never actually saw the prince die (i was on the other side of a wall lol). holy fucking shit that was so fucking nerve wracking.

and IIIIIIIIIII GOT A NAT TWENTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for persuasion lmfao. that's TWO times we got a very good timing nat20 for avoiding suspicion from the oracle's questioning.

holy fuckin shit y'all im like trembling. that was so scary.

[theha1r]

@disneybucks asked: You know, I get that you've got the mask and all, but I can't seem to shake the feeling you've got the most incredible mane under there. What's your routine? Also: look out, 'cause some goon's coming at you with a pipe. Yikes!

Steve - doesn't know what to think exactly of this. Of the whole situation. Of this guy. He doesn't know who he is, and he's wearing a mask as well so it's not like he could see him to try to figure it out, but it's also kind of odd (creepy?) that he's so accurately made a correct assumption. Eyebrows furrow, hand goes to his hip - jutting it out in what Robin likes to call the 'mom stance' - and goes to open his mouth to answer when the rest of what the guy's said catches up to him. Eyes widen now and he's quick to turn around, spotting said goon, quickly recognizing him as one of the ones that'd gotten away in the bank robbery he'd stopped earlier. Instinctively an arm shoots out protectively to the guy now behind him and the other is shooting a web out to the goon, effectively stopping him in his tracks and sticking him to the alley wall.

He slowly turns back to guy now, brows furrowing once more - even if the other can't see them. "Who the hell are you?" Is asked as he carefully pulls out a phone, quickly shooting off a text to Henderson to alert the cops of the now tied up goon. "Where did you come from? Do I need to be worried about you?" A pause before adding on. "Are you ... like me?"

[mikkeneko]

In various places -- here, the bird app, even YouTube comments -- I keep running into people with some variation of the same question:

"Does Scum Villain have a teacher/student romance?" And every time I want to answer with: No, But Also Yes, But Also Not Really, It's Complicated (And That's On Purpose.)

Which is an answer that's too long to fit in a tweet or a YT comment, but fortunately tumblr has no (effective) post limit! So here I go.

1 - No

In the very straight forward porn cliche sense of "oh but professor, I really ~need~ to pass this class or my life will be ruined, can't I do ~anything~ to get you to change my grade?" *bats lashes* and "Hoho, my pretty young teen student, I've got your good grade right here in my pants, if you ~apply~ yourself..." then no.

No sex or romance between a teacher and their student in the bounds of a teacher-student relationship happens in this book. No deliberate grooming of an underage student on the part of a teacher occurs in this book. No sex or a romance between an adult character and an underage character occurs in this book, nor is the adult 'waiting' for the minor to reach adulthood to initiate one.

2 - But Also Yes

No sex or romance between a teacher and their student in the bounds of that relationship happens in this book. Two people who were formerly in a teacher and student relationship do enter into a sexual and romantic relationship by the end of the book. Also the nature of the society they're in further means that even though they are no longer in the schooling environment, it is socially assumed that the deference owed by a student to their teacher lasts forever, even after the student leaves that environment, and they continue to regard themselves and refer to themselves in those roles even though the teacher no longer strictly speaking has authority over the student.

Also, the student was really hot for his teacher even when he was still a student. (The teacher was oblivious to this fact.)

3 - But Also Not Really

By the time sex and romance is even on the horizon for these characters, their relationship has so drastically changed from that of a "teacher and student" that it is barely recognizeable as such. The power/authority dynamic between a teacher and their student is subsumed pretty much entirely by the facts that:

A. The 'student' has become a medeival fantasy warlord of such unsurpassable magic and might that literally no other person in this world can stand up against him, 'teacher' included, and the 'teacher' is well aware of that.

B. Also, the 'student' is metaphysically endowed (heh) with the Protagonist Halo, a literally active force within the setting they're part of, which means that not only can he not be defeated, he ontologically cannot be denied anything that he desires; what he wants, he gets, and what he doesn't want, cannot be forced on him.

C. ...But also, the teacher in this setting is a metaphysical outsider to the world order the student is part of, which means that he is aware of all of the above, and can and does manipulate it to suit his own agenda, which may or may not align with giving the student what he wants at any point in time. Assuming that the teacher has the correct understanding of what the student wants. (He doesn't.)

D. ........But also also, for all his power, one harsh word from him can destroy him. For all his knowledge, one tear can devastate him. (Which one? Both.)

4 - It's Complicated (On Purpose)

*throws the chalk against the wall*

Between a teacher and their student, who has the power? Between an emperor and a scholar, who has the power? Between a hero and the villain he is predestined to destroy, who has the power? Between a character and the reader who's read ahead to the end of the story, who has the power? Do we find some of these power imbalances more acceptable than others? And if so, why do we?

Trying to track Who Has The Power or Who Has An Unfair Advantage socially, physically, and metaphysically between this particular pair of characters is damn near impossible and that's on purpose.

The Scum Villain's Self Saving System is a lot of things, but one thing that absolutely defines it is that it is a parody. It's a parody and a deconstruction of a lot of things -- the 'stallion' genre, the 'isekai' genre, the 'pay-per-chapter webnovel' genre, the 'gay drama' genre and, most relevant to this conversation, it is a deconstruction of teacher-student romance.

What kind of a teacher-student romance has a clueless, fish-out-of water NEET in the role of the Wise Old Mentor? What kind of a teacher-student romance has a black-hearted, demonic, domineering feudal warlord in the role of the Blushing Virginal Student? What kind of a teacher-student romance has the two principals so close in age -- by the end of the book, they may be as little as a year apart -- that they're more like peers than teacher and student? What kind of audience are we, going into a story like this one and finding ourselves cheering for the teacher to fall in love and lust with his student, only to be disappointed when that doesn't happen because the teacher fails for three books straight to recognize love and lust when it's literally looking him in the face and crying?

Asking "does Scum Villain have a teacher-student romance?" is sort of like asking "does Galaxy Quest have a lot of high science fiction concepts?" No, but also yes, but also not really. It's complicated, and that's on purpose.