#iiiii have no explanation

[thatone-pancake]

FACTION SWAP AU - LOST TEMPLE!!

IIIII know that there may be mixed opinions about this and honestly so do iii (especially towards skateboard... idk his trousers or whatever look off to me and idk how to fix that tbh) BUT i have explanations!!

Lost Temple doesn't seem to have proper 'traditional' clothing, and the reasons I haven't designed these two to have any teal or big uses of gold in their designs is because those are the cult's uniform, therefore I feel like these two don't need to wear it. Instead, I took the suggestion of someone in bogcom and decided to look at western clothing, or clothing normally worn in deserts.

And so that's what I made them wear. I thought that it'd be nice if I made them match something, so they both wear the same gloves and a cowboy hat lol. i must say that Lost Temple and Playground have been the hardest to design since they don't seem to have faction attire (or at least, from what we know so far. if they do, i MIGHT make redesigns)

I didn't want to make designs that are only based on western clothing, so i went for something different for Rocket. I went for baggy clothing and a hood to protect him from the harsh sunlight, and also a strap to help him carry his launcher on his back

This, and other doodles, are probably all i'm going to do for him since he's no longer in a faction.

[vrynnvryxivia]

Hello hello hello

I'm here to bother you with a question for your silly lookin main SMG4 au 👁👄👁

So, what's the au about? I don't really understand it cuz I haven't been here much lately hehe-

Also, love the designs of the characters 👀

hello hello,,,, frankly i have no fuckin clue where to even actually begin on tryna explain the au, eeeeespecially because the au's a funky as hell mixture of a lot of my favorite hyperfixations combined (if youve been goin through the fuckinn "vry's rgb au" tag specifically you may have noticed that a bit of fnf's popped up in there, that's uh, that's the main reason/focus/starting point of the au actually hhhhhh)

best explanation i could try to come up with though is that ofc its multi-fandom focused, aaaaand sorta retellings/adaptations of canonical events (though i will say that its canon-compliant *to an extent*, as some of the events may deviate/be rewritten from actual canon) and also colors have a bit of a massive focus in the au if the au name is anythin to go by sjdjwjdjajjsj

speakin of the focus on colors, every single one of the characters do have color nicknames, iiiii just havent used em publically yet bc i wasnt in the mood to really explain the reason for why and how they even got those yet, but i'm prrrrrrobably gonna start usin them in eventually (and just so yall know, i will probably be listin the color nickname list of the goobers involved eventually, for now though you get to know that 4's is Portage (a light shade of blue) and 3's is Paua (a darker shade of blue, i am aware his main color is purple but uhh i was rediscoverin the smg4 series sometime durin puzzlevision so i was misrememberin his pre-redesign+ color palette 😭, its kinda too late to change it to some shade of purple atp so uhhh oops)

tldr; the au's a multi-fandom adaptation hell with a focus on colors woo /lh

i'll explain more when i feel like it or if somebody asks

[sapphosdickandballs]

iiiii feel like ive been sending you too many asks as of late but i just am starting something to talk about. its due tomorrow so uhhh im gonna binge read it. ive got several things to read lol.

i didnt want to start another book right away cause id finished pride and prejudice and pittsburgh yesterday-ish after reading the majority during my shift- and OH YEAH.

i was so- stand offish at first about it because i thought it was so... goofy how the timetravel mechanic worked but literallyyyyy- stick it out. ugh it was so good???? i loved it. IT WAS GREAT. literally is everything. AND i think its a def rec. im not gonna spoil much but yeahhhhh lol.

is it better than she gets the girl? no not imo but like they're both rly good books.

i was listening to it during work and audrey had mentioned phoebe bridgers and my voice cracked bc i deadass gasped and shouted "PHOEBE???" making like two ppl look at me very confused 💀😭. "moon song" mention !!!! 🗣🔥🔥🔥🎶 . i love audrey for that. why am i always so shocked when someone mentions her in wlw books- anygays... proud!!! good choice. im in love with books that name drop music like that *looks at ols <3* i love punisher as an album sm ughh so that makes me 10x happier.

uhh- low key?? side note. after i sent you the previous ask abt books ghost LITERALLY sent me an epub of the falling in love montage without me asking or anything- like straight up just sent it to me 🫡. HAVEN'T READ IT YET BUT I HAVE AQUIRED IT.

oh and another thing.. i know what i said about not liking delilah green doesn't care and you taking it off of your tbr. i wanted to say- i think you should read it anyway. i would like to see you disagree with me not liking it or have a conversation about it and your thoughts. because- EVEN if i don't like it- i think you should have your own say on if you want or should read it. and like- i think itd be interesting to get your perspective or thoughts?? i wouldn't bump it high on the list or anything but i do think you should read it anyway. what i may not like, you could. i don't want you to miss out on that lol. hope that makes sense?? i can go into explanation on why i didn't like it then too. i went on a 15 min deep dive through voice notes with ghost after i finished it so 😭.

ghost managed to get me another wlw book i look forward to reading soon but i feel like this might be getting too long. i saw some art and i was sold. its like- enemies to lovers during the apocalypse?? it gives me tlou energy w the premise and thats speaking to me w my ellabs hyperfixation 🫡. obv not tlou but yeah. HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED TLOU EITHER UGH BUT I WANT TO. anygays that tis all.

ifffff and when u finish kiss her once for me dooooo lmk. ik u said you had uni stuff and might be busy so obviously no rush or pressure but do lmk whenever that is!! i would love to infodump more but idk what else to say atm lol but i hope this isn't too annoying <3. i like sending u reading asks n stuff!!

you are not sending me too many at all! Your asks have been making my day every time I get them <3 and I’ll add that to my list! I love time travel stories so imma eat it up. I haven’t read in like 2 weeks 😭 and unis starting soon😭😭😭 but the second I can muster up reading energy I’ll finish kiss her once for me :]

[likemosaic]

headcanon : griffith. re: griffith and being intersex.

iiiii don't know how explicit i can get, despite it not being sexual and purely medical, because of tumblr. but i'll try my best for the ease of explanation. beneath a read more for nsft discussion. tw for discussions of self hatred regarding being born intersex.

griffith was born intersex and as a result, was abandoned by his family, who assumed he was sick or some sort of changeling child. so it's part of the reason he feels so completely alone and destined in this world--he doesn't know what being intersex is or that he's normal, it's just something that happens. he's never met anyone else with his condition and genuinely, honestly believes he's deformed for a long time. even books he finds on the topic within the king's library all mention his condition as a "deformity".

griffith, as far as my research has allowed, has ovotestis, which means he has both "male" and "female" sex organs. his clitoris is formed into a penis, and he has no testicles. beneath his clitoris is his vagina, with a shortened vaginal canal. in most cases of ovotestis, only one set of genitals, so to speak, functions, and for griffith, that's his vagina. his "penis", so to speak, doesn't create anything, though it's how i think he is able to walk around naked in front of the band of the hawk, and to have penetrative sex with charlotte. there's an artistic rendering of what i think they look like but i don't think i can attach that image without getting flagged. regardless, as far as anyone knows, griffith is cis, because he has a penis, and i doubt anyone in a medieval fantasy world thinks about it beyond that.

that being said, because his genitals don't function either way, he can't get someone pregnant, nor can he become pregnant. this changes when he becomes femtoe--part of his transformation is to remain intersex, but to have "true" genitalia, due to his own self-hatred and lack of education about his condition. whether he can actually have an heir with charlotte, bear any children within his womb, or anything related to reproduction is not entirely certain, for me or for griffith. if it turns out him and charlotte do end up conceiving, i'll probably say yes, that it was made possible by the godhand; if not, i'll go the other way.

that said, griffith often fantasizes about being a "true" version of one gender or the other and has much self hatred for his condition, especially how it relates to his love interests and how they see him. it's part of why he killed gennon, to keep the secret he feels is "shameful". i think this also played a part with the eclipse--griffith wanted to establish that he was "a real man" now, by committing the violence that is typical of men and has been done to him in the past by other men.

not as important, but a smaller detail: griffith's puberty didn't fill him out like guts' or casca's puberty. he became more feminine and slender, if anything, due to a higher level of estrogen and lower testosterone.

[cinnamon-mushroomabomination]

tagged by @reignofdreams

nickname: Dandy! sort of- Technically its my name, but my full name is Dandelion, so Dandy is a nickname.

Height: I am sadly 5'2 😔 In my heart i am 5'5 or 5'6

Last thing I googled: How many inches is spaghetti. I had a recent uh. flour weevil infestation in all my pasta. so i had to check how long pasta was for the sealed containers I'm buying to put pasta in.

Stong suck in my head: King, by our lady and saviour Florence

follower number: iiiii... am not sure but i have a few of y'all

dream job: tattoo artist 👁👁 so bad. i wanna.

wearing: My moms springfield illinois sweatshirt, flannel sweatpants and some comfy ass socks

Aesthetic: I have multiple aesthetics, I switch from metalhead clothes (black pants, leg chains, lots of silver rings, band tees, etc) to like... alt cottagecore-ish stuff?

I have a really cute pair of green corduroy pants that I like to wear with sweaters. Like gardener type sweaters. Thats probably not a great explanation but oh well 😭

Fave authors: I still hold deep respect for Suzanne Collins, ummm... Neil Gaiman is good. I really havent been reading that many physical books lately- but I'm looking to change that in the next couple years. Also Rick Riordan.

random fact: I am double jointed in my fingers, toes, and knees :)

i have to . tag five ppl so here u go-

do it or don't, have fun either way ^^

@charmelloww @aetherisademigod @crow-cards @steveshairychest @stevesbipanic

[brrnedoutbrrista]

Huh...now that they thought about it: that makes sense, especially with some Trainers assuming Normal types are, well. Normal. And the fear of battling indoors can fuck with a person's perception (which is always funny, to them). They were, however, tempted to pout a little because of the laugh but the explanation that followed made them glad they didn't. They will try to remember this if they, somehow, challenge Larry as a fellow Gym Leader. Put the fear of Arceus--no don't.

Their thoughts, however, were pulled out when they were handed a menu and--wow there was a lot of things here. Okay. Um. Well, there's fish at least. And grilled rice balls? Fried eggs too, but it wasn't an egg eating day for them.

"Iiiii will get the grilled fish as a small serving, well done Flamethrower style, with a lemon garnish. And grilled rice balls in a small serving, same doneness with no garnish...and um. A soda, please. Thank you." and they slowly returned the menu to the server. They haven't ate all day; they forgot to eat all day. Whoops. Maybe that's why they felt a bit...anxious and Not Good Overall.

"I guess that fucking tracks." They noted as their attention turned back to Larry,

"In Jalur, we have like, our Battle Temples and we have to like...beseech to the Temple Deity for divine protection to protect the temple and onlookers during battles" their mouth turned down in a disgruntled expression,

"It's a bit of a pain to do it every Gym Battle, and it doesn't help that my memory is fucked but uh. I kinda...sorta, nearly destroyed my Temple once when I was starting out?" and suddenly their face shifted into a sheepish expression, rubbing the back of their neck, "IIIII kinda forgot to pray to the deity for divine protection and um. I nearly recreated the legend of how the Temple nearly got destroyed like thousands of years ago. Fun stuff!" it was not fun.

The question brought a laugh out of Larry, a barely audible chuckle over the din musings about the restaurant. "Normally, I'd tell you it's a trade secret, but since you're a fellow gym leader and all..." He stood, wandering the few feet over to the platformed area, and raising a hand to knock at what looked to be dead air, only for a dull thunk to beat out under his knuckles. "Barrier. One of the chefs has a Mr. Mime. On challenge days, it puts it up to keep anyone eating here safe. Middle's usually cleared out too, another chef has a Hypno that makes it look like people are up there before anyone solves the gym test."

Returning to his seat now, he looked a bit smug as he shuffled back into his place. "Any challengers are normally too distracted by the test to notice. Never heard of one seeing through the ruse, if they did anyways. Gives me an advantage, they hold back thinking the battle is going to be easy since it's indoors, and most are too nervous to go all out in the beginning too, before they realize the barrier is there. Thought it up myself, near ten years ago now, hasn't failed me yet." Something he was rather proud of, by the mischievous glint in his eyes.

It was gone just as quickly though, as a waiter approached, Larry greeting them and ordering his usual 'secret menu' item along with a water while Agni was handed a menu. "Get whatever you want. Like I said, I get a discount."

[steampoweredwerehog]

Big Mad Goblin Shark Dad (cuz I like to think I'm funny)

Almost abandoned this one, but with a bit of cleaning up I ended up liking it :3

@shinyzango @themarginalartist

[smol-and-soft]

Hello! I’m new to the community! I was wondering if you’d be willing to define some stuff and explain stuff about the community? Like what counts as a minigiant? What’s the difference between a borrower and a tiny? Stuff like that! I did go through your blog and I think I understand some stuff but more explanations would be amazing ty!

hihi!! im so glad to have helped a bit, im honestly probably not the best person to answer this (i dont talk with many people in the community, though i really want to!! (yall should send me messages and talk about cute g/t things with me) ) but from my perspective its all a matter of semantics. a lot of this space is about fulfilling fantasies, so everything, including terms like mini-giant and borrower, is in service to figuring out ways to fulfill those fantasies

from my perspective, usually i see mini-giant refer to giants that are typically in the ballpark of 8 to 15 feet tall, specifically at a size where they can still be mostly a normal person and still participate in normal life, but with some extra stipulations to account for their size. the difference between borrower and tiny is a weird one for me because borrower, as far as im aware of, was popularized by some particular kinds of media that iiiii have no real perspective on? <w> ive never read, watched, or seen anything with borrowers so ive never had to interact with it, but from what i understand a borrower is just a specific kind of tiny. if other people have a better understanding of it, lmk in the replies to this post so this anon can get a better understanding ^^

[nyehilismwriting]

Hii, I was just wondering how do you go about writing the technical aspects of Hadea? Like when they're talking about repairing the ship, the comms, even Rohan's explanation of IVI. Is it something that you have to research beforehand? Thank you. :)

iiiii make a lot of shit up :) the stuff about repairing the ship and comms is mostly fairly meaningless jargon - i do a little bit of googling and then i run wild and if it sounds dumb i edit it later lmao. there are basic principles of space travel/long distance comms/general physics that you can apply, but it's generally more important that things follow the internally consistent lore you've laid out than that it adheres directly to real-life science.

the stuff about the AI is much more thought-out and actually does have some kinda basis in real science (if not. much); it's definitely more of a philosophical approach than a rigorous scientific theory, but it is something I've put a lot of thought into and will, at some point, probably release a bunch of bonus material about. you'll get more of an explanation of how it all works in-game, though :-)

[red-elric]

zero notes perfect here its under the cut

aradia with....

- tavros. best buds, each others' first friend in the group, team charge!! maybe moirail vibes if their dynamic had been introduced after the quadrant explanation?? met through flarping :3

- sollux. im a 'boyfriend refers to matesprit' kinda guy myself. umm i think they met through some combo of crosbytop contacts + ruins excavations + kanaya's skaia dreams. but they got really close along the way! maybe also just..... aradia found this really weird computer and asked a tech forum about it, and he responded

- karkat. sollux's little tagalong friend who's weirdly passionate about everything/one of terezi's flarp friends and/or sollux's girlfriend. i think they dont know each other that well but karkat has latched onto her as one of His Friends w the passion of a thousand burning suns, as he does

- nepeta. i think terezi introduced them but they get along well! at least before aradia fuckin dies lmao...... i do think thats part of why aradia was always gonna have nepeta as her server player tho. she knew nepeta was trustworthy ❤️ also nepeta is definitely in the 'knows aradia enough to be worried about her but doesnt actually know what happened' crew w sollux and probs karkat

- kanaya. ruins buds and skaia clouds! i think sollux brought them together technically but they developed a solid working relationship p quickly. i also think kanaya probably thinks aradia is REALLY COOL lmao. but doesnt let on

- terezi. flarp buds!!!! mm im gonna say these two met on flarp forums as kids and were the ones to bring team charge and team scourge together (two already existing teams). terezi wanted a nice friendly battle for once and aradia was happy to meet rivals who wouldnt look down on them for being lowbloods maybe? but then uh. vriska. anyway this is why we get the aradia and terezi somewhat close relationship we see hehe. terezi taking responsibility for bringing vriska to the group and such

- vriska. lmaoooo. brought together by flarp and terezi, probably didnt get along v well...... p much right away. i think aradia probably TRIED to be friends w her for a while and vriska wasnt as tough on her as she was to tavros (since aradia can wreck her shit alone lmao) but eventually enough was enough (which we all saw in canon)

- equius. vriska (who was weird enough) introduced her weird neighbor to the group (probably bc of some favor she owed him). aradia doesnt think about him much, equius apparently dreamed of dancing w her under the moonlight

- gamzee. tavros's weird..... slam poetry friend??/tavros's bitchin flarp sister. she doesnt like to interact w him much but shes happy tavros is branching out and making more friends! gamzee miiiight have flashes of getting weirdly territorial about tavros towards her idk

- eridan. vriska (already an asshole) introduced her asshole kismesis to the group (probably trying to pawn his attention off onto someone else). iiiii dont think these two would interact much, and if they did eridan would be an ass to her and aradia would treat him like the loser he is

- feferi. LMFAO. they know each other vaguely through eridan ig??? anyway i think aradia is p much the only one to clock INSTANTLY that feferi's about as classist as eridan in many ways. like aradia fucking HATES her we see it in openbound. it only has a little bit to do w her flirting w aradias bf!!! meanwhile feferi, local classist, barely remembers aradia exists sometimes

tavros with....

- sollux. know each other through aradia obviously, probably get along well enough but give each other a bit of a 'you stay in your lane ill stay in mine' vibe. which i think works for them!

- karkat. met through the aradia and sollux pipeline, karkat latched onto their friendship w the fire of a thousand suns, etc. tavros is a little weirded out by that intensity but i think he also kinda likes the concept! which is why i think he texts karkat when hes paralyzed by vriska...... unfortunately he caught karkat in the middle of his 'oh fuck i gotta tone down my passion and act Cool TM' phase :(

- nepeta. yeah they get along great! met through terezi i think but nepeta really integrated herself in the flarp crew pretty quickly imo. tavros wishes they could play more games together i think but between equius and his paralysis thats difficult :(

- kanaya. iiiii dont think they know each other that well. which is the main way i can justify kanayas reactions to the vriska and tavros things. i think by the time they started talking the full group was pretty well in swing, rather than it being a daisy chain of connections, so no one in particular introduced them. kanaya cares about him tho and tries to help in multiple instances throught the story

- terezi. flarp buds!!! met through aradia ish but they get along p well. i dooo think tavros has a period of being moderately terrified by BOTH scourge sisters but he learns quickly enough that terezi is all bark and no bite. meanwhile terezi considers him a friend and therefore Off Limits for vriska...... supposedly

- vriska. lots going on here. however theyre both part of the original flarp buds group..... i wonder if there was a time when their relationship was a little better? like, vriska was still vriska but i wonder if she wasnt AS actively horrible to him before he started branching out to other friends and realizing he didnt have to put up w her shit. i feel like shed react to an old friend drifting away from her pretty toxically.....

- equius. vriska's neighbor intro, but also potentially in the slam poetry forums lmfao. like tavros and gamzee talked w him a few times online and were both like 'actually this guy's kinda awful lets ghost him' and then a few months later vriska introduces her neighbor to the flarp group and tavros is like ITS HIM. tavros is in the worried about nepeta bc of equius crew

- gamzee. slam poetry buds!! i think tavros is not AS into gamzee as gamzee is into him but i do think they get along :3 well enough that tavros introduced him to the group. i think tavros was probably relieved when gamzee started hanging out w karkat more though.... 100% of gamzee's attention is a Lot

- eridan. they dont get along lmaooo. tavros has him in the same category as equius as 'vriskas asshole highblood friends' and tries to avoid him. eridan probably tried to hit on him a couple times before getting pissy bc tavros was NOT interested and going 'i never liked him anyway'

- feferi. also one of vriskas asshole highblood friends but like. the nice one? i think theyve probably not talked much but tavros has come away from it w the impression that shes pretty nice, if a little eccentric. feferi thinks hes sweet but finds his quirk annoying i think lmaooo

sollux with....

- karkat. passion and suns etc etc etc. they met through coding forums and i think karkat just kept annoying sollux about his code questions bc sollux was nice to him one (1) time. however sollux does genuinely like him :) they were each others first friend in the group, and sollux is the one to introduce karkat to everyone else. good buds! even tho they complain about each other

- nepeta. okay so i think sollux is a little less than interested in roleplaying games and mostly puts up w it for aradias sake. and unfortunately this opinion does not extend to nepeta, the mascot of larping. meanwhile nepeta thinks hes no fun akshdhsh. theyre nice to each other when they talk dont get me wrong they just. would not seek each other out for anything lmaooo

- kanaya. sollux i think was also kanaya's first friend in the group, but this happens AFTER most of the larger group has already started talking; i think kanaya joined the group pretty late (attributing this to her kinda naïve way of thinking about vriska). i think she saw his trollian in a dream and messaged him out of the blue to talk about the ruins and skaia and stuff alshdhdhh. i think he pretty quickly shuffled her over to aradia like 'here, crazy meet crazy' but they DO continue to get along. hes also her it guy and hes less mad about it w her than most other ppl imo

- terezi. THEYRE FRIENDS. between the two of them theyre popular within the entire group, which is probably why theyre the ones who get sgrub started. i think sollux was a little 'flarper? how cringe' towards terezi for like five seconds but then she started talking about gaming (shes a gamer! she likes games other than (f)larping!) and he was like 'oh shit shes really cool actually.' they get along really well

- vriska. hmm i think he already didnt like her very much (found her pretty annoying) and then later all he knows is that aradia is Different Now and all anyone will tell him is that its vriskas fault. so hes got a pretty fuckin low opinion of her. kinda pissed we never saw a vriska and sollux fight tbh. anyway i think vriska (insane person) resents the attention sollux gets from aradia sometimes and also doesnt like him v much. she wants ALLLLLLLL the attention!!!!!!!!

- equius. honestly i dont think theyd have any interest in each other. like i just dont think theyve talked much. i do however think that sollux has had to scrape viruses out of equius's computer on more than one occasion and that has not left him w a high opinion of equius......

- gamzee. iiiiii think theyre mainly chill w each other? they mainly talk about karkat probably, once the karkat/gamzee codependent friendship has started to develop, taking some of the weight off of the karkat/sollux and gamzee/tavros codependencies. sollux might think gamzee's a little weird but he's happy that he makes karkat happy :)

- eridan. lmfaooooo boys ur spades crushes are showing. they have NEVER gotten along (tho that was probs heavily intensified when sollux and feferi started having their thing). sollux thinks he's a huge jerk and eridan thinks he's a lower life form. but both in a kinda hot way akdhhdhdhdh. messy messy

- feferi. i think as soon as they met through the daisy chain and whatnot feferi has been a little sweet on him teehee. potentially bc of ancestor stories???? idk we never get confirmation one way or another of what feferi knows about the ancestors but she seems like the type to be interested in them. anyway for SOME REASON she was the only one willing to listen when sollux wanted to complain about aradia (after she fuckin dies lmao) so i think they were growing steadily closer even before the game and the feferi/eridan breakup. just like..... quietly

karkat with....

- everyone. necessary for him bc its just a default that karkat has latched on to all of his friends w the passion of a thousand burning suns. thats just who he is here's the catch all

- nepeta. we know she has her crush on him; i think they were probably introduced to the larger group around the same time and he was probably really nice to her akdhhdhd. i think shes also emotionally intelligent enough to recognize his less nice behavior for what it is: fronting to blend in w the cooler kids (vriska, sollux, terezi). on the other half, he really doesnt mind talking to her bc shes one of the few trolls that doesnt scare him much :3 tho HE is emotionally intelligent enough to recognize her crush on him and that makes him a lil uncomfortable :/ in another world theyd be REALLY good friends

- kanaya. youre my mom! boogie woogie woogie woogie. sollux introduces them and kanaya is struck by a crippling need to fuss over him like a child akdhdhdh. karkat likes her bc he finds her more reasonable than 90% of their other friends. theyve got a really close relationship that is DIFFICULT to define in troll terms, and they also talk romance novels together ❤️ even if theyre not huge fans of each others tastes hahaha. also: queer kids solidarity

- terezi. teehee they liiiiike each otherrrrr. uhh i think karkat has been into her for longer, like pre revenge cycle, and then after everything that happened w that she was REALLY SICK of ppl like vriska and latched onto him as like. the nicest sweetest guy she knows who is also conveniently really into her. not to say her feelings for him arent real; they very much are! she's genuinely really attracted to the adorable guy he is. buuuut he's a bit of a rebound for her rip

- vriska. KARKAT WANTS TO BE HER SOOOO BAD LMAOOO. he never will be theyre v different ppl but she's got ALL of terezi's attention and she's also a very traditionally impressive troll so he tries to imitate her a lot. doesnt work v well tho bc hes like. not a jerk, and he has some lines he wont cross. vriska i think didnt really think about him much until terezi started paying attention to him? and then she was a little resentful of him but never really saw him as a threat. secretly i think she respects his ppl skills :3

- equius. man karkat is the LEADER of the 'hey we should be worried about nepeta being w this guy' club and equius has similar opinions towards him tbh so they dont really get along? and yet karkat would still die for him bc he's like that. and canonically, equius would die for him too! they dont like each other really tho

- gamzee. theyre besties o-(-( tavros probably introduced them and like..... i think gamzee really latched onto karkats whole unconditional love and friendship vibe and does his best to reciprocate :,) theyre both really intense friends so the other trolls are a little glad that theyve latched onto each other like they did. theyre good for each other!!

- eridan. i think when they FIRST became friends they were talking to EACH OTHER about romance problems and things a lot, not quite so one sided as we see in sgrub. karkat was probably nicer to eridan than anyone else was, except maybe feferi, so he latched onto him a bit. karkat unfortunately then realized everyone else hated eridan so he started pushing away from him more to seem cooler

- feferi. they are studying each other like little bugs 👁️👁️ feferi doesnt understand the way he interacts w ppl at ALL but finds it fascinating nonetheless. karkats really confused by her bc she doesnt act the way hed expect a fuschia blood to but hes intrigued by her nonetheless! they dont talk directly TO each other much but theyre always keeping half an eye on the other. figuring shit out :3

nepeta with....

- kanaya. iiiii think they get along fine? but like kanaya gives off the vibe of someone who is Important and has Important Things To Do and nepeta buys into that more than most. i think kanaya joined the group kinda late so maybe she didnt get the chance to get to know nepeta v well...... sad :(

- terezi. THEYRE BUDDIES!!! terezi introduced nepeta to the larger group after larping online w her :3 nepeta's a little annoyed by how violent terezi's larping is but like in a 'shes trying too hard' kinda way akahhshdhdh. they still get along really well and i think terezi really appreciates her as a less murderhappy friend of hers :)

- vriska. they are NOT buddies akshsjshdh. between equius warning her off and vriska's general bad vibes iiii dont think nepeta ever liked her v much...... theyve probably larped together a few times but nepeta's Not A Fan of how vriska larps :( vriska is just looking for attention in any form, so she doesnt mind tormenting nepeta every now and then, buuuuut i think shes actually a little afraid of equius and knows how much he genuinely cares about her so nepeta gets a free pass from a lot of her worse bullshit, at least

- equius. MEOWRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! despite what the protect nepeta club thinks, these two are the BEST moirails for LIFE!!!! they met in a larger group chat interaction probably and nepeta being the sweetie she is privately messaged him when she realized he was kinda getting left out of the convo. they got to talking together and really hit it off!!! now they are insepurrable :3 nepeta has her doubts about his behoofior from time to time but she can tell he really really likes her and has a bit of an 'i can fix him' mentality about it. she finds him really cute tho :3c

- gamzee. i think nepeta probably doesnt talk to him (or the rest of the highbloods tbh) much bc of equius's warnings? beyond that tho i think she finds him a bit off putting. shes friendly to him for karkat and tavros's sakes tho! gamzee i think doesnt think about her much but knows shes close-ish to his two main dudes...... which ends up being dangerous for her :(

- eridan. he has definitely hit on her, she was not into it, they both have pretty low opinions of the other. eridan has probably tried to instill comraderie w her as the 'social outcasts' of the group not realizing nepeta is actually very popular lmfao. she agrees w equius that eridan is a loser that shouldnt be entertained

- feferi. iiiiii think they get along okay? nepeta knows two out of three highbloods that equius warned her away from are freaks so maybe shes apprehensive about meeting feferi but i think their personalities would do well together! theyve quite possibly larped together and feferi has probably done her deadpan """pissed""" schtick at nepeta for roleplaying a MEOWBEAST when she's playing FISH??? cod, girl, how could you???? before laughing it off bc she was just joking ajshsjhdhdhdh. i think they both find each other a little weird but overall positive feelings toward the other.

kanaya with....

- terezi. iiiiii cant imagine theyve talked much, considering how kanaya was acting towards vriska. this is a 'kanaya joined the group late' moment; like, i think theyre friendly w each other, but kanaya doesnt know the FULL extent of the vriska drama and terezi doesnt exactly wanna tell her about it and come off as the girl complaining about her ex to her ex's new girl so. theres an awkward energy there. i think they become better friends later on :,)

- vriska. kanaya's useless lesbian moment ❤️ and vriska's rebound from terezi tbqh. i think vriska doesnt really take her seriously until murderstuck lol, by which time kanaya is well over vriska...... from the earlier days tho, kanaya's romanticizing rainbow drinker novels and therefore into girls who are mean to her. real 'i could fix her' moment tbh

- equius. kanaya's not a lowblood or a highblood so she's not really interesting to equius, and equius is a gross gross man so he's not really interesting to kanaya. if theyve talked, he's been a dick to her and she's been unimpressed. not much of a relationship there tbh

- gamzee. i think kanaya's a little intrigued by him tbh? she finds him as a highblood who's not a TOTAL asshole, just a weirdo, to be really refreshing, and she likes that he's there for karkat. gamzee i think doesn't get her relationship w karkat at all but doesnt concern himself much w her. he's nice when she talks to him tho

- eridan. she spent some time trying to get to know him at first bc of vriska's interest in him but quickly realized that vriska wasnt actually that interested in him and also that he's a loser. however by this point she has accidentally established herself as 'person who will talk to him' so she's kinda stuck w him sometimes :/ i think she doesnt think he's TRULY awful but she doesnt wanna waste her time on him. eridan is convinced that one day he'll prove how great he is to her and she'll help him get back in w vriska

- feferi. they get along!! girls who have to deal w eridan often stick together ❤️ they also fundamentally dont understand each other as a lesbian and a straight girl respectively but its okayy theyre still vibing

terezi with....

- vriska. hoo boy we could write a whole essay here. lets leave it at this: they were friends w each other before anyone else, they met through flarping but also through vriska seeking out ppl from mindfangs journal, and they are so fucking obsessed w each other. terezi also feels v overwhelmed by vriska at all times; its not a v healthy relationship! in turn, vriska would do ANYTHING for terezi's attention, good or bad

- equius. they dont have much of a relationship but she sure is in the 'hes bad for nepeta' club!! equius doesnt think much of her either way, which she also finds annoying

- gamzee. LMAO i think theyve always been annoyed by each other. competing for karkat's favorite person title a little bit. like theyre friendly outwardly to each other dont get me wrong but theres an ENERGY there even in their early canon convos. like its sooo so subtle but the spades energy was always there!!!

- eridan. i think he's actually a little scared of her MFHSJHD. like he probably tried to be weird about vriska towards her once and she fuckin FREAKED HIM OUT. so now he avoids her as much as possible, which she finds kinda funny

- feferi. i think they had a really intense conversation once where they tried to out-weird girl each other before acknowledging the others' respective strength and deciding to stay in their respective lanes mdhsjdhhsjwdhdhdhdhdh. feferi doesnt mess w vriska or karkat too much, terezi doesnt mess w sollux or eridan too much, theyre both happy hehehe

vriska with....

- equius. heeeeeeeey neighbor! these two are like..... weirdly on the same wavelength. probably vriska's closest relationship that ISNT based on her mindfang roleplay? like i guess it is a little bit, darkleer does help mindfang out w some things, but she doesnt try as hard w him which i think is kinda sweet tbh. equius is similarily begrudgingly chill w her; like he warns nepeta to stay away from her but i also think if he needed help protecting nepeta from smth vriska would be the first person hed ask. idk vibes!!

- gamzee. he doesn't register on her radar at ALL lmfao. like she's thinking of him as a nobody, which doesnt bother him at ALL bc she's not really messing w his ppl. except she DOES mess w tavros but iiii think that tavros is v careful to make sure he doesnt know about that bc he knows gamzee well enough to know it would NOT go over well

- eridan. vriska sought him out to be her kismesis bc of mindfang, which made him SUPER happy, but realized fairly quickly that he's super lame by her standards lmfao. eridan ofc got v attached but he does also find her intimidating so he's more likely to bother OTHER ppl to try and get back into her good graces than bother her himself

- feferi. vriska doesn't know her well enough to realize she's a bad bitch! feferi has a pretty low opinion of her and is quietly v mean to her in her quiet little way lmfao. vriska i think probably feels like they have a good relationship lol (both sick of eridan gang?) but feferi actually is not happy that vriska's the one who made eridan even MORE annoying akshjsdhdbb

equius with.....

- gamzee. god equius is so weird about him..... he's like very intimidated by him but simultaneously upset that he doesnt act the way equius thinks he should. gamzee thinks hes a little strange and maybe doesnt like him much? but is chill enough to humor him anyway. they DO have slam poetry in common which he is hopeful could lead them to a better friendship. not thrilled by how equius treats tavros tho........

- eridan. equius doesnt like him at all, eridan is scared of him a bit mdhsjsjdh. not a good relationship, they mutually avoid each other and only really intetact if equius is pissed at him over eridan being creepy to nepeta or smth

- feferi. i legitimately think equius would NEVER talk to her akshdhdhhd. like he will go SILENT if shes around he's terrified of her and will not speak to her. so bc of that they dont have much of a relationship..... not that feferi's too upset by that, judging by the things she's heard about him

gamzee with.....

- eridan. tbh eridan does best w ppl when they feel obligated by social cues to be nice to him and gamzee doesnt really bother w any of that so eridan finds him difficult to deal w. which means he's just straight up mean to gamzee :( gamzee's not really HAPPY about that but he's not too bothered if it's just him getting the brunt of it.....

- feferi. god i have this specific interaction in my head where gamzee asks her, as the ocean lady, if she knows what happened to goatdad and she tells him she doesnt know but any lone lusii in her area get fed to her lusus :C and its just a bad time all around. i dont think they talk much

eridan with.....

- feferi. she feels obligated to spend time w him both due to their respective positions and his help w feeding her lusus, he genuinely really likes her and wants all of her attention. hes just..... also an asshole. really says a lot that she ditches him as soon as she's sure the game's starting soon and she wont need him anymore, both towards her acting skills and her general opinion of him

conclusions.....

- the (f)larpers are integral to this friend group and the non (f)larpers cannot ignore the fact that their friend group was built around role playing (and slam poetry!)

- kanaya, feferi, and to an extent karkat are the least connected to the og group (aradia, tavros, terezi, vriska) and thats why i think they should be good buds

- nepeta is actually v popular!!!

- the 'cool kids' that everyone else in the group tries to fit in w are aradia, sollux, nepeta, and terezi.... those more on the fringes think vriska is more of a cool kid than nepeta but they are wrong

sigh. wrote up a complete series of mini analyses of each beta trolls' relationship w each other beta troll prior to sgrub, like as theyre finding each other and getting to know one another. who wants to read it

[undercoveravenger]

Warmth

Pairing: Paul Lahote x Male!Reader

Requested: Yes

Original Request: “Iiiii wanna request one of the wolf boys of your choice in Twilight imprinting on Bella’s younger brother and how the Cullens were involved cuz they all baby him so much. Thank you & I love your works a lot btw, hope you have a nice day”

A/N: I went with Paul, bc that gives Emmett reason to go angry brother bear mode lol, hope that’s okay!

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“Why am I here again?” You asked, looking over at your sister. The two of you, along with the entire Cullen family, were hanging around in some snow-covered clearing in the woods, waiting for the Quileute wolves to show up so that they could renegotiate the treaty, so that, hopefully, the Cullens could turn Bella without causing a full-on war to break out. “I get that this is important to you and all, but Bells, I’m human, and I don’t really want that to change, so I don’t see how this involves me.”

“Because you’re an honorary Cullen, human or otherwise.” Bella grinned at you, reaching over to shove you playfully, “And Emmett wouldn’t shut up about seeing his future brother-in-law again, so I figured this would be a good time to bring you to visit.” She shrugged, looking back out toward the wall of trees in the direction of the reservation, “Besides, having another normal person here might help convince everyone to keep a level head.”

You snorted, crossing your arms over your chest, “Bells, you’re a lot of things, but normal definitely isn’t one of them.” You waited with your sister for a few more minutes before getting bored and going to go talk to Alice and Jasper.

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Time seemed to have been passing even slower for Emmett than it had been for you, since you’d barely even greeted the dainty vampire and her mate before the brunet’s arms snaked around your waist and dragged you up against his chest and you barely had enough time to close your eyes before he was suplexing you into a snow drift.

To mess with him, you remained perfectly still once he’d let go of you, even going so far as to hold your breath. There was a lot of shouting, far more than if it had been just the Cullens to witness your little prank, meaning the wolves had undoubtedly arrived just in time to see you get pitched into a snowbank. There was the expected moment of arguing but before you knew it, you’d been hauled up out of the snow by a pair of arms so warm that you had to wonder whether hypothermia had set in upon impact.

“What the hell, leech?!” The chest you were being held against rumbled as it’s owner growled, “Not enough to have to kill things to exist, now you go killing your own sympathizers!”

You could hear Emmett snarling and you knew that you needed to intervene before things got even further out of hand. You jerked against the stranger’s grip, forcing yourself out of their arms and back to your feet. “Don’t get your fur in a bunch, Fido,” you grumbled, stumbling a little as you tried to regain your balance. “I’m fine, just a little colder than I’d like to be.” It was then that you looked up at your ‘rescuer.’

His hands were still extended out toward you to help steady you if you needed it, but now you’d been knocked off balance for an entirely different reason. He was tall, towering over you easily even though you really weren’t all that short yourself, and he was built, with thick arms and a defined chest and abs and the rich russet color of his skin only made his musculature all the more appealing. Suddenly you were a little regretful that your playing-dead act had ended so soon. He had close cropped black hair that nearly matched the pitch-dark eyes that were fixated on you, like the two of you were the only people left in the world. 

His lips twitched up into a tiny grin, like it was meant for you and you only. “Hi,” he said, voice small and breathless like he’d just run a marathon. “I’m Paul.”

You’d opened your mouth to respond when you were cut off by the celebratory whoops and hollers coming from the rest of the wolf pack. Your brows furrowed and you turned away from Paul to see what all the commotion was about.

You could see Edward murmur something quietly to the rest of the family, dark amber eyes flickering warily between the two of you. Emmett bristled, storming over and planting himself between the two of you. “No way in hell,” he said, crossing his arms over his chest. “Any of the other mutts I could’ve learned to live with, but you? Fat fucking chance.”

The werewolf’s shoulders straightened and you could tell he was trying to hold himself back. “It’s not really any of your business anyway.”

“Not my business?” Emmett hissed, tensing at the insinuation. “(M/N)’s my best friend! It’s definitely my business if some mongrel thinks it’s his place to come try and steal him away!”

It was fair to say that you were incredibly confused, but you knew that your first step needed to be defusing the situation. “Emmett,” you said, putting a hand on his shoulder as you spoke, “You wanna tell me what’s got you so pissy?”

Rosalie was the one to answer you, stalking forward to stand beside her husband and glare at Paul. “This pathetic little puppy imprinted on you.”

“Imprinted?” Your brows furrowed and you glanced toward the rest of the pack for an explanation.

Jacob, the only one of the wolves you’d actually met before now, nodded at you, “It’s, uh, kind of like soulmates. When a wolf imprints, it’s like their person is the only thing that matters anymore. Like they’re what’s holding you to the planet, not gravity.”

“Oh.” Well. That hadn’t been what you were expecting. You turned back to look at the vampires blocking you from Paul’s sight, nudging your way past them with a sigh so you could look up at Paul. “Is that true? Did you imprint on me?”

You could see him swallow hard before he forced himself to speak, “Y-yeah.” He was quick to backtrack, “But it doesn’t have to be r-romantic or anything, if that’s not what you want or you aren’t into guys or anything. We could just be friends? Or, uh, whatever you want me to be, really?”

You couldn’t help but smile a little; he was cute when he got flustered. “Tell you what, after this, if negotiations go well, I’ll let you take me out to dinner and we can talk about it, okay?”

Paul brightened, a wide grin taking over his features, “Yeah? Yeah.” He paused, seemingly getting lost in thought for a second, “Yeah-” He pulled a face, “I said that already. Um, sure. Anywhere you want is fine, I’ll just be happy to be there,” he grinned at you sheepishly, ducking his head to hide the faint blush coloring his cheeks.

Carlisle chose that moment to interrupt, “Well, with that excitement settled,” he started, shooting the two of you an amused grin. Esme smiled at the two of you from her place beside him, “I believe we have a treaty to discuss?”

Emmett and Rosalie headed back to the rest of the Cullens with a huff, but the rest didn’t seem all too bothered about your new bodyguard/soulmate. Alice even looked excited, bouncing up and down on her toes and speaking quickly to Jasper, probably already planning your wedding even though you and Paul had just barely met. 

You took a few steps toward the group before a thought struck you. You turned to look over your shoulder at the werewolf, “Hey, Paul? You said you’d be anything I needed you to, right?”

He perked up as you addressed him, grinning back at you. “Absolutely.”

“Well,” you started, smirking mischievously, “I’m still pretty chilly, so I could really use a space heater?”

Paul smiled as he realized what you meant, waiting until you turned back to listen to the negotiations to drape himself over you, slipping his arms around your middle so he could pull you flush against his chest. He pressed a barely-there kiss to your shoulder before setting his chin there so he could still see what was happening. He may not have known what you’d want from him in the future, but right now, with you in his arms, Paul was perfectly content.

[lenasai]

rating my blaseball works on the parker scale

a little under a week ago, i made a post detailing a 1-5 metric for evaluating the amount of knowledge of various aspects of blaseball asked of a reader to understand the events and narrative driving the work. this can be anything from actual game mechanics and plot events to character/team lore.

tl;dr explanation: a rating of 1 means you can understand it with little to no prior knowledge of blaseball, a rating of 3 means the average blaseball fan should be able to understand what's going on, and a rating of 5 means the reader should be well-versed in the subject in order to understand the work properly. this refers to prior knowledge assumed of the reader. if the events are somehow explained in the text or in a beginning/end note, it can justify a lower rating.

for the purpose of self-evaluation and to provide examples of what i personally would consider something that falls under each rating, i will be rating my own fics below the cut. you don't have to be familiar with my writing - i'll give an explanation of why i gave it the rating i did.

so, here we go! i'll rate them in chronological order.

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that which you cannot kill - 3

reasoning: this is an example of a work which has its rating lowered by an explanation of the events at the beginning. even if you didn't know anything about the second wyatt masoning, the excerpt from the season 14 blaseball beat explaning the details in full is at the beginning. additionally, max and ivy's names are color coded in the blaseball beat excerpt so you know who's who when they speak individually.

while it does help to know a little bit about the characters before going into it, this isn't absolutely necessary to understanding what's going on. additionally, there are some bits of team lore included, these are not central to the plot and aren't required knowledge.

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blasetober 2021 (poetry collection) - 4

reasoning: it's hard to rate a collection of short poems as a whole, but this covers a lot of characters and their individual stories, as well as plot events and individual games. without the character tags to serve as a guide for who/what each individual poem is about, you're kind of going off vibes. these were initially posted individually on discord and had a background included with each one, which is not present in the collective work published to ao3. however, even without the background knowledge, it's mostly possible to just vibe with poetry, so it's not a solid 5.

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snippets from the immaterial plane (poetry collection) - 4

reasoning: same as above re: rating a poetry collection as a whole. however, here i would like to provide examples of individual poems that would fit each rating:

-salmon: 1 (you don't need to know anything about blaseball to vibe with this one. hell, you could read it as being about actual salmon and still get the vibe.)

-a soul is a heavy burden: 2 (even if you're unfamiliar with chorby soul's story, it's a pretty basic rundown of what happened to them. the reader should have a basic understanding of what happens to players who are brought back from the dead and perhaps also consumers, but it's still pretty easy to vibe with this one imo)

-save situation: 3 (this assumes knowledge of the season 24 earlsiesta. italicized lines are taken directly from parker macmillan iiiii's speech. it also indirectly references the coin and the original parker macmillan. basically, if you know the general plot of season 24, you should be able to get this one.)

-on knives and how to use them: 4 (there's a bit more background knowledge required here, but context clues can help with that. the season 15 day 37 garages vs. lovers game is directly referenced, and looking through the character tags listed at the top would probably help the reader figure out max is the speaker. if you know the "you" in the poem is nan, and you know what happened on s15d37, then it becomes easier to understand.)

-fourteen days: 5 (the only context clues here might come from carefully looking at the character tags, which would indicate this poem is about mike townsend and jaylen hotdogfingers. however, that's about it. in order to really get what's going on, the reader would need to know about jaylen's season 17 career, in which she was on the rotation next to mike townsend for fourteen days before being involved in a feedback swap on s17d15. there is also reference to a game involving betsy trombone and pitching machine getting into a fight, which probably only hits as a funny moment if you know that's what it's about. basically, most people who aren't garages fans familar with the characters and their backstories might miss out on this one.)

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don't forget them when they're gone - 3

reasoning: this one is pretty easy to understand with an average knowledge of blaseball (specifically, short circuits.) many of the plot events show the first two short circuits playing out. knowing the backstories of any of the three main characters isn't necessary here, as all of the relevant parts are explained in some detail during the story.

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lucky number 81 (what if) - 4

reasoning: this one would be a solid 5 without the end note. it references a lot of election results and very specific "what if" scenarios (hence the title) that get explained in an end note.

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the merry exit (un?)memorial dimension traveling club - 3

reasoning: the beginning note explains this fic is about merry exit meeting the version of themself from the tutorial game (which is currently unavailable on the actual website, so the reader can't currently go looking for that knowledge prior to reading.) it's not impossible to understand without knowing what happened in the tutorial game because it gets explained at some point, which is the only thing keeping me from giving it a higher rating. if you have a basic understanding of short circuits, even without knowing what happened during the tutorial game, it should still be understandable.

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ghost stories - 2

reasoning: honestly, i think even if you don't know much about ken loser and the klongs, this one's solid vibes. it does help to know about those things, though.

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hold on, you'll live to play again - 3

reasoning: even though it's not finished (i'll write the last chapter eventually, i promise lmao) i don't expect to write anything that's gonna give it a higher rating. it does help to know a little bit about the characters, but it's not absolutely essential to understanding the story because their situation is briefly explained at the beginning. while there is a bit of core mechanics lore included in the story, it's not required knowledge and is mostly there for worldbuilding purposes. the first chapter loosely follows the s20d111 steaks vs. mechs game, which the reader also does not need to be familiar with.

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ashes, dust, and other reminders of what once was - 3

reasoning: the reader is mostly just expected to have a general understanding of the vault and legendary players. the fic follows chorby soul from season 18 to the semi-centennial. you can be just as confused as they are and learn about parker macmillan along with them if you're not familar with the later part of the expansion era.

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the tragedy of the fire eater - 3

reasoning: probably doesn't make much sense if you don't know about the fire eater modifier and what it does. it could take on a different interpretation if you want to include the fact that incineration attempts are not related to fire eater at all (perhaps the idea that they're protecting their teammates is just an illusion)

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so uh...yeah. if you read all of this, thanks. here is a cookie because you deserve it 🍪

(also if you're interested in stuff i wrote, i have a tag for that!)

[akisata-moved]

louie's devilman deep dive (part 1)

because it's not like i have anything better to do at 3 am.

as a quick background: this is mainly about my hunt for the cb chara manga. ive known of the vague existence of a cb chara go nagai world manga for a little while now. and, considering how i just finished the cb chara wars video game, i decided that it could be fun to continue my search for the manga that allegedly exists but i have never seen literally anything about, ever. so in we go, after changing up a few google settings....

this set of books was the first thing i stumbled upon, and... listen, okay. i'll admit that i am mainly using google translate to scrape by here. something i noticed was that in the descriptions for the volumes, they tack the word for 'encyclopedia' on after the names. so.. this leads me to believe that this isnt the manga im looking for. other translation attempts include it saying things like 'video story explanation' or 'video story commentary', so. also, from the preview of the books, it seems to just be screenshots from the ova? well anyways

put your ass away my lord

oh well. time to move on. the next website i stumbled upon was.... this? blog post? this blog post is kind of cool, because it has a lot of neat pics and stuff from the dvd/little booklet that comes with it/etc. BUT...

it has THIS...! okay! now we're getting somewhere. this is definitely a manga. i mean it says so down in the corner im pretty sure. so now we have a little bit of a lead, maybe. so...

google image search gave me nothing (sad). so i tried looking for it based on the title we have there and.... hrm... nothing, still. troublesome. oh well. back to the drawing board, i guess.

the next place i ended up was... this website! and i stumbled upon this?

i badly wish the quality of this image was... better but oh well.

this is a newspaper from 1992? uh.... not exactly what im looking for, but an interesting find nonetheless.

the search continues.... and i got a little distracted.

they censored him?!?!?!? violence jack is there...

MY LORD........ wake up new chibi ryo+satan just dropped

i ended up finding these pictures which are... admittedly unrelated to the manga hunt, but oh my goodness just look at them. just look at these images. oh my god. anyways. i keep searching. i realized at this point that i am about 85% sure that i am looking for that manga with koji on the cover. but...

iiiii didnt find it. but i did find this, which i think is something entirely different?!? and after trying to figure out what this is i came to the conclusion that its.... really weirdly horny and maybe published in corocoro and MAYBE from the 90s and MAYBEEE based off of cb chara??????

hm. oh well. at this point, i'm way off from my original goal, but i guess that'll happen.

as i continue on my travels, i found this, also. im like so hung up on this one. look at these guys. oh my lord... sadly, i was unable to find a higher quality version of this pic (i really only found. two. two photos of this art. sad, because im kind of obsessed with it... geeeez....)

finally, the last little thing i leave you all with after my nearly 3-hour adventure is......... naked saga ryo.....

...........neat!

[laggs-cringe-corner]

ok so for Zato/Eddie's team I challenged myself to use only pokemon in the base pokedex for Paldea (becuase .Spain)

Crobat is the posterchild for 'evil baddie bad guy secretly has more than one dimension bc he cares about his critters' mixed in with the fact that zubat is a commonly derided pokemon for being annoying to encounter in some early games i think? My initial idea was to have them all be freind evolutions but then i found out there are. exactly 20 of those. and I wanted a wider range of choice than that. I could have picked umbreon, but I think zubat's status as an annoying pest makes the crobat's presence more meaningful. Of course you'd want to befreind an eevee! Do you want to befreind a bat that learns poison fang though? that turns into a bigger bat with cross poison?? you gotta be a certain kind of committed is what I'm trying to get at

This next one's cheating, techinally, but the imagery of Galarian Slowking being eaten alive by the shelder that was supposed to help it grow stronger was too relevant to pass up. Plus, regular slowking is available in paldea! It counts!! Trust me!!!!

Zoroark might be the most tenuous one to have here, mostly a nod to eddie being animated with copious amounts of shapeshifting; but also the pokedex states that it can use its illusions to delude large crowds of people, all to protect the weakest members of its pack.

I feel that Annihilape is the one that needs the least explanation. Yeah he died yeah he's still here yeah he's stronger than ever before so lets THROW DOWN-

Ceruledge is neck and neck with Zoroark for the pokemon i could swap out for something more fitting. My main thought with this one is that, of the two Charcadet evolutions, this one least resembles its old self. Also it attacks with hatred and sapping life force which is spooooooky.

Lastly, Bisharp. Why not evolve it, if this one's from paldea? Well, firstly, I feel like Kingambit is a much goofier design, and therefore is more of a pick for a Slayer team. Which then got me thinking that one of kingabmit's subordinates feels all the more appropriate for someone leading the guild in the shadow of a teacher who dwarfed his power, that he tries and fails to live up to.

other honorable mentions that didn't make the cut:

spiritomb looks like eddie, but it's more of a Zappa pokemon. I wanna avoid overlaps and repeats where possible

mabosstiff because of Arven and his absent parents. you know how it is

skeledirge because ghost, and also it's a pokemon with a second, smaller secret freind attatched to it, and also Torch Song (iiiii once had some sWEEEeeEET MEMORIESS) in the end i took it off because it wasn't as edgy as ceruledge and i already had too much type overlap to keep them both

corviknight because it looks chivalrous in all black. also it's defeated by pink girly tinkaton. an overly abstract 'zato canonically hates women' joke

alolan persian. holdover from the old idea of friendship evos only. I just think he would love his goofy cat that looks like it eated a bee

I was gonna give him a Ruinous Pokémon (Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu) since all of them are part dark type so maybe one of them fit,,, but none of them felt more relevant than the final picks so i just dropped the idea

is that it.. , yeah i think thats it thanks for reading! uhh if you have. a request ?. i wouldnt mind

making 'pokemon teams' for various gg characters. This one's Millia's. i heavily debated litten's placement, but it came down to 'furret or vulpix may be cuter, but they're not actually CATs'

[doremifasolangelo]

CONGRATULATIONS AND IM GONNA ASK A LOT so please take all the time you want to answer

😎, 💮, 💫,

🤠 Have you ever stayed up till 7 am?

💌, 🐸, 👻, 💕, 📷

[emoji] (the haiku one) death

😶 do you wear glasses?

🎶

It's okay if you don't answer cause this is a lottt

THANK YOU AND y’all are getting greedy now (/j j j j j I’M READY)

😎- How I imagine you look

Dark dark brown hair, iiiii wanna say blue eyes but now I somehow feel like that’s wrong

🌸- The first thing I thought of when I saw your username

I was confused, but it did seem interesting.I do remember you answering an ask that explained it though.

💫- The color, animal, feeling, and item I associate you with

Color: A rose-gold magenta...ish Animal: Unicorn (when I first saw your pfp it was small and I thought the middle pic was a unicorn or something and I still think that every time I see it) Feeling: That rush of wonder when you discover something you’ve never known before, or when something discovers you. Item: I was about to say “lamps” before I remembered I’ve already said that. It’s the 3rd time it’s happened today, why do I see everyone on here as a lamp??😭😭😭 But you’re a pillow.

🤠- Ask me any "have you ever" and I have to respond honestly

Have you ever stayed up till 7 am? Well (if Siya sees this I will scream. Do not let her see this.) one time I didn’t sleep for 53 hours and my brain was working fine, like not tired at all. So if 7 am is 0 hours of sleep, I got -46 hours of sleep.

💌- An honest compliment about your blog

Your profile picture is really really cool and everything you reblog or post is interesting

👻- If I’ve ever mentioned you to someone irl and what I said

Yes, absolutely, I sent my friends to go check out your blog because I did love it

🐸- A Kermit the Frog meme that reminds me of you

💕- My first and present impression of you

First: Tons of fandoms, I don’t know why but I got the impression that you sing really well  Present: everything is still the same, A sweet human (or non-human), I still do love your blog!!

📷- A picture on my phone with an explanation

This was my first picture on my phone:

I found some paint in my room that I didn’t know I had and was really really bored. And the “be happy” was because my dad says it all the time and my mind was tired.

✏️- Send me any one word and I'll write a haiku about it. Death

This may be far from the beginning, but it’s just the start of the end

and also

Do not lose faith Keep your hope inside your heart Death is not the end

I was feeling good enough for two jfhdskjals

😶- Ask me any question about my appearance. Do you wear glasses?

Actually, I do, but I haven’t put them on my face since...April. I just went to go find them and GOD IT’S BLURRY. I need new ones, don’t I? Ughfh I just can’t wait for that air puff that stings my eye and blinds me for a few seconds. Yay.

🎶- My favorite part of the last song I listened to

Victorious by Panic! at the disco

It hurts until it stops We will love until it's not

THANKS FOR THE ASK <3

[reconditarmonia]

Dear Fandom 5K Author

Hi! Thank you for writing for me! I’m reconditarmonia here and on AO3. I have anon messaging off, but mods can contact me with any questions.

Dragon Age | Fullmetal Alchemist | The Locked Tomb | Motherland: Fort Salem | Where the Sky is Silver and the Earth is Brass

General likes:

– Relationships that aren’t built on romance or attraction. They can be romantic or sexual as well, but my favorite ships are all ones where it would still be interesting or compelling if the romantic component never materialized.

– Loyalty kink! Trust, affectionate or loving use of titles, gestures of loyalty, replacing one’s situational or ethical judgment with someone else’s, risking oneself (physically or otherwise) for someone else, not doing so on their orders. Can be commander-subordinate or comrades-in-arms.

– Heists, or other stories where there’s a lot of planning and then we see how the plan goes.

– Femslash, complicated or intense relationships between women, and female-centric gen. Women doing “male” stuff (possibly while crossdressing).

– Stories whose emotional climax or resolution isn’t the sex scene, if there is one.

– Uniforms/costumes/clothing.

– Stories, history, and performance. What gets told and how, what doesn’t get told or written down, behavior in a society where everyone’s consuming media and aware of its tropes, how people create their personas and script their own lines.

General DNW: rape/dubcon, torture, other creative gore; unrequested AUs, including “same setting, different rules” AUs such as soulmates/soulbonds; PWP; food sex; embarrassment; focus on pregnancy; Christmas/Christian themes; infidelity; unrequested polyamory; focus on unrequested canon or non-canon ships; unrequested trans versions of characters.

Smut Likes: clothing, uniforms, sexual tension, breasts, manual sex, cunnilingus, grinding, informal d/s elements, intensity.

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Fandom: Dragon Age

Character(s):

Group: Cassandra Pentaghast/Female Lavellan

Female Lavellan

Group: Charter & Rector

Genre(s):

Canon-Style Plot - Freeform

Action/Adventure

Worldbuilding

Established Relationship

Mystery/Procedural

I'm playing this game for the first time and loving Cassandra and Lavellan together so much. (I'm playing with a mod where I can romance her with a female PC!) Lavellan starts off as this confused and small and non-Andrastian prisoner who disagrees with Cassandra on so many things, but Cassandra puts so much trust and faith in her and so much on the line for her - even with Lavellans who are adamant that they're not chosen, they're just doing their best and they happen to be the ones in the position to make this choice. Cassandra is so proud to know her, and backs her up even when she disagrees with Lavellan's choices! The romance scene is really cute between two characters who are adults and have a day-to-day working relationship that isn't going to change, but are still just having fun with how charming it is in a way that builds on their friendship. Not to mention their battling together, of course - the ways they can protect each other and fight for each other's goals (and give Cassandra all the elven swords and shields), how worried they sound if the other one gets hurt...whoops, I found myself another loyalty kink ship.

I also just like playing as Lavellan generally, with how much of an outsider she feels (the "Dawn Will Come" scene is so alienating! it really works!) and how much of the game is about visiting the sites of past elven trauma and/or glory days.

My Lavellan uses the (default lol) name of Ellana, is a rift mage, sports a lovely buzzcut and vallaslin, has a lot of feelings about elf history (and visiting the Plains/Graves especially), believes in elven gods and doesn't care to pretend she's Andrastian, and besides Cass is closest friends with Solas, but don't feel that you have to write my specific PC - I'm excited to read about yours too!

But! I also love all the little hints about the work that Leliana's agents are doing, and their friendship (walking in on their card game at Caer Bronach is kind of delightful), and the letter from Rector's mother asking why he uses a code name for work (why are you ashamed of your name, Wilbur??) is one of my favorite in-universe documents. Slice-of-life or slice-of-mission with Charter and Rector would also make me really happy. Here again, just the closeness and trust and faith that these people have in one another is my jam.

Fandom-Specific DNW: Canon-typical levels of Cassandra's association with the Chantry and belief in the Maker/Andraste/the Herald shouldn't be taken to contravene my DNW of Christian themes, but I wouldn't want Satinalia fic or something focused on the Andrastian faith. Please don't put F!Lavellan in a different romance, even if we didn't match on the Cassandra ship.

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist

Character(s):

Group: Olivier Mira Armstrong/Maria Ross

Genre(s):

Action/Adventure

Canon-Style Plot - Freeform

Getting Together

I'll admit: I am a shallow, shallow person who loves the heartwarming and id-satisfying Briggs loyalty-kink complex (The watch! Buccaneer handing Olivier a clean pair of gloves after she kills Raven! Constant and deeply sincere saluting! Olivier’s explanation of why she wants Miles around and her lack of patience for anyone’s shit) but would like an f/f manifestation of it for actual shipping. Post-canon or AU where Maria is assigned to Briggs, or works for Olivier in Central? Does Maria foil a plot against Olivier, or Olivier save Maria's life in battle? Does Olivier order Maria into a firefight? Hit me.

Fandom-Specific DNW: Olivier/men, even mentioned.

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Fandom: The Locked Tomb

Character(s):

Matthias Nonius

Genre(s):

Action/Adventure

Canon-Style Plot - Freeform

Fantasy

Nonius was one of my favorite new characters in Harrow the Ninth. His whole impossible arrival via evocation-by-poetry, battle with the Sleeper, and epic departure to fight the Beast made me very, very happy on levels I have trouble explaining. It was so heartwarming?! Because it was impossible, and because poetry won, and because they went off to do the best they could...I don't know, exactly. (Iiiii also just love that he's named for the Redwall mouse.) I'd love to read more about his life - being unprepossessing and very human but also paladin-like and really fucking good at being a swordsman, representing the Ninth House in slightly less decrepit times, his mysterious past with Gideon the First (and Pyrrha, sort of), however it happened that he died far from home in an unknown place and couldn't be recovered for burial, "chickenshits don't get beer"? Or, er, his afterlife - going to fight with Marta, Ortus, and Pro, re-encountering G1deon as allies...

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Fandom: Motherland: Fort Salem

Character(s):

Group: Abigail Bellweather/Raelle Collar

Original Historical Witch Character(s)

Group: Sarah Alder & First Bellweather Ancestor

Genre(s):

Action/Adventure

Canon-Style Plot - Freeform

Mystery/Procedural

Worldbuilding

I fell hard for this show and Abigail/Raelle is the ship I’m most excited about - they get off to a bad start for all kinds of personal history reasons and have problems with each other, but when it gets down to the wire Abigail would do anything for Raelle and is very gung-ho about having Raelle’s unconventional but extremely powerful magic under her leadership, regardless of Raelle being a loose cannon. She told her she loved her!! <3 And by the end, Raelle also clearly knows what Abigail's going through (like when she talks her down in "Citydrop"), respects her leadership, and cares deeply about her and wants to protect her in return. I love that loyalty dynamic, and their competence as fighters/witches.

Physical combat, strength in general, magical strength, ability to work magic together, knowledge of the magical canon vs. out-of-the-box techniques...what parts of their skills and their bond could be challenged in the weird dimension that the end of season 1 leaves them in? Or when they get back home and new challenges await? (In my head, the decision not to send them to War College is not revoked; the unit becomes some kind of special-forces secret strike team rather than cannon fodder.) Maybe something where Raelle goes/has gone into a fight as a berserker-type for Abigail and then comes back to her, or where Abigail protects/has protected her soldier (her girl!! I love her protectiveness of Raelle towards the other cadets, imagine it in a battle!)? Or an arranged marriage AU where it's usual for witch soldiers to marry to combine their magic power or something...If including smut in the story, I'd especially be up for something d/s-y where the loyalty-kinky dynamic of Raelle being Abigail's weapon, at her command, is echoed in sex!

OR. The alternate history that the show has created is so interesting and I'm craving expansion of that through fic! Tell me about the Bellweather ancestor who was a slave and ended up powerful and influential enough to begin a dynasty, and how she met and was recruited by Alder. Or other enslaved witches, witches in the American Revolution or the Civil War, or the founding of Fort Salem and standardization of American military magic with its various influences, or Chinese or Jewish or Mexican immigrant witches who maybe came from different magic traditions and might have had to make the choice of whether or not to reveal that they had magic (if the system knows you because of your descent in the country?), serving their country but also binding their daughters and granddaughters forever.

Fandom-Specific DNW: Abigail/Adil (at all; if he's mentioned, please make them just friends), focus on Raelle/Scylla (dwelling on Raelle still having feelings for Scylla or on her getting over Scylla for Abigail; you don't need to retcon their having been together), Scylla bashing.

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Fandom: Where the Sky is Silver and the Earth is Brass

Character(s):

Chaye Roznatovsky

Demon

Genre(s):

Fantasy

Canon-Style Plot - Freeform

Worldbuilding

Anything expanding on this story would make me really happy. Chaye’s years with the partisans, the comrades-in-arms she had and loved then and who else’s memory she holds or makes into a weapon, her journey to America, going by the surname of “no one.” The demon’s mirror world, its loss of that world (what exactly happened on the other side?) and its need to be where Jews are, demon Judaism? Or the future of both of them now that they’ve found each other!

Fandom-Specific DNW/Opt-In: DNW Chaye/demon. The premise of the story being what it is, I'm explicitly okay with antisemitism being a prominent feature of the story if you write something that covers either or both characters' backstory, but would prefer post-war antisemitism not to be a focus.