#im just that good at making soup

[littleplantfreak]

hewwo :3

i'm here slapping down an uno reverse card!

i want to know what kind of magic you and ume would have! what is happening in your magical world? do either of you have a familiar? does your familiar help with your magic or are they just your lil buddy?

also bonus question, what type of magic are you giving Kunikida???

<3

The uno reverse always gets me

I'd probably be a really good at potions. Putting my magic into that and creating medicines and drinkable spells would be so cool! A pie that tastes like your favorite dessert every time you eat it but it's different for everyone! Hot cocoa that lets you go back to a cherished older memory for a few minutes before slowly lulling you back to the present? I want whatever magic will get me that tbh. Maybe Ume would be water magic... he'd try and dabble in other forms that would help his plants. Water's good because it can be calm and soft and rough and forceful, but in the end it's just water same as it's always been.

I think I'd have a cat no matter if it were a familiar or not. It'd probably be partial a familiar in that it's soothing presence helps my magic, but otherwise, it's a regular cat. Ume would love a little garden fairy or a bird but I think I'd have to ponder that more

Kunikida...maybe a type of magic that's more formulaic like alchemy would be his thing. Creating something from another thing but so systematically he considers it a science even though if anyone else tried doing such difficult or overly specific transmutation it wouldn't work nearly as well. That'd be fun too (reminds me a lot of FMA tho)

[sopuu]

ARCANE IS HEREEEE 💥💥💥

[bonefall]

This AU is basically the Dungeon Meshi of Warrior Cats. This is a high compliment.

It's so funny, I get that a lot and I totally see it + appreciate it, but BB actually predates me being a fan of Dungeon Meshi! I've been getting that compliment since even before the anime dropped.

It makes perfect sense though. Dungeon Meshi uses food as a metaphor for communication across individuals, class, and most relevantly culture. It's something that brings people together, even when that's being addressed as a sinister thing when.......

Ah. No spoilers. You should go and read the manga to find out what I'm teasing ;)

I do something with a lot of overlap in BB. Food is an extension of the culture of the five Clans. I use it to characterize individuals too and as a metaphor for things at times (like Darkstripe's growth or cultural friction in Heartstar's Rise), but most of all, I try to emphasize the food as the product of the society that makes it. The biome, the diet, the behaviors of its chefs... so Dungeon Meshi and BB are naturally going to draw some interesting similarities.

Plus, Dungeon Meshi's a good ass series man, it's downright awe-inspiring. I hope I can make a narrative as satisfying as Ryoko Kui can, lmao. I love how much that girlie loves food

[i-may-be-an-emu]

The way I go from literally sobbing uncontrollably to laughing and smiling because of sfth is so unfair and should be studied I think

[soap-is-an-artist]

Alright, let's get down to business: I think Doc knows how to cook really, really well.

They have inherited cookbooks from both sides of their family that have been passed down for generations. They know all of the traditional recipes by heart. Their fondest childhood memories are of them cooking with family members, including younger siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, great-grandparents, everyone who gathered at family reunions and holidays to eat together. The smell of fried rice, spices, shrimp, oyster sauce, chili peppers, lamb, baking aish baladi in the oven, the sound of a sizzling wok outside. These smells and sounds are inextricably tied to feelings of warmth and joy. Cooking together, eating together, that's Doc's love language. A shared act that expresses how much that life and history means to them, a time that lets them grow closer. You can learn a lot about people from how they behave in a kitchen.

Now, imagine that same Doc, staring at the instant noodle cup they microwaved, standing alone in their apartment. It's the only thing they've eaten today, besides a packet of peanut butter crackers given to them by their singular nice coworker. The ramen tastes like nothing. They can't afford nice groceries at the moment; rent has just gone up again, and this is all they can manage. The shelf of dusty cookbooks seems to stare at them, and they turn away guiltily.

[13eyond13]

Please tell me about art and media you know of that accurately captures the weirdness of dream logic and atmosphere and emotions... books and movies and video games and art and comics and YouTube stuff, whatever you want... you know, where it only makes sense on an intuitive level and falls apart when you try to explain it...

[plushie-lovey]

I shouldn't really be ordering anything buuut I had to get this adorable friend

They just arrived in the mail! They were only about $20 before fees, which was an amazing price given Green Earth Puppies usually cost anywhere from $60-100.

But now that they're here I can understand why. They're a bit dirty, especially on one foot, and their fur feels a little worn. They were definitely a loved friend. And now they'll be loved in their new home! But first, a bath :D

Also I really need help with name suggestions!!

[engagemythrusters]

Protecting that which is most precious: soup.

[milkweedman]

Potato leek soup and some honey whole wheat bread from yesterday.

[alaskan-wallflower]

lowkey glad i got my wisdom teeth out now because im getting used to barely eating and i know once school starts im gonna have to start getting back in the rhythm of one meal a day because i don’t do lunch (vent in the tags mb)

[huginsmemory]

Maybe it's cause I almost religiously listen to glass animals album I Love You So F**king Much and am rotating Bill and Ford in my brain at immense speeds but I think some of the songs on it are very Billford. Wonderful Nothing is a BIG canon Bill song about Ford to me. Like FUCK.

It's about loving someone but being ultimately self-destructive and unable to save your relationship because you choose to continue to hurt them due to loving yourself most EVEN while still desperately loving the person. Like hnnngh LISTEN!!! Listen to ittt. PLUS ADDED SOME PERTINENT LYRICS BELOW THE CUT.

Wonderful nothing You just want something nice You just want substance I just wanna cut out both your eyes

Wonderful nothing You just want something kind I want corruption I think I'm the devil in disguise

Here's my state of mind Give me destruction Tell me I'm scrumptious I'm a fucking delight

I come back in with a one-two Sucker punch in the gut, here's a tissue Truth hurts when it points right at you ... I've just come back to life I'm here, I'm your little ray of sunshine

Your party's so damn tired Kinkiness pretty light and You're dressed up like a tiger But you're a fly stuck in my eye, and

What's that face? So you got some scrapes, but I'll pile drive you anyway And I hoped and I prayed I kept on thinking it'd all change one day

It's been a great gun fight You drew blood, I set myself on fire But you've had your time Oh, you've had your time, mm

Wonderful nothing I just want something wrong I want indulgence I just want to make it out alive

... You got big ideas, they're as shit as you Trying to self-combust just for an excuse

I'm the fly inside of your facial goop I'm a little hair sat inside your soup There's the rub, maybe I'm the fool I'm trying to stop, but I still love you

[slankyyy-revs-the-world]

me trying to become academia brained about my blorbo and compiling any and all of voice-acted lines, dialogue and misc. lore into a dedicated obsidian folder

[im-smart-i-swear]

unable to let go

something something both of these fuckers have spent so long depending on each other that they cant function w/o the other guy despite Tashi's continously worsening mental state and unhealthy clinginess and Soup's desire to explore the world and meet new people...

like the thing about soup is that she had never really been a person who does well stuck in one place for too long, but also tashi is her brother. theyve been through hell and back together and she feels immense guilt for even considering having a life outside of their little family, and also she has NOT worked through her gladiator trauma AT ALL and has been just holding everything in and trying to be a perfect caring figure despite all the anger and frustration she experiences on a daily basis...

(tashi is dealing with that too, but hes never been as good as her at hiding it, and also he has the tendency to make this stuff everyones problem - thus sidelining soups problems by accident. i think soup is kind of what tashi desperately WANTS to be, in a way. on the outside shes the 'stoic selfless caregiver' and i think tashi is jealous of that, so much so that he sometimes forgets that soup is just as much a person with her own problems and desires and flaws as everyone else)

soup is frustrated by how shes been having to take more and more responsibilities as time goes on (bc of tashis Whole Thing and buddys fear of assuming any kind of leadership position) and a part of her loathes this life and she wants to leave. i think her and zoras relationship plays a big role in her feeling on the matter bc shes NOT part of the family, shes someone new and diffrent and thats enticing... also over the years soup had built up this calm easygoing persona that zora can see through, zora is very aware of soups violent past and she is not sfraid of it, giving soup a safe space to express those more negative feelings freely for the first time in YEARS

Its very hand in unlovable hand coded but they very much love each other still and thats kinda the problem

Also putting some notes on their younger selves here bc this feels relevant to how these two ended up

[7roaches]

assorted old and somewhat unfinished oc art (except the second one thats recent)

[1am-s0-veryt1red]

with the leaks to the 2nd to last chapter out can I just ask that we hold off on criticism of whoever until the last chapter is officially out? I know it's asking a lot

[bizarrescribblez]

unfgh f/os save me save me f/os.. (ive been sick the past two days and want my f/os to take care of me so bad it hurts)