#im still catching up on the lore xD

[erinartemis]

OMGOMGOMGKFMSGSKB IM FREAKING OUT IT'S HERE!!! MURDER DRONES EPISODE 7 TEASER!! EEEEEE!!! I went frame by frame and picked out some cool scenes I wanted to scream about, so get ready for a bunch of crazed ramblings and some theories !! (Long post ahead, folks)

Okay first of all- just- the lighting in these shots ✨ simply gorgeous... Also that "poster" thing in the background of the first image is very interesting.. obviously it says HELP (though that looks scrawled-on afterward with probably blood), and it looks like there could be possibly eyes? EDIT: it's not eyes it's two drones standing !!!

Also can we appreciate how creepy cool that hole in the ground is :00

THEIR ROOMS! THE SILLIES' ROOMS!!! WHAT SECRETS DO THEY HOLD?? I hope we find out

EDIT: THEY'RE LOCKERS NOT ROOMS OOPSIES

Good to see we've still got a bit of that classic md humor: "not to be overdramatic but core collapse" xd

N oh no N IS HE OKAY?? what am I talking about ofc he's not (I'm going to cry at this episode)

OKAY NEXT-

This thing. What is this thing. Probably part of the Solver, as it's all organic and eldritch-y, and it has veins. It looks lit from behind, almost like we're looking out from the inside of something? I think it's possible somebody gets dragged into one of those physical manifestations of the Solver, and this could be their perspective from inside it! Oooor we're looking at it from the outside, and there's something glowing inside the mass.

Next up, these guys??? So many possibilities here... They look like humans, but they aren't necessarily so, just like the "Tessa Isn't Human" theory. And from what little you can see in the teaser, they are moving in an odd way- suspicious. I originally thought they could be manifestation of the Solver or something, created to confuse, but after considering it for a bit, I realized it's more likely this scene is a flashback to when the core collapsed.

SOLVERUZISOLVERUZISOLVER- OHHHH BOY SOLVER UZI

Okay. This shot is a bit confusing; can't really make out what's going on- To me, it looks like something is possibly exploding? And the red string things are lasers or something? Also the blobs in the foreground definitely look like Solver hands, but- that's all I've got for this one

Tessa. Tessatessatessa tessa are you pulling a sword on Uzi? oh no, you are, aren't you, ohh no

WHAT DID UZI SEE. ON THAT TV SCREEN. HELP SHE LOOKS SO TRAUMATIZED- Also also wanted to point out the "freaking ninja star" on the ground.. little callback there :,)

the crucifix will be important, oo religious imageryyy eee

DOG.

Small thing, this is clearly the same scene from the GLITCHx 7/8 teaser, but it's the shot from a little bit before the clip in that teaser plays. I wonder how much control Uzi has over herself at this point... These robots are going to so much pain someone help them

norinorinori nori I'M SO READY FOR THE LORE AND FLASHBACKS EEEE

OMGOMGOGMOGMOMG YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HYPED I WAS WHEN I SAW THIS- WE'RE GETTING MURDER N YALL!!! FIRST TIME SINCE THE PILOT EEEE!!! Oh my gosh I just KNOW it's going to be an emotional response to something horrible happening- something to do with Uzi getting fully possessed, or almost dying, or N THINKING she's dead, or just all the stress of EVERYTHING, along with V's (hopefully not actually) death, and it just pushes him to his breaking point OH AND all the repressing he's been doing this whole time WILL NOT BE HELPING WITH THAT !!! I'm SO EXCITED TO FIND OUT AAAA-

Oh it could also be that N gets factory-reset, causing him to actually lose his memories or something, which is AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PILE OF ANGST, but personally I hope/think it'll be closer to the first one... It seems very likely to me that all of the stuff N's been going through (and how he's just been pretending everything's fine) would catch up to him, and it would lead to an "outburst" of everything he's been bottling up. PLUS do y'all remember that merch ad?? I know it was just a promo, but merch stuff has been shown to be kind of relevant to the plot in the past soo... yeah I'm feeling very good about this theory-

Okay so this is the same guy from the earlier image with all the humans- That feels notable, like they're going to be important. And is it just me and my poor video quality or does the Sentinel hand look glitchy?? Could it have turned on the humans like the one that turned on "Tessa" in Cabin Fever??

Oh dear, that's oil (or blood; they whole thing's too red to tell) coming from Uzi's eye... Feeling like the same thing that happened to Doll happens to Uzi... agh the ANGST hdfbsjsb

DOOOOOLL DOLL DOLL !!! SHE'S THERE !! I THINK SHE HAS BUTCHER KNIVES AGAIN !! I wonder who she's fighting... (I mean it could be a sentinel, but it looks like she's talking, so I'm guessing it's one of the group) ee I'm excited to see where Doll's character goes from here !!

ALLLLRIGHTY!! This has been a breakdown of my personal thoughts on the teaser! I am SOOO excited; these next two weeks need to go by FAST but ik they won't- Anyways... thanks for reading ! :D

[cloververse]

Good Lord I have to make an INFO post

Heyo! Im Tiny (She/Her, doesnt mind They/Them) and a friend of mine bullied me into uploading Cloververse, the Loner Challenge I originally started on the Clangen Discord, into tumblr, so here I am <3

If you know me from the Clangen Discord, nice to see you here too hehe I have about 47 moons to catch up with and it will be painful XD

START READING HERE: Clover Cover

CARRD WITH CAT SUMMARIES AND REFERENCES: [TBA]

DISCORD: [TBA]

KEEP READING, I JUST CUT IT FOR SPACE BUT EVERYTHING UNDER IT IS IMPORTANT!

On the subject of the Challenge! - I am playing in Extended Mode, several moons ahead so i can plan events and lore - Loner Challenge Start (only the kittens available at clan creating, deleted the rest) - If shit happens, it happens. I do my best to not edit stuff unless needed (or I panick- it only happened twice, okay-)

On the subject of the Universe itself! - There is a whole universe activelly happening in the background and they will have direct effect on our main cats, but we will be following the story mostly from a Cloverclan POV - Ocasionally I may branch into side stories to provide lore (usually called Backstory Unlockeds or other projects - Although this is still warrior cats, this is VERY modified in terms of culture, traditions, groups and stuff like that. I love worldbuilding more than the Erins could ever, so I took it and ran with it. Expect to see stuff with name changes or just different and all that. I particularly love creating myths hehe

(Let me know if you have any other questions about this stuff!)

and ofc, im stealing this from taco who stole it from someone else. lets all keep stealing <3

Oh and how could I forget. Content Warnings, folks, so u know what u will be getting going forward!

Other than usual warriors deaths, blood and cat on cat violence, this universe will see animal abuse, emotional manipulation, torture, eldritch horrors and quite a lot of swearing.

Be warned and safe or else I will kick you in the back of the knees

[smilesrobotlover]

Now I must know

What are your headcanons on how first became the FD

IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED ANON HEHEHEHEH

ok so. After the battle between Hylia and Demise, she decided to bring her people, the Hylians, up to the sky to keep them away from Demise’s wrath. He was sealed away but he was still on the surface where he could harm her people. The Sheikah stayed behind to watch over the seal and were blessed with protection from Hylia, and then skyloft was formed. However, any Hylian that was left behind on the surface were… let’s just say they did not have a good time. Unfortunately, First was one of the Hylians. Now he was dead, so ofc he didn’t go to the sky with the rest of the Hylians. But being on the surface instead of in the sky did something to his spirit. Instead of being taken to the sacred realm where he could rest, he was taken to a strange world. A world that was not touched by any of the golden goddesses. A world that was littered with demons and deities fighting for power. Termina. With his spirit taken to Termina, he was turned into the fierce deity due to magical bs powers. But he doesn’t remember anything. He doesn’t remember Hylia, his friends, or his past. I kinda wanna write a fic about fierce slowly learning about who he was in the beginning while fighting demons threatening the mortals of Termina (this is what got him the name Fierce Deity. He was a powerful fighter but was benevolent, so he wasn’t considered a demon to most people). The thing is, Fierce is too different from First. The core beliefs of protecting others isn’t gone, but the personality has changed. Fierce changed. But he does remember Hylia and the comfort she brought him.

I’m just gonna ramble about my Termina lore lol. Termina is a very stagnant place, very empty, and noticeably darker than Hyrule. Since so many demons and deities fought for power, a lot of sages in Termina used their magic to seal each deity and demon into masks. They couldn’t be destroyed, but they could be restrained. There’s superstition with masks since it’s believed that when you put on a mask, that deity or demon’s power is able to break free. The only way to ultimately free the demon from the mask is to destroy it. Luckily, the dangerous masks are hidden away, so most masks are harmless. Anyways, Majora was the most powerful demon and there was an ultimate battle between him and Fierce. In the end, Majora was sealed away, but because of Fierce’s power, he was sealed away as well since everyone feared his strange and neutral power. They didn’t know what he was capable of. The only deity that wasn’t sealed away was the mysterious Goddess of Time, and that’s cuz she never showed herself physically. She’s the ONLY deity that resides in Termina, but she’s not as powerful as the golden three (hence why she used to her time powers to draw in a hero from another world to save them from destruction if you catch my drift ;))

Now, I hinted at this in my fic with Fierce and Talon, but Fierce has grown bitter and hateful towards mortals. As First he was framed and imprisoned for years. As the FD, he was helpful and got sealed away. Mortals do not impress him in any way because they’re always selfish and unjust

But yeah, there’s a lot of lore surrounding my fierce and first haha XD I don’t care if I’m spoiling anything I’ve wanted to share this lore so bad. That’s why I’m stoked about playing MM so I can learn more about Termina more. To me, it CANT be another country in the world of Hyrule, I fully believe that it’s a parallel universe. But yeah.

TLDR; First’s spirit was taken and transformed into the Fierce Deity after he was left behind on the surface and taken to Termina since there was no godly influence to protect him. :)

[tiredsmashbros]

Want to do a smg4 shipping chart?

this ask was also another jumpscare bc i was a new fan and i didnt who the fuck anyone was xDDDD

kinda only went with the ones im most confident in atm. still got a bunch of lore to catch up {esp older ones} so some characters i dont know too much to make a judgement yet but mayhaps in the future i can edit it idk lol this is what you're getting xD

i also apologize for the long wait it was never my intention 😭

[ganondoodle]

feeling much better now having gotten some sleep (the dont trust how you feel about yourself past 9pm is good advice no joke)

of course all my criticism of totk still applies but im feeling less depressed about it, tho i will say its honestly kinda baffling how many times the game actually got me interested and excited about stuff and then just kinda drops it in a dead end, of course they were those kind of things in botw as well but it seems much less .. balanced in totk

(not even just the big things like making me want to actively do something to help zelda turn back when it just gets solved on its own in the end, but also some lil things like the fact that so many NPCs tell you about that newly discovered animal species and when you find the dongos they are just gem vending maschines)

in the end i can say, no, i dont like totk, tho i still love the graphics and the way the world is made ( botw showed me jsut how immersive and alive a world can feel i love it to death), i liked the gameplay and that it kept the freedom botw had established, the bossfights are mostly fun (tho i wish you could refight more of them), i LOVE the yiga and im glad they got more of a spotlight, the music is FANTASTIC i keep catching myself humming along, alot of the sidequests are much bigger and feel like you are actually doing something, i like how the sages are a bit more integrated into the story, the majority of the new designs are great, both the japanese and german voice acting is great, and the end fight has some of the best build up i have ever experienced, my heart starts to race when that music build up starts even tho i have beaten it 3 times already-

however, the story is both simple and incredible flat with lots of stuff that doesnt make sense especially when it was said to be a sequel, the zonau should have stayed a mystery imo, they failed to make me care about them even a little bit and often felt forcefully crammed into the world and its history, i think you could have told an incredible story taking place in the present and leave the past be the past, you easily could have connected botw and totk in a much better way than they did, i dont like how it changes aspects about botw all the while nigh ignoring it ever happened, it still feels like it was trying to be a replacement and not a sequel and all the referencing and callbacks to the old titles may have been done in good faith but that and including time travel yet again ultimately lead to people ripping each other to shreds over trying to prove its placed in the old timeline despite it making no sense at all and confusing people even more; often when the game made me care or be excited about something it was dropped in a dead end, there was a ton of missed opportunities and lost potential to tell a much more nuanced and interesting story/lore, and thinking about it only makes me sad for the things that could have been

overall i think my disappointment is outweighing my fun and the only way i can keep playing it while having fun is ignoring everything that isnt, which works quite well most of the time since im pretty much done with all story stuff but i keep slipping into my little rants nonetheless; i will say its making me a little worried about the future of the franchise, but i know im in the minority and maybe i will just have to accept that the new stuff wont be for me anymore and i should not hope for anything that interests me xD

except for some meme material or specific characters i love i dont think i will make much use of anything totk tried to establish, and i hope thats fine with the lot of you (<3) hopefully that also means my ranting days are over xD

anyway, back to making niche art i go! (sorry for making you endure these long ass rambling posts :,) )

[kindred-spirit-93]

*succinct & eloquent opening line. maybe a clever joke or quote* :D

do you ever sit there and contemplate your life choices after like a certain experience or a talk with a loved one?

do you ever come across a quote or a piece that seems like it was written for you in this particular moment in time? an anecdote that mirrors your current situation perhaps?

well im currently going through it & after a double whammy of mama lore TM during some resurfacing anxious & assorted crises, i dont even know what im going through anymore. but we shared a really sweet heart to heart and reminisced over good and less good times aw!

i am reminded that there is still much to life, light to be sought and found, good times yet to be had. its bittersweet. its mature. its scary? its like coming to terms with your mortality but on a smaller scale. or bigger whos to say...

i wont be venting anything, i think for now at least im content to vague post lmao. also my dad bought me some stress eating treats so i might need to go wallow in my feels for a bit

after i jinxed myself by saying im going on hiatus but failing to stay off the website lol (i had moot withdrawl symptoms sue me), i wont be repeating the same mistake, but with context clues i trust u can see where im going with this

it might sound presumptious to state so confidently that this next month of my life will be the hardest in my career, especially since im not even half way there yet, but the truth of the matter is that it is.

ive been struggling for well over a year now (mostly academically) and im both succeeding in places i didnt before (alhamdulillah!) but failing in the exact same places elsewhere. guys i may have anxiety lol

self fulfilling prophecies, nocebo effect, whatever it is & regardless of what you want to call it, its rough. its hard. im tired. theres still so much left and im tired. i shouldnt be this tired. or this empty. or careless. what have i let myself become? why am i punishing myself still?

this coming month will dictate the rest of my future and ill have no one to blame but myself if i let the opportunity slip through my fingers. but if all goes well inshallah i can put this all behind me and start anew so theres that silver lining :D

i kinda lost direction of this post about half an hour ago lol. my point is im going to try harder at balancing several life aspects bc i really cant put it off any more. i need to establish balance because ive been out of the loop for too long now. *shudders in python*

anyways there are plenty of things i have to work on, both in my studies and life, so i have that going for me *party kazoo noises*

id love to grace you all with some wise words or a life lesson or something but i dont have a neat one liner to sum up anything. despite that im writing this because sometimes letting thoughts float in my head isnt enough, i need to articulate and write it out because to let them roam in the vast expanses of my mind under the pretense that i achieved something is frankly silly as it is counterproductive.

a n y w a y , to anyone and everyone reading take care of yourselves and your loved ones. i wish everyone the best in life and in their endeavours. i will probably pop back in every now and again to catch up on messages and make sure everyone is alive and nothing burned down. i will however attempt to exert self control. (key word: attempt)

aight imma head out before i get too emotional or combust with the need to say something stupid like i love you be more unserious XD

[magister-avalon]

Hello, fellow member of the AFK Journey community. I hope you have a wonderful day today. If you have lore for your Merlin, you can pm @/bunnybird-afk to add them to the Merlinverse Wheel.

Heya DK! <3

My day went by pretty darn awesomely, and I'm actually about to sleep jn xD but I wish you the same regardless! \(￣▽￣)/

In terms of lore, it's all currently just an amalgamation of fettuccine noodle soup rn cause I haven't sat down and wrote it out yet, but I do have quite a bit that i just haven't wrote out yet cause im still just fairly new to indulging myself with these, but thanks for the interest in the lore, this ask really does warm my heart! <3

Though as much as I want to, (I even gave the wheel a spin not long ago actually, and my result was just something I couldn't actually do for personal reasons, so best I pass on the offer this time, but I appreciate you mentioning it and wanting me to be apart of this!)

Though once I actually sort out ava's own lore and catch up on everything I've missed with everyone else's from before I got here, I'd love to actually mingle more with merlinverse interactions. I have been fangirling so hard over so much of it already \○/

Hdhdh just thanks again for the ask. I'm gonna go to bed crying happy tears cause of this xD

[melodic-cherry]

Okay I know nobody is invested in the story like I am but here’s some facts about the story I’m working on

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Background: this is all being based around the Muppets mayhem show and that canon. ( yes I know muppets doesn’t have crucial canon but I’m using this show as a base )  the character that’s most focus on is cherry, which I post about a lot on here. However, how she’s even involved in the story is because of…

How cherry becomes involved: when the mayhem is going on tour, Penny points out that they don’t have an opening act. Nora agrees, saying that they need to find somebody. Hannah gives her opinion and says hey, there is this rising star her name is Cherry maybe we can try to sign her on the tour? Everyone seems to be on board with this, but doesn’t know where to start but luckily enough, Penny knows cherry on a very personal level. So to put it into simpler terms… penny, basically tells Cherry that she’s going to go on tour with the mayhem, because… she’s like her aunt kinda? So Cherry goes.

Facts about the story that are important to keep in mind:

• teeth, and Penny are still in a relationship during this time

• Cherry has her own band named wild cherry! The leader singer is obvi Cherry she also does guitar. The drummer is named Joana Cherrys best friend. And idk what Lucas plays but he’s also in the band.

• with the mayhem I kind of grouped them together, with who I think would be close friends based in the story * obviously the whole band is but * Nora and Janice are close gal pals. Moog gets kind of close with Floyd and teeth as well. Obvi zoot and lips are close BUT I think animal has a close kin ship with zoot :3

• Cherrys childhood is touched on so here’s a brief on that: how is she even was able to get into? The music scene is because she’s been in that scene her whole life. Her biological dad had a rock band back in the 60s and when she was born he literally didn’t want to be a father. So she was kind of stuck going whatever they went the drummer in the band ( named Pete ) through out Cherrys, whole life raised her. To cut it kind of shorter with the band drama Pete gets custody of Cherry when she’s 12 and the band breaks up for good. It’s a media shit show type of ordeal. Raising cherry besides, Pete is his brother named Will. They’re both probably in their mid - late 60s. Pete is a shag dog muppet and will is a poodle muppet who’s a lawyer. ( I think one brother being a hippie drummer and the other being a lawyer is so funny ) this is just base info

• even though I post about teeth and cherry a lot it’s a very slow burn story between the two. It’s a lot of subconscious feelings at first that get pointed out later by characters in the story.

• I will be pointing out the mayhem’s family ex: Floyd’s parents etc. I don’t really have any base ideas on this so if anyone has any ideas if they’re reading this, shoot me a message I’m willing to hear anything I don’t really know what to add for family or more lore within the band.

• penny, breaks up with teeth when she catches the vibe that he has feelings for cherry she’s very angry for a lot of reasons obviously, but she never drops him from the label, but she definitely ponders this. But she doesn’t want to discipline everyone else because he’s being “himself” in her eyes 

• since this is based on the Muppet mayhem show I will be adding things that I wish I saw on the show. Ex: zoot will have a lot more talking lines and lips as well!

• so much more but- IM NOT GONNA CLOG UR TL

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So yeah that’s fun XD

[covenofwives]

Eeeeeeeee ik my questions tend to be very detailed so im so glad you like them like that. I'm a world building fanatic and also make aus so i get wayyy too into all the small things hahaha

The languages!!! Omg I freaking LOVE THAT?! That's so freaking interesting and makes so much sense aaaaaa! It's so freaking cooool all the different languages unique to this au, I am specifically looking so hard at the fea language I'm geeking out over it ahfkdbksn. Are there languages in this au that are the same in our world? ie: Spanish, French Japanese, ect.?

Rn I'm slowly catching up on all the lore I've missed while being on hiatus so if I make comments or ask stuff that's already been answered sorryyyy

Each of the gods clearly have their own set of powers (in which i am still trying to catch up on and figure out what's been revealed so far ahfknsjs) so what would you say is each is their favorite? Either to show off, convenience, entertainment, ect. Question 2: are there any powers that the gods share? Or are they all unique?

(bonus question would you consider XD babygirl? I believe they are babygirl 😤)

I sent a whole novel I'm so sorry I should really spread these out more hahahaha

-emmadoodlewrites

Please don't apologise for how long these are. I truly love them!

Definitely there are other languages in the AU since we have characters like Quackity who is very open about his Spanish language. I would say that where the SMP is on the world map would be more english speaking but there are more languages out the world. It is quite hard to grasp though because so many times I've wanted to write c!George being described with his british accent but then remembering that britain wouldn't really exist on the SMP and having to scrap it. Things are still being ironed out, but absolutely there are other languages.

Don't worry about asking questions that might have been answered before or not, I don't mind answering the same questions again and again especially since I don't really have a spot to keep all of the info so it can get confusing. ^^

As for God powers, there are definitely powers shared between Gods and some unique to each one. For instants all Gods have the ability to spawn in items from their realm when they need and most of the Gods can shapeshift to alter their form, either to their "human" form, true form or taking on a new form entirely for one reason or another. While all Gods have the ability for it, it does depend on their skill for it. Some Gods might not shapeshift at all and lose the ability how to, having to relearn. And certain powers can be taught between the Gods. Take for example XD, they are the God of the End but came to the Overworld to live. While they can spawn in what they need from the End Realm, their time living in the Overworld and learning has adapted them to spawn in items from the Overworld too, and can manipulate and terraform the Overworld. These powers obviously got much better after he was blessed by HD (which I did a little comic showing) but they learned the power on their own at first and developed it because it was the environment they were in.

For FAVOURITE powers I think 4K's is definitely his lava manipulation. It can help in combat situations of keeping enemies away and blocking areas as well as him using it for his little harmless lava blob to be a stress reliever (mostly to give out tickles). HD's would definitely be his helper hands powers since it's so convenient for him to use and he can be pampered without moving, but he used to have a power of connecting with everything in the Overworld. Literally EVERYTHING. Every tree, blade of grass, mountain, cave, he could connect and see it all and it was his favourite to use to check up on the Overworld and see everything going on. However the power drained him of energy so much that it's lead to his almost narcolepsy sleep states and since cutting himself off from the Overworld he no longer uses it. XD's favourite power is probably creation/spawning. XD's a very creative soul who loves making things for show off to mortals and Gods and he uses his powers to help enhance that. One of his favourite creations is the tickle dolls which he just loves to show off to mortals and make them play games and bets to get them. Really any power that can be used to play games or make games for mortals is his favourite.

[manonamora-if-reviews]

Dr Ludwig and the Devil by SV Linwood

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============= Synopsis

Join esteemed mad scientist Dr Ludwig as he faces the greatest challenge of his nefarious career: making a deal with the Devil and coming out on top. Research demonology! Read legal documents! Face off against the world’s least effective torch and pitchfork-wielding mob! All this and more!

============= Other Info

Dr Ludwig and the Devil is a Glulxe parser, submitted to the 2023 Edition of the IFComp.

Status: Completed Genre: Comedy

CW: /

============= Playthrough

Played: 8-Oct-2023 Playtime: around 45min (im slow) Rating: - [IFComp vote] Thoughts: But what if you tricked the devil?

============= Review

Dr Ludwig and the Devil is a small parser game, where Dr Ludwig recounts a time where he made a deal with the Devil, and find a way to keep his soul. The parser is fairly beginner friendly, including an external walkthrough and in-game hints. I used the walkthrough to solve some puzzles.

Spoilers ahead. It is recommended to play the game first. The review is based on my understanding/reading of the story.

If the blurb didn't catch your eye, the introduction inside the game surely should. Mixing Drs. Faust and Frankenstein lore with a good dash of humour, Dr Ludwig and the Devil is a delightful small parser cracking laughs left and right. From the witty dialogue, to the descriptions of rooms, reading through the pages of a book or failing to act accordingly, the game just wants to make you cackle*. It is here for a good and fun time! *also... why do you mean you can't do magic in France >.<

There's a lot to love about the game: the puzzles are reasonably simple, but you get plenty of help if needed (thank you for the hints!); the characters are all delightful in their own way, and have a whacky reason to be where they are; the overall shtick of the game is just fun to boot! It is entertaining and there is never a dull moment.

While I don't have much experience in what's to be expected or not in a parser in terms of puzzles, I found the whole mechanic with the devil pretty interesting (it was fun to order him around, hehehe). And if you mess up (which I did quite a bit), you don't get punished for it - you just get a witty response before you're sent on your way.

The characters are still the highlight of the game, from the mad scientist striving to attain godhood - oh but oops something keep going wrong and now I'm being chased out of my manor again - to the pitchfork mob acting like a HOA* with their contracts, every character in this game has a special flavour of wittiness and charm, with jokes to boot! Interacting with the NPCs, especially diving into plain regular conversations with them, adds a delightful layer to the game (they're just like us, normal peeps with normal problems**). *also... the head of the group is a illiterate legalese lover. xD **honestly, I might side with the pitchforks after talking with them...

Fun time!

[zeta-in-de-walls]

Hey friends, so I’m seeing this debate around a lot. Why did Dream make the prison? or more specifically, who did Dream make the prison for? 

We know that Dream commissioned the prison in order to contain his enemies, anyone challenging his status quo. And we know specifically that Dream has a fixation on Tommy - finding him fun to toy with whilst also believing him to be a bringer of chaos. 

Dream believes Tommy’s trouble specifically because he doesn’t listen to Dream and he gets very attached to things and ideas. Dream sees attachments as a weakness but also as a means to control others, thus he wants Tommy alive to help bring more attachment to the server so he can continue being in control. 

Dream’s mindset is obviously very bizarre, he seems to have a bit of an obsession with Tommy, giving him far more importance than he actually has - Tommy is far from the sole source of trouble and far from the reason others get attached to things yet in Dream’s mind everything goes back to Tommy. 

So I think it’s pretty easy to see him building it to contain Tommy as well. The prison was actually commissioned shortly after Tommy got exiled, so it seems reasonable enough to imagine Dream wanted something more permanent to contain him. Unlike many other server members, Dream is reluctant to kill Tommy as he values him alive where he’s perfectly happy to kill someone like Tubbo whom he sees no value in. 

Still, the prison is massive. It has numerous cells, enough to contain far more than just Tommy. I’ve personally kinda imagined it as a general deterrent from anyone who dares cross Dream and disrupts his order It’s likely that he thought it wouldn’t be necessary for Tommy, as he’d successfully exiled him and didn’t think it would go wrong. There’s also evidence to suggest he might have wanted it for Techno, such as indicating it was for a powerful player and the fact that the prison’s food is potatoes. 

Basically, I think all of the above is true. It’s a multi-purpose prison and Tommy was at least partly on the mind even if he’d deny it. Truthfully, Tommy seems like the only one Dream cares enough specifically about to specifically build a prison to hold him. He isn’t attached enough to the other server members to care about them. That’s one of Dream’s character’s flaws - the way he doesn’t care about others. 

Sam specifically states Tommy as Dream’s motive. This slightly contradicts one or two earlier statements (like in the disc war finale Dream claims it wasn’t meant for him) but they were made a long time ago so metawise I might consider this a slight retcon. If other statements in the future go back on this though then yeah we can question Sam’s words. For now though, I’ll take them as canon. 

(Defining canon rule of thumb: the most recent stuff is generally more canon than older stuff as writers may change their minds, early weirdness and such is common in works so where there’s contradictions you tend to trust the newer stuff and that older statements got retconned if they are indeed inconsistent. Hard to say if this stuff is a meta-inconsistency or not.) 

Anyway, all this is kinda beside the point in my mind. Whether he was always going to put Tommy in the prison or not, Dream was definitely going to throw him in there back in January. And that it was designed for someone at all is disturbing in itself. Of all the people to be trapped in there, I am glad it is Dream who is quite literally in a prison of his making.

[mudwingprince]

Fun fact: did you know ranboo was secretly in red banquet?

wait fuck idk what the red banquet is yet

[multyfandoms-imagines]

How about how All Sephirahs (minus Tiphs A & B obviously) reactions to displays of Physical Affection in either Public or Private from their S/O?

You know, i just thought about it from in-game lore perspective and it made me have a chuckle. Im wierd but its just me being me xd

Malkuth

•she may get abit embarrassed if you catch her off-guard, but for the most part - loves affection either in private or public!

•Malkuth doesnt see it as much of a problem if you keep PDA in private. Or in public, but you know, dont make it look too wierd

•i'd joke how affection is weakness and weakness meaning death but thats not the case

•she too, can go both ways, tho only when Malkuth is not busy with her tasks. But she'll be happy to give you a hug, kiss or simply a pat

Yesod

•only private. Not public. Nuh-uh. No public affection

•Viper just doesnt do well with public affection. It gets him all flustered and becomes a mess all together

•Yesod is alright with affection in private, he would prefer to show it that way and for you to do so as well

•unless you want a stuttering sephirah. Then go for it. But dont get overboard

Netzach

•honestly doesnt care much. Can go both ways

•mostly because Netzach doesnt care at all what people think of him. Either that, or he is too drunk to care

•becomes 50% more affectionate with his (S/O) whenever is drunk. Its a fact. Live with it

•but yeah, Netzach is chill and doesnt care if others are watching or if its just you and him

Hod

•very flustered, but likes it. Dont get me wrong, she is busy and wants to do work to make sure that everyone is prepared

•but you are so god damn cute and make Hod blush whenever you show affection. Being smol spoon

•doesnt matter if private or public, she WILL be a tomato

•but she is also a bapy in her own Hod way. Will return your affection. Preferably the way you gave her one

Chesed

•this flippin' guy. This smug coffee addict. Absolutely loves it

•doesnt matter how. Chesed will return the favour and no matter if someone is watching (tho if one of Sephirahs or Angela are talking you gotta wait until he is done with their problems and them get a hug)

•flirts? Flirts. And may or may not throw dad jokes

•honestly the one romantic type of guy + coffee. Of course. It isnt Chesed without coffee

Gebura

•less public affection, more private. Gebura can get somewhat angry with her (S/O) if you keep doing it in public

•because 1. She needs to stay focused to train her team (to cause violence when needed) and 2. Gebura doesnt do well with public affection

•if you dont like the smell of a cigar, then she will, for real, stop smoking for some time in order to kiss you. Gebura respects your opinion on that

•pretty sure you once managed to make her scared when you did a suprise-hug. And she punched you hard. Now Gebura just, expects that in every turn to not hurt you like that again

Hokma

•gets abit flustered regardless if its private or public, but doesnt pay much attention

•Hokma gives you pats as a quick return to your affection

•unless somehow (S/O) will do it while he is busy working. Hokma has a tight schedule and you are messing it up. Probably one of the few to tell you that you are in a way of his work

•Hokma doesnt mean to be rude, but you know. He works hard. And dont worry, he *has* time specially dedicated to spending time with you

Binah

•amused by your boldness. Did you really just hug/kiss/cuddle/whatever with Arbiter? In front of people that shiver whenever she simply stands by? ....... Cool

•Binah absolutely teases you about it whenever you decide to do it in public and then return affection

•it doesnt matter who her (S/O) is, she can and will tease them about it

•in private absolutely loves to be a big spoon. Because still, her job in Extraction department kinda requires Binah to pay attention to the process so she cant be a big spoon properly

[goosedawn]

equivalent exchange au update/lore dump

i am still on a hiatus! VERY SORRY

honestly at this point idk if anyones even following this au anymore fhfofhrkenghehfjf but uh. have a lore dump of what concepts i would make if i actually had the motivation to continue making content of it!

i may come back to it at some point, but as its something that followed the dsmp storyline closer than some of my other aus it gets really messy later on, so id rather leave it off here for the time being, im sorry to say :P

if you want a refresher on things before diving in, the masterpost with all current content can be found [here]

(it gets Long under the cut.)

In a very vague comic I drew ages ago, I attempted to hint at/imply that (human) George had begged XD to save (tiny) Dream after an accident in the End which XD had done, shifting reality into a state where Dream was no longer injured. XD accepts the deal, resulting in Dream and George exchanging their sizes. In doing this however, XD also tied its life(?) to Dream's in doing so, taking on his face.

anyway so before i continue from where i left off: some History.

Wilbur calls in a favour with an old friend of his to endorse him in the election, seeing as Quackity now has the support of George. The person in question is of course, Schlatt, who previously used to travel with Wilbur.

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i havent even gottEN to the elections. good lord. here we go.

Schlatt sees this as an opportunity to make a deal (to become human), but once he arrives he realises that Wilbur is now a borrower as well, foiling his plans. He goes behind Wilbur's back to make a deal with Quackity.

Through their campaign, Schlatt stays borrower sized, up until the election day, when he swaps sizes with Quackity to fully take in his new empire and to make sure Wilbur knew exactly why he betrayed him.

Sending everyone after Wilbur and Tommy as he banishes them from Manberg, they manage to hide in the borrower tunnels as footsteps thunder outside, Tommy leading Wilbut through them as he tries to find his way to Tubbo.

Quackity in hand, Schlatt brings Tubbo on stage, and Tommy and Wilbur flee after Tubbo is given his new position under Schlatt.

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In Pogtopia, Wilbur decides to call Techno as he spirals. Tommy tries to keep him stable but Wilbur is still reeling from the quick succession of events. Shrinking, losing the election... he feels powerless.

When Techno arrives, he aids Wilbur and Tommy in getting back at Manberg, starting a new wave of revolution. Techno refuses any deals that Wilbur attempts to strike with him, citing that he "Never makes deals"

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Moving forward, Wilbur is getting ready to set up explosives, his smaller stature making it far easier to sneak the TNT into places he usually wouldnt be able to reach.

Dream catches on and arrives to supply him with more, hoping that by helping Wilbur destroy the country, it will allow him to sweep in and take the remains, ensuring he has control over everything once more. Dream believes that under him, the SMP will prosper once more- its only after Wilbur began his revolution that things started to go south.

During his visit, Dream demonstrates that he is able to shift between a human form and a borrower form, much to the surprise of Tommy. Dream mocks Tommy before leaving.

Tubbo and Tommy meet frequently, discussing Wilburs declining emotional state but are at a loss of what to do. They vow to always have each others backs, as they always have done and always will do. Tubbo's hands are steady under Tommy's feet. as he holds him close.

During one of Wilburs TNT runs, he bumps into Eret while travelling between tunnels outside of Manberg. They apologise to him for betraying him at the button room, but Wilbur brushes it off saying that all is forgiven, and that hes getting used to being this small. It's refreshing, he says. A new perspective on life, if you will.

Eret, still guilty, watches him leave. Something about the way he talked rubs them the wrong way until they realise that Wilbur was heading towards Manberg. They call out after him but he is long gone, sequestered away in the maze of tunnels.

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The Red Festival. Absolute chaos during the festivities. Since the election day, Quackity has been borrower sized more often than not, and sits on Schlatts horn or hand as the festival progresses. Wilbur and Tommy sneak in, and Wilbur expresses second thoughts about blowing up Manberg, seeing how much his friends and former citizens are having. He also wonders if it is because he is gone that they are able to have such a good time.

The day goes on, and just as Tubbo starts his speech, Schlatt shifting sizes so that Quackity has the element of surprise to trap Tubbo. Wilbur, stricken by grief that he cannot do anything to help Tubbo, makes sure that Tommy does not run out, fearing that he will be targeted if so. He makes the decision to blow up Manberg.

Techno is brought up on stage, and kills Tubbo, as well as Schlatt and Quackity, who were nearby. He turns his sights onto the people below the podium after. Tommy and Wilbur expose themselves, trying to use the chaos to achieve their respective goals.

The rest of the festival and its aftermath follows similarly to the main plot.

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War now on the horizon, Eret is dethroned by Dream, who places George in power. As Eret refuses to stand down, Dream taunts them. Did they really think they had any power here?

The world pitches around them, and they find themselves surrounded by golden walls. Much to his and Georges surprise, they have swapped sizes. Dream picks up the crown (which had not shrunken with Eret) from around them, and crowns George. Eret flees to Pogtopia, once again apologetic to Wilbur. Wilbur, brushes off their apology and they see the true extent of his despair. Hes not very good at hiding his emotions now he has a tail after all.

Eret volunteers to help out in the war effort, aiming to make up for their actions.

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November 16th. The day of the war begins with George peacefully building a mushroom house away from the impending war.

The war proceeds similarly to canon. Schlatt, in his human form dies of a heart attack, and Quackity is released from their deal, and the war is won. Quackity however, cannot shift back to a human size.

Wilbur sneaks away to the button room after passing on the role of President to Tubbo. Phil arrives, walking into the button room through the tunnels. He is a winged borrower, and attempts to stop Wilbur.

Chaos erupts below the two, the button room being situated on a hill above the podium.

Wilbur takes this chance to press the button, and Phil wraps his arms around his son, hugging him properly for the first time. Phil's wings are scorched by the explosions. Despairing, Wilbur begs Phil to execute him. He didn't intend to be alive to see the aftermath of his actions. In the remains of the button room, Phil panics and begins to grow, eventually crushing Wilbur in his hands as he accepts Wilbur's request.

Techno spawns withers, fighting the remaining survivors. He notices that as time goes on he seems to be shrinking. He sneaks off, and now, borrower sized as Withers continue to wreak havoc on the rubble, he makes his escape.

This is intended of course, to reveal that Phil and Techno have a deal, and have presumably had it for many years now.

Wilbur returns as a tiny Ghostbur.

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As reconstruction efforts begin, Eret is reinstated as King, after George is targeted by various citizens. Dream fears for. George, and thus removes his power, swapping Eret and George back.

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Good Lord theres a Lot that happens betwen this and the next time i thought about stuff for this. There is a big gap that i hadnt figured out yet here. Assume it goes similarly to canon. I took a huge 6 month break from the dsmp and so i never finished planning out this section because its the part im least familiar with.

With exile, Dream is shown to be able to shift sizes once again, using it to manipulate Tommy into trusting him, as well as hurting him.

There is a snippet I wrote of a scenario where Dream tricks a mourning Tubbo into swapping sizes with Tommy, who is not truly dead, which I consider to be canon now rhfkdhekngkfhfk

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Dream's imprisonment happens when he suddenly shrinks down to borrower size after everyone comes through the portal. It is clearly shown that George stays the same, and does not grow.

Dream He is powerless against the now-human-sized Tommy, who deigns not to kill him.

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Later when Tommy visits Dream in prison for "the last time", he enters the prison, and conversation follows as in canon, leading up to the lockdown. Tommy is less worried about Dream being able to hurt him, with Tommy pushing Dream's limits, taunting him. This ends with Dream growing to a human size once more and killing Tommy.

After Tommy's revival, he awakens to Dream being tiny again.

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AND THATS ABOUT IT. Here is some additional information that doesnt fit into a particular part of the timeline!

XD is the one who has a deal with Dream. Not George. In a way, XD actually retconned existence so that Dream and George had always been their respective sizes, and now George is tied to multiple existences/realities.

Foolish is a sizeshifter! He uses totems to shift size, so when he becomes borrower sized, hundreds of thousands of totems appear elsewhere wgfjfhejk,,, mostly he stays Giant sized though.

Bad and Skeppy have a deal! Theirs ties their life forces together, but does not result in size shifting! Bad however CAN sizeshift, and draws on shadows to do so. The smaller he is, the more light he lets off. When he grows, the shadows in the room become more faint, and he grows darker and larger.

Ghostbur is the result of an incomplete deal! Basically the magic in that got a bit messed up after Eret and George got switched up, and he is the result. Revivebur returns human sized once more.

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And thats all I've got!

i don't have many thoughts about newer events in this AU (OR RANBOO. SORRY RANBOO) but feel free to speculate, I'd love to hear your thoughts if you have any about stuff i've missed or about this in general!

even though im probably not going to work on this much/if at all in the future, i still wanted to give this au as close to a ending as possible :P so if you have read this far, thank you so much! SORRY AGAIN.

[kathystheoriesandmore]

Alright, so yes, I know there was new empires episodes, I'm sorry for being late to the party with lore update. I was watching MC live and yelling at friends for their votes xD

BUT WE ARE BACK AND IM SO HYPED TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED!

also please ignore this entire post if you have not watched the latest vids Because SPOILERS!!!!

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Like usual we start off with a catching up, pretty much Joel made a trap and blamed Joey, which made Scott retaliate against Joey and then blame Fwhip, which will lead to more fighting I'm guessing.

But that's not the important part!

The important part is with Lizzy, because it was her lore! She has been trying to find out more information about the blue axolotl and why she can talk to fish/looks like a fish.

When doing so we find some very interesting lore books, and you guys all know I love reading and trying to figure the secret meaning!!!!

It starts off with a "kindred spirits" lore, pretty much saying they will find each other some day cuz they always do. Obviously I looked up what Kindred spirits mean to see if there was a secret meaning that could help but all I found was, "someone who has the same interests or views as you". So maybe it's talking about the stag brothers meeting again or maybe all the siblings finding one another? We will see.

The next parts is pretty much talking about the demon, with his possessions and making everything red. I'm still in questioning if there will be any more kingdoms taken over by it though.

After that it talks about a northern palace which from what I have seen Zlixlriffs say they think it is Joel's mega base, which makes sense so I'm adding onto their theory with also, Joel can't see the demon and the demon can't really effect him. So maybe he is stronger than what we think.

The last part though... Oh that makes me excited!!! Because I have been theorising a betrayal for the longest time! Either from Jimmy or Sausage! But now with the info about salmon being something fearful to the ocean empire... Well now that's making me wonder about Fwhip... He has been making new robots recently...

Speaking about the fearful salmon, to continue the recap, turns out Jimmy and Lizzy and seablings in canon! And my theory (that I never posted cuz it had no proof) of there being some type of Salmon monster in the sea. The question is, if the Salmon creature Jimmy's mom ... Maybe... Why does Jimmy hate Salmon??? Where did that come from!???

Either or, Scott turns up at Lizzy's place, they sing like they were in a musical and then Lizzy gets the item! When she eats it though, she turns more fishlike and then it ends with Joel being confused about his wife.

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Now what does all this mean to us? Well to start... There is a chance a new war will start between Joel, Scott, Fwhip, and Joey. Which will be interesting to see... But also there is a chance of more lore going around. Especially with Jimmy, since there might be a chance he will look more fishlike soon as well!

Also there is the idea of betrayal, meaning if Lizzy's books go into the wrong hands... It could cause panic and everyone to run away and stay away from eachother, which from my last theory, is bad because I guess the only way to stop it is by working together!

We will see in due time on what happens.

My only worry is this. Is the Salmon creature still alive and if so... Did it turn evil?

[red1sg0n3]

OKAY BASICALLY SPOILERS FOR TODAYS STREAM FROM YOUR BELOVED SIMP ANON

it was an hour long but im gonna tell you as i rewatch it so i dont leave anything out

cc!techno my beloved

c!techno complains about how sam didn't visit the cell for 2 weeks, he didn't even come by to drop off food.

which means c!dream hasnt been tortured by c!quackity for 2 weeks (which isnt surprising, big q dealing with tubs and ranboo)

c!tech finds out dream has been tortured and bullies dream and talks about how hes a favorite prisoner

techno bullies dream alot its funny

they talk about writing, techno jokes about dream publishing books and mentions wattpad and how dream has a wattpad acc

its like bullying dream for being homeless all over again

techno says hes enjoying being in prison and will figure out baout breakinf out later which upsets dream

revive book comes up in conversation

techno asks ab it and wants it and dream withholds the knowledge from him (ofc, green prick. )

this is just 13 minutes in im so sorry

its canon that c!techno plays golf oh my fucking god

techno jokes about how his polar bear Steve will break techno out

dream has memory problems? he writes every little thing down in his diary this was over looked??

i just saw this in the comments but this stream was cc!dream's idea, regular lore was delayed bc cc's were busy irl

dream brings up the idea to revive someone who isnt dead

they try to revive techno-

they summoned dreamXD

dream meets XD he never knew XD existed or looked identical to him

you get a wish for summoning XD

techno gets a fucking channel member bell and dream cries

30 minutes in

they try to summon XD again, he didnt come back

they talk about friendships and betrayal

techno tells dream about the eggpire

techno talks ab tubbo and snowchester and the nukes tubbo has, he admits he doesnt trust tubbo still

dream asks ab ranboo and techno kinda avoids his question-

tech asks how dream knows ranboo and dream dodges it

dream brings up escaping again, techno tells him that they can escape through the toilet and forces dream to do the mining (which takes 24 or 25 hours apparently)

this is 48 minutes in oh my god techno

dream makes it canon that they shit im losing it

'are we there yet?' HELP TECHNO FYCKING SHDG

techno is annoying dream as dream breaks the obsidian

as tech opens his inventory theres four books labeled as information written by dream

cc!techno's dog is heard in the background omg 'floof shut up im making content'

tommy's cat was brought and dream tells techno that tommy killed it only bc dream liked it

stream ends

thats all yw and im sorry the ask is long as hell

yooo thank you simp for catching me uppp

also dw I don’t mind the long asks :)