#insanely proud of sally's!!

[chez-cinnamon]

Felt self indulgent so I took a crack at designing how Sally and Wally would look in my own story, Button: Human Among Entities!! Sally as an entity is a lunar and carnival doll mix working as a theatre teacher, and Wally is an eye goblin who works as the local artist and part time tinkerer!!

Will definitely get to the others!!!

[stoppostingforeverandever]

WHERY ^^^ HOW DO YOU NEVER GOD DAMN MISSS???? IT SEEMS STATISTICALLY UNLIKELY YET SOMEHOW IT’S TRUE!?!?!?!!!!

Hhehehehe i also reallly like this guy ^^^

Water is Thicker Than Blood Chapter 35

Sorry, Mags, you will find little to no solace in Ace. He will gaslight you.

{Start} {Prev Next (coming soon)}

Sorry if this looks a little rushed or anything, in the middle of coloring it I got a massive burn on my drawing hand so i was in fact rushing.

this is one of my fav chapters so far, I think yall will really like it :) you guys really like the ace/luffy shenanigans :D

[cynthiav06]

Listen, I read your post about Percy's strategic genius and I thought something.

Percy, Sally, and the entire Jackson family are descendants of Odysseus.

Sally is also damn smart, just look at how she competently got rid of Gabe and remained in full advantage.

And that is why how Athena treats Percy in this way.

He is a descendant of her beloved mortal, so similar to him in his mind and the son of her sworn rival, who tormented this very mortal and prevented him from returning home.

You seriously have no idea how GENIUS that headcanon is like holy hell the sheer depth it adds to everything is insane.

1. Athena begrudgingly guiding Percy in Titan's Curse, getting extreme deja vu (God's probably get that a lot) from the situation and how conflicting she gets over the mortal that is Perseus Jackson for his uncanny resemblance to Odysseus when it comes to his wit and his personality minus strangely the hubris.

Despite her disdain for him out of some strange loyalty, she tells him of his fatal flaw and how it would endanger him.

She let's her loathing for Poseidon get the best of her in Titan's Curse and votes to kill Percy and Thalia but Percy like Odysseus has both the wit and achievements she can't overlook despite her desperate intentions to and hence in the Last Olympian she acknowledges in her own subtle way that Percy is the greatest demigod of this age. That he's saved both the world and his friends.

2. Annabeth proud and confident as ever would be flabbergasted that Percy who she despite her supposed love for him undermines him almost always when it comes to his intelligence finds out that her mother has acknowledged Percy for his strategic mind and that he is the descendant of her mother's most favored mortal ever. (Maybe just maybe it will tone her hubris down a notch and then some, and if we are really lucky, a reality check)

3. Percy would laugh, probably shrug at the revelation. After all, stuff like that makes no difference to him.

4. But I can imagine if Sally knew beforehand about it, then how much hell must she have given Poseidon over it and probably still finds it to be a hilarious coincidence .

5. To Poseidon himself, it must have struck as an agonizing coincidence, but for the better, because for all of Poseidon's flaws, he loves his own intensely. His godly children, his monstrous children, his demigod children, and Percy, he loves most out of them all by his own words and he loves him so in some strange manner for the same humanity he scorned Odysseus for having.

Sally must have made him see the error of his ways, and even Poseidon for his quick temper would be loathe to not change his opinions on mercy then. (If the Queen among mortals tells you, you listen)

All in all, everything that happened in the Odyssey with Poseidon Odysseus and Athena would have come to a good closure with this.

That a millenia later by strange set of circumstances Athena and Poseidon begrudgingly acknowledged the folly in their perspectives from the times of Odyssey all because Poseidon met Sally Jackson and sired a demigod child who by a twist only the fates could make up turned out to be the descendant of Odysseus himself. (I reckon the fates must be cackling in glee at the whole thing)

PS: Hermes is having a blast with this news of Percy's ancestry.

No, but seriously, you have given me more pjo brainrot. (Now I hope this keeps you awake like it does me)

And on that note, Percy would totally canonly be the biggest fan of Epic the Musical, lol.

I have a feeling I am not going to stop talking about this now.

[sylvies-chen]

okay so… I’m crying!

like. my tv is pauses right now because I’m crying and digesting that entire scene between zeus, poseidon, and percy because that was KILLER. like genuinely in terms of acting and writing that was such an astounding four minutes of television.

first off, rest in peace to lance reddick and a round of applause for his CHILLING performance. he plays zeus with such a perfect level of intentionality that even to see zeus be thrown off for a second is just barely noticeable. the temper, the control he exhibits in jumping between very different levels of emotion, it’s so insane. truly insane walker was keeping on par with an actor like that. and of course, then, with tont stephens himself. and poseidon’s entrance? LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.

to see poseidon, a proud species of god, jump in and immediately surrender to zeus ALL FOR PERCY is just… picture that. picture the father you’ve never met, who you’ve been wondering about your entire life. picture fearing he’s the worst man you’ve ever met, picture resenting him for adhering to a system you can see clearly as loveless and problematic but still having this weird complicated love for him because you just want to know where you come from. and the first thing you ever hear him say is, softly and to protect you, “I surrender.”

to put away pride like that, to let love win… the gods fail at that consistently, but he doesn’t in that moment. and so many details of this scene are absolutely perfect and that isn’t even an exaggeration. poseidon mentioning how percy’s inherited his rebellious streak from him because the sea doesn’t like to be contained. sally having taught percy ancient greek, and poseidon being not at all surprised— and, in that, the subtle recognition that sally did raise him and teach him everything. and then: the first question you ever get to ask your father? “do you dream about mom.” ARE YOU JOKING??? and poseidon need only smile, because the answer is obviously yes even though we don’t hear him say it.

I’m floored. honestly.

[bikananjarrus]

rereading how annabeth describes her relationship with her father and her stepmom in tlt is so SO insane. there is absolutely no love lost there. i mean, i think on the most basic level there is, in the way that annabeth is 12 years old, and what 12 year old doesn’t want love from their parent, no matter how much their parent has hurt them in the past? (we see this directly paralleled with percy in tlt where he keeps thinking to himself/saying that he doesn’t care what poseidon thinks, that he hates his dad for abandoning him and sally, etc. but deep down he’s glad his dad claimed him and he wants to make his dad proud).

but when annabeth tells percy not to make a bargain with hades to save his mom, he asks her what she would do if it was her dad, and she says: “that’s easy, I’d leave him to rot.” And later, when percy asks if she’ll ever try living with her dad again, she says: “please. I’m not into self-inflicted pain.”

she was treated like an inconvenience; her father ignored her and resented her, so it’s a) no wonder she ran away, and b) not surprising that she clings so hard to her identity as a daughter of athena. she’s proud to be athena’s child. obvs her mom isn’t really in the picture either, but annabeth tells percy that when she ran away, athena helped guide her, and helped lead her to thalia and luke. in that way, athena helped get her out of an abusive household.

and the first time annabeth did try to go back home for a school year, she was back at camp by christmas, because it was that miserable. i don’t necessarily disagree with annabeth’s choice at the end of tlt to try again; she’s a little older now, more sure of herself, and percy’s advice obviously had some influence in her trying again.

but then the way frederick chase and annabeth’s stepmom are written in ttc, as concerned, kind parents. the flip got switched way too quickly and something just doesn’t add up, rick. annabeth’s descriptions are brutal and honest in tlt and i for one agree with her: frederick chase should rot in hell for how he treated his daughter.

[butchhamlet]

hi :) i don't know if it's really my place to say since i'm not sure if i actually have ocd or not; but as someone who's struggled with a lot of horrible taboo intrusive thoughts, guilt, rumination spirals and possibly trich this summer your ocd hamlet post really resonated with me.

i've been rereading hamlet and hamlet being an ocd sufferer just reframes so much of his acting and his “antic disposition”. to me it feels like he’s putting on masks upon masks upon masks not just because he NEEDS the control (if it’s all an act it means i don’t actually want to hurt anyone right? if i’m pretending to be insane i’m not actually insane?) but also because he’s afraid of being known. like my deepest fear is probably anyone knowing the extent of my intrusive thoughts and the things i feel guilty about and obsess over. so if he says all this nonsense nobody will know what’s happening in his mind—which i guess was probably the original intention anyway, the idea that claudius wouldn’t suspect him of treason if he acted insane, but i think it still fits.

there’s also his first soliloquy, “o, that this too [solid/sullied/sallied] flesh would melt, / thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!” i like the reading of “sullied” because it really highlights that feeling of being contaminated. hamlet feels tainted by the immorality in the danish court, but if we’re going by the ocd reading, he also feels tainted by the horrible intrusive thoughts and obsessions he has (tying in with what you’d said about him having sexual intrusive thoughts rather than um. an o*dipus complex.) the disgust towards the flesh can also be related to physical compulsions like body repetitive behaviours (e.g. skin picking).

this one is a bit “trust me bro” but the “i have of late, but wherefore i know not, lost all my mirth…” line is just. exactly what my experience was. i’ve always had intrusive thoughts, but one afternoon everything just Went Downhill and suddenly i couldn’t stop thinking about it for a couple weeks. i’d be normal for a while before it all started happening again. again, i know in the play he DOES know why he “lost all his mirth”—he saw his father’s ghost—but well.

the famous scene where he yells at ophelia too feels so striking. “get thee to a nunnery. why wouldst thou / be a breeder of sinners?” feels like such a PERSONAL fear of raising a child or being responsible for another life. obviously this isn’t unique to ocd but i imagine for people who have taboo themes (harm ocd, scrupulosity ocd, especially pocd) it’s especially prominent. i feel like the word “sinners” is really important because someone with moral/scrupulosity/religion-related ocd would be very preoccupied about the idea of sinning, and that guilt is something you would never wish on anyone, least of all a child. (HE wouldn't know this, but ocd has genetic factors so even though i don't know if i have it, the possibility of passing this guilt and anxiety on puts me off ever having kids even more).

that ties in to the next lines too: he says, “i am myself indifferent honest, but yet / i could accuse me of such things that it were better my / mother had not borne me. …. what should fellows such as i do / crawling between heaven and earth?” hamlet admits himself he’s “indifferent honest”—rationally he’s probably not the Worst Person In The World Ever—but in the next lines he does seem to consider himself the Worst Person In The World Ever. that kind of all or nothing thinking (small mistakes puts you in the same category as the worst, most morally repugnant criminals) is apparently really common in real event ocd. (https://ocdspecialists.com/real-event-ocd/) hamlet goes on to list everything wrong with him (“i am very proud, revengeful, ambitious…”) which itself feels so much like an intrusive thought. that self-condemnation just feels like he's trying to cover up his anxieties about not being a good person but telling everyone he's not a good person so nobody gets the wrong idea. (he's not an inherently bad person, but he can't possibly convince himself of this because what if he believes that and he starts doing bad things? what if not beating himself up makes him lose control and become even worse? better keep suffering to keep himself in check.)

sorry for clogging up your inbox!! i really wanted to put this out there somewhere but i didn’t want to put it out on my blog since i’ve never really talked about potentially having ocd (? i don’t seem to ALWAYS have it maybe i was just going through a rough patch mid 2023). again i don’t have a diagnosis or anything i’m just going by my own experience and hopefully i’d read enough about it for this to not be way off—though please correct me if i am!! hope you’re having a really nice day, thanks for reading this if you made it all the way through :)

!!! i'm so glad the post resonated with you! honestly, i've gotten some of the sweetest messages about that post from people who saw themselves reflected it in it, which is astonishing to me because i wrote it basically for myself. so it makes me very happy that it means something to you :]

not just because he NEEDS the control (if it’s all an act it means i don’t actually want to hurt anyone right? if i’m pretending to be insane i’m not actually insane?) but also because he’s afraid of being known. like my deepest fear is probably anyone knowing the extent of my intrusive thoughts and the things i feel guilty about and obsess over

YEAH. YEAH. YEAH! i sometimes catch myself having the paranoid thought that people around me can read my mind--i don't actually believe this, but i have a simmering fear of my Worst Thoughts sort of seeping out of me, so reframing hamlet in this light is. ohhhhh man. and sullied really is such a good word for it! the stains! the contamination! miasma theory was right <- JOKE

(also, "if i'm pretending to be insane, i'm not actually insane, right?" is the kind of thought that ocd will chase in CIRCLES, my god.)

i’ve always had intrusive thoughts, but one afternoon everything just Went Downhill and suddenly i couldn’t stop thinking about it for a couple weeks. i’d be normal for a while before it all started happening again

BTW ANON THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AT AGE 14. SHAKING YOUR HAND. DOING A FANCY CODED HANDSHAKE WITH YOU. it really can get so much drastically better or worse at once and it's often (in my experience) hard to tell why, but even when it's not hard to tell why--i think the reasons for Losing His Mirth can be multiple. like, my OCD always gets way worse when i'm stressed about unrelated things. i can see a hamlet whose father's death pushes him over the edge into his worst-ever symptom flare, which exacerbates the grief, which exacerbates the obsessions, which...

i feel like the word “sinners” is really important because someone with moral/scrupulosity/religion-related ocd would be very preoccupied about the idea of sinning, and that guilt is something you would never wish on anyone, least of all a child. (HE wouldn't know this, but ocd has genetic factors so even though i don't know if i have it, the possibility of passing this guilt and anxiety on puts me off ever having kids even more).

YEAH. GOD. OH, MAN. anon your fucking MIND. (i personally read hamlet as having religious components to his OCD; this is at least in part me projecting lol but i think there's evidence throughout the play that he is a deeply religiously conflicted person, & this line is part of that.)

(he's not an inherently bad person, but he can't possibly convince himself of this because what if he believes that and he starts doing bad things? what if not beating himself up makes him lose control and become even worse? better keep suffering to keep himself in check.)

ocd will literally be like "okay so i'm not allowed to believe i'm a good person because if i let myself off the hook for one second i will become complacent and self-justifying and then become a bad person. could this possibly be maladaptive and self-harmful thinking? no, it's the everyone else who is wrong."

AND ABSOLUTELY DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ANYTHING! i fucking LOVE talking about ocd hamlet this ask was SUCH a delight to receive. me clicking on this and seeing how long it was

also tbh anon it sounds like you are definitely having symptoms that could be grouped under OCD, and ultimately diagnostic labels are just the words we apply to groups of symptoms. which is to say, i can't armchair-diagnose you, but looking into coping skills/tips for OCD might help whether you "have" it or not!

thank YOU my comrade for the brilliant thoughts and analysis :3

[star-girl69]

FINALE THOUGHTS 😭

ARES STOP BEING MEAN

NO STOP HES JUST A BABY

YES PERCY ABOUT THAT ACTION JACKSON GET HIM GET HIM

oh he ate

ANNABETH PUTTING HER CAMP NECKLACE ON HIM???? I CRIED

also percy please stop like sacrificing yourself i cant do this tbh

luke i love you i hate you

you’re so hot

the crime of being small

the way bro just casually shows up to olympus what the hell

oh hi zeus…. how are you haha…

PERCY YOU’RE STRESSING ME OUT

JUST LEAVE STOP

POSEIDON OMG OMG OMG OMG

YOU SURRENDER???? BITCH WHAT

oh that accent is so sexy i’m sorry. poseidon i love you…

“FAMILY BUSINESS” LMAOOOOOOO

father son moment i’m dead i’m destroyed

POSEIDON YOU BITCH WTF WTF WHAT THE FUCK

PERCABETH HUG

WOAH WOAHW AOHW

IS THAT THE LOML

i need a second.

she looks so good holy fuck

please i cant do this

she didn’t do this stop being ASSHOLES FUCK!!!!!

“you’re thinking about your mom. i get that” HOLY FUCK LUKE

OH HOLY FUCK

OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH

THIS IS INSANE

WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL I CANT DO THIS

RECRUIT???

NO DONT FIGHT

WOAH WHATS HAPPENING HOLD ON

ANNABETH

THE WAY HE SAID HER NAME

SHE HEARD EVERYTHING

like luke is not wrong bro the gods suck as parents pls y’all be fr

“but i’m very very stubborn” LMAOOOOO

aw he made chiron proud ☹️

PERCY JACKSON

CHIRON LOOKS LIKE HES GONNA CRY LMAO

annabeth her hair ate omg

awwwww his smile 😔😔😔😔😔

“be a kid” CRYING

awwww grover got his searcher’s license

THE PACTTTTT 😭😭😭😭😭

THE HUG IM GONNA KMS FUCK

oh lord why we back at this fuckass beach

SALLY THANK THE GODS

mother son hug i cried

“it’s a long story… but a good one” crying

what.

bro excuse me who is that

KRONOS GET OUT HOLY FUCK YOURE RUINING EVERYTHING YOU DUMBASS MOTHERFUCKING BITCH I HATE YOU

kronos wdym by that…

SALLY!!!!!!! THANK GOD I WAS SCARED

yeah percy don’t call him that that’s weird 😭

MOTHER SON MOMENT I CRIED

THE BLUE PANCAKES!!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha…. wdym… wdym. WHAT DO YOU FUCKING MEAN.

CLARISSE COME BACK PLEASE CLARISSE COME BACK I NEED YOU

the end scene fuck yeah gabe serves you damn right

CLARISSE COME BACK CLARISSE COME BACK CLARISSE PLEASE PLEASE PLESDE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

THIS IS SO FUCKED I CANT DO THIS

GOD PLEASE COME BACK

CLARISSE WHERE ARE YOU I MISS YOU COME HOME

CLARISSSEEEEEEEE CLAAAAARRRRRIIIIISSSEEEEEEE CLLLLAAAAAARRRRRRIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSEEEEEE

don’t talk to me.

[roguelioness]

fables from the field

[written for ffxivwrite2024]

Day 17: Sally

Rating: G Words: 1233 Pairing: none

For all his mad behavior, Theodoric was a meticulously organized man.

Or that is the impression Alyzen is left with as she looks around the ruins of a prison cell filled to the brim with treasures and valuables of untold value. Items seized and forcibly taken from the many, many victims of the Mad King, hidden away from the city, in the depths of a lake, deep within the ruins of once-glorious Skalla.

Fighting through the remnants of the city had a challenge; each specter, each abomination had been a former relative to the king, and she could not help but wonder if they were related to her. Despite her reservations, she knew she was doing them a favor; death would release them from the prison of their monstrous bodies, from the dungeons of a long-forgotten city, from an existence that was the cruelest torture she could imagine. Seeing the countless antique vases and gilded statues, the now moth-eaten carpets and crumbling books fills her with rage. So much history here, so much wealth that could have been used to better the lives of the people, instead hidden away and hoarded by an insane, vengeful, petty, paranoid man.

Alyzen walks slowly around the room, examining the many boxes and chests placed in neat piles, stacked atop each other. At the forefront of each pile is a large wooden box, the top of which is engraved with heraldry. Most of it she cannot recognize, but tucked away in a dimly-lit corner is a symbol that has her heart racing fast enough to burst out of her chest – a hawk, with its wings spread wide.

Her family’s bird. Her family’s symbol.

Hands shaking, she reaches out slowly – slowly, carefully, as though it is a grenade that might go off any second – and opens the lid to the crate.

Within it lies what remains of House Reinhard.

All that belonged to her mother, and her mother’s family, has been carefully audited and placed here. Piles upon piles of gold coins. Vessels crafted from precious metals. Jewelry bearing sapphires and emeralds and rubies, every kind of priceless stone. Furniture made of woods she cannot recognize. Clothing of satin and silks – ceremonial robes, finely embroidered wedding finery, armored vestments – now frayed and thinned from age. Portraits of family members she has and never will meet.

And at the very back, in an impressive, ornately gilded frame, stands a man with familiar features, a man she has never met but has heard so much about; Alyzen falls to her knees, all breath knocked out of her, as she glimpses her father’s face for the very first time in her life.

She starts to weep, huge, wracking sobs that shake her shoulders, giving a vent to the myriad emotions within her, unaware of Arenvald and Aphinaud calling out to her in concern. All she can think of is the many stories her mother has told her – her mother, who should be here, her mother, to whom all of this belongs to, her mother, who she wishes with all her heart was with her at this moment, so they could look upon her father together at least once.

Instead she is here alone, surrounded by wealth and all the things she had only dreamed of when growing up, and she is filled with such rage that one man, one demented, deranged man had brought so much suffering to so many people. Theodoric had destroyed her family, had killed her father, had been the cause of so much of her mother’s tears, and it does not seem fair that he is no longer alive to bear the consequences of his villainy.

Wiping at her face frantically, trying to unblur her vision, she gazes upon her father for a better look. He is dressed in full armor, a surprising choice for a monk of the Fist of Rhalgr. Perhaps it is his wedding portrait – Malyna had told her, many times, how she had hated the voluminous robes that she was forced into for her wedding portrait. If Runolf had been uncomfortable in his clothes, it does not show; he stands proud and regal, his gaze directly upon her, and there’s a pang in her heart as she imagines pride in his look. She has his cheekbones, she thinks, and his brow; his hair is a soft shade of brown.

Is he happy to see her? Would he be proud of who she is, of what she has become, of her deeds and triumphs?

Her weeping resumes, albeit quieter. She has never felt more like the orphan she is than at this moment; her heart is heavy from the emptiness within it. 

Oh abbe, she wipes her eyes with the crook of her elbow, I wish so much that I could have met you. Are you watching over me now? Would you like who I am?

“Alyzen?” Arenvald’s voice breaks her out of her spiralling thoughts, though he is quickly hushed by Aphinaud. Footsteps move away from her, and she is grateful to the lad for giving her space; she does not have it in her to answer their queries.

There is– there is so much of her history here. So much she could learn from, if she had someone to tell her the tales of her forebearers, to teach her the ways of her ancestors. How difficult it must have been for her mother to have grown up in wealth, only to have it snatched away and be forced to flee into a life of poverty. How it must have burned Malyna to know all that had been taken from her.

Anger once more swells within her breast as she thinks of the many nights her mother had gone to bed hungry. All of their struggles that could easily have been solved had they but a fraction of the treasures found within this box bearing her family’s symbol. The fury rises and rises within her until she trembles with it, until she rises to her feet in a swift, fluid motion, drawing her blade a fraction of a second before she launches herself in a frenzied rush across the room, straight at the large, large portrait of Theodoric that hangs upon the wall.

She hacks at the linen canvas, screaming and shouting and shrieking her rage, each slice of her blade leaving a large gash upon the painting. She mars his heavy-set brow, the discontented, arrogant set of his mouth, at his eyes that seem to sneer at her; she cuts and cuts and cuts away until all that remains are pieces of colored canvas strewn upon the ground and an antique frame that is likely beyond repair.

Alphinaud’s hand, tentative and hesitant, brings her destruction to a halt. “Mayhaps you need some fresh air,” he gently suggests. “There have been terrible truths unearthed this day; ‘tis best to sort through them in the warmth of daylight. Come, my friend – We can return another day.”

Worn out, she lets herself be drawn away by the young lad, but not before pointing towards her family’s legacy. “Tomorrow,” she says, her voice hoarse and raw, “I will take my father away from this cursed place.”

“It would be my honor to accompany you,” Alphinaud promises.

Alyzen smiles, a weak, watery one, and drapes her arm around his shoulders. “Remind me to tell you about him.”

[charlie-heart6]

SALLY FACE GAME SPOILERS

Sal, larry, ash and todd from sally face They actually make me so sad, sal was 15 when he moved, he was 15 when he saw his second dead body, he was 17 when he discovered a cult under his apartment building and 17 when he saw human flesh no bone, he was 8 when his mum died and his face was basically half gone, he was a kid and was forced to see multiple people he loved die, he was 8,15,17, 22 then he died at 28, everyone he knew had basically abandoned him or died, i don't blame ash though as she was dealing with her own grief and needed to sort through that even if she didn't stop sals death in time. The group makes me even more sad, larry died, sal died, ash lives but heavily traumatised, todd was fucking possessed and probably has lots of trauma too, larry literally died because of red eyes so imagine how todd feels knowing he was possessed by the same creature which drew one of his closest friends to insanity, imagine how sal felt having to kill soda, chug, everyone, his dad and lisa, especially after larry had died and lisa was the last piece of larry since lisa was larrys mum, imagine the amount of guilt he held for the next 6 years of his life in jail, imagine how insane he felt while rotting away, he didn't even get peace in death as he still had to stop red eyes, and ash will have to deal with the guilt of testifying against sal and aiding in the court calling him guilty, she even saw him die because she was too late and so distraught beforehand.

larry was insane, his dad had disappeared his mum was working to meet ends meat, he was literally happy for a time with sal, sals dad and his mum then Red eyes happened and etc, i feel horrible for all of them, they were kids and barely adults when it all happend, i love sally face but god it makes me wanna sob over these characters, oh and sal probably felt more guilty because his dads last words were "You know, I may not say this enough, but I'm proud of you Sal. You've come a long way and I know it hasn't all been easy. I look at you now and I'm excited about the man you are becoming. I think you've got a bright future ahead of you. I really do. I love you, buddy." Like why just why make it so much more heartbreaking And sal still thinks about his mums death, he was 8 and traumatised, he felt like it was all his fault, i hate how sad this game makes me so sad

[scribe-cas]

Get to Know Your Moots Writeblr Interview

(Tagged by @scribe-of-stories :> the fact that "the scribes" is a thing sparks so much joy you don't even get it /pos)

On the Tumblr Writing Community

How long have you had your writing Tumblr/Writeblr?

Like approximately a year and 2 weeks. Ish

What led you to create it?

It started off as literally my main blog but I post so much about my characters that I just. It's basically just a writing blog now because I'm too insane about my own series

What’s your favorite thing about the Writeblr community?

PEOPLE RAAHHHHHHHHH

Also the fact that people here are normal about villains and like.. media that isn't scrubbed of any substance. Cancel culture and Hays code my detested <3

What’s one thing you’d like your mutuals to know about you?

Please talk to me about my characters please please please please ask me stuff I swear asks light up my mind and I don't bite no question is a dumb one

Also if you like couteau I'm eating you alive /affectionate /positive

If you're new here you'll see my obsession with cou knows no bounds. Being told to go write about him motivates me to no end. I will get you guys a book I just wanna write about him HORFUSHUFAHSHD

Is there anything you’d like to see more of on your dash?

OCS. GIVE ME YOUR OCS. I KNOW THIS IS WRITEBLR BUT I WANNA SEE THEM. IF YOU DONT HAVE ART OF THEM I'LL MAKE YOU ART OF THEM DAMNIT.

What tips/advice do you have for someone who made a Writeblr today?

Babe i don't know what I'm doing let alone advice for other people. Um I guess be insane about your projects. Don't be afraid to not take yourself seriously, and enjoy working on your WIPs. People talk about how oh writing is supposed to be self reflective writing is supposed to be about learning about others- my writing is a joke to me and everyone around. If it ends up being something else later on that's great but right now no its whatever i think would be funny rn.

WIP it Good

Which Works-in-Progress (WIPs) or writing projects are you noodling about, lately?

Blood is sweeter than silence my beloved....

How long have you been working on them?

6 years actually writing (2 drafts of mine were deleted by negligent roommates so I've had to completely restart) but about 10 since I started thinking about it

Do you remember what inspired them/what got you started?

Literally a million things. But also it mostly just kinda came from my own brain. Everything I've ever experienced has shaped it.

How much time, in your best estimation, do you spend thinking about them?

It never leaves my mind. Literally ever. Ask my wife it's literally all I talk about

When someone asks the dreaded, “What do you write about,” question, what do you usually say?

"Oh I'm really dabbling in slasher-comedy recently" /voice of a man who is so proud of the genre 'slasher-comedy'

What do you want to say (if it’s different from what you do say)?

Honestly slasher comedy is pretty accurate. It leaves out the rampant implications of demon horniness but that isn't technically relevant to the plot

Let’s Rotate Blorbos

Name any characters you created.

Amara (Ami), Seamus (Gambit), Couteau, Sally, Rix, Ally, Lainey, Varasha- the list goes on

Who’s the most unhinged?

Rix when it comes to like being actually impaired in the brain but Couteau when we're talking just. Nuts. Like when a character just is that way because they can be.

Who comes the most naturally for you to write?

None of them ever /lh, it is ALWAYS a struggle

Do you ever cringe at them?

No I find them hilarious if I'm being honest. They do some cringefail shit and I just laugh

How much control do you feel you have over your characters?

They are writing this shit. I am just witnessing and occasionally figuring stuff out from subtext.

Do you enjoy people asking questions about your characters?

GOD YES. LITERALLY ANYTHING. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Literally even just like poking me on what WIPs I've got going on will spur me into it I love knowing there are people who want to see the scene im working on when it's done. Or sometimes I write fanfiction that's kinda canon adjacent? And if you also wanted to see that I'd kiss you on the mouth /pos

But God yes I love talking about them. I will explain stuff over and over again to every new person ever I love you questions about my characters

On Writeblr Engagement

What makes you want to follow another Writeblr account?

There is no criteria. If you post and I like the thing you posted, you get followed

What makes you decide against following?

... show me your stuff or I can't see it and know how cool it is and follow you. If you show me nothing then nothing you will receive

Do you interact with non-mutuals often?

Yes! But also no because I barely manage to interact on here at all sometimes /lh

Do your mutuals’ characters occupy space in your noodle?

Yeah I rotate Ela and Kei around in my head pretty regularly

And every Michael ever made by @sandranetta13

I interact with ink and myth on a daily basis tho /lh

Anyways open tag other than for you two fuckers I'm making it mandatory @daughter-of-inklings @mythie-and-mages

[oh-three]

PJO S1E4:

Omg, I forgot he sent the head to Olympus.

There's something really funny about the son of Poseidon being afraid of water when he was a boy. But also, I love how Sally was telling him how important he was, without telling him it's because he's a half-blood and Poseidon's son.

Leave him alone, Kronos.

"People who are close to you aren't supposed to treat you that way." 😭

My heart goes out to Annabeth. For feeling the need to leave because her stepmother didn't like her.

CENTAURS!

Also, the chemistry between Percy and Annabeth is insane.

This is the lady with the dog Chimaera, isn't it.

Yep. Echidna. She's definitely bad. Either she or her Chimaera smashed in that window.

I can't believe the cops left them all alone with her. Oh, nvm, they were still there. I wonder what they heard?

The awkward moment of watching a random tiny dog run by. (The awkward moment of knowing it's also not an actual dog).

Kinda surreal seeing the temple on screen.

Grover looking at all the buffalo and Native American stuff and thinking about how the centaurs were affected by human expansion 😭

"Careful. I think you were about to call me a friend." I love them so much.

Echidna and her pet utterly destroying traffic.

Medusa's head coming back to bite them in the butt.

Percy refusing to leave Annabeth even while he's potentially dying 😭

Holy shit, he tricked her 😭🤣 Not Percy making them go because they're his friends and he's already dying anyway 😭

That Chimaera is beautiful.....why are the evil things always beautiful.

That was a lucky catch.

GG Poseidon.

"Your father is here. He's always been here. [...] But he's here. And he's so very proud." Even if he's still dubious of him after this, Percy needed to hear that.

Fuck, the episode's over.

[tieronecrush]

bestie!!!

for the ask game:

F: Share a snippet from one of your favourite dialogue scenes you've written and explain why you're proud of it.

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

T: Any fandom tropes you can't stand?

U: Share three of your favourite fic writers and why you like them so much.

HI BB :)))

F: Share a snippet from one of your favourite dialogue scenes you've written and explain why you're proud of it.

The light bounces off the surface of the water, reflecting in his eyes as you hold his gaze and silence falls over the two of you for a handful of heartbeats. He speaks in a hushed voice as if any louder would shatter the moment, “M’gonna marry you. Gonna give you whatever kind of life you want — a house, babies, I’d move across the world with you if you wanted. Middle of nowhere. Whatever you want, Mari.” A smile grows on your face, droplets littering your face as you match his volume, “The only life I want is one with yours.”

this is from my most recent chapter of h&h and idk i feel so attached to lil moments like this cause they feel genuine to me like such simple expressions of love <3

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

ABSOLUTELY there are so many but some highlights would be tumblr wise: YOU EL @swiftispunk @cupofjoel @darkroastjoel @atinylittlepain and so so many more

non-tumblr wise, i would aspire to write something like elif batuman's the idiot, v.e. schwab's the invisible life of addie larue, lily king's writers & lovers, sally rooney's normal people, and of course, i love the classics from jane austen & charlotte bronte & love sylvia plath

a big influence is stories that feel like incredible representations of real life and i can feel what the characters are feeling

T: Any fandom tropes you can't stand?

oh god..........idk there's not a lot that i won't give a shot but i am not a fan of the inexperienced reader who has NO CLUE about anything cause that is just a sure fire way to take me out of the story cause in today's day and age, even if you're sheltered, you're still gonna learn or be exposed to sex

U: Share three of your favourite fic writers and why you like them so much.

you are included in this list and i have told you all the time but i am always in awe of how you build your fics and include such poetic language and also make me go insane cause i fall in love with your characters so quickly. let my barbies marcie and jo kith <3

@swiftispunk -- han is such an incredible writer and makes me want to be better and was my first friend on here and encouraged me to write and i love her so much!!! always and forever a favorite of mine, i would eat up anything han wrote, fic or not!

@atinylittlepain -- GIN my cousin they are seriously so skilled and so creative in their story ideas and character development is just chef's kiss. again, a writer who inspires me! i am putting my gin cap on for a WIP i have attempting to write something with as much depth and beauty as they put into their writing every time.

@ladamedusoif -- the thoughtfulness in rose's stories is so immaculate, i am always transported into the worlds that she builds. it's careful creation but not fragile in the slightest, i can really dig into her stories and characters.

@whatsnewalycat -- hands down writes fics that should be novels. the amount of times i have sobbed or laughed or yelled out loud while reading aly's stories is concerning. i devour everything they post as soon as it's posted and i have had weeks at a time when i have found myself continually thinking about their stories and characters and certain small choices that have left an impact on me.

ask me a question about my fics!

[hitchell-mope]

Remakes and fans should let things stand on their own.

Now I’ve never watched mash. Up until like last year I always thought that it was an hour long drama and not a half hour comedy. Mostly because I only ever knew about the dead chicken that was really a dead baby. But @rpsocsandcanonohmy told me about Klinger who dressed up as a woman in the hopes of getting Blighty’d out of the army on the grounds of insanity and how today they would probably fuck it up by making him transgender when it doesn’t make sense for the character. Which got me thinking.

In general. I think remakes can be a good thing. When done properly that is. Take the 2016 Jungle Book remake for instance. It gave Mowgli a proper character and agency as opposed to him just being a plot device for the animals

But. With things like mash you really need to remember when the original is set and when the original was made. @rpsocsandcanonohmy telling me about Klinger made me think how Sally Rogers would he ruined by a modern writing team.

Sally Rogers is a wonderful character. Man hungry. Hilarious entertainer. Gifted comedy writer. Wants to get married. She’s also the same height as Dick Van Dyke and has a raspy voice. So knowing a modern writing team’s shaky grasp on why she was groundbreaking. They’d probably make her a man hating lesbian. Either that or they’d turn her into a home wrecker by having an affair with either Mel, Rob or Buddy. All of whom are married.

And that goes for golden girls as well. I’ve seen people on tumblr ship Dorothy and Blanche. Now that in itself isn’t a bad thing. It’s just not my thing. Ship and let ship you know. But it seems to me that sometimes certain fans try to use shipping as a way to get past things they think unsavoury like Blanche’s man hungry nature. Which kind of befuddles me a little bit because apart from the typical jokes about it, mostly because on Dorothy and Sophia, Blanche was never ashamed of her hobby. So why should the fans be?

It applies to more modern things as well. Supernatural would probably never be made today because Dean Winchester goes against everything modern audiences think a male co-lead should be. And he’d probably be the villain nowadays what with his perviness, binge drinking and his very present Oedipus, Electra and brother complex. That is to say if hellers are rightfully left out of the conversation like they should be.

Take avatar for another example. The Netflix adaptation excised Sokka’s sexism in the early episodes because it was “politically correct”. Obviously failing to understand that he worked through that and won over the girl who made him see he was wrong.

Hell. It applies to modern things set in the past. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen posts either hinting or outright demanding a pride episode from stranger things that blatantly ignore that it’s set in Indiana during Reagan’s America. Aka. A time of sadly rampant homophobia. So frankly I forgive the show for not having Will and Robin be out and proud because it just doesn’t fit either the time period or the genre of the show.

Mash, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the golden girls, supernatural, avatar, stranger things. They’re all either beholden to or a product of either when they were made or set. And trying to change that to make a modern audience at ease is just plain stupid.

TL;DR: it all comes down to it being a feature and not a bug. People should accept things as they are. If you don’t like it then don’t like it. But don’t try to ruin it for people who accept the features as they are just because you don’t like it. Just accept that what it is isn’t for you and please. Move on. This goes for both fans and writers looking to remake. Don’t treat a feature like it’s a bug because then you’ll be getting rid of what made it interesting in the first place.

[creonininkwell]

Does Creon have a role in the episode Cupstaged? 🙂

Of course!

She's Cat Man

Initially, she was stage crew. But after seeing the disastrous auditions, and Creon intervening before each disaster, Sally decided Creon was a good fit. Creon objected. She didn't want to take the part that both Mugman and Cuphead wanted. But seeing how no one else was available, she decided that she'd compromise by playing Cat-man. She already committed to being the back-up in case no one auditioned for Cat-Man.

Since Sally picked herself as "Cup Rogers," Creon proposed that they improvise the script a bit. Sally was all for it. Creon also managed to recruit volunteers who were more than happy to be part of backstage crew. They needed a few extra sets and prop pieces and some puppeteers to puppet the demented cat puppets. Cuphead and Mugman got to help make some new impromptu set pieces. The Devil refused to participate, being a sore loser and everything.

Since the main roles were all taken, only a few volunteers were willing to stay and be part of backstage crew. The puppies from the “Flying Aces” boss fight were more than happy to puppet the cat puppets and switch between backstage crew. Willy Warbles wanted to try in some way to participate, but he wasn’t so sure found more comfort working backstage, especially with the hodge-podge synthesizer that Dr.Kahl accidentally made.

In this AU, I’d like to think they had a few days before the first showing, rather the next day or even that night. I know it’s a cartoon, but that’s kind of ridiculous. So Creon would have time, albeit a little time crunch, to recruit Dr, Kahl and Werner Werman to create some stage props. She’s had to rein in their insanity so they wouldn’t go overboard or adding unnecessary bells and whistles. The automaton helped transport the heavier props to the theater. He also wanted to participate in some way. For those familiar with the film “Iron Giant,” the automaton was able to control his detachable hand remotely and help backstage.

Mugman still has some stage-fright, but he managed to puppet some of the sock puppets. The first showing and the next few showings were a huge success. Despite playing the villain, Creon’s performance was fun and captivating, that the audience loved her just as much as Cup Rogers. Creon just borrowed a lot from anime villains, Broadway, along whatever bits of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai she remembers.

Elder Kettle enjoyed the show and was really proud of both the boys and Creon. Cuphead actually had fun working backstage, especially since it was really challenging to go from one cue to another. Mugman was extremely proud of the fact that he didn’t freeze up working as a puppeteer. Willy’s dad is proud listening to his son rock out on the synthesizer and the puppies had loads of fun.

The Devil...the Devil was shocked at the overall performance, and the reception of Catman. He didn’t think people would eventually sympathize for the villain near the end. Now he feels like he missed out.

[jalenmara]

Came up with 2 batshit wild theories about the ending of Barry last night and I’m so proud of myself for the sheer insanity of it all.

The “Happy” Ending:

Barry wipes out the rest of Noho Hank and Fuches’ gangs, but is caught and imprisoned for life. Gene Cousineau is also imprisoned for reasons involving his spending of the 250k. They end up in the same prison and start a theatre troupe. Sally and John get the therapy they need/deserve and do not become the next cycle of violence. Fuches is dead and Noho Hank escapes but helps the donut dude franchise and discover his true calling- retail.

The Batshit/Tragic Ending:

We discover that the Barry we have come to know and love is actually his own father and we are seeing how young Barry (John) is handed over to Fuches to become the killer he is through a series of sense memory exercises.

(I fully expect nothing of the above to happen, with possibly the exception of Fuches somehow raising John, which is the non Batshit Tragic Ending we’re all dreading.)

[crispylilworm]

FINALLY finished Cyberpunk 2077 main storyline, and I can definitively say that it's one of my top if not my absolute favorite game of all time. I know I'm super lucky that I first played after then major 2.0 update so I am not harboring any hate about the initial release because I was simply not there lol. I beg you to give it a chance if you walked away the first time.

The world building, the story, the detail, the humor, the heart - literally everything about it was so cool and so immersive. Normally I just play games and make decisions in the moment, but I loved planning out my build and testing out the best weapons and mods. I got so into the roleplay aspect of it too, finding myself thinking "V wouldn't say that" even if I wanted to see where a choice led - if anything it made me super excited to do new playthroughs choosing different paths.

I waited to do Phantom Liberty until I was at the "point of no return" in the main game plot, so the past few weeks have been me just going through the most insane and fun missions straight through the end of the game. I'm a bit of a sidequest-Sally but I personally enjoyed rolling up to all the fights way overpowered because I did the legwork to make it happen lol. Next time I'm excited to challenge myself and just focus on main missions and better fight strategy.

My first playthrough was like 120 hours and I did Streetkid origin, Netrunner/Edgerunner build, romanced Judy, and went for the whole hometown hero/rebel path with my choices. My next playthrough I am 100% planning a Corpo run with a melee build - TBD if I run away to the Nomads (and Panam lol) or go full evil Corpo bootlicker, so I'll have to see how that plays out.

I was maxed out Cyberdecks with RAM and had the best Quickhacks, there was nothing more satisfying than blowing up enemies with my mind (T5 System Collapse being non-traceable is actually broken OP) or using different distractions and baits to manipulate NPCs how I wanted. I had the Oracle optics to see enemies around walls and plan out my stealth attack accordingly. However, failing to stealth and ending up in combat was never disappointing - I had high Reflexes with my Int/Tech build so I could still air dash to an enemy to meet them with my shotgun or Gorilla Arms. All the options were so incredibly creative and fun, it's no wonder I was obsessed with sidequests.

Spoilers below for the rest of my monologue:

The endings I got first playthrough:

Main: The Sun

PL: King of Wands

The Sun: This ending felt so right for my V carrying on the shared dream with Jackie on that failed mission to become a legend of Night City. I finished most of the side character storylines, include all the Johnny missions, so it made sense to end it with Rogue. I felt bad getting her killed, but I had the feeling she had accepted that fate going into the mission - the same way Johnny came to terms with his situation and gave himself up for V in the end. I like to think V goes on to make Johnny proud, wherever his engram is in Mikoshi or beyond the black wall with Alt

King of Wands: I knew that my V would always support fellow Netrunner So Mi in my playthrough, but having to kill Reed made me very upset. He was giving me no choice! I actually immediately savescummed to try another option and then Reed shot V so I felt less bad returning to the original playthrough lol. I loved how there were no "right" choices in the DLC but man my heart

I'm the type to play it through by heart and then research the rest of the options anyway to see how it could have turned out. I have like 20 save files at critical choices/cool scenes so I can replay or try something different next time.

Apparently I'm primed to get the secret ending? I now know you need at least 70% with Johnny and need to wait like 5 minutes on the ending rooftop dialogue scene. I had 85% with Johnny - how could I disagree with him, the rockstar-terrorist Keanu Reeves in V's brain? I thought it was funny how forums were all asking for advice how to get to the requisite stats but I just simped for Johnny the whole time so I guess I achieved that easily lol. He was morally aligned with exactly where I wanted to take V, so now I just need to replay that dialogue seen and see where it goes. I actually have no idea what the secret ending entails I just now it exists

Some things I did not enjoy or didn't get in to:

Sandevistan: I think this is the coolest combat feature in the game but I simply did not use it in my first-playthrough build. It's the main inspiration for me wanting to do melee next time

Beat on the Brat: I simply was not in to becoming a boxing star. Even when I do a replay, I am not convinced I would give it a try sorry <3

Vehicle combat: I'm not actually sure how much of this was a 2.0 update, but I didn't feel compelled/did not have the build to really even try it out. I've seen some videos of people using swords on motorcycles so hopefully I'll try that next playthrough

River romance: I liked the mission with his sidequest but I HATED that you had to sit through cringe romance scenes with him. V and River had zero chemistry, it was actually so uncomfortable to have to sit through some of that "flirty" dialogue to get it done

The Badlands: I skipped a most of the missions here solely because it mad no sense for my Streetkid/Netrunner V to be gallivanting around out here. I loved a lot of characters out here but wanted to save it for a next playthrough

Vehicle contracts: If I started PL earlier in my playthrough, maybe I'd go for it. I just had no desire to go for them

I'm still in the phase of listening to lore/easter egg videos on Youtube and the content still feels endless. Using quick-travel options literally feels dirty, there's so much to find just driving around or exploring on foot. I don't think I'll every delete this first playthrough even, when I go through replays, just because there's so much I keep and keep uncovering. Night City definitely makes me want to check out Witcher Wild Hunt or anything else CD Project RED puts out because I love what they were able to put out with cyberpunk