#it all deends on the shoes

[justhellacesome]

really just kept cutting my hair shorter till nobody told me they liked it cuz I didnt and when they stopped thats the time I finally did. Now I have hair that gives me the power to go gurl or guyyy whenever and that is power nyahahahhhashsj

[rocksanddeadflowers]

Everything with the sensory stuff!!! Jonny insisting Brian doesn't have to wear that monstrosity and they can just pick better fabric together next time. (Also Carmilla and Brian not being able to do much sewing beyond simple minor things so Brian explains how special this feels bc there's no tailor in town (or at least not one willing to fit dresses for Brian) so they always get clothes they have to adjust to fit Brian. Having one made and tailored specifically with Brian in mind...... ouagh.......)

OUAGH THE THING WITH THE SHOES!!!! It already feels kinda fae trickstery to steal his shoes like that which is actually so cute to me....... then also the kid who stole them to make ppl stay longer like!!! Feels relevant just bc Lyf might being growing feelings but neither realize and idk.... (Reminds me of that scene in Big Fish with the weird secluded town were no one wears shoes and stays forever so that kid steals the protag's shoes and tosses them up with the rest bc she likes the protag and wants him to stay in town. That whole movie is a trip and I love it.) (Also fae Lyf just hating shoes when they're unnecessary in general just for funises. "Oh you're not walking across something dangerous or gross? Then literally what is the point? Pretty cringe honestly. You don't wanna feel the earth beneath you? Pathetic. Loser. Pussy." The only excuse they'll possibly accept other than when they're actually needed (say, while walking across the rubble of what used to be their home, gee I wonder why anyone would be stuck doing that-) is sensory issues.)

Everything you wrote with the mob stuff like!!!!! Bouncing off the walls of my enclosure......... Toy handling people by thinking they're ill somehow and just sticking the somewhere to come back too after its order is carried out lmao... (<- also idk if I've ever brought this up but I kinda pictured Toy's eyes going red and sharp and primal- the most human but inhuman look its ever had as it fights Jonny. There's a certain rage and strictness to it- the most intense order its followed to date. Toy barely emotes, but Marius sobbing and begging demanding it to stop, and the red flickers away from its gaze and it realizes its orders meant to help Marius have hurt him somehow.... idk feelings bro.)

EVERYTHING WITH HOW YOU DESCRIBED LYF!!!!!! IDK WHAT TO SAY RN BUT ILL PROBABLY GET INTO SOMETHING AND I'M GOING BONKERS YOURE SO CORRECT AND THAT'S HOW I ALWAYS FELT TOO UAGH!!!!!!!

Dude I am a MAJOR sucker for plants that express someone's emotions.... (<- has a fae jon jarchivist design with that trope). Thinking the rose grew a bit and roost twisted around into his hair and stuff..... (the roses growing on the grounds do the same deending on Aurora's moods too!!!) (Also everything about the tree scene like... "Its not over til its over" is SO HER AAAAAHHH!!!!)

Also! Thought about getting into the details of Lyf Tim and Bertie war backstory but I don't actually have as much as I thought? I was thinking a Cinders' esque thing ("My stepmother and sisters betrayed our world conceding") where Odin was the queen of their kingdom but she sold everyone out... made a deal with the rulers and the whole war was planned so both sides monarch's would profit. Didn't actually think up any details on that tho. (FUCK what if anyone Jutn related - Loki, Sigyn, Fenrir, etc - are of the Fair Folk?????? Oh boy....... oh boy okay maybe its the autism making those things combine like that feel like im self combusting idk.)

Tim and Bertie, though- I think the cataclyst that made them sabotage everything was something almost killing Bertie. Enough to almost get Bertie sent home, but really the higher ups avoided that at all costs and Bertie didn't want to leave without Tim. Tim was so scared Bertie had died- it was too long before he was allowed to see Bertie after the injury, too. Tim was already spiraling into a revenge plan when he finally got to see Bertie. At that point its a bone crushing hug with tears, then a long somber candlelight talk, then a unanimous and major "Alright, yeah, fuck it."

Also idk how this would work but I had an image in my brain of late into the war, the boarders of most towns being closed off. Lyf, someone of Fae blood (oh hey btw you actually liking fae!lyf is opening such a major autistic can of worms you just opened for me .... fae/faery things are one of my oldest obsessions/interests) feels the forest calling out to them. The woods grow more desperate, frantic, and hungry for those who have the moss and dirt in their veins to return because it can feel the war. The war spreads to the edges of treelines and burns. This is the time for them to evacuate into the forest's depths, into realms mankind cannot reach, so the woods make protect the fair folk and so the fair folk in turn can protect the woods. Lyf is of the few who don't escape in time. The boarders close, no one to leave or enter the town. The disconnect and desperation make Lyf ill.

After everything is destroyed, and Lyf is of the little that remain (I can almost see them in a basement or bunker underground when it happens, vines and tree roots and plant life bursting up from the rock and surrounding Lyf just before the entire structure collapses), and alongside Tim and Bertie (totally and completely willingly lmao), they're finally in the woods. They can feel a disconnect- a wall between this realm and the realm that called them. It was created not long before the complete destruction, a safety precaution. Its far to much for Lyf to break through to find the other side. While it almost saddens them in a way they don't understand and cannot explain, the forest itself accepts them joyously. Lyf is doing very poorly, but the longer they stay in the woods, the healthier they begin to feel (alongside actual treatments but you know). They feels sparks of magic, start wondering if there's magic like things they can do.

Also yes!!! Lyf knowing their way around the woods so well... Tim and Bertie are taking in this super messed up stray and almost being a little overprotective from the get go bc they seem so frail... Lyf certainly being messed up like sick and weak, but still:

"Yeah no don't go that way- just trust me." "Did no one ever teach you to not trust random berries in the woods? Are you stupid?" "Yeah that water is good to drink, just make sure you have an offering for the Rusalka that lives there first." "This sap and moss will make a perfectly adequate bandage for that- okay if you're just gonna rise it with stream water with no anti-septic its just gonna get infected and gross and you'll die. ........'what's an anti-septic?' Bertie you may have to hold him down." "I assure you the sound of a baby crying this deep in the woods is no actual child get back in the tent and stay put. Oh, you really care now? After bombing my whole town? Interesting."

Also random bonus thingy:

"There must be more than this provincial life!" said by Brian as he stares longingly into the distance at the peaks of mountains and an abandoned castle, wind tousling his hair

"Just watch, I'm going to make [Brian] my wife/husband!" Said by Marius where he's sat on Toy's shoulders bc he couldn't get through the crowd by himself, legs sticking straight out, one arm holding on and the other pointing at Brian.

Also also idk if I ever mentioned this either but- always pictured Marius crouching down and stuff when with the servants of the castle. Like, he always wants to be at level with them. Eye level at a counter or sat on the ground with his legs way out in front of him. He doesn't like standing over them and looking down at them. You'd almost think he'd like being taller for once- but its honestly kinda weird and jarring to him lmao. He still brags about his height while sitting on the floor in platforms that are about to be stolen next time he falls asleep tho.

Okay that's probably all I meant hopefully! Almost one am here rn I am so tired i usually go to be earlier than this but at least its friday? Or was friday lmao.. (a fyafyt stabby friday....)vanyway I'm beat probably got enough of this out of my ssytem to sleep now so peace!

Beauty and the Beast, but it's the Mechanisms.

Jonny must be the beast because feral Jonny and the whole heart thing... prove me wrong.

Tim or Brian is Belle.

Rest of the Mechs are the servants in the Beast's house. With an exception for Marius as Gaston cause I can totally fucking see it. He would suck at it though because it's Marius. And also, short Marius HC.

This is probably not new. But it's been brewing in my head for a good few months, ever since I put my Mechs OC in the iconic Belle dress.