#it was hard to pick one specific thing for the letter D

[backtothedrawingboard]

Hanahaki

Jax x Reader (Romantic)

Summary: Valentine's Day is here. You always hoped someone would confess to you on Valentine's Day, but you never expected it to turn out quite how it did.

CW: Angst, disease, mild makeout scene, body horror

TW: Near death of a character

AN: Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! :D

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Valentine's Day was around the corner. Or it would be in the real world. Caine always liked to celebrate it by making everyone write nice notes for each other as a "bonding excercise." You and the girls always wrote great heartfelt notes about what you meant to each other, Zooble barely wrote anything, Kinger was surprisingly sentimental, but Jax...took the opportunity to be passive aggressive. He would always subtly pick at people's insecurities or write cruel things and claim it was a "joke." Every year, he was punished by Caine for it, and every year, he complained it was a stupid excercise anyway since love was "just a bunch of mushy gushy $?!& made by greeting card companies."

You quite enjoyed Valentine's Day. It was nice writing each other notes and getting to read the ones you received. You especially loved Gangle's since she always drew an elaborate art piece of your favorite book. You also always hoped for a romantic Valentine. Kinger wouldn't deliver it. He was more of a father than anything and he still wrote little notes to throw into the abyss to his wife. A note from one of the girls or Zooble would also be nice...But what about Jax...? No. Impossible. He's an $!?hole. No way you want him.

You were busy writing notes to all your friends in your room. Ragatha's note was easy. She was so sweet. Gangle was simple, Pomni was simple, Zooble was a little challenging, Kinger was challenging, and it was hard to come up with something for Jax. Would he find a heart shaped letter weird? Would he find hearts at all weird?

You were pulled from your thoughts by someone opening your door. You looked up to see Jax standing in your doorway, not looking amused in the slightest. "Hey. Caine's calling everyone. Time to exchange letters, or whatever," he muttered. You nodded and stood with a stretch.

"Alright. I just finished them, so we're all good." You picked up your letters to bring. They were all heart shaped except for Jax's. His eyes darted to them momentarily before he rolled his eyes and headed out. You followed. You paused as you felt something squish underneath you. You looked down to see a flower blossom crushed under your foot.

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It was your turn to accept cards. You were startled when Zooble dropped a little box in your hands that contained little paper stars with positive attributes about you. You looked through your notes as everyone else looked at theirs. Caine looked the most excited and went around hugging everyone in thanks. Kinger looked...well, like Kinger. It was hard to tell if he knew what was going on, but he thanked people when he was aware. The girls were all excited as well. The only one not happy about all this was Jax. He sat quietly and looked through the cards, his ears layed back slightly and a frown on his face. Usually, he was eager to pass out cards. Last year, he hid a centipede in Ragatha's envelope. He didn't prank anyone this time.

You kept an eye on him in your peripheral. Seeing him look so miserable made your chest ache. He was almost never like this. He had his moments, sure, but it was painful seeing it on Valentine's Day. He seemed to be glaring at your letter specifically. You tilted your head curiously. "Jax? What's wrong?"

"Nothing," he growled back. You saw him grip the letter to crumple it slightly. You blinked in confusion and hurt. Why did he crumple it? Did he not like it?

"If you don't like it, I can make you another..." you muttered quietly.

"Don't bother." Jax coughed painfully, his body shaking from the force. He crumbled your card into a ball and tossed it aside. You blinked again and sunk a little against the floor at his withering glare.

Before you could say anything, he stood and stumbled away, gripping his heart. You picked up the letter he threw away and picked it up, opening it and noticing that he seemed to crumple the part about him being a "friend" specifically. You picked up the card he left you. It was heart shaped. Your heart clenched. He never made heart shaped cards. You looked up and saw another flower on the floor where he was.

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Caine set up a series of Valentine's games. For once, he did a game of spin the bottle. Except it was just a kiss on the cheek. The girls were fine with it, but Zooble and Kinger were not as tolerating and scooted away whenever the bottle landed on him. The ringmaster finally got karma when he spun the bottle and it landed on Bubble, causing the orb to practically rip his face off. Jax skipped the game. When Caine tried to stop him from leaving, the rabbit's teeth turned sharp when he snarled.

You wandered off when the games were over. You munched a bit on some heart candies you won, and stared at the floor in thought. The games were fun, but you still didn't have a Valentine. And even if you did, you doubted Caine would allow romantic relationships. You sighed and rubbed your eyes. Your dreams for the future were crushed. You would never date. You would never marry. You would never-

You squealed as your foot slid out from under you and you tumbled to the floor. You landed with a hard thud on your back, groaning and wincing. When you sat up, you rubbed the back of your head and looked down. "W-what the-?" You blinked. Another flower. It was crushed from you stepping on it and seemed somewhat wilted. You picked it up carefully. It was a carnation, your favorite flower. Your brows furrowed in confusion. Why did you keep finding flowers lying around?

You looked up to see a trail of flowers leading away from where you were. You got up and stepped around the blooms, picking each one up carefully. They were a little wilted, but still quite lovely. They travelled a long distance before finally ending at Jax's door.

You looked down at the flowers and then back up, eyes wide in surprise. You couldn't help the blush that spread across your face. All those flowers all day...were from him? You knocked on the door. "Jax? Are you in there?" No answer. You tilted your head in confusion. "Jax?" You heard a quiet groan in response. You frowned in further confusion. "Um...I'm coming in."

You turned the handle and stepped inside the room. The faint smell of spice hung in the air. You glanced around a bit, noticing more flowers on the floor leading to the bed. You went red in surprise seeing Jax laying on the bed. "Uh, Jax?" He just groaned weakly in response, his head tilting to the side. He sounded raspy.

You dropped the flowers and hurried over to him. He opened his eyes and looked up at you. He coughed, spitting out flowers. Your eyes widened. "Jax? What...What's going on? Why're you coughing flowers?" you asked worriedly. He coughed again, spitting some petals.

"I don't...know..." he answered with a rasp. He inhaled deeply, his breath breaking and croaking. It sounded horrible. You placed a hand on his chest. It felt shaky.

"Jax..." you started. He raised a hand weakly and put it to your lips.

"Shh. Don't. Just...stay here."

"But...Are you dying? Do you need help? I can go get Caine-" You turned to leave, but were stopped by a hand on your arm.

"Don't. He won't change anything." He sounded weaker already and coughed more flowers. Your eyes stung a little. He gripped your hand and gasped. "I need...To tell you something."

"Anything. But please hurry. I need to get Caine." Your voice shook a little. $&!?, keep it together.

Jax reached up and placed a trembling hand against your cheek. "I...I love..." He gasped and choked, a flower falling from his mouth. He went tense before going limp, his head falling to the side. You tensed and stared down at him.

"Jax...?" You shook him. "Jax?" He didn't respond. You hurriedly placed a hand on his chest. Still a heartbeat. But no breath. You panicked. How did this happen? He can't die. How could he possibly die?

It all happened instantly. Your heart seized. A terrified chill went through your spine. You pressed your hands to his chest and pressed forcefully. Wait, but his heart wasn't stopped. Was that what you were supposed to do? Your breath hitched and you looked down at him. He looked oddly peaceful, but wore a melancholy expression. You cupped his face in your hands and pried his mouth open. You gasped at what you saw.

A flower bloomed at the entrance to his throat, blocking his airway. You carefully and quickly seized it and pulled it away...only to see a long vine running down his windpipe. There was no way you could get it. You had to do something. Before you knew it, your lips were to his as you tried desperately to give him air.

After a couple attempts, you pulled back and shook him. "Jax, please!" you cried. You tried again, and failed again. "Don't leave..." You pulled back and looked down at him, your eyes wide. Nothing worked. He remained laying there, motionless.

The scene was morbidly beautiful. His peaceful expression was accented with lovely flowers around him. He looked like he was simply sleeping. You let out a shaky breath. He was gone. He was out of your reach. You failed.

Your heart throbbed in your chest, painful claws tearing every fiber of your being. You wrapped your arms around him and buried your face in his chest, breathing shakily. All you could do was sob, praying that he might somehow return.

It felt like hours passed. It had to have only been a few seconds. Holding him provided no comfort. It made things worse. You finally looked up from his chest and to his face. His serene frown made your eyes sting more. You reached up and cupped his cheek gently. After admiring him for a second, you leaned forward and pressed a small kiss to his lips. You rested your forehead down against his and rubbed your thumb on gus cheek.

You were suddenly thrown off of him, landing on the bed with a startled "Oof!" Jax flailed a little, gasping desperately and coughing. You gaped in shock and watched as he hunched forward over the bed and violently coughed a pale pink and orange dust. He flopped back on the bed, panting heavily and staring up at the ceiling in a daze. After a moment, his head slowly turned to face you. His eyes were big and vulnerable.

"You...kissed me," he whispered. You blushed a little and placed a hand on his chest in concern.

"I did...But that's the least of my concerns. Are you ok? W-what happened?"

"I don't know...The last thing I remember is looking up at you and saying..." He went quiet. A faint pink spread over his face. You took his hand in your own and squeezed it.

"I do too..." you whispered. His eyes widened and he looked up at you.

"You do?"

"I do." You bent down and pressed a kiss to his lips. He flushed pink in shock before melting into it and kissing back with equal passion. His hand settled on your hip and he pulled you closer as your hands rested on his shoulders. You pulled away a little in embarrassment and he gently rested a hand on the back of your neck and pressed his forehead to yours before kissing you again gently.

"I love you, Y/N," He spoke with a hushed tone, as if any loud noise would shatter the moment. You rubbed his shoulder gently.

"I love you, too."

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The smell of fresh carnations hit you. You closed your eyes and inhaled deeply. The spice brought you back. You opened your eyes to be greeted by the sight of Jax grinning down at you, holding a fresh bouquet in his hands.

"Happy first anniversary, Princess."

[rekino2114]

Hello!

I liked the fluff alphabet you did for Junko, can I request that with Mukuro? (Idrc what letters specifically, whichever you’re most inspired to do!)

Mukuro ikusaba fluff alphabet

🪖A=affection(how affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Mukuro needs some time to get used to affection since she's pretty touch starved and blushes every time you hug or kiss her, but she actually loves it. When she gets used to it, she loves hugging you very tightly

🪖B=baby(do they want a family? How are they with kids?)

She's not opposed to having a family, but she's not that for it either. She doesn't really know how to act around children, but she'll try her best for you

🪖C=cuddles(do they like to cuddle? How do they cuddle?)

She likes cuddling as much as you do. If you want to cuddle, then she'll just wrap you up in her arms with a blush on her face. She's the big spoon because of how strong and protective she is

🪖D=Domestic(do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

She's actually pretty good at domestic stuff (she had to do most of the chores for her sister) and she'd be more than happy to go living with you in the future

🪖E=everything (you are ........... example: my life,my world)

"You have no idea how important you are to me, I will protect you with my life"

🪖F=flirting (how do they flirt? Does it continue even after they're in a relationship?)

Mukuro is really bad at flirting. She blushes at every romantic thing that happens. She might ask junko for some pick-up lines but will give up on using them when she realizes that she can't talk with you without going completely red

🪖G=gifts(what gifts do they like to give you? When?)

She gives you gifts whenever she sees something you'd like, like when junko drags her shopping. She then leaves them in your room or gives them to you on date. One time she gave you a bullet with your name engraved on it cause she thought it was cute (you actually loved it)

🪖H=hug(do they like hugs? how do they hug?)

Hugs are probably her favorite form of physical affection. She hugs incredibly tightly since she's so strong, maybe even too much. You tell her that and she's mortified and apologizes profusely

🪖I=I love you (how fast did they say it? Do they say it often?)

Mukuro gets attached to people very easily, so she knew she loved you very early, but she didn't say the three words until she knew for sure you loved her back. She likes to say it more often now that she's 100% sure

🪖J=jealousy (how jealous do they get? What do they do when they're jealous?)

She's pretty insecure of her relationship, so she does get jealous easily. When she does, she just holds your hand and glares at the person you're talking to incredibly hard. It's the least subtle thing ever, but it works in making them go away

🪖K=kisses(how do they kiss you? Where do they like to kiss you?)

She doesn't really kiss you that often. She prefers to wait for you to start the kiss, but when she does kiss you, she likes to kiss your cheeks

🪖L=love confession(how did they confess to you?)

After realizing that she had to confess and asking her sister for advice, she simply decided to confess in a classic way. She just asked you to meet her in a private place (while blushing profusely) and there she just poured her heart out to you, telling you everything, when you told her you felt the same she smiled and hugged you tightly

🪖M=mornings (how do they spend mornings with you?)

She wakes up very early because she likes to train her skills in the morning, but you often wake up because of this, and she feels really guilty for that

🪖N=nights (how do they spend nights with you?)

She kinda just waits for you to go to bed, doing what you're doing, and prepares to sleep whenever you do

🪖O=overprotective (how protective are they of you?)

Mukuro is so protective of you. She just doesn't want the people she loves to get hurt, but maybe she goes a bit too far. She scared and/or beats up anyone who does so much as bump into you. Also your scary dog privilege are off the charts since you have the ultimate soldier and woman who looks like she could (and would) kill someone always at your side

🪖P=pet names(what nicknames do they like to call you?)

She doesn't use pet names that much. She just calls you by your name or an abbreviation, maybe babe some times

🪖Q=quizzes(how much do they remember about you?)

She actually does remember a lot, things including you two, especially your first meeting,date, and kiss are etched in her mind

🪖R=rain(how do they spend a rainy day with you)

She's actually used to being and training in the rain, but she obviously won't bring you with her if you don't want to

🪖S=service (what are some acts of service they do for you?)

She likes to do chores for you even if you didn't ask her to, she kinda does it for her sister too so it's just natural that her partner gets the same treatment

🪖T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

She puts a lot of effort in everything she does regarding you she loves you with all her heart and has no experience with relationships so she tries her best to be a good girlfriend

🪖U=unhappy (how do they cheer you up?)

A shadow appears over her eyes, and she asks who hurt you when you said you were just sad she got out of soldier mode and back into awkward gf mode, she hugged you tightly and just told you how much she loved you while blushing

🪖V=value (How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?)

You are incredibly important to her. The only person who even comes close to your level of importance is junko, but even then, she cares way more about you than about her, and she will remind both of you of that often

🪖W=wound (how do they react to you getting injured?)

Another instance where she goes in soldier mode is that she's already thinking about preparing her rifle before you tell her you just fell down. She is amazing at patching you up, though. She knows injuries very well because of her ultimate

🪖X=Xtra (a random fluffy headcanon)

She doesn't really know what to do for dates so one time when you asked her to pick a place to hang out, she just brought you to a shooting range. It was....interesting but romantic in a way

🪖Y=yes (how do they react to you proposing to them?)

"W-what? Y/n.....really? Marrying someone.........i-i never thought it would happen. But of course, I'd love to if it's with you"

🪖Z=zzz (how is sleeping with them?)

She doesn't really sleep too much (something you scold her for), so she just stays awake in the night and looks at you sleeping in her arms

[viccharine]

do you guys ever listen to a band so much that you end up making fake merch for it?

(reblogs greatly appreciated!!!!)

close ups and commentary under the cut!

about the poster itself: do you guys know how hard it is to make art for a band that hasn’t been active in 13 years? the answer is HARD (yes, i probably could done research and looked for old interviews for inspiration but who has time for that)

—> the icons related to “take a vacation!” are inspired by lyrics from the song “take a vacation!” (haha, did you see what I did there?) specifically, the lines “we’ll leave the waves at the ocean” and “we’ll leave the sand in a suitcase”

—> the Jon Walker and Ryan Ross icons are taken directly from the album cover (it took ten years off my life trying to figure out how to get them on here w/ the color palette—graphic design may be my passion but I never said i was GOOD at it)

—> the heart imagery comes from the fact that the band’s called “the young VEINS”—although it annoys me IMMENSELY that i technically drew more arteries than veins in the icons (my anatomy teacher would be so disappointed, but alas, anatomical accuracy had to be sacrificed to make it. yknow. look nice)

—> i did hand-lettering for all the text except for everything that’s in Helvetica (i did THAT in canva). the art program i use has a basically unusable text tool so I was forced to draw all of it, so I choose to believe that the reason why it doesn’t look. the best. is because of the caffeine shakes

some extra commentary: am I the only one who’s genuinely REALLY bad at listening to music? i don’t really get into bands as much as i just find songs that sound nice—to illustrate the extent of this issue: i did NOT know that Brendon Urie was a part of Panic! At the Disco. I’m not even kidding, I thought the artist who made Death of a Bachelor and the artist who made A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out were completely different and just. didn’t bother to check if I was right.

also, I’m not the type of person to be interested in band lore???? I rarely know the names of band members if even I’ve listened to the band for years (I really couldn’t care less in most situations)

case in point, i did not know who the FUCK Ryan Ross was!!! i knew he was in p!atd but that’s literally about it—before a couple of days ago if you asked to me pick out either Ryan Ross or Jon Walker from a line up I would not be able to get even CLOSE

anyway, my friend/manager is really into band lore, so I basically got a crash-course in all things “early to late 2000s emo band” and subsequently found out about the Young Veins (i was also extremely disappointed when I found out they only had one album and hadn’t been active in over a decade) THEN I realized that decade old, inactive bands don’t usually have merch, so I made my own! “merch” used lightly—i don’t think this is actually fit to sell lol

anyway that’s all k thanks byeee :D!! (and go stream the young veins!!)

[ilovetheriddler]

lars pinfield fluff alphabet please?

And here's the other fluff one you requested! I hope that you enjoy it as well!

Lars Pinfield Fluff Alphabet.

A: Attention (How much attention do they regularly give you?)

When he's not working, he'll make sure that you're practically drowning in his attention!

B: Bedtime (How do they prepare for bed with you each night?)

Normally, he'll take his nightly shower while you brush your teeth, then of course you'll snuggle up together in bed until you both fall asleep!

C: Cuddles (How much do they enjoy Cuddles/How good are they at giving them?)

Lars loves cuddling you! It's such a simple way of showing his affection that he'll usually just have you sit on his lap so he can cuddle you while you read a book or watch something. He considers himself to be quite the top teir cuddler, not to brag or anything! When in actuality he sometimes doesn't realize that he occasionally squeezes a bit too tight!

D: Date Night (Where would they take you on a date?)

He has it all planned out! There's a cool planetarium show that recently opened up, and he's been itching to take you there with him! He'll glady tell you anything about the planets or stars while you're there.

E: Effort (How much effort do they put into what they do for you?)

A lot, Lars puts in a lot of effort into making sure your plans always go right... even if sometimes it doesn't really work as well as he'd hope.

F: Fun (What fun activities do they like to do with you?)

Lars loves to watch ghost hunting shows with you, mainly so he can critize their techniques and methods as an actual Ghostbuster himself. But you always have a great time listening to him go on.

G: Gestures (What sweet gestures do they like to do for you?)

Lars likes reorganizing things to make them easier for you to find later on! You always find it incredibly sweet and make sure to thank him.

H: Hugs (How good are their hugs?)

Lars gives excellent hugs, similar to his cuddles he'll sometimes squeeze a bit too tight. He's also really warm, so it's super comfortable to hug him.

I: Infatuation (When did they first realize that they loved you?)

It was like love at first sight for Lars. He fell hard and fast! And would look for any excuse to spend time with you.

J: Jokes (How funny are their jokes?)

He's has a certain deadpan delivery to his jokes that never fails to make you laugh.

K: Kisses (How often do they kiss you?)

Lars will take any chance he gets to at least get a little peck from you. Sometimes, he'll hold onto your head so the kiss will linger just a bit.

L: Love Letters (How would they write you a love letter?)

Lars puts a decent amount of time into it. It's written on a lovely light shade of gray paper, with some little hearts drawn on. He tries his best to make it as poetic as possible.

M: Movies (Their favorite type of movies to watch with you)

He enjoys three main genres. Documentaries, Historical Romance, and Paranomal movies. He's always more than happy to watch any of those with you.

N: Naps (Do they ever really take naps?)

Sometimes, if he gets home early, then he might rest his eyes for a few minutes, but that's pretty much it.

O: Observations (How perceptive are they when it comes to you?)

Lars prides himself on how good he is at listening to you and picking up on what you like overall. He can also tell when something is bothering you.

P: Presents (What type of gift would they give you?)

He took some sewing lessons so he could make you a little plushie of him to keep you company when he's not around. You very much loved it.

Q: Quirks (Something specific that they do)

He likes building 3D puzzles because he finds them interesting to do and look at.

R: Resentfulness (How likely are they to hold a grudge against someone?)

If it's something small that someone did? Then he'll get over it in a day. If it was a bit worse? Then he might be upset awhile longer...

S: Stress (How do they handle stress?)

Lars does not enjoy being overly stressed, whether it's at work or something personal. He usually handles it fine. He might listen to an audio book to calm down while he works.

T: Trust (How much do they trust people?)

Lars isn't too overly trusting of most people at first, not until he knows them fairly well. Of course, he trusts you a lot in comparison.

U: Unexpected Kisses (How do they react to sudden kisses?)

Lars will be a bit flustered at first, but then he'll get this somewhat embarrassed smile on his face and inquire what your reason for the unprompted kiss was.

V: Valentines Day (What do they do for Valentines Day?)

Lars attempted to bake you some cupcakes! Now they might be a bit burnt because he left them in there for too long, but it's the thought that counts.

W: Wishes (What do they hope for from their relationship?)

He's fairly satisfied with where his relationship with you is currently at, However, he would like to marry you someday, maybe get a dog as well?

X: X Ray (What goes on in their mind regularly?)

"Where did I put that screwdriver?

"Did I remember to put my clothes in the hamper this morning?

"I wonder if they're thinking about me right now?"

Y: Yearning (How much do they miss you while away from you?)

Lars worries a lot about you. He can't help it he's just by default a worrier. He'll text you several times throughout the day while he's at work because he just needs to be positive that you're doing okay.

Z: Zzz.... (What do they dream about?)

He has a recurring dream where he's frozen in a block of ice. He's pretty sure it's a result of.... recent events...

[mizuruifan-9]

i was the rinshokuka one , but i think i asked about nine : D?

Ooh okay I can re explain rinshokuka and try to explain hi phi!!

So hi phi club! First with the title phi/Ф is a Greek symbol for the letter F! Not sure what that means but it's all over the music video and they have it on their clothing in the cult so I assume it's their symbol, or maybe their God is somehow connected to Greece? And the hi club could be Nine saying hello to the cult. Although the Kanji that is "hi" can also be read as ash I think ?

In the lyrics they constantly refer to "nemo" (not the fish 💔) which is the one they believe to be god. Although it's spelled ネ申 which doesn't mean anything on its own but if you mush the two symbols together to make 神 it means god !

Anyway now with the song!! So it starts with Nine sitting near a TV with a worried look, biting his nails, in his apartment I presume? Ando n the floor you can see a pink slip, which means someone got fired, you could interpret it as Nine being an adult and being fired from his job or it being his parents. He goes outside to clear his mind a bit of his fears and finds a hut. Someone outside invites him in and although it feels fishy, Nine enters. They tell him that "what he's looking for is behind this door" . When Nine enters,he sees a ton of people in chairs, he feels scared but sits down. The cult leader, Mada, comes. In this part they say "avara mada rada" which doesn't mean anything but it's kinda like abracadabra I think? Like a spell to hypnotize those who enter. They offer him red wine(hopefully not blood ) and he drinks it. They start talking about their God and Nine doubts it, but they insist that it's real. They say if he sticks around he can get high up and closer to the god. They tell him by believing in it he must erase everything that is "him" and then all unhappiness will be gone, specifically "say goodbye to unhappy days" . Nine questions this , what about other emotions? but stays further. Mada says we just have to rely and trust what Nemo says. Nine starts thinking about leaving, but eventually decides to do it later (<- dumbass) Nine eventually falls for it and becomes a member of the cult, alongside two kids, Mora and Dom. He starts inviting people, saying that if Nemo truly saves people, then what's so bad? But nine starts to feel sad, not having a lot to give to their God. The song then makes a reference to one of Aesop's fables. The fox and the grapes. Nine related to the fox. The story basically goes as a fox sees a grape vine, feeling hungry it tries to get it but they're too high up and hard to reach, so the fox tells himself they're probably bad grapes anyway. Nine starts telling people that we need to trust Nemo and that those who don't just don't understand. Mada continue to tell them of a perfect world without pain. They travel the fields and everything doesn't seem so bad. They then go to do a ritual which Nine doesn't know about as he's slightly new. They reference a trompe leiol (ignore I can't spell I'm sorry 😭😭 it's a french thing that means something that decieves the eye) They all start to pick up knives and daggers and he gets scared but picks up one too. The people around him stab themselves. Nine gets confused so Mada runs up and stabs Nine and he realizes this is a death cult. They do this so by the time they do the ritual people have no feelings to lose and they will enter a world of paradise. Nine somehow survives or switches back time and declines Mada's drink. Nine is about to get hypnotized again but he tries to fight back against it. This part references Alma Mater, which is a Latin phrase meaning nourishing mother? Maybe referinng to Mada or Nemo??? I think Mada? Then as they are about to celebrate something Nine starts screaming that Nemo isn't real and picks up, throws a chair, picks up a knife and starts destroying stuff I think? Mada is like erm what the freak . Nine says that we will eventually all die and reach salvation but until then we need to cherish ourselves and be us and that all emotions and feelings are important and shouldn't be hidden away. No one is worthless. Nine says that Mada made up Nemo and that it doesn't actually exist , although many people have already died because of it. Nine tries to kill Mada but he doesn't fully die ?? Like a weird immortal being. And at the end of the song, Nine runs out of there and away.

Next rinshokuka was a collab between john and nilfruits although the song was deleted around 2 hours after release due to some controversy with the MV and lyrics(even though Niru was showing it more from a victims perspective people disliked that the mv portrayed sexual assault) The song title is Rinshokuka, which translates to Miser, which means someone who hoards all their money and never spends it ! Names were given to them but the post was deleted almost immediately (John has a tendency to delete a lot of his posts as well :(( ) and I haven't found any screenshots of it so it'll probably be gone forever 💔

TW SA!!!!!

Based on the MV and lyrics, my interpretation is that the two characters got married and they were decently happy for a while. Basic needs like food get expensive and the girl refuses to spend any of the money they made, also wearing ragged clothes and etc. He calls her cheap and worthless and gets mad about it. He starts sexually abusing her as a punishment :( she still continues to do it so he keeps sa'ing her and blaming it on her.. She stops loving him so he concludes its because she only cares about money so at the end of the MV she grabs a knife and kills him. At the end of the song there's also the line "I've come to realize that I don't understand you at all" and I could see it as either of them saying that to each other.

This is just how I interpret the music video and lyrics!! So it might not all be right or what Niru intended !

[siremasterlawrence]

Real 3-D

Real enhanced 3-d dimensional projects are some of the craziest things I have ever seen in my life as I walk in to the room with the printer and projector in one.

It arrives to my apartment with a hard thud in the background as I lift it up and carry it inside the place kicking the door in as I drop it to the floor.

I pick up my box cutter from my storage unit digging into the top of the box I carefully cut the box open and remove the contents which include this.

Reaching in I lift the box on to the wooden desk left specifically for it as I clean it up then plug it in as I turn the device on with electrical output.

I snap my finger fast in mid air as the sound effect clicks as the device turns on as the projector shoots an image of this animated 3-d imagery.

I begin to type in a new code producing this beautiful image made to imitate one of that Tony Stark I flick the image making sure it I not a shocker.

Tapping my finger onto my watch the screen blows up in a while with the colorful beauty projection of this super gorgeous image of a fine man.

The pointer remove device presses play on a device roaring load in a colorful sea of ole blue and the circumference of the area and all things are now bold.

The printer projector takes action beginning to build in his room creating a new man in my life and turning him in to a real man for the first time ever.

In awe of my astonishing play on how things work the machine prints a picture of him in a painting like quality if I say so myself the work is brilliant.

Followed by a birth certificate in white paper branded with gold letters I fill out the last few parts I am his only creator and his name as well.

His name is Lorenzo a creation of my own genius the one who made him by pure accident but brought him to life as he should be.

The ink shape shifting to print in gold the deed is done a shine of ring is added my own take obviously because governments are shit.

The projector gets to action with laser focus he brings to print the final touches pounding away the image now on to a physical form instead of paper.

The wonder now stands a few feet above me he land onto the ground from flight he

is a magnificent to view from h point of view the only one that matters.

“This will be the most amazing experience ever.”

“The schematics are active”

“Such beautiful Kaleidoscope of colors”

“The Blue prints are obvious”

“The skeleton is built”

“The meat is being formulated “

“Such a Godly sight”

“Radiating everywhere “

“My dear”

“Oh My Stars”

“You are heaven”

“Who are you ?”

“Right! I am your creator”

“Wait! How? What?”

“Relax…you feel good”

“Sorry! I am confused “

“It’s my fault the human filter is not ready yet”

“I can rationalize my behavior now typical human one sorry!”

“Thank you Daddy!”

“Supremely perfect “

The end

[aroaceleovaldez]

Not ask-blog related, then, but how would you get into role-playing?

honestly, just find an RP space/community (that's accepting new members) and hop right in. If you're nervous about your writing not being up to snuff, RP spaces are in my opinion the way to build up your writing. We all start somewhere and RP spaces are a great place to start and often full of beginners. You will pick it up and improve very quickly, have no fear. The general rules to be aware of in any RP space is basically just be nice and don't powerplay (which means don't do stuff like start controlling other people's characters, or deciding things for other people's characters without their permission, don't make everything in the RP about only your character, etc etc. Generally just treat everybody else and their characters with general courtesy). Also if everybody else in a space is doing only script or only paragraph format rp, try to match that. And try to make sure your writing is legible as a general courtesy cause otherwise people will have a hard time joining you in RP even if they want to - so avoid letter replacement/typing quirks (unless it's specific to the RP - see: Homestuck, though even with HS rp there is sometimes a site toggle to turn typing quirks off or similar) and do a quick scan to make sure your posts aren't super full of typos or etc.

more advice below the cut cause whoops this got long:

The finding the space is really the hardest part - RP-designated spaces are becoming more difficult to find since forum boards have started disappearing (though they have also started making a resurgence!). My old forum stomping grounds have since become an adoptables pet game site - though I do know a lot of online pet game sites have very active forum communities that usually had plenty of rp. I know for a fact Flight Rising has an active RP community. Rarely you can also find some other forms of RP-designated sites, like MSPARP used to be the big one for Homestuck and had some pan-fandom offshoots, but I don't know exactly what the status is for that stuff over there. I believe MSPARP doesn't exist anymore and I don't know anything about the rest of all that.

I used to also play some RP-dedicated multiplayer games and those can be a great option, depending on the game and your personal tastes. The main one I used to play a.) i would not recommend to people lol and b.) i'm pretty sure is very dead anyways so I don't have any exact recommendations there. I hear Roblox is a good place to find RP servers in a similar vein to that type of stuff but I never got into Roblox so I cannot confirm/deny that. You can sometimes find public Minecraft servers that have rp spaces but those are harder to find nowadays. There's a ton of discord RP communities you can join though. It's a bit more difficult to search around and get a feel for them just with how discord is but there's definitely plenty of 'em.

And I am not very in the tumblr RP community spheres (or other social media rp spheres - though i have dabbled) but to my understanding with those you either find an active group and ask if they're open to new members/if you can join, or you just jump right in to making your own blog/account/etc for it. Make some prompts/rp starters for people to potentially hop in and join you with or otherwise just kind of find you and rope you into their rp group or whatever. And of course you can always start a group with your friends.

The major things with RP is just kind of figuring what type of RP you want to be doing cause that informs everything else. Do you want to do script rp (usually formatted along the lines of [CHARACTER]: *runs around*) or paragraph/prose rp (the "[Character] ran around in circles before coming to a halt before the door." type format)? Do you want to do more of a video-game type rp where you have an avatar? Do you want to do something more like a TTRPG/D&D? Do you wanna do just straight up LARP (i can't really help you with that one much that one. you'd just have to search for local LARP groups - sometimes you can find them at your local conventions)? All those things are going to point you in different directions for what you want to do. In general, if you can find RP forums you can usually find both script and paragraph rp though paragraph rp is more common. Chatrooms and video games are more likely to lean script rp format due to chat limitations though this is not always the case. Social media rp is kind of it's whole own beast and everybody does it differently or different groups do it differently but if you want to do RP stuff primarily on your own and maybe pick up a group as you go then in-character social media can be a fun route for that. Or if you're not particularly looking for collaborative RP but want to do some interactive story stuff in a similar vein, then making an askblog might be more your style.

In general right now though, looking for RP discords is a relatively easy one or you can start your own and advertise it. Tbh if you find Warrior Cat RPers they may very likely have a designated area for non-WC rp (in the past Warriors RP sites/groups/etc ive been a part of, this has been the case in all of them). Also Warriors RP is like, everywhere. You will find it. It's like a constant of the universe or something. Actually doing a quick search i found some newer WCRPG forums and they look beautiful and yes, they do have non-Warriors rp sections. Idk much about RP communities in other fandoms but you can always count on Warriors. And as mentioned before, social media RP is an easy one.

Hopefully something in all of that helps a lil bit.

[moonshine-nightlight]

Oh, fun! An ask game!! :D

8, 13, 15 and 24? 👀👀

@roaring-letters thanks for sending in some ask #s!

8. Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?

Hard to pick, but probably the end? Often part of the most dramatic scene is at the end and is a big reason for why the story is compelling to me in the first place--i often write part of that first too (Reader and Dale's confrontation, Heshi and Reader's heat conversation, etc). Both beginnings and endings can be hard to nail, so there's extra pressure there, but i think the things that hook readers tend to be there and thats often also what makes writing them fun. Middle is where u spend most of your time and has its own ups and downs, but can also be where you get lost in the weeds or lose motivation or whatever else. The final cresendo is a blast when i really like how they turn out--very satisfying.

13. What’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

Hard to judge what's common and plenty of even popular advice contradicts itself, but I'd say either the recommendation to outline or to write out of order/write down whatever scene you feel most motivated to write at the moment--or even just remember to jot down stray dialogue you think of, even if its not the next scene. You will 100% forget lol. Forcing yourself to go in order never worked for me and i was relieved when i saw some advice that gave me permission so to speak to just write however i wanted--haven't looked back since.

15. How do you write smut scenes? Do you get very visual or detailed? How important is it to be realistic?

I think the emotions of a smut scene are what matter most, how the characters are feeling, how different actions make them feel, how the other person is making them feel, etc.

Realistic isn't something I'm striving for, although there's a balance--no one wants the "wait, were they against a wall? how did they get to a bed?" confusion while reading. The action i tend to map out like a fight scene--both have important physical logisitics and orders of operations that I need to keep straight in my head. Same with detail and visuals, i think you need balance between getting too hung up on details and i think the characters themselves depend for how specifically visual everything is. If they have their eyes closed for example, its more about sensations/sounds/etc than visuals. If they love the outfit the other character is wearing then much more emphasis on that. Using all five senses is key in these types of scenes, imo, than in other types of scenes.

Smut scenes are complex and take me longer to write than others. I tend to do multiple passes through the scene, making sure its a coherent and compelling whole and I like to leave it a day at least between editing, even more than usual.

24. Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?

Hardest question here, if only because I dont ask or receive a lot of writing advice directly, irl or online, and I'm very careful about who i ask for advice from (and my writing friends are pretty great). Probably just the advice not to write, or not to spend so much time on writing--or reading. Ridiculousness lol

thanks again for sending these in! it was fun :) ask list

[saitama-division]

It was nearing evening time in Saitama when Kureha finally took off the apron belonging to the barista she worked for. She was glad she only worked at this place part-time, and only for two and a half hours a day. It's not that she didn't mind working here, but sometimes, it could be a lot, especially on days or weeks where it seemed as if the crowds were never ending. She wasn't really a social person, but some people didn't understand that, and just loved to talk to her at the counter while ordering their beverage. And per company rules, she had to engage herself with them, even if she didn't want to.

Sighing, she walked to the back where the employees were allowed to go, wanting to grab her things and hurry to her art studio before someone tried to stop her and ask her to stop overtime. It didn't happen often, but there were a few times she had to stay past her shift when they were busy. And she really wanted to avoid that happening again. Heading to her locker, the Goth girl prepared to leave, but stopped as something was outside of it.

"What the...?"

Looking, the Goth artist saw two items outside of her locker. They weren't gift wrapped, but had bow ties on them, signifying they were gifts. Blinking, Kureha looked around the room before walking up to her locker, picking up the first and heaviest of the two gifts. Turning it around, her eyes grew wide, as it was a bag of kopi luwak beans, ready to be opened and made. She had heard of these from Kaoru from Edogawa once and had been wanting to try them, but they were hard to come by. And now, she had her own bag of them.

A soft smile graced the artist's face as she couldn't wait to try these. After all the hype she's heard about them, she was dying to see if the coffee was truly as good as she had heard. Placing the bag down next to her, she turned to her next gift, which was lighter but slightly taller. It looked like a sketch from an easel or something. Turning it around, the Goth girl gasped and covered her mouth with one of her hands as she looked at the drawing.

It... it was a drawing of her. More specifically, a drawing of her while she was working at her job as a barista. The drawing was nice... if a little bit creepy and weird. Whoever drew this was talented... but they needed to work on their social skills, as this level of dedication could only be achieved if the person drawing it was truly watching her. She didn't really sense anyone watching her, but then again, she didn't really pay much attention to people, only focusing on taking their orders and getting them out of there.

Looking at the drawing of her, Kureha had to wonder, just who was it that left this for her? Turning the drawing around, she didn't see anything that showed who it was from. However, looking down, she saw a small note by her locker. Picking it up, she turned it around, reading it:

'D-Dear K-Kureha-chan,

I'm s-s-sorry for delivering these g-gifts so late. I-I know your b-birthday was yesterday, b-b-but I hope these make up for it. I-I-I hope you like the d-d-drawing and the c-coffee beans. H-h-happy birthday again,

Signed,

Elliot Shimizu.'

Kureha let out a breath and smiled faintly at the letter, of course, it all made sense now, the coffee beans, the portrait, the clumsily written letter, it all screamed Elliot and Kureha couldn’t help but find it endearing, she didn’t know exactly what she did to make Elliot, someone who was so withdrawn and barely noticeable, want to become more confident and artistic, someone that Kureha found noble. The bluenette placed the coffee beans and the portait in her bag and closed her locker, clocking out for the night so she could head to her art studio, as she got on the train and sat down, looking out the window to see the scenery beginning to blur as the train started to move, she wondered if Elliot would be so inclined to join her at her art studio the next time she saw him.

Thank you for the gift!

[laindtt]

Ask Meme

Was tagged by the lovely @lulu2992 for quite a challenging ask meme: spell out your URL using song titles that can describe your muse/OC/pairings, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL! Thank you so much ♥ As I haven't properly introduced my OCs yet, I chose 3 songs for the Seed family and one for each of its members ; some of them are quite oddly specific so I added some details, but I hope you'll enjoy the medley :) I also added the parts of the lyrics that motivate my choice under the cut.

Tagging, if you're interested in giving a try: @purplehairsecretlair @teamhawkeye @redreart @sweeetestcurse @galeofwaterdeeps @miasmat @josephslittledeputy

TW: strong language, violence, self-harm

L - Live like legends, Ruelle (the Seed family)

When it rains, it pours There will be blood in the water Cold to the core Faith falls hard on our shoulders This is our time No turning back We could live, we could live like legends This is our time No turning back We could live, we could live like legends

A - A million voices, Polina Gagarina (the Seed family)

We are the world's people Different yet we're the same We believe, we believe in a dream Praying for peace and healing I hope we can start again We believe, we believe in a dream So if you ever feel love is fading Together like the stars in the sky We can sing, we can shine When you hear our voices call You won't be lonely anymore

I - If rain is what you want, Slipknot (the Seed family, to the Deputy)

It's been years since anyone could be a friend It's the fear that kills the feeling in the end Can we face it? Can we shape it? Can we really die? If rain is what you want, all you have to do is close your eyes Just close your eyes I am watching resurrection start to crawl Is there any chance in hell? Any chance at all? Do we need it? Do we see it? Is it really there? If rain is what you want, then take your seats, enjoy the fall Enjoy the fall The only thing deeper than my last breath The only thing darker than my last death Is the panic, the static, I've come back from the dead But my cities will never sleep again

N - Nightmare, Halsey (John)

Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I shall die before I 'wake I pray the Lord my soul to take I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind They talk shit, but I love it every time And I realize I've tasted blood and it is sweet I've had the rug pulled beneath my feet I've trusted lies and trusted men Broke down and put myself back together again Stared in the mirror and punched it to shatters Collected the pieces and picked out a dagger I've pinched my skin in between my two fingers And wished I could cut some parts off with some scissors (…) 'Cause kindness is weakness, or worse, you're complacent I could play nice or I could be a bully I'm tired and angry, but somebody should be (…) Someone like me can be a real nightmare, completely aware But I'd rather be a real nightmare than die unaware, yeah Someone like me can be a real nightmare, completely aware But I'm glad to be a real nightmare, so save me your prayers

D - Down with the sickness, Disturbed (Jacob, to the Seed brother's biological parents)

Looking at my own reflection When suddenly it changes Violently it changes (oh no) There is no turning back now You've woken up the demon in me Get up, come on get down with the sickness Get up, come on get down with the sickness Get up, come on get down with the sickness Open up your hate, and let it flow into me Get up, come on get down with the sickness You mother get up come on get down with the sickness You fucker get up come on get down with the sickness Madness is the gift, that has been given to me I can see inside you, the sickness is rising Don't try to deny what you feel (Will you give in to me?) It seems that all that was good has died And is decaying in me (Will you give in to me?) It seems you're having some trouble In dealing with these changes Living with these changes (oh no) The world is a scary place Now that you've woken up the demon in me

T - The darkest star, Depeche Mode (Faith)

Oh you sad one Playing the Angel Isn't so easy where you're from Oh you wild one Devil's companion You won't stay satisfied for long I don't want you to change anything you do I don't want you to be someone else for me Oh you dark one Eternal outsider Caught in the spider's web you've spun Oh you blind one Gentle and kind one Seeing the world as a loaded gun I don't want you to change anything you do I don't want you to be someone else for me Stay as you are, the Darkest Star Shining for me majestically

T - The beaten side of town, Barry Adamson (Joseph)

I woke up this morning from a crazy dream: The Earth was a turning ball of fire Satan and the Pilgrims had wiped the scene And I became their twisted gun for hire Don't let 'em getcha, boy, now use your head The lights they're coming 'round again "Run like a demon, boy," is what they said And then began to count from one to ten So now I'm tryin' to get out of the city You know where I can be found: The beaten side of town… Won't never let you down

[mozillavulpix]

Virtue's Last Reward is the smartest dumbest D&D session ever

I am in another "I like summarising plots" mood

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is a game that's honestly pretty confusing to play, but if you're the kind of person who likes to write out spreadsheets to make things look clearer, it's the most satisfying thing ever. At least once you've played the whole thing.

Spoiler warnings now.

The plot of Virtue's Last Reward is about two people called Sigma and Phi (there is a reason as to why their names are both greek letters, but you don't find out what it is until the next game) being kidnapped and forced into a boot camp for telepathic time travel training so they can save the world from a future apocalypse.

In the world of Zero Escape, telepathy exists, and also telepaths have the ability to send their consciousness forward and backwards in time and also through alternate universes (alternate universes here in the 'every time you make a choice it'll create a new timeline' sense).

But an ability like this is very hard to do. But there are some things they noticed that makes it easier:

It's generally something that only happens if you're in imminent danger of death

Having multiple telepaths together causes the more powerful ones to 'absorb' power from the others to make them even stronger

It gets easier the more you practice it

It also gets easier the faster your brain's processing speed is

So as a way to train Sigma and Phi in this ability to the point they could learn how to send their consciousness into the time and timeline where the apocalypse was going to be unleashed and stop it from happening (it was a killer virus), a bunch of people including Sigma's future self spent decades to create the world's most insane and convoluted D&D session - The Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition

In essence, The Nonary Game is a very long and complex series of locked doors. Some doors are unlocked based on arbitrary choices the places has to make, and some doors have keys that can be used to unlock them, but the game is designed so that you can never reach the door that you need the key for if you get it. Either because they programmed the game to permanently lock the way to get to that door once the key is found, or that the person is going to die before they reach it.

Since you need to be in imminent danger of death to activate telepathy, the game also needs to have the ability for you to die. Actual death, and not just a fakeout to make you think you might die.

The aim of the Nonary Game is that the only way to get through it and 'win' with everyone surviving is by being able to get all of the 'keys' in one run-through. Which they've designed to be impossible...unless you happen to have the ability to send your consciousness through other run-throughs of the game.

This is sort of the point of the previous Zero Escape game too, but Virtue's Last Reward has a lot more keys and a lot more timelines you have to jump through to figure out everything.

The way they do that is by creating very clear choices that the player has to make that they can only attempt once. Pick A or B on a monitor. Go through one door out of a group of three. You'd think there's a 'right' choice and a 'wrong' choice, but in this game *most* of the choices are right. It's just that you can't go back and check the other one out unless you have psychic powers.

(There are also some 'wrong' choices, but I think they're put there to increase the sense of danger. If you can't actually pick wrong and you realise that, you have no reason to feel threatened.)

It's just very funny to think about how you'd need to design something like this. There's so many choices you have to account for, so many rooms where you have to put tidbits of information, and some timelines where everyone is going to die just so one character can tell Sigma and Phi a specific password they need to unlock another door somewhere else.

It's the most ridiculous galaxy-brain shit. plus also it takes place on the moon and they're all infected with a brain virus that screws with their processing speed so they don't actually realise. it's just...so wild.

it makes me want to write so many spreadsheets

[inklingofadream]

So first of all: really liked the Rosie chapter! Unexpected POV, but so sweet. And I was sure until the actual letter that Danny had just learned how to make glitter bombs and wanted to dramatically share his newfound knowledge, I'm gullible like that. Second: did you have anything specific in mind when you alluded to cult member gifts that Jon hated or felt bad about liking? :D

Mostly the vague way that, generally, there is a point where a celebrity stops answering their own fan mail. Like, if 10 people write you, maybe 1 sends a gift, and that gift is probably something in the general cultural mode appropriate for gifts to someone you admire or have a crush on. A heart-shaped box of chocolate is weird, from a stranger, but it's probably harmless. If, assuming no hate mail because hahaha absolutely not they Love Him So Much, 10,000 people write you, even if the number of gifts only increases half as much.... there's going to be something weird. Statistically, it's safe to assume at least one of those people is concerning. Maybe they're a stalker. Maybe they haven't thought through their gift of, like, a home security system idk, well enough to realize that kinda seems like a threat. Maybe a live mouse, or homemade rattlesnake sausage, or taxidermy (why are all the examples I can make up animal related?) is to them the best gift one could ever hope to receive.

Jon doesn't get things that are especially frightening or threatening, because he's... kind of at rock bottom. By the time someone is high enough up to acquire an actual spooky artifact, they either have the judgement or the supervision to not send it. Weaponry is less threatening, since who would get close enough for it to be a credible threat, and so appears super rarely and generally in the same vein as the letter openers. But boy, would he get the weird.

You want Jon to notice you so, so much. You have the perspective to realize that candy, flowers, and even books aren't going to stand out. The quantity of these is part of why people stop going through their own fan mail, but the only people Jon would be willing to do it for him are the ones already doing it WITH him, and having your friends go through your vast quantities of mail while you do something else would suck. Cat toys/treats are only going to manage to stick in his mind with any permanency if they're REALLY impressive, and I... don't know what that would look like, after the jungle gym in his room. But maybe you have a really out there book. This is a good strategy to be noticed, but mixed reaction- some of the things he feels guilty about liking are probably books, but also someone sent him a book about Victorian coffee table art book of photos of Victorian hair wreaths, no text. A lot of people send jewelry, accessories, and maybe sometimes clothing. Mostly, that gets sorted into stuff to consign to the vanity of fancy accoutrements (marked by Sasha, in case someone from there visits. Thwarting Jonah is its own reward, even if Jon does still end up wearing gold and jewels), given to his friends or as bribes, or actually incorporated into his own wardrobe. Someone probably manages to connect some dots re: the band shirts, and then Jon feels guilty for liking one that Gerry didn't personally give him.

Some things never actually happen- Michael is So Excited at the new experience of Having Mail, and reads through all the rules and guidelines, thus alerting Jonah to the need for a message that says he only picks up mail every other week, you CANNOT send live animals of ANY sort without going through Jonah (who now has to be the bad guy about people floating the idea of cats neither he nor Jon want in the Institute :3c).

Sometimes more off-the-wall stuff is great, and sometimes they're all moderately horrified. I feel like Jon would have extremely narrow interest in weird non-spooky antiques. Almost always a fail, but maybe he discovers he's thrilled to receive... exactly one astrolabe, idk. I have a hard time seeing him excited to receive a bear skin rug, though, and the size on its own is enough to generate consternation.

The secret, best choice is expanding your definition of "candy" thoughtfully. A lot of stuff is going to go to his friends or be used as bribes, but having something weird that isn't available where you are is the best. Candy/cookies/dessert-aligned items are the safe choice, because the line between excitement and disgust is thinner with snacks or savory items, in my experience. Vastly expanded Japanese KitKat flavors, any given regional packaged cookie... that's the end of the list, the stuff I like in this category is mostly available in the UK, that's all I got.

And the Jon-guilt increases with the price of the item. $2 cookies from the checkout line are great, there is no reason to feel guilty, even factoring international shipping. Spending $500 on anything is going to make him feel horribly guilty, regardless of whether he likes it.

And the last category, the stuff that makes appearances on his shelves/person before meeting with tragic accident, is monogrammed items. Books with dedications to him go on the shelf because he has plenty of space for books and you can't see that without opening them. Most things with his name or a declaration of love or whatever that's unable to be removed from the item... almost always die. For some reason the image in my head is those collectible shot glasses you get as souvenirs? But on the reverse from the image of the city is Jon's name, a glittery heart, and an eye. It does actually meet with an accident, but after that he doesn't put anything that becomes dangerous when it breaks where the cats can break it.

[deathblossomed]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 & 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐒

@thuganomxcs : As usual Yusuke had left a Bento for Botan to pick up, but Koenma had delivered this one specifically because...it's important that SHE also reads the letter Yusuke wrote, there was really a 'stoic look on his face' but it wasn't as if he's surprised in fact he was practically fighting every urge to just laugh. There was box filled with Botan's favorites and then there's Yusuke's note that reads: "This is for Botan, anyone idiot that isn't Botan shouldn't be readin' this or taking this but in case you're one of the people that loves to give Botan shit for her choices then why don't you come down in Ningenkai and see me HIS NUMBER AND ADRESS WRITTEN DOWN. We'll talk about JUST what ya think of me and the choices she made. I remember EVERY SINGLE day she came back upset, or faking a smile so I wouldn't worry. I'm tellin' you I'd shove my foot SOO far up your ass you'd be my new boot. BUT If you're botan I love you babe, the pups miss you as usual, don't work too hard Kitten."

It's rare for Botan to forget her lunch but when she had, Yusuke was more than willing to send it over. However, the last thing she had expected was for Koenma to deliver it to her personally. She looked up when he came in the room, tilting her head to the side.

"Oh-- You didn't have to do that, I would have gone and gotten it myself," nothing like having her boss and king deliver her lunch to make her feel embarrassed. She takes the box, glancing at the note when Koenma casually mentions that she might find it interesting. Thinking Yusuke wrote something crude as a joke, she read it over.

Oh-- no, this is worse.

Botan's face turns red within seconds and she's noticed how Koenma is fighting to hold back his amusement. She snaps a sharp look at him. "D-Don't you know it's rude to read someone else's note--" she stammers. She covered her face with her palms, groaning. Hopefully no one else had seen this... While it's sweet for him to stand up for her, he didn't have to go threatening her coworkers by inviting them to a fight-- She loves him but he really is a pain. "I'm going to kill him..." she groans.

[oh-no-its-bird]

Yes <3

But also probably not. The? Worst.

One of the worst for sure, but at least he won't huuurt him? On purpose, anyways. There's no value in it, there's arguably negative value in it actually, considering he already has his full trust and no reason to experiment on him

I can only see him possibly directly harming Kakashi for two reasons:

- Orochimaru wants to figure out how the jutsu turned Kakashi younger, possibly for his own immortality quest (but to avoid this Im just gonna say he then decides not to bc the memory erasing instantly cancels out any usefulness to him. What's the point of staying young forever if you can't remember shit ab your future self? That's not what he wants)

He'll probably still poke and prod him out of curiosity but like there's no dissection happening. And it's SO much nicer and easier to have a happily compliant to some blood tests kid Kakashi than a Kakashi who's been drugged up and injured trying to fight back to those same simple blood tests

- Or Orochimaru, in his admittedly at times VERY unstable mental state lashing out without care or real thought of consequences

VERY possible but also playing into the specific dynamic I'm picturing between them, Orochimaru would try very hard to avoid this not just because of the logical "this kid likes and trusts me and making him not will make everything SO much harder when rn it's stupidly easy" but also bc Orochimaru is kind of going through some subtle nostalgia on his end

The subtle nostalgia of a kid he used to babysit, who was the child of a friend of his friend (one of the very few friends that Orochimaru never had to face after he betrayed Konoha, and so a friend that lives on in memory as loyal and good to him) + the amusement of just. A tiny kid Kakashi being a total menace but trusting him implicitly while still feeling comfortable enough to sometimes talk back.

That's an actual child just. Comfortably existing around Orochimaru. He lets Orochimaru, the dreaded snake sanin, known for having a killing intent that can paralize just about anyone, pick him up and drag him around like a purse dog. Do you know how incredibly funny that is to Oro? Bc it's fucking hilarious actually, and he's getting a kick out of using this to fuck with people somehow

But yeah Orochimaru is unstable and shady as FUCK but he has multiple motivations, both logical and emotional (though he probably won't admit the emotional even to himself) to not harm Kakashi. So Kakashi will probably be fine— to an extent anyways

Also Kakashi's presence is also totally helping distract Orochimaru from that whole "going off the deep end" thing. He's like a therapy dog! A really deadly, confused therapy dog who misses his father and will bite anyone who touches him if their name isn't Orochimaru or Tsunade

(Somewhere, someone is sending Tsunade a VERY rushed and desperate letter that they pretty please need her back ASAP this isn't a joke and it's not ab the Hokage thing I promise just PLEASE come back)

(Tsunade is throwing it into the fire without reading it.)

Ok so rewinding a bit to when Kakashi first gets de-aged. He's confused and scared and the Hokage, not wanting to confuse and fighter him more, decides yk what? No one tell him his dad is dead. We aren't doing that.

This is arguably a good choice tbh, like, yeah. Don't tell the emotional 5 year old alarmingly talented shinobi kid who's was on track to graduate to chunin next fucking year that his dad's dead. It won't result in anything good.

Instead, Sarutobi tells him that his dad is out on a super special top secret mission rn, very last minute, very important. Also: very plausible!

Everyone gives themselves a pat on the back and Kakashi calms down a bit and they now try to figure out where to put him (they can't put him back in his clan compound or he'll automatically know snthns wrong)

Thinking they pass him off to Gai maybe?

Anyways: Oro gets him and then learns that they didn't actually tell him about his dad.

So of course he'll be kind enough to fix that <3

All that is to say, Orochimaru tells Kakashi about the suicide of his father and frames it as being the villages fault. The village killed your poor father, don't you know? Just because they decided he wasn't good enough for them... so sad, so sad.

And Oro, sensing a new big fish to chase and political plot to play with, having already been discarded by Akatsuki and Konoha, deciding yk what? New game actually :)

And he goes ahead and draws the connection between Sakumo's death bc of the village to the Uchiha's death to the village.

And Sasuke uhhh. Demands to know what the actual fuck he's talking about.

Oro shrugs, makes some implications, doesn't say he knows for a FACT Itachi was blackmailed into it, but yk... he always thought things didn't really add up... and it'd be SO like Danzo and his own sensei to pull that sort of thing 💅

Sasuke is having the worst time of his life thanks

Kakashi is also imprinting on Sasuke HARD. Especially after the reveal of his father's death and orochimaru's careful steering to make him identify with Sasuke (and vice versa, Sasuke with Kakashi)

Sasuke no longer needing Orochimaru for that whole "get strong enough to kill my brother" thing is now made to linger in sound due to a mix of being attached to Kakashi (while knowing he won't be able to get him to leave Orochimaru without a lot of groundwork) + maybe lingering plots for whatever Orochimaru has in store? Like, Oro can feed him a revenge plan on Konoha or whatever, and he sticks around for that

Idk but Sasuke is going through it

Kakashi meanwhile, projecting a lot and also absoloutley going through it, is stalking Sasuke through the halls of Sound. He's his little shadow and Sasuke can not get rid of him no matter how hard he tries— it's kind of impressive

Sasuke teaching Kakashi to do chidori again,,

OH ALSO Orochimaru totally also just. Told Kakashi ab the truth of him being de aged. Probably conveniently left out a few details, but Oro is going the route of "I haven't done anything bad to him as an adult and suffer no losses by telling him the truth, but it might bite me in the ass if I lie to him (especially after weaponizing the fact that the Hokage lied) so I'll just tell him the truth of it"

Highly effective! Kakashi is now even more trustful of him!

I want a bit where Orochimaru goes to give a curse mark to Kakashi, just like Sasuke's. And Kakashi, trusting him, just kinda sits and waits patiently for him to do it. But as Orochimaru leans in to do just that, he stops. And he hesitates.

And us, the audience, know he's thinking about Sakumo. About a dead man he once called a friend.

And he pulls back and pats Kakashi on the head and says that you know what? Actually, he has a different idea.

Anyways, Orochimaru giving Kakashi a fake curse mark, for appearances sake. Can't let people know he might really be going soft! Or,, whatever happening there. It's a really complicated topic actually and he's still kind of visibly, violently swinging between moods of insanity

If I were to write this fr, I think it'd be fun to leave that scene intentionally vague. The audience gets to see the lead up of Orochimaru leaning in to give a willing Kakashi a curse mark, then the aftermath of Sasuke losing his shit over it.

But then chapters later, when Kakashi had presumably left the caves of Sound w Sasuke, Karin is poking at his curse mark and reveals that it's a dud.

Just like really bring up those fun complex morally grey themes and "did Orochimaru,, actually care? Is he even capable of that?"

(Sasuke and basically everyone else except maybe Kabuto has been convinced Orochimaru was purley playing pretend w Kakashi)

It doesn't like redeem him or anything, but it just adds that complex spin of like, he's still a person. An awful, deeply disturbed person, but still a person. We all are. And also Kakashi can continue to have his own really weird trust in Oro bc he truly never hurt him. But that unfortunatley doesn't make him good, it just makes Kakashi an outlier.

I'm honestly just having fun thinking about balancing Orochimaru as he nears / exists in the heights of his insanity at this point of naruto, with the objectively good parent we see in Boruto. And just how being around a child he's fond of, who's the child of one of the only men he's ever been able to call a true friend, might affect / bring out those sides of his.

Awful awful man, I'm so fascinated by him. I want to put him in a blender and see what color smoothie would come out

Meanwhile also, Kakashi is somehow managing to advance at an even faster rate than he did the first time. Its probably the fact he's being trained directly by the fucking snake sanin at peak strength + Sasuke being able to teach him chidori + the motivation of "the village killed my father" Oro gave him

In sound, he has nothing to do but train and learn and stalk people. And he's surrounded by workaholics with their own mountains of issues who don't give a shit enough to tell him to calm tf down

Oooooh ok hear me out, Orochimaru kinda seeing a bit of his own past self in Kakashi and taking on this personal project of like— ok well I fucked up my own body SO bad I locked myself out of so much. I kinda wanna see what would happen if I trained this prodigy child in these specific ways that I as an adult regretted not training with when younger

Sasuke, in finding out Orochimaru wanted to steal his body, figures he was training Kakashi as a backup, and confronts Orochimaru ab it

Orochimaru: (actually didn't even consider that and was doing this just for fun)

Orochimaru:

Orochimaru:

Orochimaru: yes. That's why I'm doing this. Oh no you figured out my master plan.

Orochimaru: fuck, why WASNT I planning on doing that??

Orochimaru then has to have a crisis about like. Ok so I legally, logically do have to consider doing that now. Like. Why am I not planning on doing that??

Shit I don't think I want to. But why wouldn't I want to??? Fuck.

Wait no it's because he's a child. I don't want to have a child body it'd totally throw off my style. Yeah. The youngest I can pull off is pre teen and I don't have time to wait for him to reach that age. That's exactly why. For sure.

(He's just allergic to admitting he might actually care and that Kakashi activates the saner parts of his brain that likes having people who genuinley like him around)

Anyways.

Kid Kakashi doesn't have Obito's eye, right? So hesr me out: when he got de aged, Obito automatically got his eye back.

And uhh. Didn't react well to it, actually. One might even be so bold as to say he reacted really, really badly to it.

So Obito REALLY wants kid Kakashi. Like. Really, really wants him. He is in fact breaking into sound and trying to lure him closer with candy (it's not working.)

Obito is incredibly fucking torn between like, hey so Kakashi didn't mean to lose the eye.

(Not just lose it but give it back. A somehow even worse insult. The eye not just discarded but fucking rejected, returned to sender, forgotten.)

Obito doesn't let Zetsu know he got his eye back (Zetsu would probably want him to keep it)

And then he decides yk what? This is fine.

He'll just have to give the eye back to Kakashi himself :)

Cue impromptu kidnapping and eye surgery!!

Ahaha don't worry Bakashi, Obito will make sure it looks just like the original! And he's so nice as to also make sure it goes quick and painless <3

Kakashi gets dumped back into sound with a new eye and no one takes it well.

Orochimaru, who just established/justified to himself why he can't body snatch Kakashi, now staring at the boy where he's now outfitted with the exact reason why he was gonna body snatch Sasuke, knowing he no longer has any excuses: Fuck.

I think Orochimaru should continue to get more unstable but like. Be hyper aware of it and also have moments of clarity where he knows he now has Kakashi, who he doesn't want to hurt. And so he kinda orchastrates/pushes Sasuke into either running off w Kakashi (+team Taka) to go find Itachi or into killing him (possibly bc with that clarity of "I don't want to hurt Kakashi" also comes the realization of how disgustingly low he's fallen from the figure of power and knowledge and arguable sanity he once was)

Whenever Kabuto revives Orochimaru or however the fuck that went (I dont actually know how he comes back later) Kakashi ends up helping, pass it on

Uhhh final notes:

Itachi sees baby Kakashi with his little brother who now also knows the truth of what happened bc Orochimaru told him and has a stroke

Karin (and later Orochimaru) help cure/stabilize him of his whatever disease

Whether Kakashi gets aged up again or not idk but he does get to go on lots of team Taka adventures, and Karin uses her insane chakra pool and healing to help him adjust to the eye way better than he did the first time

+ Sasuke goes even more insane ab projecting with the forcefully given eye (maybe Itachi can try to forcefully swap eyes w him too?? Would be on brand for Itachi 'dumb-fuck ideas' Uchiha)

Kakashi's presence somehow prevents Orochimaru from killing Hiruzen, meaning Tsunade is still out in the wild somewhere— where Team Taka accidentally run into her and maybe get her to join them? Or smthn idk but she recognizes Kakashi and loses her mind, bc she was also one of his old babysitters with Orochimaru

When they inevitably interact with / go back to Konoha, Gai is put on Kakashi catching duty

Yay ok post over that's it thanks for reading bye

Fic where Kakashi gets de-aged to like, under 5. Real, proper emotions and intuition over all logic child age, not even training under Minato yet so no hang ups or super deep character attachments other than just to his dad

And he doesn't recognize anyone— the best you'll get out of him is mistaking Gai for Might Dai. And he keeps asking for his dad.

Then they fucking lose him and through some convoluted roll of the dice, he winds up running into Orochimaru

But the thing is that Orochimaru used to be a friend of his father's. And he's aged really well and he's just very recognizable in general. So suddenly u have little Kakashi gripping onto the hem of his robes bc this is the only guy he knows he can trust. It's Tou-sans work friend!! Not any of these weirdo strangers who keep acting way too familiar (and overly invested in seeing his face under the mask, that means you Naruto)

Orochimaru loves this turn of events, what a fuckin chess piece!! Sorry Konoha, if u want ur baby genius back you'll have to pay the big bucks 💅

Same to you, Akatsuki guy who's weirdly invested in all of this (Obito)

Orochimaru doesn't even treat him that bad too, like he's definitley not a good guardian or anything, but he's not,,, bad? He has no reason to treat Kakashi badly or experiment on him, and he did once consider Sakumo a friend so there's some nostalgic fondness wrapped up in it all

Kakashi is legit living his best life out in the caves of sound, and hey, if he accidentally distracts and helps trick Orochimaru into being slightly less worse than canon, everyone wins, right?

[quickdeaths]

Spell out your url using characters you love from any media. then, tag as many people as there are letters in your url ( or however many you'd like ! ) inspired by the song titles dashboard game.

Q - Qiu Tong, Tamen de Gushi. Ngl, finding a character with a Q name was tough haha. Qiu Tong is a good choice tho, both for how big TdG was in my circles when it was at its peak, and the sad story of what happened to it. Free my girls!

U - Utena Tenjou, Revolutionary Girl Utena. Utena is too hard to watch to be my favorite anime, but I do think it's kind of the perfect anime, and I will truly never be free from taking inspiration from Utena herself when making characters.

I - Itto Arataki, Genshin Impact. My girlfriend played Genshin Impact and I was thinking about picking it up, but I wasn't totally sure, and then I saw this guy. History made.

C - Claire François, I'm In Love With The Villainess. I love the villainess genre, absolutely oversaturated with slop though it may be. This one is a fave, and what I like about Claire is that she has multiple arcs. So many examples of this genre use isekai or reincarnation explanations to sand off the rough edges, and while I think Claire is very sympathetic, the light novels show that she has to prove her good intentions and overcome her prejudices.

K - Kotori Minami, Love Live! She's not the strongest character, really, but I just like her a lot. Love Live! meant a lot to me when I was like, 21-22.

D - Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks. Gosh what a performance, huh? I was obsessed with this show in college, and the absolute weirdo energy brought to this character has never left my brain. I really gotta watch the new season.

E - Edelgard von Hresvelg, Fire Emblem: Three Houses. She's not my fave FE3H character, but I do like her a lot, and unfortunately the discourse around her is the clearest portrait I've ever seen of fandom misogyny. The double-standards, the flattening of motivations, the lack of credit or benefit of the doubt that male characters got easily, it's all there. Edelgard they could never make me hate you.

A - A2, NieR: Automata. This is a stand-in for her, 2B, and 9S, honestly. NieR: Automata is one of my all-time faves, with a story that I loved the whole way through. For me, they are "frequently bought together, do not separate them," but A2 is the only one whose name actually starts with a letter, so she gets the honor.

T - Tahani Al-Jamil, The Good Place. This is kind of another "ensemble" pick since it is hard to choose, although Tahani might be my favorite of the main four cast. I don't watch a ton of TV, but I honestly devoured this whole show in like... maybe three weeks? I love the characters, and I loved the story, and while The Office and Parks and Recreation never really hit for me, this definitely did. With Tahani specifically, it helps that I love Jameela Jamil.

H - Hanabi Yasuraoka, Scum's Wish. This is a hard manga to recommend, and Hanabi is a hard character to love, but it lined up for me at a time where I needed to read things about characters who weren't great people but still deserved the hope that the could be better. Fun fact, an article I wrote about my relationship to the anime for a website is, I believe, the first time I was ever paid for my writing.

S - Saeko Sawatari, How Do We Relationship? I could honestly talk about Sae forever. HDWR is maybe my favorite romance manga of all time, and Sae is relatable to me in ways I find affirming and representative, and also deeply uncomfortable. Sometimes I'll be reading normally, and then Sae will say something that feels like the kind of thing I'd write in a diary and then throw into the ocean strapped to fifty pound weights due to being too honest and vulnerable. I can't explain all the things that I see reflected back at myself from her, and honestly, I probably wouldn't want to. All I can say is that she's such a special character to me.

Tagged by: @more-than-a-princess

Tagging: Normally I would tag people, but I did just do a dash meme recently and also tags are like busted for some reason for me like what's up with that. If you want to do it, though, I think you should and you can say I tagged you and it'll be our secret.

[anendtopursuit]

hey can you info dump about hobie to me please :D

hello!!! sorry this took me a while to get around to, i got SO nervous that i'd get smthn wrong n an army of comic book dudebros would emerge from hell to smite me down - but then i remembered that i don't care and hobie is fun to talk about, so hello!!!

[quick note before we start: hobie will be referred to as either "hobie" or "spiderpunk", for the sake of not being confusing, since there are 47385783643 spidermen in existence. yes, he prefers "spiderman" and initially took spiderpunk as an insult, but as of his latest solo run, the battle of the banned, he really could not care less n actively refers to himself as spiderpunk. i'm noting this now so i don't get 50 people correcting me in the replies lmao. i also don't hyphenate spiderman because i'm lazy]

you didn't ask for anything in specific so i'm gonna just Keep Going until i lose steam, hope that's alright!

first things first: hobie isn't an original character created to be spiderpunk! he's actually a variant of hobart "hobie" brown, earth 616's prowler, which i think has a LOT of interesting potential for btsv, if you catch my drift:

why did they choose to make him a hobie variant rather than make up a new spiderperson? who knows! could be that they saw how painfully fucking close hobie was to his "capitalism is the real enemy actually" breakthrough before deciding to become a supervillain about it; maybe it's easier to get comic book nerds into new stories if they're vaguely familiar with one of the characters involved. who knows. i can't actually find any source on this one.

(interesting sidebar: in the spiderverse movies, peter b parker is from earth 616, and intended to be a direct page-to-screen adaptation of classic comic book peter parker - which makes me wonder how he reacted to meeting hobie for the first time. i doubt we'll ever see that first interaction, but it's cool to think about!)

spiderpunk's design actually originated as concept art for spider-UK, as drawn by olivier coipel (the punk movement is often credited as having started in the UK - more accurately, by black british punks, using elements of jamaican reggae - so it makes sense that they explored a punk angle for spider-UK at some point). they felt it didn't fit the character, but still loved the design, and so they wrote an entire character to fit around it! (that's also why hobie is often portrayed as british despite being written as american in the comics - his whole concept is essentially a love letter to black british punks, and tbh even when i'm reading the comics i pretend he just ended up moving to new york from london bc i cannot imagine him as an american lmao sorry)

a lot of people who learnt of hobie from atsv seemed surprised that he's genuinely punk and not just using the aesthetics - but, like, he's genuinely punk, guys. he lives in a fascist dystopia (the spider that bit him was irradiated from all the toxic waste the government illegally dumps) where norman osborn is president of the united states (and referred to as "ozzy osborn" lmao) and also a massive fascist dickbag (and venom's current host!). he then proceeds to beat said fascist dictator asshole to death with his guitar! by which i mean quite literally hit him so hard his organs come out ✨

(like - i saw someone theorising that hobie would be the twist villain of btsv and actually just using miles for his own benefit, and i had my own little "he would never fucking do that what the fuck 😡" moment before realising that they were probably just some 14 yr old kid who's never seen hobie before and is trying to come up with a dramatic twist. so i'm not taking it to heart! but please know that it was very bad and incorrect, hobie is a real one and would never 🫶 /lh)

if you get a chance to pick up any of his comics (or, uh, discover them in alternative ways, wink wink nudge nudge capitalism is a prison but seriously please consider buying them from small local comic book stores if you do - that way your money goes to an actual local business & the writers rather than a massive chain store corporation) then i highly recommend - not only are they super fun, but they're gorgeous,

(i know that the covers are always rendered differently to the actual comic pages but i just needed you to all look at these images, please, especially all the intricate details on the second one. i literally paused midway through reading my comic to stare at that cover with hearts in my eyes. he's so cool i adore him)

and they're also full of lyrical references to punk music, such as these (the first two off the top of my head - there are TONS more):

and they're pretty dang diverse, too! including, like, explicitly and undeniably queer characters (note: there's been a lot of misinformation spread around - hobie and karl (captain anarchy) aren't explicitly confirmed to be anything but platonic friends. karl DOES have a boyfriend whom he is explicitly romantic with, but it's not hobie! he's still totally queer though and nobody can convince me otherwise), which is pretty neat.

this isn't really relevant to hobie in specific, but it's part of his universe and i'm a massive daredevil fanboy, so i NEED you to witness his daredevil variant, mattea murdock:

tumblr isn't gonna let me add any more images (sob) so i'm gonna try n wrap this up fairly quick !!!

lightning round of just. fun and unfun facts, i guess:

hobie's homeless and lives in a community centre with the rest of his band

iirc "spiderpunk" was essentially his equivalent of "spidermenace", which he eventually adopted for himself because, well. they aren't wrong. (he got the name for the obvious reasons of his style and politics etc, but also because he can be quite brutal when he needs to be - see norman's very bad no good day above.)

his band is referred to as both "the spider-band" and "the daredevils" (after meeting mattea), which made my little daredevil fanboy heart soar a little ngl

in spiderverse specifically, hobie took 3 years to animate due to all the specific ways they stylised him and his movement! i am not an animator and cannot put it into actual technical terms so here's a tweet of one of the animators discussing it for anyone who's curious :]

he has a van called the spider-van, and sings the spiderman theme song at it sometimes ("🎶spider-van, spider-van, driving cross-country as fast as we can!🎶") which is ADORABLE. i love how cool he is in atsv but i need you to understand he's a DORK he's a NERD

another one for the dork point: he doesn't swear unless he's yelling at fascists (he's instead prone to a good "frick" "heckin" "motherlovin" etc). which i realise is probably just comic book censorship and them only being able to get away with a certain amount of tastefully censored swears and gore before someone gets in trouble and/or has to bump up the age rating, but also it drives his bandmates INSANE so i like to think he just does it for a giggle tbh. again, massive dork

and finally, to end things on a fun note: his current solo comic writer, cody ziglar, made him an official spiderpunk playlist so maybe we can stop having pointless playlist discourse and let people have fun!

i hope this infodump was alright and didn't disappoint fjdnfjfn!!! i definitely forgot (and/or ran out of space for) a bunch of shit but that just means i get to do this again, so :]!!!