#it’s the Mommy Issues ™ probably

[cassiebones]

The expression on Alice's face is everything to me.

Because she had a mother who loved her and tried to protect her with every little bit of magic she had.

And now she's witnessing a mother who hated her own child since the moment said child was born.

I feel in part that this is Alice realizing that she's not the only one with Mommy Issues™ and that there's a lot more to Agatha Harkness than she was led to believe.

While the argument can be made that Alice was neglected by her mother, as well as abused (forcing a 13yo to get a tattoo???), at least she's become aware just how much her mother cared about her, was scared for her, and tried to protect her.

Evanora Harkness, on the other hand, actively tried to kill her own child. She got together a group of women to kill her daughter. And said "evil" daughter then granted mercy to these killers' children, to her own detriment.

It has to be such a shocking dichotomy for Alice. Especially since, despite being raised by somebody who hated her for the first couple decades of her long life, Agatha still seems to crave her mother's love and approval, which Alice can probably very much relate to.

And then to think of the fact that Agatha was a mother herself. She probably loved Nicholas from the second she found out that she was pregnant. I kind of guess she wanted a girl (another young witch to raise and do it better than the mother who hated her), but was no less thrilled to have her son.

The grief she feels still, after losing him decades - if not well over a century - ago is palpable. She probably told him every single day just how much he meant to her. She probably held him in her arms, marveling at every little detail of his little face, his fingers and toes, his eyes, his smile...and she probably raised him with the love of her life at her side.

And then he was taken from her. Partly by whatever killed him and partly by the love of her life. And it left her broken, grief-stricken, and angry.

Not angry just because Rio took him away (because it was her job), but also because she remembered how own mother trying to kill her and she probably wondered what she had done wrong to evoke such anger in her own mother as she would never try to harm even a single hair on her son's little head.

It was clear in that episode that, as stated above, Agatha still crave's her mother acceptance and affection, even after all she did to her. It's not something you get over very quickly - the burn of your mother's rejection and ire. And, as tough and unflappable as Agatha likes to play it, she is definitely still feeling the pain.

And it's heart-breaking.

[altocat]

I love how fanon has their own special spin on the crisis core trio

Angeal: Sensible, overly-serious, kind of that dad-friend who is perpetually exhausted. The straight man in a sea of chaotic morons. Dedicated and hardworking, totally ready to lecture you for doing something stupid. An overall cool guy who sells himself short but really is the glue holding everything together, even if he gets no credit for it.

Sephiroth: Looks terrifying. Probably IS terrifying. Is actually kind of a soft marshmallow with mommy issues. Oozes trauma at every angle. Can kill you a thousand times over but he's also the group baby so oh well. Melts when given a hug. Outwardly cold and aloof but he would unironically die for you and folds like crumpled wet paper when he's left alone. Also he's a cat.

Genesis: Resident Little Shit™. Theater kid. Edgelord. Loudmouthed hothead who can't stop blowing things up. No one invited him. He came from the dumpster outside of an abandoned Waffle House. Arguably the most interesting person here but his attitude gets in the way of people figuring that out. Also kind of a secret soft baby but shhhh that's a secret. Easy to hate. Easier to love if you actually take time to get to know him.

[garzasheart]

general valeria garza headcanons

summary: just valeria being her silly self + some relationship headcanons

author notes: nothing to say, i just love this woman

━ valeria is definitely the type to watch telenovelas and pick sides when characters have conflict

━ walks around the house in a wife beater and boxers

━ always needs the air conditioner on and gets all bitchy if it isn't freezing cold

━ somehow wins every argument she starts even if she is in the wrong

━ unless it's an argument with you than she will let you win

━ listens to 90's spanish music and maybe even some 2000's american rap & rnb

━ if your first language is english than she will ask you what the lyrics mean in the american songs

━ loves tupac just because he can get real violent

━ says the most unhinged shit at random moments because in her mind it's normal. "amor, should we be buried together when we die?"

━ a total cat mom. on her list of people she will kill for is you and y'all cats

━ if you have her meet your mom, she becomes a total mommy's girl (because she misses her own mother) and always be like "how was my mom?" whenever you go to visit your mom alone

━ always has a grumpy lil frown on her face, but smiles when she sees you

━ if you introduce her to games her favorite is mortal kombat because it's violent & she always wins against you

━ chronic eye roller™

━ low-key sassy and doesn't give no fucks

━ super sarcastic especially when annoyed

━ figured out she was lesbian in her early twenties and was like "oh, that figures"

━ HATES bugs. will act like she's all tough if others are around and a bug is nearby, but by herself she moves as far away as possible

━ can actually cook pretty well

━ loves spicy food AND sugary food. she's just versatile like that

━ probably got addicted to coffee once when she was younger, but broke that addiction once she hit her 30th birthday because she refuse to let a little drink control her mood

━ has trust issues, attachment issues, abandonment issues, and commitment issues

━ a stomach sleeper 100%

━ doesn't care for holidays, but will go all out if you like them

━ a lil menace who sometimes acts like a bad ass little kid

━ "gimme a kiss" whenever you ask her to do anything

━ gets annoyed when you don't reply to her text messages right away. you take an hour to reply? alright see you tomorrow girlie because that's when she's going to text back

━ p e t t y

━ a little toxic but it's fine because she loves hard

━ once she found out how to do 0.5 photos just know that's how all the photos she takes of you are taken now

━ laughs loud asf when people fall. might even point too

━ loves freezepops in the summer and winter, no difference to her

━ loves to play fight and wrestle

━ if you two get a dog, she will always rile it up and than complain about it

━ dances a little when she's tipsy

[cinnamonest]

we've talked about mommy darling and Rhinedottir darling before for Albedo; have we considered Alice darling? sweet momma (soft and squishy...) with just enough crazy to keep Albedo intrigued, and she's so much nicer than Rhine, really wants him to think of himself as part of the family. comes pre-packaged with a kid, too! and if i could be so bold, she's probably still lactating by the time Albedo comes along

only issue is the husband being in the picture still, which Albedo doesn't like, and the fact that you keep running off for Celestia knows what and leaving him behind, which Albedo really doesn't like. you put him in this family, take some responsibility. he won't tolerate a second neglectful momma- er, female... role model...

bless his little artificial heart, he's trying his damn best

In love with this concept anon, as much as I love Creator!Darling there's also an appeal to our baby boy getting this stark contrast of someone treating him nicely for the first time and having no idea how to handle it, developing an obsessive attachment but because it's Him™ he just cannot keep it healthy or sane, poor thing.

He finally gets to meet you after hearing about you before, and you're so sweet and gentle while you talk to him, but he just can't pay attention to anything you're saying because he can't un-glue his eyes from your blatantly swollen tits… it's not fair, it's too distracting. He likes to think of himself as mature and self-disciplined, so it's quite annoying and shameful that he feels so captivated, frustrating that he can't stop himself from looking.

Nor can he stop the weird feeling in his chest. Especially if it's shortly after his abandonment — he's in a state of emotional distress and pain, feels so lost and unwanted and here you are all sweet and doting. It's not just that it's a substitution for his Master, rather, you're nicer and sweeter l, in all his life he's never been treated so well.

Master was always so harsh and biting in her tone, always criticizing him, always manipulating him with threats to leave — and until now, that's really all he's known. But you, you're sweet, even if there's more distance between you two because you don't know each other as well. You smile at him and say nice things, you ask him about himself, you tell him to let me know if you need anything.

It feels strange. It's uncomfortable, in a way, feels like someone peering into his mind and heart, it's vulnerable and makes him squirm, yet, it feels good, he likes it, despite the discomfort. He’s not naive nor lacking self-awareness. He can recognize it for what it is from the start, and for that reason, he desperately seals it away early on, knowing it would not work, knowing you have a family, knowing there's a gap in your stages of life and maturity.

But it’s not wrong to notice you like him, right? Even if not in the same way. He knows you feel positively towards him.

It really hits him hard when, once day, there's some virus or another going around, he catches it and ends up having to stay at home sick, in the little lodging he's been provided in the town. He thinks nothing of it until you come knocking on the door.

You sigh in relief when he opens the door, say you were worried when you hadn't seen him all day. Your eyes widen when he explains (with a stammer he hopes you don't notice) that he's sick.

And your reaction feels so foreign. He's used to a sharp glare, a frustrated sigh, being told to suck it up and get over it and stop making excuses. But you, you start to fuss and coo at him, tell him to go rest, say something about how you'll get him some hot tea and run off, leaving him standing there, staring at the empty hall.

You noticed he was absent. He crossed your mind. It makes sense, in a way, but it just feels so… warm, fuzzy.

He crossed your mind. You think about him. You missed him. How much do you think about him? Do you do it every day? How much space in your mind does he occupy? How significant is he to you? There's this swelling feeling in his chest.

But he's often realistic to the point of pessimism, and so he suppresses the childishly hopeful thoughts with bitter self-criticism — telling himself he's being foolish and ridiculous and self-important to think it's anything more than just by chance, that you just happened to think of him for some reason. Taking that innate sense of wishful thinking in the most vulnerable depths of the heart and crushing it himself before reality does it for him. Less painful that way. It doesn't mean anything, he shouldn't hope for anything, he can't let himself form feelings that are just going to bring him pain in the long run.

And he does try to distance himself from you, for some time. It's like a form of addiction — he really does try, but he finds himself moving on a mental-autopilot anyway, seeking you out, letting the words of are you doing anything later? fall out of his mouth on their own and feeling so elated when you happily, willingly spend time with him.

And in time, he even lets himself start to think too much, stops pushing away those absurd thoughts that he knows better than to allow himself to have because he knows that if he has those thoughts and lets them fester, he's just going to get hurt, because the fantasies will never come to fruition, the feelings will never be reciprocated. He lets himself feel some sense of pride and pure bliss and vague sense of irrational hope when you tell him how grateful you are that he takes such good care of your precious girl when you ask him to look after her and how you're so happy he's bonded to her and tell him that she really looks up to him.

Lets himself bask in your praise and lets himself ride the euphoric high a single nice word from you brings him all day, rather than suppressing it. Lets himself look forward to seeing you, something he felt was only going to go badly for him and thus suppressed before.

Lets himself indulge in long drawn-out fantasies that he knows are so unrealistic and shameful, gradually progressing over time from embarrassingly vulnerable thoughts of your praise and kindness and affection, allowing the depravity and perversion he's repressed to slowly seep out further and further until the fantasies progress into those that have him locking his door and panting and gripping the table with his other hand until he's shivering and slouched over in the shameful clarity that follows.

He also tries to fight these thoughts and feelings initially not only because they're shameful and vulnerable, but because these feelings are accompanied by a much darker feelings, too.

One that is strictly unpleasant, rather than the other, more confusing uncomfortable-but-good feelings. This burning, twisting feeling in his gut and chest, whenever he sees you with others, particularly when you smile or laugh. The way the bitter heat blazes whenever he thinks about the fact that you had to be with some other man to have your child. The way his muscles tense and his eye twitches and he grips his utensils harder as he works. He's certain those feelings aren't good — rather, they're very bad, dangerous even.

The other is the longing, yearning pain when you're gone. He has to struggle to summon the motivation to work — what's the point, when he won't see you all day? The work itself isn't motivating enough anymore like it used to be — something that concerns him, yet remains true all the same. He works slower, he mopes, he doesn't do much of anything until you return, at which point his mood suddenly does a complete reversal, and he feels happy and good and motivated again. He knows that's not good, he knows that degree of dependency is alarming, but it's beyond his ability to resolve. It's a frustrating feeling, identifying a problem but having no way to resolve it.

The feeling of frustration only grows when the yearning itself begins to metamorphosize. It shifts over time, a sad longing that begins to turn to frustration, then bitterness, and finally reaches a low, dark resentment. One he knows is irrational, but the thoughts come anyway — why would you leave him alone here? What's more important than he is? Doesn't he deserve to have you stay with him? Don't you realize he's sad when you're gone?

Didn't you once say you'd be there if he ever needed anything? That you'd help him in any way you could? How do you intend to do that when you're gone so often, huh?

These thoughts can only grow worse with time, and yet, by this point, it's not a matter of letting himself do anything — the thoughts just happen, flowing out without any reign, and even if he tries to summon some restraint, they just slip through. Spiteful, bitter, vengeful, selfish, childish thoughts, darker —

(If you're just going to use him to take care of your kid, shouldn't you treat him like a partner, too? Isn't that selfish of you to not give that to him? Doesn't he do a lot for you? Doesn't he deserve a reward?)

— and darker and darker —

(Maybe you do know how he feels. You're just pretending not to. You know. You're just using him. You're taking advantage of him.)

— and he lets his mind sink to its lowest point.

You're just like her.

Yes, the bitterness gets strong. A sense of entitlement, frustration, a sense of transgression. You just dump your kid off on him to help care for, and then leave? And then you have the audacity to give him money, gifts, so on and so on when your return from your long trips.

As if that's what he wants, as if he cares about things like that. It feels insulting, almost, he'd rather have nothing if you're not going to give him what he actually wants. It feels like some pathetic attempt at substituting, even if rationally, he knows you don't mean it that way.

But bitterness easily overrides rationality, and so maybe he can let himself feel that way. Let himself feel a bit mad about it. Let himself grind his teeth and clench his hand into a fist when you start talking about your next journey you're planning, even if he responds with perfect calmness in his voice, a skill that strikes him as increasingly remarkable when he's so so so damn mad on the inside.

And maybe, if the frustration becomes more than he can bear, if it overrides his sense and inhibition entirely, he can finally let himself act on it too…

[kyliafanfiction]

It really is fascinating to me the way that Amy is so convinced that the fact that she doesn't enjoy every second of healing is proof she's evil.

Like, obviously it's her own many many issues flaring up and making her look for reasons to hate herself, (issues she gets in large part thanks to mommy dearest) but I wonder if a small part of it comes from the fact that Vicky and Crystal and Eric so manifestly love having powers (well, I know Vicky does, I assume Eric and Crystal do) and Amy very much hates her powers.

And obviously Vicky (and Crystal and Eric) are Good™ in Amy's understanding of the world, and so what they do is Good™ because they do it.

Especially Vicky.

So if what Vicky does (enjoying her powers) is Good™ and Amy isn't doing it, then obviously that's just one more reason why Amy is Evil™ and Monster™.

I wonder what Amy's life would have been like if the third Dallon Sibling (the brother, who married Fleur, I believe? Or at least was engaged to her?) had adopted Amy. I mean, if we're supposed to believe Carol had Vicky at 18 (which I really fucking don't) and the brother was younger than Carol and Sarah, he probably wasn't old enough to adopt Amy, but there's an AU possibility in there.

[themushroomgoesyeet]

For the first installment of this series, let's start with something easy!

Arcana characters as Disney princesses/princes

Julian - Flynn Rider/Eugene

These two are so similar istg

Dashing, dramatic, swashbuckling rogues with dry humor and a secret, insecure soft side?

The only difference between them is one is ginger with an eye patch and the other isn't

Honestly Eugene would probably be a good pick for a voice hc tbh

Oh hey they're both orphans with big brother vibes too look at that

Asra - Elsa

White hair? Check. Water-related magic? Check. orphans? Check. Unconditional fashion style that doesn't really match everyone else but still looks drop-dead gorgeous regardless? Check

Both of them also have familial abandonment issues and feel the need to isolate themselves from the people they love instead of confronting the problem smh

I will admit their romantic interests are a bit different, with Asra being bisexual and Elsa either being a lesbian or aro/ace at best

Both of them have also been described to have seductive singing voices 👀

Nadia - Princess Jasmine

We👏stan👏 headstrong 👏 independent 👏 middle eastern- inspired👏queens👏here👏

Ngl Jasmine is one of my favorite Disney princesses & she & Nadia would definitely hit it off

Both feel stuck in their respective lives while also wanting to rule, and try to take action for themselves whenever they can

Also both of them would look absolutely stunning in an outfit swap

Muriel - Hercules

Honey you mean HUNK-ules

I know Hercules isn't technically a Disney prince but he fits Muriel too well

Big and strong but shy and genuine at heart? Hell yeah

Their reactions to fame are a little bit different but they are the same when it comes to falling in love; both are so gentle and genuinely caring, and can't stop gushing about their partner

Also amazing idols for how men are supposed to treat women - a.k.a with respect

Both have a heathy amount of respect for their partners modesty (even when said partner is trying to seduce them on purpose), as well as their partners autonomy to make their own decisions

Not to mention they both have estranged families that they didn't know about, and a supportive animal companion

Portia - Rapunzel

I know some of you might be thinking "why not Merida? They look so alike with their frizzy mop of ginger hair!" Well, dear chat, let me explain

While they may look similar, Portia and Merida do not act similar. Merida is rebellious, headstrong, and airheaded, fighting her loved ones on everything and doing what she wants regardless of the consequences until said consequences come back to bite her in the butt. Portia on the other hand, while also headstrong, is spunky, kind, and takes others feelings and opinions into account instead of doing the first daring thing that comes into her head

Which brings me to Rapunzel. Admittedly, Rapunzel is a lot more sheltered and inexperienced about the world than Portia was but they are still kindred spirits. Curious, spunky, headstrong, kind, compassionate, and unafraid to fight for themselves.

They're ready to take on the world even if they don't know enough about it

Both also have evil and manipulative family members (ik Mother Gothel isn't Rapunzel's family; she was still the one who raised Rapunzel & Rapunzel considered her family long enough for it to count in this situation)

Both also meet love interests who guide them through the part of the world that's unknown to them, be it magic for Portia or the world as a whole for Rapunzel

Lucio - Merida

remember all those traits I listed for Merida? Yeah Lucio fits those

Merida and Lucio may be hella good warriors, but boy are they stupid sometimes

Both also have mommy issues™

Both are also wildly inexperienced with magic and should really be more cautious about it

Both just go "oopsies" and expect everything to be fine because of their status when it's never fine

Can you tell yet that these two bother me lol

Both were brought up in a Scottish-sounding culture and you can't change my mind

[lazypanartist]

Hi! Can i request cuddling in bed with Arven during winter? Like a cozy cuddle session under heavy blankets with Mabostiff joining in at some point? (The dog gets cuddles too😭)

You choose if you wanna make a scenario or headcanons! :)

Oh God uhhhhhh

Cuddling in Bed With Arven Headcanons

Brainrot brainrot BRAINROT for him and Giacomo both, so glad we got quality Men™ material right from the start of the games

Notes: probably OoC but idc

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Arven probably doesn't get as much physical contact as he needs in general

Let's start with that

He's clingy with you at the best of times

Thanks, mommy/daddy issues!

Can't sleep without you

Always texting with you

Spends as much time as he can curled up with you

Even when you're both sweating buckets in Zapapico in the summer

Now that that's established

Loves using the cold as an excuse to cuddle with you!

Complains that he's chilly, even when covered in 5,000,000 blankets and curled up with Mabosstif

Gives you sad puppy eyes when he asks you to cuddle with him

Mabosstif copies him

🥺

Would absolutely BEG you to curl up with them

"Just for tonight?"

Even though you give in every night

Ends up with you two cuddling chest to chest, his head tucked into your neck, legs tangled together

Mabosstif sleeps curled up right against one of your backs

Arven whines when his partner picks you instead of him as a cuddle buddy

He probably drools in his sleep, ngl

You always wake up with his cheek smooshed against your collar

Arven rolls over in his sleep non-negotiable

Might I just say - Arven with bedhead

Thank you

Bonus:

He totally cooks breakfast for all three of you

Like, every morning

Cold mornings are best, though

Has a blanket draped over him the whole time, shuffling the floor in fluffy slippers and still in his PJs

[ddarker-dreams]

for some reason nexus, by far, is the story where i felt most 'trapped'. honestly, i loved the way you wrote nexus, it feels a lot like a movie wtfff....

i often get a sense that most of your works are a lot reminiscent to classic novels to me, but this one felt like a movie! its actually amazing how flexible u are lol

mommy issues aside, that will be in another ask- lear. that hurt me.

i have to admit, i didnt really care for lear so much until ch 3 or 4, because i finally realized wow this guy is actually.............. genuinely nice. hes cute. in irl id maybe have heart eyes for a guy like him.

the sequence where reader has flashbacks of lear and lear probably being the first and only person to know her intimately (IN AN EMOTIONAL SENSE NOT THAT WAY) absolutely hit me harder because i eventually thought "WHY didnt i pay attention to lear in the first place?!" i initially didnt care for him because my mind was all BLADEE BLADEEEE, but now... fuck, lear, i shouldve been with you since day 1.

another interesting thing id like to think about is how reader's regrets, are definitely feelings that nona and lear are experiencing as well. all three are most likely, simutaneously although perhaps now lightyears away instead of mere walls parting them, thinking about their regrets over a loss thats almost like death. where will lear ever put his love now that n darling isnt around anymore? he can only look back to his memories and pray that it's enough to soothe him. would nona regret ever being mean to n darling, skipping her studies, and perhaps later on she would viewed herself as a burden to n darling in the past?

so much to think about, and so little emotional capacity i have to hold the overflowing emotions...

i love nexus and especially YOU LOCK !!!!!

omg i think it's cool that you found nexus' style similar to a movie... the scenes i imagined in my head felt cinematic-ish, especially n darling recalls previous dialogue at certain moments for emotional amplification™. i didn't think about it reflecting in the writing much, but i see what you mean now 😌 there's a lot of emphasis on visuals for prose and metaphors.

A LEAR TRUTHER !!! i wanted him to serve as a foil to blade, so i think once blade started pulling more shenanigans, lear's care for n darling stands out more. lear could've fallen in that possessive pitfall but he's simply built different.

aaa regrets and "i should've x" feel like some of the most effective forms of horror, since it's a universal experience. maybe not the exact scenarios themselves, but everyone's had that moment when they realized how they should've done things differently. when the news comes to light, lear will undoubtedly be emotionally devastated. nona will be as well, though her pain would manifest in anger more than depression. she'd be mad at n darling first, then mad at herself for not being able to do anything to help.

i can't leave them in suffering limbo though 😭 the astral express crew will be who take care of the stellaron crisis on eris. inevitably, they'll meet with lear and nona. the grief won't go away entirely, but the express crew will do/say things that help.

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! i loved reading your thoughts 🥺 thank you thank you!!!!

[lexyscross]

Scream characters who would’ve loved/probably loved/love Lana Del Rey:

Billy Loomis? (I’m not sure.)

Tatum Riley

ROMAN BRIDGER. (There’s just something about him. And he’s got Mommy Issues! LANA-CODED! ✌🏽😩)

Angelina Tyler (Script Angelina, for sure!)

Olivia Morris

LIV MCKENZIE. (She is a Lana Girl™, through and through! 💗)

Honorary mention to Vince Schneider for being the exact type of guy Lana writes songs about!

Amber Freeman? (She fits, but did she actually listen to Lana? That is the question…)

Sam Carpenter loves “Ride,” “A&W,” “hope is a dangerous thing…” and “…Ocean Blvd” because she feels them very deeply.

Ethan… Bailkirshdry. (Boy just wanted to get fucked and kill people for fun (along with avenging his big brother), and if that ain’t Lana-coded… I don’t know what is!)

[selfproclaimedunicorn]

if you're still taking questions for that tav ask meme: 8, 17, 22, 26!

Thank you! Lol, I just finished my first run of the game last night & I am rotating my Tav around in my brain because of it

8: After Act 3, what does their life look like? What are they talking about at the reunion party?

She did not join the adventuring guild she'd been trying to join before the tadpole thing (even though she definitely totally qualifies now & they're over her companions dying in said tadpole thing since she helped save the world), but that's fine because she's adventuring on her own! Mardora doesn't need a group, she can go out on her own to make the world a safer, better place in the name of the dwarffather (& if Shadowheart is also doing the solo adventuring/exploring thing then maybe they link up sometimes. Y'know, for old time's sake). She also maintains a decent relationship with her dad & her mom's family, so breaks between adventures will be spent catching up in either Baldur's Gate or Eartheart (or with one of the other game companions if they feel like letting her stay over for a few days).

17: Do they have any enemies outside of the main plot? Any friends?

No enemies (unless you count some low level monsters/goblins/duergar she could potentially be pointed at with all the righteous fury of your average hill dwarf), yes to friends though! They got a bit distant after Mardora left home, but she does try to maintain her friendship with her bestie from her pre-adventurer life. The send each other letters for a while, but maintenance did get pretty hard when she was unexpectedly on the road for, like, 2 months to try & stop a cult/fix Peepaw Withers's mistake/get rid of an illithid tadpole...which is not even addressing how hard that maintenance gets when she literally flies off into the sunset to help Lae'zel free the githyanki people from Vlaakith.

22: How is your Tav's relationship with their family? Their parents?

Mardora is "what if mommy issues was a person?" The feelings there are very complicated--she loves her mom, but there's also resentment there because "what do you mean I was lied to for over 50 years? What do you mean I have to put my early dwarf!adulthood on pause to take care of a dying woman?" But she's also, like, 53/in the equivalent of her 30s, so she's enough of an adult that she's got a lot of empathy to extend to the memory of her mom.

She's fairly close to her mom's siblings, but it's also kinda complicated there too. "How much of the lying were they complicit in because of Tradition™? How much was just them not knowing what was going on?" Her Uncle Doltharn did tell her the long & short of everything after a while though & supported Mardora in making steps towards her dreams even if they took her away from home--so he's good people & she has the least conflicted feelings about him.

In terms of her dad, they're kind of more friends than family given she didn't meet him till...like 4 months before the start of the game? It's a bit awkward, but they get on. They are, ironically, both clerics of Moradin, so that probably helped bridge some gaps.

26: Give us one of your Tav's secrets!

When she was dwarf!10 she stole a stuffed tressym from a merchant because she thought it was cute. She felt so bad about it that three days later she snuck it back into the shop.

[grimalkinmessor]

A few boards I made for my OCs from one of my original works ✨

Faith Wisher

-Tyrant thrasher

-Doomed Siblings™ anyone?

-Destined for tragedy as all Pride™-wrought characters are

-Stuck in the time loop except it's dimensions. Dimension loop.

-Plural system

-Traumatized ✨

-Only shows up in places when shit's about to go down or Echo is nearby. Sometimes both :) War Omen

Echo

-Doomed Sibling Two Electric Boogaloo 💖

-Catalyst of the dimension loops

-Heart to Faith's head

-KILLER aim like it's insane

-Softie <3 'S probably why he keeps dying tbh

Mortem Messor

-Death. Like the literal personification of death

-Emotional range of a teaspoon

-Used to be evil. Now a terrible mentor instead. Snape Vibes honestly

-His thing is Wrath™ :)

-Deadpan all the time, emotionless, but given that his main emotion is rage and vengeance he kinda has to be that way

-Cryptic bastard. Knows All but says very little (⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠)

William "Will" Henry

-Love interest ✨ Faith's specifically

-Book NERD

-Met Faith in her pirate era before getting dragged into her bullshit so now he has a thing for the sea even if he doesn't always remember why

-I cast: GUN, PREPARE TO MEET GOD

-Good aim. Less good than Echo's but at least Will shoots to kill :)

-Sometimes has a little brother. His name is Phillip.

Raivis

-Faith's protege

-His thing is Dreams™ but it got highjacked by the bad guy :/

-Feral. Sweet, but FERAL

-Too baby for a love interest but queer-coded

-Voluntarily in the Death Loop and only one not irreversibly destroyed by it ✨ ADVENTURE!

Beatrice Black

-Love interest! Echo version!

-Pet ferret named Fred. They're a package deal (⁠☞⁠ ⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠)⁠☞

-Likes soft and sweet things

-Is also a soft and sweet thing

-Relationship with Echo is literally so mushy and healthy and loving it's disgusting

-Ignorance is Bliss couple fr

Faurve

-Incubus

-Used to be a priest but got cursed by a different demon out for Faith's head

-Cannot satiate his first Thrall because he can't catch her, so he's stuck in Insane Obsessed limbo until he's cured :)

-Does not want to be cured :(

-IDIOT

-Evil idiot though. Many atrocities.

-Doesn't "reincarnate" but travels across dimensions whole like Fae does

-B plot villain

Veronyca

-Succubus

-Go caught up with Faurve in the height of his Insane Era

-One time villain henchmen long time chaos causer

-Traumatized ✨ Mommy Issues edition ✨

-Rescued by Faith and became subsequent best friends that fuck shit up together—party ROCK

-Enabler >:3

-Sweet, but would fuck your mom

[afraidofchange]

A couple quick headcanons about my ‘new’ Overwatch ladies.

Zarya: 

Lesbian. has always known she was gay. she fell back in love with pink as an adult, but still very masculine about it. She doesn’t really know what ‘butch’ means as an identity, but if she did, she would ID as such.

6′5″, probably close to 280-290lbs. Very muscular in the arms but thick in the torso and thighs. She has a heavy weightlifter body.

Fluent in Russian, and decent in English but sometimes struggles with more complex aspects of it. Knows a few words in Spanish.

Big Dog lover.

Prefers to be called by her full first name of Aleksandra, not Aleks, but if you are close with her (as in, very close friends or a lover), you can call her Sasha. She is also, obviously okay with her callsign. 

The 512 tattoo commemorates her lifting record in kilograms (1128.7lbs), and she also has a blacked out forearm piece as well. She may someday do the other arm, should her record change. 

She has 2 sisters - Ira and Marisha. I know the comic seems to imply the ‘children’ may be other siblings, but I believe the older woman is their mother and the kids are her nieces/nephews! 

Pharah: 

Also, a lesbian. She did kind of date boys in high school but never got serious at all, and it was college age that she realized she was solely attracted to other women. 

Grew up splitting her time between Egypt with her mother, and British Columbia, Canada with her father. Because of this, she is fluent in English, and her Arabic is decent. She also knows basic Quebecois French as required in the Canadian school system until 9th grade. Her father has also taught her some of her tribe’s language* (but as it has not been specified what his background is exactly, I don’t know which one it is). 

Fareeha was raised in a secular household with Ana, who did not actively practice Islam herself, and nor does she have interest in religion as an adult, unlike her mother’s reconnection to faith. 

She grew up playing all kinds of sports, but specifically favours hockey and basketball (thanks to her Canadian upbringing), and continues to play the latter whenever she gets a chance. 

5′11″ or so.

Rock music enjoyer, but probably could not actually play a guitar if she was given all the lessons in the world. 

Mommy Issues Deluxe™ (more on that in a Serious hc post)

Only child syndrome, too. 

Drives a motorcycle, canonically. 

[moonfurthetemmie]

Wren (he/they)

The one with the least daddy/mommy issues, given he had two dads and Randy. Glaze and Temp win the grand prize for those issues

He’s very polite and formal; he reminds the older ones a lot of Dream, it’s weird. He’s the responsible one of the group, and the others call him a killjoy because he won’t let them do shit that’ll get them hurt.

They’re very talented with a glaive, like Finch, but their forte is daggers. This includes throwing daggers. And dear god can they throw them. Few of the beasts are safe from them. The Maelstrom is another story but it’s fiiiine

Wren has trouble interacting with new people, because he tends to come off as a prissy, up-tight snob. He’s just minding his manners. He also tends to avoid taking risks, because as the self-appointed Responsible One™ he has to set a good example. He keeps missing out on fun things.

Finch and Hacker (but only a ref for Finch)

They really had no idea what they were doing, but they did their best. They had Randy to give them advice, too.

Finch kinda sprung the clone thing on Hacker suddenly, but in Finch’s defense there was very little time between The Idea and Getting Cloned. Finch was the only one who actually thought ahead to the ‘I’m going to have to take care of this kid in about nine months, I better start preparing.’ part. To his credit he didn’t make Hacker help him, he just kinda went ‘hey uhh. I’m getting cloned. They’re going to be a baby in like nine months and i’m going to have to take care of them and shit. I would like your help but you do not have to. You’ve got a hot while to decide so don’t freak just yet’

Hacker was very confused but after a while he decided he’d help. Which was probably for the best, given how JR fucking crumbled when the little shits were done baking, and Finch was basically left homeless.

Just don’t tell Bobby she’s technically an aunt now. She’s going to have crisis what do you MEAN she’s an aunt she’s FIFTEEN

She’s going to disown hacker as her adoptive brother (I say, as if she doesn’t refuse to call him such already).

Wren still calls Finch and Hacker his dads.

Other stuff:

Wren’s alignment is Lawful/neutral good

He’s also afab like Finch, and Finch and Hacker were like ‘if Wren is a clone of a trans man what are the chances that they’re going to be cis.’ The answer was 0

[crossover-enthusiast]

If you haven’t already could you please spare some thoughts on the replacement fellas…? 🤲

Oooo yes yes yes!!

They don't have as much as John and Jack (for obvious reasons) but I do have some stuff for them based off OG The Captain and Shotgun Man + general musings

Gonna do the same as I did for John and Jack, them separate and then together

Got surprisingly long again, so read more time!

The Captain - "Police, BITCH!" - Isn't actually the captain (that would be John, technically), still calls himself that - While on-shift his demeanor is close to that of The Captain from Every StoryTime Animation and Mokey's Show, more reserved and Shotgun's straight man. Off-shift he's a lot more goofy - Acts like he has the braincell, really doesn't - Has absolutely used "Police, BITCH!" on a suspect before - A massive flirt oh my god, and most of it is cheesy gestures and sappy pick up lines - Him pulling down his shades was him trying to flirt with Jack, John, and Patty - He's tried to flirt with Patty before and she does not care for it lol - Tried to flirt with Evermore on his first day on the job and nearly got fired - Most likely bi - Mans the tip line. It's pretty uneventful (as far as this town goes, anyway), but he's noticed that every now and then this gruff-voiced guy will anonymously call in to report child abuse cases - Oddly though, any tips related to the cult seem to go missing when he's on shift, if they're recorded at all… - Still has that grey brick of a flip phone. No he will not get a new one - Orders his contacts by name and then an emoji of something he associates with them, e.g. John 🚬, Jack 🍩, etc. -- this makes them easier to search for, in his opinion. The exception to this is Shotgun, whose contact is instead BFF ❤❤🙂 - Has ~mommy issues~ - Is the one who drives bc Shotgun would absolutely try to run over potential suspects - Shotgun is the bad bitch he pulled by being autistic /j - He is actually autistic tho! Undiagnosed, probably isn't aware he has it - His sunglasses are not only cool but hide how he's avoiding eye contact most of the time B) - Readjusts his tie constantly - If he doesn't want to deal with something he'll most likely just shoot it - His favorite donuts are plain with pink frosting and sprinkles the cliche donut lol - The guy ever, a little weird but definitely one of the more normal people in town

Shotgun Man - "SHOTGUN POW!!" - Usually just called Shotgun, Shotty, or SG/SGM - Still has the shotgun, no one knows why - I don't think he has the safety on- - Has threatened many a perp by shoving the barrel of his gun in their face - Absolute menace honestly, it's a wonder he hasn't been fired yet - Sometimes leans on his shotgun (the barrel is pointed at the floor, he's not that stupid) - Almost never refers to people by their first name, instead using titles or last names (e.g. Sheriff, Nurse, Velseb, etc.). For some reason Jerald is an exception, and Shotty will always refer to him by name - Mellows out slightly when around Captain. Slightly. - Gets control of the radio and all he plays is either heavy metal or stations no one's heard of - Probably eats at Boys n Grills - Does finger guns by putting his hands together to make a single big gun - Would get along great with Dexter - GNC AF, would wear a dress for fun - Runs on cartoon physics similar to Skid and Pump, but only when it would be funny - He has ADHD :> Unlike the others he's actually diagnosed, tho he doesn't take medication for it because of course he doesn't - "POW" is a vocal stim - When he’s feeling mischievous™ he’ll rub his hands together - Doesn't know what he is but it sure as hell ain't straight - On Valentines Day he went into the station early so he could jump Captain, Jack, and John and give them surprise smooches - However bc this is Shotty it ended up playing out like a horror movie lol - Generally just someone big on physical affection and PDA, and he loves to fluster people: slinging his arm around someone's shoulder, random hugs, kisses, that kinda thing - His favorite donuts are cake donuts and he will fight people for them - Just a silly goofy guy, I love him

Both - The cops before John and Jack were real - Braincell pecking order is Shotgun Man -> Jack -> Captain -> John - They were officers at another precinct before getting transferred, and Captain actually was the captain there - Both are still friends and in contact with Jerald (the swat guy) - Even tho Jack and John kept their jobs Evermore still hired Captain and Shotgun, if only to get the press off his back about underfunding the police - "See, they're not underfunded, I just hired two new officers!" (they are still heavily underfunded) - Really they just kinda goof around, Jack and John handle the more serious cases - When they are on a case, they're... semi-competent - They're also both shoot first, ask questions later - This isn't a hc but more so an idea, but if they show up again I want them to interact with the Hobomen, there is ample opportunity to recreate the "NOOOO, IT'S PISS!!" joke with Tankman and Shotgun and that would be so funny - Both of them realized real quick that John and Jack have feelings for each other and they are such teases about it - Captain is more subtle. Shotty, in comparison, once shouted "OH, JUST KISS ALREADY!" at the two - As for their relationship to each other… - No one can figure out what these two are to each other and they think that's hilarious - For real tho, they just like being around each other. They are a package deal, no matter what way you spin them, and they ain't gonna be separated - I like the idea that in general they're a lot more upfront and casual in their relationship, offers a nice contrast to John and Jack - This also means Captain gets the brunt of Shotty's affections! You'd think Captain would be used to it but Shotty always seems to find a new way to fluster him - Are horrible enablers to Jack's pranks, and regularly help him pull them - John is so exasperated by their antics, please save him - Dunno who came up with this initially but I got it from @mallory-vallory so: I like the idea that their actual names are Scott (Captain) and Sammy (Shotgun), feels fitting. Almost no one calls them by their actual names tho - Also there's this art by Ratzzle/Charlieratqueen on twitter of the two wearing patterned scarves during Contagious Christmas and it looks so cute so that is part of my headcanon for their winter clothes now pls and thank u - If they actually had to work with John and Jack on a case it'd be fucking chaos, good lordy - Overall they're dumbasses and bad at their jobs, but at least they get it done

I'm honestly surprised at how much I had for these guys! They're definitely not rotating as fiercely as the other cop duo, but I've still thought a lot about them, both their original and Spooky Month incarnations

I think they have great potential as a comedic foil duo to John and Jack, hope we see them again in later episodes

[fellfirst-fellharder-fight]

hi, hope it’s not too much trouble, i just thought it’d be fun if before the bracket actually starts you posted your fav/s submissions for each pairing? so there’s more of a basis for voting for people not in some fandoms. thanks for doing this poll it looks like it’ll be a lot of fun!

ooh i was saving the propaganda for later in the actual polls but here's some for the ones that are losing BADLY (from the screenshots my friend sent me.

Terry/Korvo

Omg where to even begin. SPOILERS for all 4 currently released seasons ahead! So, in season 1 there's like, mostly just hints, right? And sure, there's a certain Tension™ but it's mostly played for laughs. And yes, they hate each other a bit but y'know. Personally I think Terry had feelings for Korvo even before season 1 but you can argue about that. Then, in season 2, they share some genuine feelings, they kiss and Korvo horrifically tortures Terry though time travel. In that order. They're quirky <3 Then in the Christmas special there's more emotions and kissing and also, btw, at some point we got word of god confirmation they *were* in fact in a romantic relationship by the end of season 2. Again, personal opinion, but I'm not sure Korvo was like, thoroughly in love by that point but we're certain he is by now. And then in season 3, more and more genuine emotions are shared and while technically they were posing as married the entire time, we now see Terry call Korvo his husband and mean it (after Korvo got jealous of Terry's "[standing in] line husband") but the real fun begins in season 4! That's when they really start acting like a couple and we get to see that both of them genuinely care for each other and also are attracted to each other. Oh, and they fuck on screen. They're invisible during it but they totally fuck on screen. More jealous Korvo in the finale, too, but unfounded as we learned Terry has stopped hooking up with strangers for Korvo's sake. Also, during this season we see them spooning in their sleep and it's. So gosh darn cute. And like... season 5 is already ordered. We're getting new Tervo content, probably sometime next year. And it's gonna be amazing!!!

Penelope Featherington/Colin Bridgerton:

Penelope has a long-standing crush on Colin, who views her as just-a-friend for a long time. In the show, Colin loudly tells a group of male peers who mock him for “courting her” that he would never court her in their wildest dreams, and Penelope overhears. Heartbroken, she will try to find a different suitor in the next season. But Colin will eventually fall hard for her, finding out her secret ID as Lady Whistledown, trying to protect her despite the fact that she doesn’t need it, and realizing that he has crazy levels of pent-up lust for her. They are a classic fell first/fell harder ship that is absolutely essential representation for fat women like myself. I’m counting down the days to season 3 and Penelope/Colin was the first book I read of the series because I’m so excited!

Kokoro Aichi AKA Heartful Punch/Undine Wells AKA Alchemical Water

So my Girl Kokoro has a lot of pride, she hates being seen as weak bc of her daddy and mommy issues and because of that hates it when people call her by her real name and tends to prefer to just go by HP in honor of her magical girl title, but within like TWO days of knowing Undine and hearing her call her HP she was just like '...you can call me Kokoro' and then Undine does just that all of HP's friends go absolutely bananas quoting it as 'the forbidden name' and then react even more dramatically when Kokoro just sort of rolls with it. Girl's had it bad since this waterbender pretty girl first tidal waved into her life Meanwhile Undine, whom as a magical girl struggles to kill monsters on her own since her powers are more 'support class' as it is, she's not super strong on her own, kills a HUGE monster in basically one shot when Kokoro is threatened to nearly get swallowed by it, turning her water into essentially a jet cutter. she often has dreams about Kokoro, though only realized she had feelings for her during that noted save, she's ALWAYS worried that just by being around her she's putting a target on her back (bc she's the main character so the bad guys are gunning for her) she seems really chill most of the time bc she's just a really reserved girl but like this girl can and will commit murder to keep her pink gf safe and like- they're canonically super gay end of chapter 15 they kiss for the first time it's great

Luke/Zander:

Luke fell first. Zander fell harder. They so cute (AND CANON) uhmmmmmm I can't right now I have to go fast but uh bye (WATCH THE MUSIC FREAKS ITS SO GOOD)

[jupyyter]

infodump for characters in a little thingy thing i’ve made

Francis:

• 14 years old

• talks to their schizophrenia

• pretty sure they’re meant to be in jail

• murderer by profession and hobby

• gender, who?

• if you asked for pronouns they’d stab you, so who really knows

• has a pet pig :3 her name is Sonnenschein (Sonny for short)

• the local farmers nicknamed them ‘the anti-shepherd’ because they keep killing sheep

• also throws stones at birds, except corvids and blackbirds

• are they one person? are they four? who knows!

• nobody knows where they live, they’ve just been seen running into forests for days on end

• Mommy issues™

• 73 mental illnesses and banned from most public spaces

• bities. screamies. stabbies.

• probably wants Matt dead

• Lani is safe though

• the Great War <3

• couldn’t tell you what you said a second ago but can tell you everything you would need to know about the first world war

• fuck cops

• practices witchcraft!! they suck at it!!!

• they’ve probably tried cannibalism before

• speaks in a confusing jumble of English, Spanish, Irish and German

• on the topic of their languages, they use a different surname depending on their language. German is Durchdenwald, Irish is O’Dubhthaigh and Spanish is Vasco. they won’t use their English (birth) Surname

• also each country thinks they’re a different person because when they go for the yearly visits they change appearances

• their dads are a teenager with the mentality of a two year old and their imaginary friend

• hasn’t cut their hair in ???

• can probably see ghosts

• like bigfoot if he was just some guy

• they probably talk to Mothman about his day, they’re friends with cryptids we think

• always cold, like always always cold

Schizophrenia:

• told you Francis spoke to their schizophrenia

• kinda a hallucination/delusion in herself

• just a little shadow girl

• Schizo or Schizy by name, sometimes gets Skips as a nickname

• she wears a my little pony shirt and still acts like the baddest bitch alive, what a role model

• has tried to fist fight people who don’t even see her

• can inflict a single symptom of schizophrenia on anyone, but only one symptom and one person at a time

• annoying af

Sammy:

• the imaginary friend who gained too much sentience

• tulpa probably

• soldier from the Great War!

• also a pacifist

• he was conscripted to the war and was shot for cowardice after a year of service

• had a baby called Francis who died due rations not providing enough, hence why they latched on to this Francis

• can talk Francis out of killing when they’re still semi sane

• professional alcoholic

• taught Francis to use a musket and a flame thrower

• has a little gas mask, puts it on Sonny sometimes

• dad of the year award goes to

Danny:

• about 19 years old? no-one knows for sure how old he is

• likes women but is still somehow the gayest guy to exist?

• has a horse called Stormy, Francis gets to ride her

• would love a dog, might get one some day

• speaks English and a small bit of German

• dumbass by trade

• Francis’ dad by law, older brother by bond, partner in crime by police registration

• has been arrested 3 times

• wants a kid but won’t have one because of his reputation, he doesn’t want the kid to be fatherless like he was

Matt:

• huge history and geography nerd

• from Francis’ history class

• has suspicions that Francis is the local murderer but hasn’t said anything

• has a huge crush on Lani

• bullying material

• intimidated by Francis, but wants to be their friend

• is followed everywhere by his dog

Lani:

• knows full well Francis is the murderer, has seen them kill

• her dad is a cop

• she still won’t say anything

• wouldn’t consider Francis a friend but they’ve spoke a few times

• would help hide a body

• thinks Sonny is cute

• girlboss <3 we stan Lani

• cannot stand Matt

• might steal his dog

• pretty sure she had a crush on Danny a while back

Sonnenschein:

• oink