#it's late o'clock

[browniefox]

Do you ever think Cloud went to Reeve for help with the Fusion Sword or Fenrir? Looking over blueprints or possible add-ons? Do you think Reeve had the idea for the compartments on Fenrir for the Fusion Sword?

Do you ever think they bonded over mechanics and tinkering?

(im sorry i know this is based very heavily on my 'post-vii cloud likes working on his bike and sword(s)' headcanon but. the fusion sword had to have come from Somewhere, right? fenrir needs to be looked over regularly so it keeps running properly, right? do you See my vision?)

Absolutely, at the very least with Fenrir! I think that the idea for the fusion sword came from Cloud - my headcanon is that post-FFVII Cloud tries to find a new weapon and ends up using dual blades (unpopular weapon, so it’s easy to get his hands on, light and easy to carry around), but misses the heft of the buster, and so ends up sketching up various ideas for the fusion sword and went through a few different designs, and eventually asks for Reeve to help him figure out the specifics to get it to actually work.

And then I headcanon that a lot of Cloud's initial traveling post-FFVII is going places and doing things for Reeve ex: checking on reactors and such, and so Reeve slowly started to upgrade Cloud's motorcycle (mostly from ideas that Cloud gets while on the road) until we get to Fenrir! Cloud loves the bike and wants to know more about it, Reeve loves sharing stuff and also thinks it'd good for Cloud to know how to fix up at least some problems, and voila, hanging out!... not that Cloud's great to hang out with pre Advent Children, but oh well.

Now you may think, gee, wouldn't Reeve be too busy as the head of the WRO for doing mechanical stuff? To which I say, the guy's gotta unwind somehow.

The compartments in my mind were originally Cloud would stick his swords into the bike if he was battling while riding. By this time he knew where to put them that wouldn't do too much damage, but it drove Reeve crazy and so he designed the comparments so that Cloud would stop carving into his bike.

[samsrosary]

shane

[nattikay]

'ìyongokx prrnen...'efu mefo nitram nìtxan

[gaypiratepropaganda]

Oh, sorry. I was paraphrasing so no one would know how many times I've watched it lmao. it went like this:

Ed is pointing the gun at his own head. Izzy yells something like "fuck it ed" or maybe "fuckenend" to break him out of it. Then he says, "The atmosphere on this ship is fucked. Everyone knows why."

Ed turns around with his gun lowered, and says, "I don't. Enlighten me."

Izzy says, "your feelings for Stede fucking Bonnet." Ed shoots him in the leg and makes Frenchie first mate.

I feel that Ed shot him because Izzy blamed the poisonous atmosphere on his love for Stede, when Izzy is the one who told Ed he'd rather see him dead than soft. He felt threatened, he went kraken mode, and got lost in it. No one else knows about that, but Izzy does and Ed does. if Izzy hadn't threatened him the vibe would be talent shows, sharing feelings, and talking things through.

Ok so I'm pretty sure that when Ed was like, "oh? why's the vibe gone poisonous around here? enlighten me," and then Izzy said, "because you love Stede," and then Ed shot him in the leg?

It was because Izzy was clearly wrong. loving Stede is good for him. it makes him happy. Stede leaving hurt him, but the vibe went rancid when Izzy threatened Ed and told him how to act.

It was not just for "saying Stede's name," like Izzy says.

[phenikas]

Reposting this one cause I was very dissatisfied with how the lighting looked. Original request from @/lore_selector on Instagram, @hyperion-birb asked for a fully body shot, so you can thank them ;)

[sipsteainanxiety]

bkg stands right behind u, whispers “heh. short” in ur ear to annoy u, and u spin around and punch him right in the face

[genesisrecord]

@lotftober2024 except every day is mysteriously infected with one of my lotf lateral aus. days one and two.

day 01 ; chief x lord of the everything (protagonist)

day 02 ; littluns x if it aint broke, dont fix it : ichinisanshi (yokai)

[starmonsterrr]

[ * mushrooms are the ultimate gender hoarders, the kings of gender, so many genders they don't know gender, they only know to mush the room ]

[yearning-gay]

im like if femboys were hairy and masc

[traumabraved]

how about a starter call? no limit. elyse has finally woken up!

[avian-hearts]

a spring/summer day with my sweet boyfriend <3 🌹🌷🌼

if it's hard to read, the text says "just kissed him less than a minute ago"

[ s/i (the one wearing glasses) uses any pronouns, f/o uses he/him! ]

[m-s-justice]

Warning for Unpopular Opinion:

I kinda hate Primis Richtofen

As a character, he's fantastic. But if I were to ever cross paths with him, he would be on the receiving end of at least 28 stab wounds.

Strap in for another Long Fucking Textpost.

I have three main gripes with the guy.

1. How he treats Victis/The Rest of Primis

Richtofen manipulates Victis into doing his dirty work, actively putting their lives in danger by siccing Undead Ultimis Richtofen on them, and then puts them on ice in a parallel to his Ultimis self doing the same thing to his teammates. Not to mention Victis is frozen in a HELL POCKET DIMENSION. And EVEN THEN, he’s not even the one to wake them up; it’s Ultimis Richtofen, likely prompted by Primis Nikolai. 

As for how he treats his team, holy shit. He deceives them the entire cycle. Sure, he didn’t technically lie to them, but omission of information is just as bad. The other three had no idea what they were walking into. They didn’t expect to have to kill themselves. And that’s the fucking thing. They didn’t sign up for this. Richtofen clearly never asked if the other three wanted to live in Agartha with him. Richtofen never considered that they have lives of their own, outside of the cycle. Richtofen considered his own goals above the lives of his team. In ZnS one of his opening lines is “Do you trust me, [whichever of the three he is talking to]?”, to which both Dempsey and Takeo respond that they feel like they have no choice but to and Nikolai who basically says no. And yet, RIchtofen keeps charging ahead, doing “what he has to”. Sure, he ensured that they didn’t get wiped from existence, nevermind the fact that they wouldn’t have even been in danger of that without Richtofen leading them there. Instead, Richtofen leads them in a fucking circle. They’re going to do the same song and dance, forever. Now, no matter how much personal beef I have with BO4’s writing, it’s implied that the only way peace could ever be achieved is through the Motherfuckers’ deaths. Accepting his own death is something Richtofen could never do, we even see it happen. When he dies in Blood, it’s not graceful. Rather than subject himself to death, he instead has everyone go through something arguably worse, a never-ending loop of suicide by proxy. What the actual fuck.

2. Dimensional collapse

Richtofen lets Dimension 63 (Morg City [SoE]) get eaten by Apothicons. To give him some credit, there’s probably not a lot he could’ve done by himself. Apothicons are known for gobbling down dimensions like rednecks at a pie eating contest. But also. There was Keeper intervention. Maybe let the Keeper use the Incredibly Powerful, yet Loosely Defined MacGuffin #52 to save the dimension before swooping in, stealing the Key, and then dipping? I don’t know man, the general lack of remorse in his actions, the whole “I have a universe to set right” line before dooming the entire place just rubs me the wrong way.

3. General Assholery

Richtofen is a bit of an arrogant prick. The apparent reason the others can’t peek at the Big Book of Plot Convenience is because they’re too stupid. He also refuses to answer any of their questions. No wonder the other three don’t trust him, what with his complete and utter lack of transparency and his compulsive need to beat around every goddamn bush in the Forest of Equivocation.

On a slightly different note, there’s one quote of his that stood out to me. It’s a start of session conversation with Takeo.

Takeo: “I fear that denying Dempsey the chance to better understand himself may have… consequences.”

Richtofen: “Even had he been conscious before his death, I do not believe that Dempsey had any… great knowledge to impart.”

What the hell. My Brother in CoD, you made him that way. An alternate you literally experimented on and tortured him and then froze him taking away all autonomy from him. Not only that, you selected that dimension. You chose that specific Dempsey. If you wanted a "smart” Dempsey, then literally go anywhere else and murder him instead. Holy fucking shit. And Primis Dempsey is also there. Mourning himself. And you’re out here insulting a dead man that you murdered behind his back. Richtofen did murder him; Dempsey was coerced into doing it. Even fucking worse, is that Dempsey confesses to Nikolai that he’s starting to trust Richtofen. The one thing Richtofen wants most and he doesn’t deserve it.

However, the actual worst part is that nothing comes from Dempsey not being able to properly meet with his other self. Dempsey pulls himself together by himself, which is very admirable, but does have the unfortunate outcome of confirming Richtofen’s position. There were no ramifications. That Dempsey was simply an idiot who had nothing of worth to contribute, other than his death.

PART 4: END OF POST WHERE I SAY MORE RANDOM BULLSHIT IN A SLIGHTLY INCREASED INCOHERENT WAY AS A MOCKERY OF A CONCLUSION

Ok now to preface this I’m not attacking anybody who interprets Primis Richtofen differently.  He's a fictional character and other people viewing art in a different way than me will not cramp my style.

I do think that he genuinely loved his friends and wanted the best for all of them. The way he goes about it is just one of the worst ways possible. Comedically terrible, falling on his face, fucking Looney Tunes-ing it up. 

Simultaneously, however, I think at his core, Richtofen is a selfish character. And that’s shown in both version’s actions. Ultimis is pretty blatant in his egoistic pursuits. I spent the entire post pretty much draggin Primis in the mud, so I’m not going to repeat myself.

To end this: I hate him so much I want to rip him to pieces. But I also really like him as a character, so I would sitch him back together. And then his insufferable face would send me into an irrepressible rage and I’d shred him again. Rinse and repeat.

[mitamicah]

MICAH UR LINELESS WIP THAT YOU POSTED on insta sorry for the screaming but holy shit it's fucking stunning!!! I'm in awe dude it's turning out SO good

Thank you so much, Jed 😭I think it was the right time for me to experiment with lineless again :'D it is really soothing for me rn ^V^ (even if it takes me forever to finish x'D)

Context? look under the line :3

WIPs shared with IG (no captions)

[sipsteainanxiety]

fairy bkg who u think is some weird little bug at first, so u capture him in a jar and take him home only to realize hours later that he's broken out and is determined to wreak havoc upon u as revenge (he is unsuccessful)

[ariadne-mouse]

BRING ME THE MARSHMALLOW

[theflyingfeeling]

hi hi hellooo! Aleksi's remix of Let Me Down Slowly came up on my youtube recs and it instantly reminded me of your amazing fic and I knoooooooooow I said it a million times but thank you so much for writing it and sharing it, it's so fucking good!!!!!!! 💖💘💖💕💖💖💘

now imagine, pining-idiots-that-haven't-realized-they-are-in-love Allu and Olli are probably enjoying their well deserved breaks from all the stuff they did in 2023 (and most likely with their partners by their side), but I like to imagine that they still make some time for at least one video call once a week, or that they exchange dumb texts daily because they miss each other so much 🥺💕

maybe Olli grabs his guitar one night and comes up with some beautiful riff that he sends to Allu, but this time Aleksi decides that they have to finish it together side by side (clearly an excuse to see Olli again because oooops, he realized he has Feelings™ for his friend and bandmate) and well, Olli had to travel to Helsinki anyway (to make sure the new posters were shipped correctly, or to sign a legal document or some made up bullshit), soooo why not stay at his just-a-friend-i-swear's place for a few days?

they would have the Moment Of Realization late at night, around 2AM when Allu is finally done with the remix and Olli is already asleep on the couch (is he really asleep, though? or just enjoying the moment with his eyes closed?). Allu would not resist the temptation of brushing a curl off Olli's beautiful face, and maybe caressing one of his cheeks while he can, not forseeing that Olli would be very much awake, so now they're both holding their breaths and staring at each other with so much love 💖💕💘

maybe they finally dare to get closer and share a shy little kiss after all those years of pining, or maybe they feel like they can't do it, not while they still have a significant other, and leave the studio confused and unsure of what to do next 🥰

anyways, it's already late over here and I used my last braincell to daydream about this 😅 have a lovely lovely day 💖💕💘💖💕💘

OH MY GOD???!!?!?!??!?! 😭😭😭😭😭

this made my stomach do the thing because akdjshfksjfdkf I've honestly spent the entire Christmas break thinking about the two of them constantly checking their phones and not really understanding why they feel so disappointed when there's no new text from the other or why they feel a pang of jealousy when the other posts a holiday greeting in the group chat (=a selfie with their gf with a cheesy Christmassy/NYE edit and a text "Happy Holidays from us!")

amd aaaahhhh imagine soft Olli playing softly on his soft guitar AND THINKING OF ALLU THE WHOLE TIME DJDHFGFFJFF I meaaaaan may I remind y'all that yet again this is not just something the delulu made up but instead it's something that actually for real happened with the Let Me Down remix 😭 obviously we don't know if Olli had the riff ready and Allu just happened to need one and it came up in a conversation, or if Allu asked him to make him one, or if Olli just sent the riff to Allu who was so inspired (and in love (with the riff! or at least that's what he convinced himself then)) that he made an entire remix based off it 🥺 my point here is that it's TOO EASY to imagine them doing exactly what you just derscribed 🤧💕

and yeah, I have also been imagining their first kiss and how terrifying it would be for the both of them 😭 I mean, I want to assume that the "deep talks" they've had over a glass of wine or a bottle of Mountain Dew (again, something we know for certain they done, not just something the delulu has decided is canon!!) they have also discussed sex and/or sexuality and came out as bi to each other, so it's not the fact they're both dudes and about to kiss each other that's messing with their heads rather than the fact they're both in relationships skgjdjfksjfsjfjdjf fuck why am I so invested in this 😩

bonus points indeed if they only ALMOST kiss before they snap out of it and aaaaaaaaaa poor confused boys!! because this whole time they've been like "I don't actually like him that way, and even if I did nothing could ever happen because we're friends and co-workers and he's taken" but then they realise they were having an undeniable Moment(tm) and the other was actually about to kiss them back too so they're like ???????????????? oh god 😭

thanks for this, I feel so validated once again 🙈