#kinda terminator-esque

[motherhenna]

As soon as I found out what happened to the original professor in SV, I found myself wondering what their AI counterpart did afterwards. Didi they give the body a proper burial? Did they mourn?

Remember every reblog and tag is appreciated! This piece took me 12+ hours to finish, but feedback always makes it worth the back pain lol.

[horus-unofficial]

hello hello welcome welcome. welcome 2 the HORUS guide 4 HORUS tech aka horus-unofficial.tumblr3.un gives you extremely comprehensive and very useful insight into its "pattern groups" and "licenses". we are your host harold HORUS here today to talk to you about our beautiful darling cunt of a child, the LICH

nobody knows how the lich came 2 be. some buddies of ours say they invented it 9989 years from now which is weird bcos anyone normal would wait another decade before sending that shit back in time to hit that sweet 9999 and keep people guessing as to whether these files actually are from that far in the future, or if the lucky terminal receiving this code just stopped bothering to count the years after 15015u. either way, the lich is here now, and back then, and most certainly at some point in the future, and it kinda looks like we probably did invent it so that means we are in the clear to act like we're the ones who made it!

the lich sucks! its terrible! with glass bones and paper skin and a reactor that overheats at room temperature, a gust of wind could leave a dent in this PG's plating, which is made from samples of styrofoam and bubble wrap warped straight from the insides of pre-Fall packages labeled "FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE" (a perfect bumper sticker for your lich, should you find yourself piloting one sometime within the next -50 to 250 years). you can tell no former members of harrison armory's R&D department were involved in the designing of the lich because the only thing those fuckers know how to do is create industrial microwaves, and the lich's reactor is the most slipshod, poorly-coded shit in the known universe. the only code regulating the lich's reactor is "reactor = cool" and not only are neither "reactor" nor "cool" defined anywhere in the system code, but HOR_OS doesn't even use = signs.

you may ask us, "if the lich is so shit, why do people pilot it?" and we are so glad you asked! generally speaking, answers to this question fall into one of two variations: - "it's a funny mech" - "why is everyone saying i pilot a lich??? i pilot a nelson!!! what do you mean that's my lich frame in the mech bay and i've had it for years, i literally don't have a single HORUS license, @horus-unofficial please advise"

the lich's victorian orphan-esque constitution aside, its biggest strength as a frame is likely its ability to send itself to the seaside for a much needed mental health break should it encounter the slightest hint of adversity on the battlefield. its no wonder the lich is so frail, the entirety of our nonexistent R&D budget went into making this thing the most annoying roleplayer on the playground. "you hit me with your sword? nuh-uh, i dodge. oh you run me through on your spear, killing me instantly? well it turns out that that body wasn't actually me, i've been dramatically looking down upon this duel from up there on those cliffs the whole time!" <- words most commonly spoken by future lich pilots at 11 years old

this allows it to be unexpectedly versatile in combat- with a refundable get out of jail free card and a maximum speed comparable to most of SSC's catalogue, it can weave through dangerous zones in combat with unexpected efficiency, allowing it to support allies from virtually any range, and instigate the occasional skirmish if its pilot is so inclined. we dont necessarily advise that you choose violence as a lich pilot, only that its a more viable choice of function than you might initially think

the lich plays with the timestream with the same enthusiasm as a preschooler in a sandbox, both in regards to itself and anything (un)fortunate enough to be within its sensor range. for every timeline where the lich is playing support for its allies and being so kind and niceys, there's another timeline where it gleefully tears into its adversaries until it overextends and dies respawns in another timeline, and it's through this universal law that an unusually principled lich pilot might find themselves taking a hit for its allies before immediately redeeming that get out of jail free card we mentioned earlier. of course, "principled HORUS pilot" is an oxymoron, so if your squad has a lich pilot what actually happens is more along the lines of being teamed with the biggest fucking nuisance on your planet, who pretends to toodle about the battlefield all combat because the truth is they've been stuck in a time loop for 7 years, and are well beyond the point of caring.

bottom line: if you encounter a lich in combat, dont even bother targeting it. it's unkillable except for when it isn't, and its banned from every omninet roleplay forum in the known universe for a reason

[forest-falcon]

The Butterfly Effect

Chpr 9

⚠️ Trigger Warning for whump and angst.

🧡💙🩵

John brought the space elevator to a smooth halt just above the caldera.

He wanted to get a birds-eye view of One before he touched down.

The elevator door opened, and the astronaut made a conscious effort to coordinate his limbs; the additional gravity about as welcome as a new Fischler Enterprise venture.

John cracked his joints.

"Alright. Time to fly."

The astronaut leapt from the elevator and his jetpack deployed.

*. *. *.

Kayo flailed midair.

There was no time to think, only feel.

Her stomach seemed to drop faster than terminal velocity.

Darkness was swallowing her as light flew from view.

A hand grasped her wrist.

"Kayo. Glad I caught you!"

"John!" Kayo gave an incredulous half-laugh.

"Am I glad to see you!"

"Hold on..."

John guided the two of them back to the relative safety of the poolside.

As soon as his boots touched the ground, Kayo wrapped her brother in a Virgil-esque hug.

"K-ay!"

Kayo indulged herself the human contact a moment longer, before the sound of a jet engine could be heard approaching the island.

"Protocol Phoenix."

John had practically exhaled the words. Relief and disbelief was etched in his features, as though he had forgotten that he himself had summoned them.

"Here. Help Scott."

John shed his jetpack and ran to meet the carrier approaching the beach.

With feline accuracy, Kayo caught the pack.

Hold on Scott, I'm coming.

*. *. *

"Scott? Scott? You with me?"

Scott stirred, his brain registering the noise, but not the name.

"Scott, it's Kayo. Come on, sleepy head, no snoozing on the job. Can you open your eyes for me?"

A muted moan rattled around his ribcage.

His head hurt.

He was vaguely aware of his eyelashes flickering. Jeez...the last time his head felt this bad, he'd sampled some of Gordon's homemade moonshine. The memory curdled his stomach and he whimpered.

"You're okay. You're okay. I'm with you."

Kayo's slender fingers were resting on his face...on grazed cheekbones. It didn't hurt, not really. Not compared to the other injuries his body sported; but there was something in the sensation that registered as uncomfortable; an invasion of personal space that had him pulling away from her touch.

"Scott, try not to move for me, okay? It's very important that we keep your neck and head still."

His eyes finally opened.

"There you are."

Kayo offered him a warm smile. A smile saturated in love and reassurance. A smile that told him that he was going to be okay.

"-ay?"

Eurgh, his mouth was dry.

"I've been called worse," her expression shrugged, but her hands remained steady.

"Head."

It hurt. He still didn't know why. Where were they? Building collapse?

"You've been in an accident."

"Air?"

"Air?" Kayo parroted.

"I'm not sure I follow. Your oxygen stats look good... Or do you mean you were flying in the air?"

"Wh-w-where?"

His lungs felt like they were out of sync from the other muscles it took to breathe.

"Oh! You're home Scott. Well, the pool...kinda."

Scott blinked at her.

"Not your finest landing."

Landing.

Like a circuit finally completed, the jigsaw fell in place.

He'd been fixing One's overhead locker when the call came in.

Some pot-holers had managed to get themselves wedged in a remote location and needed assistance.

Gordon and Alan were already out in Four, and Virgil was off rota, so; One was required to safely extract the group.

His mind had switched to rescue mode. Muscle memory fulfilling the required procedures to launch his Bird. Truth be told, he couldn't remember stashing the Toolbox he was using in the very locker he had been fixing, but his head injury attested to the fact that he had.

The mission proved to be a straightforward one. Honestly, the GDF could have taken it; but given the limited information they had to go on, they weren't to know.

With no visible injuries and paramedics having arrived on scene; Scott fired One, and headed home. It wasn't until she made the switch to horizontal flight that the toolbox had shifted. In any other locker it would have been fine, but...stupid is as stupid does. He'd shoved it in the faulty one.

...which promptly opened.

...allowing the contents to rain down on top of him.

Judging on colour alone; the wrench was the offending item that had clipped him. The grease rags had mercifully missed.

What happened next was all a bit of a blur.

All he could really remember was wanting to make it home to Virgil.

"Vir-gil?"

"We'll get to Virgil. Right now, you're my priority."

"Pri-rity?"

"Yes. John and the rest of Phoenix are heading to him now."

Scott felt his veins turn to ice.

"No, no, no... Virg-l!"

Kayo's hands were fussing around him.

He pushed the aid away. This was his fault.

He did this.

Kayo attempted to thwart his thrashing.

"Geroff me and help Vir-"

"Sco-"

"VIRGIL!"

"-Shut the hell up Scott and listen!"

Two cat-green eyes pinned him.

"One is compromised. You not listening endangers us both, get it? I'm not leaving you, so either you let me do my job, or we both die here."

Scott's brain cowered. She meant every word. Kayo, like the rest of them, was loyal to a fault. She wouldn't leave him.

Sensing his outburst had passed; Kayo began fastening the foam blocks around his head.

She was staring him dead in the face.

"Help is coming."

Now he understood. First responders make for the worst patients. Best he could do was to trust her.

"Okay."

"Good."

Kayo exhaled slowly.

“John's activated Protocol Phoenix. The carrier has already arrived and John's gone to meet them.”

Scott blinked groggily. If Protocol Phoenix had been activated, then this was an even bigger fuck-up than he'd first thought.

“Phoe-nix?”

“Yes Scott. We rise from the ashes.”

"God, that's cheesy."

"Attaboy. Now let's get out of here."

[mejomonster]

I could've watched li susu and tantai jin in the forest trying to keep each other alive while also both Almost dying to keep the other alive, for hours

I was like PLEASE don't end every minute toward the end. I was like please don't cliffhang let me see them a Little more. A little

It's just. The way they're absolutely Not remotely suited for each other at all, shouldn't even know each other. Li susu is on a time travel terminator esque mission to destroy his Devil power then kill him. He's in a destiny type life of suffering and cruelty designed to make him want revenge on everyone before becoming Big Devil God baddie of the world.

But together? They have such compatible personalities even though by no rights should they. She's a righteous cultivator or whatever, fairly well adjusted, straightforward. He's a liar manipulator bitch jerk (whom I love) whos constantly on the verge of death (just to fuel the flames or when he goes supernova to kill everyone post death). They run into each other and like? His fucked up self can't help but kinda want her around cause she wants HIM around for some unfuckingcomprehensible reason. They are just people who don't even belong in the same Zone but when you put them together they bounce off as opponents AND allies so well it's like they snap right together. like despite never being meant to cross paths, now that they have its like well Good luck trying to separate them because they can CLING TO EACH OTHER harder than any force in this whole awful universe.

Also I forgot to mention: I loved tantai jin, pathetic fucked up wounded man that he is, picking up the twig to hit li susu's stick with. Just hitting her stick while talking to her, acting like he won't answer to annoy her and Threaten her wirh silence, leaning in all sexy. I could say a lot about the scene but I will settle with simply: there's this idea of power dynamics in acting scenes, the taller person or person leaning inmotion or talking often conveying the Power in the scene, and power being switched back and forth through a scene for interest. Between two characters battling it out physically, or verbally, or under the surface for "power" in the scene to win what their objective is against the other characters objective. And li susu and tantai jin are Exceptionally good at this balance in their scenes which makes them fun to watch. And them simply sitting in that cabin, by the fire, playing with the fucking twig and both being moody bitches was So fun to watch. They were constantly sort of dangling Who was in fact the one with more Power in the scene, ultimately feeling very balanced and equal and it felt intimate and almost "safe" for both of them.

[americascomic]

Hello. I sat here for a good 30 minutes trying to think of best how to ask this question without giving the online version of an annoying exposition dump, so I hope this somewhat makes sense: I’ve found myself, increasingly, having conversations with the more tenderqueer-esque queers in my life surrounding slurs- specifically slurs like faggot and tranny. I’m a trans guy, and I was told by another trans guy of the genre of person i just mentioned that only gay men can reclaim the word faggot, and trans women can reclaim the word tranny. I thought this was a stupid and gatekeep-y idea, and told him so, but i have been genuinely wondering if this is just a manifestation of terminally online induced queer infighting or a form of ignorant transmisogyny on my part. Is tranny a slur directed at and only to be reclaimed by trans women? Or is it just another tick in the barrel of a long line of slur speciation discourse?

I think the short answer of who can say what slur is "this is terminally online bullshit"

And my second answer is "this is a conversation that mostly people under the age of 30 have, and people mostly online have." I think the age is important - it's feels like it's a developmental phase a lot of queers go through, where they negotiate their identity." So, like I'm patient (if a little irked) when I see it on my feed. Or hear some dipshit socially awkward t-femme at Bluestockings rudely chime in to a conversation I'm having with a friend.

and I sometimes put it as a hypothetical;

I'm telling you right now, as a trans woman, in my lived experience, people of your exact intersecting identities are only allowed to say the word "tranny" on a Tuesday and "faggot" on a Friday. If you forget, remember 'tranny' and 'Tuesday' starts with 'T' and 'faggot' and 'Friday' starts with 'F'

Like, that's absurd for me to ask. And so I think that kind of forces the thought that at the end of the day I'm the one asking it. There'll be no consensus on this issue.; you have to decide for yourself whatever or not to respect one point of view over the other.

We say "listen to black people" but I had this moment in my life where IRL I did a call-out of Nazis in my community and a Black friend told me that I was talking over people of color and another thanked me for speaking up in a way that they wouldn't be listened to. Who is right? Neither. Both. You have to decide for yourself and have a strong sense of race. Same with interacting with our own queer community.

Who can say what queer slur where and when is a thing that can never be litigated online. It's such an interpersonal person-to-person thing. There's no pundit square that can fit all slurs and all identities and all experiences.

in the case of the teen in the previous story who told me not to use the word "tranny," I immediately retorted that people say that word to me on the street and spit at me, which means they recognize it as a thing of power and so I will use that power. And I don't think she'd ever had copped to it, but I think changed her mind because she was saying "tranny" over the next months.

I think for some of this shit, us trans women policing who can say "tranny" is us just doing a proxy war for transmisogny. Like, we get transmisogny in our community, an AFAB person queer person of some type who could probably leverage their privilege against us says "tranny," I can see it irking some. But, have you met a trans woman? Everything irks us. We're reprehensible.

And, I think in terms of your conversation and your friend. I dunno, I think of who-gets-to-be-lesbian discourse. I see so many people online twist in the wind trying to justify to others that they're a trans masc lesbian, or a non-binary lesbian or a bisexual lesbian and I'm kinda sitting there on my ass wondering why they're trying so hard to get probably the dumbest people online to justify our identity. Like, we're hear, we're queer, get used to it. I sometimes feel of the matter that we're all a mass medium as one and just going about shit without apology as a way to force people to confront our humanity.

Iffen you want my personal feelings on the matter, you're just as impacted by the codified violence of the state that's imposed on us and so we're all faggots at the end of the day. But the t-girl sitting next to me might feel differently, and you have to negotiate with that. Sometimes times calls for moments of respect and sometimes it's a matter of saying "fuck it" and doing the thing you know how it is.

If you would like, I can draw you a card that says "Amber, a hot trans woman, says I can say 'faggot'"

Finally, I'll say I wrote a couple paragraphs for you so I'm going to force you to return the favor and just challenge you to sit on your ass and ask yourself in honest ways what the word means and what it means to you and what's beautiful and what's ugly about the word. That - an internal process - a lot more valuable thing worth to litigate then everybody in-community being cops to each other.

And then after that, I always like to challenge people to look beyond the debate. This post I made on the matter is about a dead trans teen. It's nice to debate words, but it's also nice to look out at our wonderful, annoying community, name problems we see that creates material struggle, and then imagine solutions.

[hydrxnessa]

i did character moodboards but instead its the characters i drew inspiration from over the years

(very long) rambles to the void below // // its very long. heed this warning.

ok first off; Hydra! she first started off as a roleplay character back in the 2016 minecraft hypixel housing roleplay days. your generic ender dragon girl hybrid kinda thing. whole reason why i call myself hydra, she's basically my persona atp

years would go by and she'd later have her own separate story instead of a bunch of one-offs with just 'feral edgy dragon hybrid girl' as a template

she's an unhinged, loose cannon who's generally outcasted by society. all four characters: jinx, nimona, surge and catra are seen by this.

with jinx, mainly her growing up being rough which shapes her to become the feral loose cannon she is. also a twisted father figure. sounds familiar.

with nimona, its mostly just the unhinged-ness and outcast traits. also her personality, with being reckless and rushing in without a plan but also emotionally unstable, easily irritated and fragile.

with surge, its her whole gist of being an experimented cyborg-esque character, with the purpose of surpassing a highly-renowned figure (sonic) -- at the cost of forgetting who she used to be before. yeah i stole that whole thing and threw it onto hydra/hj . once again emotionally unstable due to not knowing who she used to be, and her purpose was created by someone else, not for herself. once that someone else is out of the picture, she'd go on to struggle purpose for herself, whilst being haunted by her past. i think surge is the Major inspiration for hydra here tbh

aaand finally, catra. i /could/ compare adora and catra's relationship to hydra and lyura's, but its very minor. they both grew up together, fought together, played together; but as they grew up, they'd grow distant away from each other. up until the point where they have completely differing ideals and views. and betrayal, there's hints of betrayal in there. and once again, emotionally unstable. i think there's a pattern here

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okaayy, next up is Intoxicate! he actually started off as an oc completely based around angor rot (top middle). like, entirely angor rot, just furrified. you can probably see his old art on his toyhouse if you scroll down on his gallery. i hate looking at it but its a nice memory. he was always meant to be some sort of antagonist in the Wings' Ascent story, but i didn't really know where to take it

anyways he's a cult leader now, deemed as one of the most powerful Lights in the galaxy. very charismatic, yet ruthless. a deeper motivation to serve his god to save one life; a life so dear to him. tbh its giving gabriel agreste HELP

not much with neuvilette since i haven't played genshin's fontaine region (nor do i plan to, i just really like neuvi). he's the dragon sovereign iirc? more powerful than the archons themselves. authoritative and strong, those were the traits i gave intox. also similar hair.

i already spoke about angor rot - whole reason why intox exists in the first place. also the blue spots over his body, idk if there's story to that in the franchise but i stole that and made it like some sort of terminal disease on intox, just to make things dire.

lunatic cultist - i mean not much to say. intox serves the Lunatic Star. cultist serves the Moon Lord. i think its self-explanatory

suguru geto !! i love u geto cult leader, aand adopted two daughters that he basically saved from a village about to execute them. intox basically adopted tohka when she had nothing else. also charismatic yet manipulative demeanour. also hair. to that one person who compared human intox to geto, and i have never seen jjk ever, you are the reason i watched jjk in the first place. thanks

gary miller - cult leader. ruthless, cruel, sacrificial. would do anything for the entities he worships. also seems charming, yet manipulative. i do find the garyjohn ship silly and cute yet twisted

the lamb from cult of the lamb. oh boy, so unexpected. in intox's backstory, he dies through beheading but is brought to the Lunatic Star from death instead of being sent off to the heavens. Lunar promises him she will save Amaera, if he vows to serve her and gain her freedom from her shackles. very similar to the Lamb who was also beheaded and sent to the One Who Waits/Narinder, who promises vengeance in exchange of starting a cult to gain him power

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ok finally, Trojan! honestly if you're still reading thanks for listening to my dumb rambles about my ocs ??? really appreciate it lol even if im just talking to the void

oh he's a weird one. created him in 2021 i believe? which was when the project renekton skin was released (2nd row on the right). i also wanted a scientist character. so basically, i combined the two. red/orange lizard and scientist. anyways i never drew him again

ok he's back now. repurposed him and fit him into hydra's story so that he's the scientist who created her (i forgot what her story was beforehand, other than experimentation, though i think it was just an scp foundation situation). originally meant to be a very cruel and very evil scientist, but i started liking the idea that he'd be more paternal and fatherly to her, and then slowly losing that sense as he gained more power and more involved with his research.

basically, mad scientist with a child experiment.

abrahm valentin - i actually dont understand the iris lore tbh. i do know that he killed his brother and repurposed his remains/nervous system into some sort of circus attraction, whilst his brother remained conscious. trojan killed his father and repurposed him into a powerful machine (H4YW1RE). also abrahm's pretty insane. like deadass insane.

dr clef - i think this was one of the original inspirations back when i first created him. doctor/researcher for the scp foundation, but he's anomalous himself. also batshit insane

dr starline - he's connected to surge's story, whole reason why she exists. similar to how hydra/lyura only exist because of him. also voice claims are generally a posh british accent. that's as far as that goes.

draedon. ough i love draedon. a powerful scientist and researcher who transferred his whole conscious into this mechanical body. built crazy powerful technology; armour for a literal godslayer, a worm god, dangerous robots, etcetc. also i liked the idea that he had multiple labs across the continent, but as he grew more powerful and gained more knowledge, those labs became abandoned.

project renekton - similar to angor rot to tox, he's the major inspiration and starting point of trojan. though the inspiration mainly came from his aesthetics, and a tiny hint of unhinged personality but thats it really

lysandre, ooh this one's interesting. his ideal was that the world was no longer beautiful, instead growing uglier, so he wanted to create a perfect world by ridding all of imperfection. trojan's ideals are heavily based around perfection and transcending the Stars and their flaws. also lysandre was seen as a very influential figure, who's technology was basically everywhere in kalos. trojan was the same, just on a wider galactical scale. a very renowned scientist, where most tech of akr'byx could be traced back to him.

viktor - pretty much the same as lysandre, only that he replaced his body and augmented it with machinery as he saw it far superior than flesh.

i dont actually remember what viggo grimborn's inspo was other than his voice claim. maybe also for his charming yet manipulative demeanour

boothill was actually meant to be up there but i didnt have space !! his backstory is Very similar to trojan where they both lose a loved one and died just after, yet brought back via augmentation of their body.

ANYWAYS. thats the end. im so tired. thanks if you read all of this. im not reading back there's probably mistakes and i will probably die of cringe. woohoo i love having favourite characters then stuffing them into ocs

[luna-the-duel-chronologist]

Cross Duel End of Service

This just in! Good evening, Duelists, this is Luna, the Duel Reporter reporting that the mobile game, Yu-Gi-Oh Cross Duel, is terminating its service on September 4, 2023. Cross Duel players will be able to get support in Master Duel and Duel Links, via currency and icons.

I gotta say, while I didn’t play Cross Duel, I kinda expected it to live further than that. This game has been out six months, and it’s already calling it quits.

I mean, for crying out loud, Duel Links has been going strong for almost 7 years now. It has seen 2 Yu-Gi-Oh series come and go and SEVERAL new formats be either created or officially endorsed, like Rush Duel, Speed Duel, Common Charity, and Time Wizard.

So... what happened? Well, even a brief Google search will tell you that the player base for Cross Duel has been dwindling for a while now. And even then, Cross Duel doesn’t seem very Yu-Gi-Oh esque, past the art used, which can drive off people more invested in the actual card game, like myself. But, even then, I’m shocked to learn that it’s going down literally two days before it even becomes a year old.

I am going to mourn this game, however, both between being a Yu-Gi-Oh fan and not wanting to see something from one of my favorite franchises fail, but also as a fan of the new artwork the game brought. I mean, seriously, I just adore these Icons.

I mean, look at these. These have so much personality and fanservice.

Neos’ is cool and cocky, Stardust Dragon is riding Yusei’s bike, Superstar packs all of Shingo Sawatari’s fruitiness while still being an homage to the card and to Abyss Script, Borreload is doing Revolver’s JoJo pose from episode 46 of VRAINS, while also kinda looking like his redesign from Season 2.

All this to say, rest in peace Yu-Gi-Oh Cross Duel. You will be missed.

[fanficcrow]

Keep it Quiet

Librarian!Thor x fem gn!reader

645 wk

No use of Y/N

Please repost and give feedback!

WARNINGS

smutty book

creepy Thor (only if you squint)

A/N: Heyyy!!! I’m going with Thor’s comic book height for this because 6’6 makes my knees go weak <3

(Also sorry I haven’t written for a month, I forgot how to type <33)

Hoooool-y shit.

You walk into the library and come face-to-face with the hottest man you’ve ever seen. Not only is he impossibly tall, seriously HOW can a man be that tall???, He’s also dripping in muscles.

And those clothes. You��d expect a gorgeous buff man to at least dress bad, to balance the universe, but apparently he didn’t get the memo. Because standing right in front of you is 6’6 of sinfully tight turtleneck and a felted coat that would send you straight to hell.

You snap out of your fangirl-esque stupor and realize he is looking right. At. You. Ah fuck. He’s got a confused look on his face that makes your blush run all the way to your ears and down your neck. I’m sure people come in and stare at him all the time, no biggie! You’re sure he won’t even remember you…. right?

Before you can be too consumed by embarrassment you break eye contact with him and scurry off into the library to go look at the books. Hopefully you’ll never have to see him again and everything will be fine!

You shake off all the thoughts of the mystery hottie and start looking for books. You aren’t proud of it, but you’ve taken to reading erotica. Ever since you and Eric broke up you found that the books would light a certain fire deep inside you. One could say you’d even become addicted to the feeling. You were just glad that most libraries had self checkout scanners. Saved you from weird looks and from human interaction!

You find a book with a promising cover and flip it open to a random page.

James held a tight grasp on her ponytail as he slowly entered her from behind. Her wanton moans filled his ears as he picked up the pace-

“Hello dove, anything I can do to help you?”

You yelped and slammed the book shut, before spinning around and pressing your back to the bookshelf. “Oh my lord you scared me!!” You sighed, and then looked up, your breath catching in your throat. Ohhhhhh fuck. It’s him. The hot librarian. And he just caught you reading erotica in a public library.

“Apologies dove, that wasn’t my intention!” He laughs quietly. “I have never seen you here before and it’s my job to help set people up!” He motions to the shiny gold name tag on his chest and you kick yourself mentally.

Oh of course that’s why he’s over here. Your paranoia had almost convinced you that he knew what you were looking for and he was gonna kick you out.

“Oh, um yeah! Is there an online application or something? I’d hate to bother you but if there’s a terminal here I can use that would be great.”

Thor chuckles and leans on the shelf above you. “Afraid not little dove, I’m all you got.” He threw a rakish grin and a wink your way and you felt your face burn up. His arm above you had made you extremely aware of how much taller he was up close, and how much smaller this aisle was when there were two people in it.

"Besides" The word yanks your eyes up to his, meeting them for the first time up close. His eyes were a blue so intense you swear you see flickers of lighting in them. "You'll need an account to check out that book you've been hiding behind your back this whole conversation." You gape at him in shock as he deftly swipes the book from your hand and looks at the cover. He glances up at you. "What, don't tell me you thought I didn't see this? I work here, I know what section we're in."

"I- You? You knew??" You asked, bewildered. You hadn't heard anyone approach you earlier so how?

"You were very busy reading. I caught a few paragraphs over your shoulder little dove, you have great taste in literature."

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This was kinda a drabble but it slayed soooo

[the-punforgiven]

Every Souls Claymore ranked (Explaination under the cut)

S: Elden Ring's claymore is so shaped, The proportions from blade to guard to pommel are very nice, I love the diamond-esque tapering on the guard as well, my only complaint is that I really enjoyed the gold/brass plating of the DS1, DS3, and DeSR iterations, but the shape, the pretty engravings, and the customization you can do with ashes of war award this one an easy S rank, 11/10, it's just a gorgeous sword and I love it with all my heart

A: DS1 and 3 Claymore are pretty much exactly the same, which is good because I was afraid they were gonna repeat the atrocity that is the one from DS2. They both share this spot for being simple, reliable, and beautiful in that simplicity. They don't have the engravings the other ones do but they don't need them, and the gold and/or brass plating on the guards add a visual flare that I like a lot and wish the other ones did. If you're a fan of a simple, solidly built sword these are gonna be up your alley. If I had to REALLY reach for a criticism I'd say the quillons are a teeny tiny bit longer than I'd like, but honestly it's not a dealbreaker or even noticeable most of the time. They're simple, yes, but they're damn good swords and they'll never let you down, 10/10

B: Perhaps placing the Demon's Souls claymore in B-tier was a little unfair, the engravings look very nice and I love the way the edges of the guard almost frames them, though it loses points for me for not having the gold/brass plated guard and for having a noticeably thicker blade than I like. Still a very high B-tier though. 9.5/10

C: Demon's Souls Remake Claymore is actually REALLY cool! I think the sun motif they added in was a really interesting design choice, and extra points aplenty for the gold/brass plated guard; however it, like most of the Demon's Souls Remake, feels like it adds just a little too much Overdesigned Mobile Game Fantasy Aesthetic to it for my liking. To be clear I do still really like its design, though it's just not as suited to my personal tastes as the others. 8/10

F: What the fuck is this. A cruciform guard? Get the fuck outta here man. Doesn't even have the distinct quatrefoil terminations that made all the others look so good, and the gold/brass plating is so pale it may as well just be silver. They really just sandblasted off everything that made the claymore look unique and recognizable among its other iterations, it literally just looks like any other generic-ass sword here. No flare, No pizazz, Just boring. Would not even be recognizable were it not for the name. Y'all done the claymore dirty, B-Team. Fucking 0/10. Look How They Massacred My Boy

I get that it's supposed to be based off the one from Braveheart and the Wallace sword in that one museum or whatever but tbh it doesn't really look like either of them and it just kinda sucks :/

[jojotier]

so for your spy au you have Rose adopting both Dirk and Roxy, but later on you say that Dave is taking care of Dirk? how does Dirk end up with Dave?

yeah!! so basically Rose adopts both Roxy and Dirk bc for her spy mission she needs kids to send to a prestigious school so she can slide in and make connections with the parents, but later on Dirk ends up kinda moving more in with Dave, though he officially still lives with Rose, and the crux of that comes down to

Dirk cannot function in a traditional school.

He's a smart kid, but traditional schooling kinda eats him alive- it's both incredibly understimulating and overstimulating for a 7-yr-old, and he's not particularly good at playing with other kids or socializing the way Roxy does.

Compounding it all, though, is his telepathy. He can't turn it off. So every day he's in a classroom with about 30 or so other voices loudly talking in his brain over the teacher, who has two monologues going simultaneously, and he's got his own internal monologue- it's a Mess. eventually comes the moment where he kinda breaks and, with the special ed resources lacking, Rose agrees to pull him from the school.

but that leaves Rose in a Predicament. Because Dirk still needs an education, but she can't stay with him during the day, because she has spywork to attend to. There's the option of hiring private tutors, but that also adds unnecessary risk to the mission, since anyone onto her could try to slide in as a tutor to counteract her spying.

And Rose absolutely cannot send Dirk back to the orphanage (because she loves him) because with Roxy being her only in with this prestigious school, the mission rests on Roxy's mental health being intact, and sending Dirk away would cause unnecessary stress.

So Rose tries to get a few of her civilian friends' help. Kanaya turns her down (because as Auxiliatrix, Kanaya has to hunt down Agent Arachnid and her house is just full of weapons), as does Ms Vris (because as Agent Arachnid, there's this fucking terminator esque character trying to murder her???). Karkat just flatly tells her that she doesn't want any of his connections teaching her kid shit. Jade agrees to help a bit, since she homeschools Jake, but she's fairly STEM-heavy and tends to get lost in her (nuclear research) florist work fairly easily, so it's not a long-term solution. June is still likely in the enemy camp, to Rose's knowledge, so that's a no-go.

So finally in comes Dave for weekend babysitting duty and finally he sighs real big and goes hey Rose? I can take it from here. And Rose is a bit... dubious, about having Dave be in charge of teaching any children, and Dave's just like you do realize I have a master's, right, I know how school works, and Rose is like I didn't realize you went to school, and it just kind of goes unsaid that 'maybe you'd know if you didn't disappear for 15 years and make me think you were dead'. But they both silently know it's there.

and lo and behold- Dave's actually probably the most well-suited for teaching Dirk. He's got a working knowledge of politics, philosophy, economics, history, anthropology, archaeology, art history, literature, art and more, and even if he doesn't quite know science or the real advanced mathematics, he can usually outsource to Jade and teach himself first before passing it on to Dirk. (And hey- if that knowledge just so happens to make the wheels of the propaganda machine he runs turn to trying to turn the Prospitian public against nuclear power, that's just a coincidence)

so at first Dirk bounces between being taught at Dave's apartment during the day and then going home to Rose at night, but as the months go on and he starts being able to stomach not being in the buddy system he and Roxy have been in since they broke out the lab, he starts asking to stay over with his Bro more.

It suits Rose fine. In fact, it makes things easier in the long-term- when the mission is finally over, and when she is asked to shed this identity and become someone else once more, kill this persona and burn the name Rose from her memory- when she has to leave this pretend family behind- she won't have to send the kids back to foster care. Dave will take good care of them. She doesn't trust anyone in the world more than her twin.

[yusuke-of-valla]

Do you wanna discuss Future Past at all?

Sure! I can't promise much it's been a while since I watched it but I do really like it!

I actually think one really nice thing about Awakening is it's willingness to stretch the genre beyond a relatively straightforward fantasy war story (with some political intrigue here and there depending on the game) to incorporate a post-apocalypse and a terminator-esque time travel story

I'm not saying I want the fire emblem in space game (I do want this only because I think it would be very funny how mad people would get) but I do kinda wish they'd get a little weirder. Be a little silly with it.

[cassyapper]

pausing my misery and agony to drop. Tunez in your inbox! Once Again! First week of classes went well btw! The beginning of the end! ANYWAYS! more music you have probably heard!

This is so. Augh. It's on so many playlists for me it is SUCH a song:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3mBzmGcvEytNUsPHmpqtXZ?si=e32d68d2b6d54ec8 This is Jotaro coded I am not even going to beat around the bush about it this time here u go:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4W9WBmSfBjMIMrm26YV8bt?si=2cef6b93475b4c41 As is this :3c: https://open.spotify.com/track/62reWZkKlxUmLphHJy8kRN?si=cca4a96b34d54857

My sad gay ass is holding this so gently: https://open.spotify.com/track/6H2LbNF8RDehF74VZMxhuZ?si=00912f2e4a674732

And that is all for Now!! -Music Anon

hello music anon im sorry it took be ten billion years to get to this my schedule has been crazy as hell the past. uh. well i suppose it's always crazy but still i apologize for repsonding to this so late

i hope ur doing well btw im glad the first week of classes went well <3

as for today's gifts

weight of the world

i've never heard this song before! it's a lot of fun tho i love me a good jazz-esque tune

this reminds me so much of dio like im gonna add this to my dio playlist in fact. this is jsut so blatantly him esp in part 1 like god damn!!!!!! i honestly dont have much to say about it cause honestly i think the song speaks for itself. so much fun thank u for sharing this with me

peace

oh that ominous ass piano of lord above. you're aboslutely right this is ABSOLUTELY a jotaro song holy fucking shit. im actually sick. this kinda reminds me of that antagonist jotaro au i made like. two years ago. this is legitimately so atmospheric i'd be so scared if i heard this at night with the lights off 😭😭😭😭 great song. oh jotaro.... "i will never deserve peace"/"the air tasted of ashes"/"there's trouble in my bones, a frigid tide" oh jotaro........... i wanna cry. ugh the cut at the end as well. sooo jotaro getting slashed core

have a seat misery

oh this is absolutely jotaro and enrica (what i call mrs kujo) core....oh my lord. at the same time it also reminds me of jotaro and star platinum....god just. like you said. very jotaro core jesus christ

ugh this line in particular fucked me up. JOTAROOOO you fucking. UGH

L.V.S.

OUGHHH...GOD...his voice in this one fuck. it's so good

this fits a lot of jojo couples but i am terminally sdc brained so im thinking a lot about noritaro and avpol.....and honestly even just all of the crusaders in general cause this song isnt even explicitly romantic. ough god i wanna cry. i think im gonna add this to my sdc playlist. esp cause the warrior imagery....fallen warrior ....ough...it aches...and we my friend will meet again sometime....

this is so good im seriously fucking shaken thank you SO much for sharing

[saved-for-me-own-stories]

I did this! Unfortunately, the life of a newlywed writer prevents me from getting involved this year, but I thought I'd take a little look back at my past ones!

Day 1 = the naval parts of the Civil War, but with merpeople!

Day 2 = Man Who Invented Christmas AU!

Day 3 = I don't even know what this one was, but it had spooky moor vibes

Day 4 = the (younger) Othryans do not know what to call it besides a "dragon"

Day 5 = some of my book characters are suddenly teaching the classes of my fandom characters (also Seth is there for some reason)

Day 6 = magic fae being from one story of mine stops a bad thing from happening in the backstory of another story of mine

Day 7 = kinda like a Star Wars RPG for a handful of my fantasy characters

Day 8 = TPC but in the Underworld! Also Naphtali's a skeleton, so that's fun

Day 9 = my mind palace as a coffee shop for all the characters in my head

Day 10 = kinda similar to the Psmith Star Wars AU by @fictionadventurer, but with my Civil War rebel guys

Day 11 = Bernard Walton and some kids get sucked into a fairytale and have to untwist it to get home

Day 12 = Jumanji but Candyland! And also with my characters

Day 13 = fake academia on a franchise that doesn't exist (this one is so nerdy)

Day 14 = VoicePlay but they run a food truck (I don't know how to run a food truck)

Day 15 = Hanahaki Disease, but make it chronic instead of terminal and also about the four loves

Day 16 = ... okay, the posted version was lame, but the not lame version was super spoilery and creepy as heck

Day 17 = Hello Neighbour AU (like, not even the plot, it's just the actual game combined with my book)

Day 18 = the A-Team as 1940s tough kids (in a boys choir, like "Angels with Dirty Faces"), who have to protect the neighborhood priest

Day 19 = my made-up Greek mythology, but it's all spy organizations and rogue agents and secret formulas

Day 20 = "That Hideous Strength" but they actually go to Sulva/the Moon!

Day 21 = Ghost AU, but not how you expect, because this is Sarah & Duck and I didn't want to make an angsty one for that

Day 22 = first Joker usage! Soulmate AU for a Civil War soldier and a widowed mother (and it's SAD)

Day 23 = Penny from "The Rescuers" has time loop powers!

Day 24 = the Band and the Halwendes switch roles (it IS connected, but it's very complicated)

Day 25 = look, Mad Scientist Naphtali just works, even if I'm just talking about a dumb Phineas and Ferb crossover

Day 26 = second Joker usage! The Partridge Family but it's about acting and plays and such like (also shamelessly shippy)

Day 27 = Chad makes a Supernatural-esque fanfiction about the Time Travel Trio and maybe accidentally creates Danville Superwholock

Day 28 = Last Unicorn AU for TPC (and a little self-indulgent shipping that wouldn't actually be possible in canon)

Day 29 = Marley McFly (aka Jacob Marley has to go back in time and fix something that went terribly wrong)

Day 30 = you know those MCU posts that were like "everybody lives in Avengers Tower and hangs out and it's fun, even though most of them don't canonically know each other or never interact or are straight up dead"? That but for TPC. And with family LOTR readings.

Day 31 = taking "two of the above" as literally as possible, giving "The Agony and the Ecstasy" an Angelic AU with all theological respect

......

....you know, honestly, this almost seems like it could be an ask game.

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Special thanks to yaoyorozoops for creating this year’s graphics!

[Image ID: 31 days challenge prompt list as follows: 1 Underwater, 2 Artist’s Muse, 3 Countryside, 4 Dinosaurs, 5 Teachers, 6 Fairies, 7 Science Fantasy, 8 Literal Hell, 9 Coffee Shop, 10 Space Academy, 11 Twisted Fairy Tale, 12 Candyman, 13 Reboot/Fresh Start, 14 Food Truck, 15 Hanahaki Disease, 16 Psychological Horror, 17 Annoying Neighbour, 18 Choir, 19 Spies & Assassins, 20 Space Colonisation, 21 Ghosts, 22 Surfers, 23 Infinite Loop, 24 Childhood Friends, 25 Mad Scientist, 26 Paparazzi, 27 Adoptive Family, 28 Unicorns, 29 Where It All Went Wrong, 30 The Good End, 31 Two of the above. You have three Jokers: Soulmate AU, Theatre AU, Yandere AU]

[thatnateguy]

"Honey, I've been planning the heist of the century."

"Again?"

"Well, yes, but this one will be more fun than last time."

"Promise?"

"Of course. I'm assuming you're in?"

"well, you need someone to keep those ideas of yours in check."

"You flatter me dear."

"Thank you, I try. Who else did you have in mind?"

(the following is a crew list for a fictional heist set in a far-off galaxy. While I'd love to draw them, I suck at art. Hopefully my text paints good enough pictures that you get a feel for the group and who they are)

The Mover - the master planner, slick talker, guy in charge of main negotiations for the team. The "Frank Ocean"-esque character. Humanoid, typically dressed in a suit of some kind, taller, but with a distinctly non-human head. Frequently tries to wear sunglasses in an attempt to make himself look "more cool," despite said sunglasses being completely incompatible with his head.

The Infil - Con artist, intelligence gatherer, and identity maintainer. THE woman with connections, especially in the intergalactic criminal network. Maried to The Mover. As a result, she's able to take his plans and carefully refine them to sleek perfection. Also humanoid, but only dresses as sleek as her husband when the need requires. She also makes a really nice cup of hot cocoa.

The Pilot - While on the surface he may just look like the getaway driver for the team, his roles extend much deeper than just that. If you need a ship, rover, craft, parade float, not only will he drive it, but he'll modify it to seemingly-impossible extremes. Before turning to a life of crime, he was a racer on the RIP Racing Circuit, before an incident with an illegal mod he made forced him into an early retirement. Still collects royalties from his cameo in an old Gala-coolant commercial.

The De-Con - Parts scavenger, explosives and weapons expert, and avid tinkerer. Need an electro-pulse atom de-shaker that can perfectly liquify the security door of any interstellar vault? He's already got six (leftovers from a previous heist). Helped introduce The Pilot into the network after seeing his mod in action, and the two frequently collaborate on larger projects. Listens to music whenever he works.

The Broker - The daughter of the Empress of the Western Celestial Body. Unfortunately for the Empire, she prefers to get into trouble and she has the funds to help the crew cause lots of it. Fortunately for the Empire, The Infil has managed to find connections and alabis that keep The Broker (and her funds) from ever being involved with the crew. Has been taking pickpocket lessons in her spare time.

The Squeeze - Born the smallest in its generation. His species is also known for their flexibility and able to contort and adjust their bodies. As such, is a masterful cat burglar. Kinda looks like a Tangela (the Pokemon), but without any legs. Since it has no mouth, it communicates in gestures and sign language via its various appendages. During meetings, it'll typically perch on someone's shoulder or head so that it can actually catch what's going on.

The Bio-Modifier - Cyborg with a split personality due to computer bug and a cheap cybernetics engineer. While the two halves of her may disagree on certain elements of their life, they both work together at bio-modification. The mechanical half handles modifications on the digital sphere (endo-scans, digi-spheres, etc.) and the synthetic half handles physical appearances (disguises, aliases, and such). Both avid chess fans, and mostly evenly matched in skill.

The Sys-Hacker - after his creation and programming outside the boundaries of the Inner-planitary Robotics Code (as well as the death of his creator for breaking said Code), the robotic form that is the Sys-Hacker lives a life under the radar. His programming not only allows him to hack into systems and terminals, but also "hypnotize" other AIs into doing his bidding, whether that's deleting footage or allowing security bipasses. Fortunately, his creator also gave him enough of a conscience to "wake up" those AIs... after he got what he needed, of course.

The Rookie - Human. Age 19. Pick-pocket back on earth, and currently studying psychology online. Still isn't 100% sure how he managed to get involved with the crew, but his human adaptability has given him the tools he needed to truly succeed. Teaches his pickpocketing skills to The Broker when she has the time and he doesn't have homework.

[nitrosodiumofficialuses]

Predictions

I think the next project is a first person game based on music. This could mean a lot, but my mind immediately goes to some sort of BPM/Bullets Per Minute-esque shooter where you have to fire your guns on time with the music. However, I feel like that's kinda been done to death, and also doesn't let you play at your own pace, literally. My next thought is some kind of dynamic music system. Basically, the better you're doing in combat, the quicker and louder the background music will be. The more damage you take, the slower the music gets, until shutting off completely. Story-wise, perhaps you're some sort of cyborg that needs to keep their adrenaline high to survive, sort of like that action film Crank. This has been done with other games, but those led themselves to the hyper-fast movement shooters like Samurai Mad Jack, where you have to keep things interesting for your virtual audience, otherwise your supervisors terminate the stream - and your blood stream. So, doing the music as an indicator of health seems a cool idea.

Totally unrelated, but I had an amazing idea for a puzzle gimmick that came to me in a dream yesterday. I'm keeping it under wraps until it can be utilized, but the code-name is Project Lamprey. If I can implement it into this game, I will, but it's the sort of gimmick that requires an entire game made around it rather than being shoehorned in.

[watercolorfreckles]

*:･ﾟ✧Masterlist✧･ﾟ: *

These are in order from newest to oldest. The ones with asterisks are the ones I like best.

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My Snippets

The Pretty Prince of Avenglow (female pirate captain x pretty boy prince)

What's Mine is Yours (Prompt/Short Snippet) (Villain x King)

The Girl Called Sparrow , Part 2 *- (fae x human) (fable)

Apple Pie * - (hero x villain fluff) (villain with empathy powers)

All in Jest* - (princess x court jester)

All the Time in the World* (goddess x thief villain) (prompt fill)

A Love, a Hope, a Promise (prompt fill) (hero x supervillain, sort of unrequited love)

Medusa* - hero x villain (fairytale-esque. Sweet ending)

Villain takes Civilian, Hero's (ex)girlfriend hostage* (unnamed) (civilian x villain)

A man, a Ghost, a Necromancer *- villain x healer who killed villain (angst kinda)

Deep Blue Part 1*, Part 2, Part 3 , Part 4- (siren x pirate who was thrown overboard)

Winter's Kiss*, Part 2 - (villain w ice powers x hero) (fluff)

Dont B- (vampire x civilian/receptionist)

A Choice to Love You Part 1*, Part 2 (flirty villain x prison guard)

Just to Impress You (kid villain tries to capture supervillain)

Pretty Please - (medic is mad at villain for getting himself hurt. medic x villain)

Make-a-Wish - Part 1 (hero x villain, hero wants villain to meet a terminally ill child)

Brain Waves Part 1, Part 2, Part 3* - (mind control villain x hero)

The Villain's Reporter Part 1*, Part 2, Part 3 (villain is secretly reporter-civilian's neighbor)

This One's Alright, Part 2, Part 3 (civilian takes in an injured villain)

Glass Haven Part 1 *, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (civilian who loves plants x villain)

Unmasked (hero x villain)

Villain and His Therapist * Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (civilian x villain)

A Reporter Caught by Villain

(Not) Defenseless * - Part 1, Part 2 (Villain flirts with civilian while critiquing her fighting stance) (civilian x villain)

Please Save me From the Monsters - Part 1, Part 2 (Hero asks vampire to protect her) (hero x villain / civilian x villain)

Thanks for the Ride * - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 - (Villain who is presumed dead shows up in a Civilian's car,demanding help)(Civilian x Villain)

My Poetry (some old, some new)

"Hardback" and "Who Could Stitch me Into Art?"

Everything below this line is from 3 or more years ago, just for context on why most of them are garbage lol. :)

The Siren * - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - (Siren x Pirate)

Commander of Death - (Villain in disguise)

The Proposal - (fluff)

The Dragonslayer Queen

Writing Snippet #1 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - (Protag x School Bully)

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