#kuppatan

[halethleia]

here is the fic i wrote this year for @batfam-big-bang !!! thanks as always to all the incredible people that make this event possible, and a huge thank you to my teammates @kuppatan, @sobri-k-eyt, and @paperedking!!

summary:

"Let him go!" Nightwing snarls through the com, voice raw and strained. Jason laughs. The modulator of his helmet crackles, and the sound of his laughter echoes cold and cruel. "Are you sure you want me to do that?" During an unplanned and unsupervised encounter with the Red Hood, Tim takes an (also unplanned) dive off the side of a building. As Tim's life hangs by a thread, Red Hood taunts Batman and Nightwing, threatening to drop him. But does he really mean it? Because for someone threatening to let go, Jason's grip is awfully tight.

[fandomfive39]

HAPPY BATFAM BIG BANG

I wrote a little piece for the long awaited @batfam-big-bang 2024, be sure to go check out all the other works in there because they're lovely.

The League of Assassins was a semi-known organization with power in nearly every country. Even more unknown however, was it's subdivision: the League of Shadows.

Barely more than an urban legend, people in all dark corners of the world feared the elusive Shadows that would hunt you down if they deemed it necessary. It was unknown how many there were, who they were, or where they were. Men, women, wives, husbands and coworkers. The Shadows took every shape needed to get what they wanted.

A few, sparse reports recorded Kestrels: deadly males with more knives than teeth and enough crimes each to rival a prison. Even fewer could say they knew of the Diaemi, masked women who’ve worn hundreds of faces and lived thousands of lives, controlling from behind the scenes.

They were monsters, faithfully stood at the Demon’s hand.

They were children, taken too soon from their innocence.

They were Shadows, Bats and Birds waiting in the dark for whatever was to come next.

also there's fanart which you should go check out here and here

HUGE thank you to my team: @enchantingruinscandy who was my lovely beta reader keeping me on track and making sure everything was nice and tidy and to the artists @dragonpyre and @kuppatan I could not have done this without their amazing help to bring this fic to life!

[kandicon]

Pspsps Magnus Archives fans :33<

I am currently in the process of making a playlist of every song* that has ever been paired with a tma animatic out of a curiosity to see the range of songs that this fandom thinks have the right Vibes. As of making this post, the playlist has 266 songs and is 15 hours and 46 minutes long.

*Songs that have appeared in multiple animatics with only be listed once (For example: 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton and The Killing Kind by Mariana's Tench both have two animatics that I am aware of, but they both are only in the playlist once), unless the versions of the song in the animatic are different.

But!!! I know I am far from finding every animatic and animation that this fandom has made because we all know how fucking huge of a fandom it is. So this is me begging y'all to please send me or reblog this post with links to the most obscure Magnus Archives (or Magnus Protocol) animatics/animation memes/animations/pmvs/etc. <3 <3 <3

Under the cut is a list of animatics and songs I have found that I am currently having difficulty with adding to the playlist for some reason or another. If y'all have any advice with that, it would also be appreciated <3

see the day- brian david gilbert (TMA animatic by 3sides1eye - A cover of The Altogether's "See The Day" by Brian David Gilbert. Although Brian David Gilbert does have an extensive Spotify, this does not appear to be any of the songs on it.

Nerdy Prudes Must Die - TMA Animatic by Ghost Artist - This animatic features the song "Nerdy Prudes Must Die" from the musical with the same title. I fear I may be missing something obvious here, as this musical seems to be incredibly popular and a few other songs from the musical are on Spotify already.

God Games (TMA AU Animatic) by CircusComics - Same situation to the other musical animatic above. Features the Ares & Aphrodite song from the God Games section of EPIC: The Musical.

𝙰 𝙽𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑 [The Magnus Archives MV] ⚠️flashing + S4 spoilers⚠️ by Akidachi - For reasons I am not currently aware, Overslept's Spotify has gone down and all attempt to access their website fail (I have tried on multiple devices and gotten the link to it from multiple sources). The only reason I am aware their Spotify ever existed is that their Facebook page still contains a link to it. This animatic contains the acoustic version of their song "A Nervous Stomach" which appears to still be available on their active bandcamp.

The Magnus Archives || OBEY meme || FLASH WARNING 13+ by Fizzyrot - Not sure what the music from this is. It's the exact same audio as the original OBEY meme, and the dialogue is taken from the 1995 movie Batman Forever.

What Is Love || The Magnus Archives Animatic by Spyruce - This one is partially unadded and partially added. "What Is Love" by Haddaway appears briefly at the end of this animatic and is thereofore added to the playlist (though it does not play long enough to get a distinctive version, the 7" Mix is added because its popularity makes it the most likely to have been the one playing); however, "What Is Love?" by Bill Wurtz does not appear to be located anywhere on Spotify. Since Bill Wurtz already has two songs on the playlist ("I'm Best Friends With My Own Front Door" and "Just Did A Bad Thing"), I don't particularly feel like this artist is being left out.

And When I Die || The Magnus Archives (Animatic) by Pencil Splinters - "And When I Die" by The Heavy doesn't appear to be placed on The Heavy's Spotify, even though the rest of the album it belongs to fully is. The version of "And When I Die" by Blood, Sweat & Tears was added in its place, but if there is a way to add The Heavy version instead, I will swap them.

AD BREAK | The Magnus Archives Animatic by kuppatan - The background music for this is familiar, but I can't place it for the life of me. The audio is official and the music exists within the existing audio too, so I think it may be just some fairly popular stock music.

[brigamia]

My piece for an art exchange with @kuppatan of their OC Imtiyaz!

(Pls click for higher quality)

I don’t know much about their OC’s backstory, but he has a star motif and I LOVE astronomy, so I thought it would be fun if he was swallowing two stardrops from the star Sirius to symbolize his twin tails.

I had a blast working on this! This piece was my first time using shading and lighting, so I’ve provided a version with shading and one without.

(Exchange hosted by @yoursforest 💚)

[kagerousodaproject]

(he loves them) 

 Haruka : I think we broke shintaro-kun

Takane : IS IT THAT HARD TO BE HONEST

Ayano : -cough 

[augustheart]

may i have a bones episode please :D?

YOU ARE season five episode thirteen “the dentist in the ditch.”

[whetstonefires]

enemy-to-friends/enemy redemption fic

:D Thank you for showing such faith in my powers of growth and personal betterment! 😉❤

...makes me want to actually write one of those now, properly. I guess technically All the Roofs of Uncertainty was kinda that, considering Jason had earned his supervillain chops? But also no.

That kind of story is so tricky. The dynamic of having a friendship with someone who used to be your enemy is so neat though. It’s got so many layers, and this special flavor of respect.

I love when it’s like, a deeply developed personal journey, but the funniest is when the bad guy never exactly stopped being bad, he just stopped having the opportunity to do much harm and meanwhile you have to work together to defeat Long-Term Bigger Problem.

And ideally by the time that’s handled your original reason for being enemies will have resolved itself--ideally via the power of friendship i.e. the Bad Guy doesn’t want whatever he was going for before enough to break up the current situation--but in the meantime there’s that little undercurrent of concern, about what’s going to happen once this is over.

And then of course it’s so sad if in the end that didn’t work. :[ And so creepy if a story tries to make it work with a Bad Guy whose actions caused extreme personal harm to someone in the party, and rather than addressing that just forces them into proximity, and either ignores the issue or compels the wronged party to forgive this person who hurt them, and isn’t even sorry. I hate that.

But I love when it’s done well and I should try it myself already! Since it’s so me and all. 😄

[bmj-art]

3a for rose (the insane expression meme e;)

Mara I love you so much, thank you!!!💛💛💛

Also forgive the delay- it has been crazy since my last art post.I would love to get more of these, because they’re so motivating!

[lily-liegh]

playmaker, op, boy, girl, relationship, and ace for the vrains ask meme!

Playmaker - Do you like Yuusaku as the main protagonist, or do you think he’s too stoic/different from the friendship loving predecessors?

love Yuusaku as the main protagonist! tbh, i really like what each protagonist brings to the table, and so i really appreciate a calmer protagonist who isn’t out to make friends with everyone. Yuusaku cares about others, and at the end of the day i’d say he’s still spouting some of YGO’s Friendship Speeches, but he’s much more about ensuring a world where everyone can co-exist together than a place where everyone has to “be friends” and i think that’s a pretty good message to share with young children ^^ not everyone will be your friend, but you need to do your part to make the world a happy place for everyone

OP - Favorite opening

Go Forward all the way! >w

Boy - Favorite male character

i really love Yuusaku - his smile gives me so much life, and i like his calmer disposition! at the same time, he can become quite passionate during a duel and he’s not afraid to fight for what he believes in. all around, i really love his character (and his design too!)

Girl - Favorite female character

Ema! her voice, her character design, her deck - all of it vibes well with me! i’m a little sad she’s never won a duel, but that’s not enough for me to really dislike her character. i’m quite happy with her role in the series, just give her a win please! :3

Relationship - Favorite relationship, platonic or romantic (specify)

i’ve got two asks in my box for this one, so i’ll just say platonic and go with Ryouken/Spectre - i can see it romantically, but i really prefer it as a platonic ship. as the ship name states, i love the respect between them: they’re terrorist hackers, but between each other there’s a strong understand of each other’s values and wishes, and it makes both their relationship and the Hanois in general a stronger team. also aesthetically, two white-haired characters looks nice - and i like that they sort of complement each other while also retaining their personal quirks ^^

Ace - Favortie ace monster of a character

Ema’s Altergeist Primebanshee - i have no clue how good it is in a match, but i love Ema’s deck and play style, and her duels are fun, and this card kicks ass (how does she lose with it then?!)

thank you so much for the ask, kuppa!

[whipplefilter]

hey i love your cars 3 fanfics and general characterization of jackson storm!

Thank you so much! That makes me really happy. :) He’s a pleasure to write. There’s so much to explore! I love his combination of like... “this is the smartest, savviest, meanest car” but also “this is the most dopey pathetic car.” XDD

I really appreciate your reading! And thanks again for this kind note! :DD

[ema-bessho]

1, 2, 3, and 9 for the writing meme?

Ahh thank you! These were fun to think about :o

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

I answered this one but I thought of another one: anything that reads like it’s a fever dream meant to be read only between the hours of like 1-3 am: heavily atmospheric, potentially plotty and/or cryptic, and definitely something that feels like it’s once removed from any sort of ‘reality’. I don’t think I’ve really written fic like this yet but it’s so fun to read...

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

Amnesia!!! I saw this trope over in various Japanese fandom fic a while ago and fell in love with it. I technically wrote like. a paragraph of this back a while ago for Spectre and Yusaku (which come to think of it was basically the prototype fic for what beautiful future became lol) but I haven’t really done anything with the trope yet… this upcoming arc of vrains should be good ammunition for this though and I’m very excited

3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

hmmmm, sickfic? Excluding hanahaki and magical illnesses for the sake of plot, I guess. It’s not really the kind of hurt/comfort that interests me. (probably because when I’m sick the only thing I want is to die and be left alone so I can sleep 18 hours straight lol)

9. Which fic has been the hardest to write? 

Of the ones I’ve published, probably Chocolate Dreaming? A lot of the time I was working on it I was just going “don’t think about it just write don’t think about it just write and get it done” which is always a sign I have no idea what I’m doing but have a deadline that can’t be moved lol

I also ended up dropping ‘we might just end up lonely after all’ (which is that au spectre & aoi fic) for like a month because I was really frustrated with it and ended up actually drafting and fully rewriting it which I almost never do for fic. I’m a lot happier with the end result though

[screamting]

tim drake for the super cool headcanon meme?

:0!!! I didn’t think anymore would be sent in since it’s been a bit

2-4 songs that are probably on their iPod

this was actually the hardest question here since I can definitely tell you when a song plays what he’d like, but finding one on my own??

he probably likes Ke$ha a lot

the one place they sometimes end up falling asleep — where they’re not supposed to

where doesn’t he fall asleep? Though there are some notable incidents, such as when Bruce and Alfred found him asleep in an unplugged fridge (DANGEROUS)

he said he was curious if he could do the indiana jones thing and then the fridge was surprisingly comfy and the sounds from outside were like nice and muted, you know?

he got a very stern talking to, because what if he’d run out of air???

Tim, a young robin at the time, hadn’t even thought of that, and was suddenly really horrified

the game they’d destroy everyone else at

GTA and Assassin’s Creed

the emoticon they’d use most often

he doesn’t use emoticons, he sends screenshots from The Emoji Movie

what they act like when they haven’t had enough sleep

....He sort of stumbles around in a daze most of the time, and complains about how shitty he feels, but... he doesn’t realize... he feels shitty because he hasn’t slept in 12 hours..... “but you guys stay up for 12 hours” “no we don’t tim we’ve already gone to bed and woken up again” “what?? ....that can’t be right....”

their preferred hot beverage on really cold nights. or mornings. or whenever.

Like everyone in the fam he’s pretty into hot cocoa, but how cocoa with coffee in it (or hot coffee with chocolate in it) is his absolute favorite thing

how they like to comfort/care for themselves when they’re in a slump

when he’s effectively comforting/caring for himself, he takes a break, hangs out in the house, and reads a little fiction for a bit. His non-effective care strategies usually involve eating/fasting and spending way too much time on the computer

what they wanted to be when they grew up

doctor!! surgeon!!! yeah!!!

their favorite kind of weather

he really likes bright, sunny days that aren’t too hot, but rainy cloudy days that are a little chilly are the best for reading books

thoughts on their singing voice (decent? terrible? soprano? alto?)

he’s a soprano and spends his years well into his early twenties telling people he just has to wait for his voice to change (it finished changing years ago)

how/what they like to draw or doodle

he’s at that stage right before an anime artist gets good, but they think they’ve unlocked godtier art style and should replace comic book artists because they’re doing soooo much better, see!!! (big eyes, REALLY wide face trying to subvert the ‘same face’ stereotype, and way too impractical clothes because they look ‘cool’)

He probably shows them off to Kon and his teammates a lot

[whothefuckistimdrake]

hey would you mind if other people joined you in making blogs about who the heck x character is? like same format with counters?

Of course I wouldn’t mind! If anything it’s great for people to sit down and read a lot of consecutive canon material (and then distribute canon findings). This fandom has a lot of issues with fanon bleeding into where it shouldn’t, so by all means go for it. 

[time-plus-night]

the fool and the hanged man for the tarot ask?

The Fool: Do you have any nicknames? -Yes I do. James, Prongs, jackass, dad, daddy doughboy, gay cousin, pumpkin, and jubbes.

The Hanged Man: Favorite Movie Soundtrack?-ah, I don’t really have a favorite cause I don’t really pay attention to the soundtrack, only the movie itself. If I have to choose, probably Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Hey thanks dude!

[kagerousodaproject]

(love your blog my dude)

AND I LOVE YOU AAAA

[sylvaniian]

you have a very very good username

yes, yes I do. and it’s very accurate