#like branching timelines I get it

[antimony-medusa]

Feeling some kind of way in my emduo feelings about Phil confirming last night that HC phil being c!phil and q!phil is a multiverse situation and not a literal timeline, which means that as it turns out, a constant across all the universes of this character is either the presence or the references to Technoblade.

[allmyhomieshatelawns]

Hiiiiii everyone I’ve become obsessed w Trolls, and by extension, several of the AUs here. In particular, @djmurphy ‘s Hypno Pop AU has had me in its clutches. I couldn’t stop myself so I wrote a lil somethin’ in between working on my Feral!Branch AU.

Bit of a warning, it’s def unreliable narrator, and yes, it’s supposed to be kinda creepy. I hope y’all like, please do not copy or post to another site. Lmk what y’all think!

"Hee, hee, hee, hee, heh, heh, eheh…" It wouldn't stop, no matter what I tried, nothing would make it stop. My face hurt, my entire body hurt if I was being honest. It was getting harder to do that. My voice wasn't my own, instead spewing false, toxic positivity that made me want to scream. It was hard to be honest even inside my own head when the compulsions wouldn't leave me alone either.

Keep Smiling. The compulsions hurt, but it hurt worse to try and resist. Like my nerves were being burnt. The compulsions made it easier to go about my day-to-day. I always knew what I was supposed to be doing, and how to be a good troll like everybody else. It was comforting to have a safety net.

Keep Singing. This one was harder to obey, but somehow even more painful to try and ignore. Whether I obeyed or not, it felt like liquid fire in my veins. I watched it happen over and over and over again. Every time I opened my mouth to sing, I saw her push me out of the way instead. It was painful fighting to go grey. My vocal cords always felt shredded, and they had lost a lot of their angelic body, sounding raspy, damaged.

Go To King Peppy. My numb feet carried me to the King's pod that he shared with his youngest daughter. I wasn't supposed to talk about Viva either, which was wrong. Poppy should know about her older sister, even if she never got to meet her. I knew a little about my parents, even if they had been taken before my egg hatched. At least I knew my parents existed. I wonder what my brothers are up to…

Part of me yearned to have them home still, that same part I was scared was getting dependent on the string. I would feel my feet quickening as the power of the string would begin to fade, heading to King Peppy's door, knowing I wouldn't skip. It was horrifying to think part of myself actually liked being like this. I still remembered resisting, or trying to, hating every moment of this prison. I remembered trying to scream, trying to get anyone to help me and I couldn't make myself do anything. Oh after the first close calls King Peppy had made sure to put in the compulsions to 'never alarm anyone'. Now people didn't panic when they saw me, and it was all thanks to King Peppy!

I reached King Peppy's office, knocking politely and entering the room as he bid me. King Peppy helped me when no one else could. He was the only one able to help me get rid of my greyness, the only one willing to do what it took to make me normal. I owed him everything. My smile was blindingly painful.

"Ah, Branch, perfect timing as always." King Peppy smiled broadly, opening his arms for a hug.

I leapt into his arms, the contact feeling like licking flames.

King Peppy held me for a moment, before setting me back down. He reached into his hair, pulling out a nearly-empty lyre, with one glittering pink string on it.

My heartbeat quickened seeing it, eyes tunneling to focus on the horribly beautiful string. It glowed with its own light, drawing me in and re-thickening the haze over everything I saw. I felt my shoulders begin to relax as the haze crept further, like a wild animal with its eyes hooded.

A few plucks of the string, and I felt my mind wash away in a comfortable haze. All of the anxiety and negativity bleeding away to the innermost recesses of myself. It was such a relief to not have to deal with all of those pesky emotions! Now I could just be happy and sing and dance and have fun like everyone else!

I smiled, my face comfortably numb from the fresh effects of the string. "Thank you, King Peppy! I feel much better now!" I chirped, hardly able to see him at all through the haze.

"I'm so glad to hear that, Branch! Now, I've still got some work to finish up, why don't you run along and find someone to play with until you're called for dinner?" King Peppy chuckled as he suggested it, placing the sacred string back in its spot, safely in his hair.

The village was still bustling even at this hour, people skipping about and holding hands and singing and dancing. It was amazing.

My whole body felt like it was floating, like I was only connected to it by a tiny string. I waved and smiled at everyone who greeted me, even if I couldn't tell who had spoken to me. It unnerved me not being able to see more than a couple of troll-lengths away at best. No shadows to see a hand reaching down for–

"Hey, Branch! There you are! I was just looking for you!" Princess Poppy's cheerful voice broke in before a compulsion could correct my thought.

My head whipped around to her voice, my smile still painful, but a little more genuine. Princess Poppy was a sweet girl, even if she was annoying. She was perfect and would make an excellent queen one day.

"Princess! What can I do for you today?" I asked, kneeling down in front of her. She wasn't that much shorter than me, but I would take any excuse to get off of them. I had to stay fresh for more dancing, after all!

She beamed at me, somehow making it look effortless and completely sincere.

"One of the performers for my party tonight had to backout last minute. Would you be able to fill in? I don't need a full set or anything, just a couple of songs." Her voice was pleading, eyes big and pouty. She should know by now I can't say no to her.

"Of course, what's the theme for the party?" My grinning kept up, my lips not allowed to turn down in her presence.

"Thank you so much Branch you have no idea how much this means to me!" Poppy rushed out in one breath, leaping at me and hugging me tightly. I responded automatically, not having to think about hugging back. That was the nice thing about being a puppet in your own body at least.

[warning-heckboop]

Choosing to believe that the reason it was only the brothers and their grandmother at the time of Brozone's breakup was because their parent(s) were captured and eaten at one of the last Trollstice's before the escape while protecting the rest of them, and Branch, being only 1-2 years old, was the only one young enough to not remember the traumatic event that ultimately put strain on the brothers because they all felt somewhat guilty yet also resentful towards the others for what happened 💕

[noirandchocolate]

Everybody's excited for the Tears of the Kingdom Masterworks book to drop tomorrow and that's cool and all but meanwhile I'm just wanting to see that sweet sweet shipping notification for my Great Deku Tree lego sets on Sunday.

[tmntkiseki]

If TMNT 2003 ever gets the Saturday Morning Adventures treatment, I sure hope Emilio Lopez and Khary Randolph are brought on to do the artwork. They are KILLING IT between all the previews for the upcoming 2003 oneshot and yesterday's Father's Day illustration.

[kalloway]

goin back to 2018/19 because I want to rewrite/finish my own fic, smh

it's been kinda nice rewatching the videos I used to, tho... kinda comfy feeling, despite what the games are all about hahaha

[razzle-zazzle]

Fighting the first movie tooth and nail trying to figure out how it all goes down.

I am not winning 😞

[spagheddiesquash]

well i could move to europe. we have the means to and ive always wondered what it would be like to actually LIVE there. but i have a life here and i had PLANS here. really big ones. and none of my friends have a europe to be able to just pack up and move to. sure i bet its leagues nicer than this shithole but those friends are family to me. and if i go with my blood family and cant take my friend family with me then i dont really see a point to it all. and so we press on anyway. as one does. as humanity always has. for the rest of life and time.

[firebird-nonnette]

I never post, but just finished Loki s2e4 and.... what the hell?

Rant in the tags...

[philtatosbuck]

was wyatt being a boy stupid? yes was it an interesting dynamic for wyatt and chris anyway? absolutely would i have liked for the eldest to be a girl named melinda? you betcha

[nailtagyuri]

when i was 12 this was the coolest most mindblowing shit ever i was genuinely so obsessed with it I'd read it very day like the bible. I would die for a version of this with the post 3D world content over my country

[kissingarthurclaus]

Also work has been playing a lot of 2000s pop punk rock over the speakers and I can't stop thinking about dramatic edgy emo Crosshair 😂😂

Like when Brea breaks up with him he goes to the shooting range by himself and is just blasting "WHERE ARE YOUUU AND I'M SO SORRY"

[waywardsalt]

likely going to delete this later but i am like. is the three-branching og loz timeline confusing? or do people just say that bc they hate it

[xavieremix]

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[lavenite]

anyway look at my gorgeous gorgeous girl clara….someone died a little TOO many times in the timeloop haha

[pierswife]

3 5 6 9 16 for the piers kisser :]

Hi Miriiiiiii thank youuuuuuu Piers kisser time :> (ask meme here)

3. how do the other characters generally feel about your self insert?

Kids in Unova generally like Amanda a lot! They're like a big sibling who helps them learn how to raise and bond with their Pokemon. Coordinators in Sinnoh think it's a shame she retired from Pokemon Contests, thinking she should have stayed to be a mentor or at least an inspiration to younger coordinators. In general, they're recognized as a Pokemon Trainer who can talk the talk and walk the walk.

5 was answered here!

6. does your self insert have any pets?

Y E S. She has all of her Pokemon who she loves to absolute bits, but her closest companions are her Empoleon and Bisharp. Wherever she goes, they have to go to. The full list of Pokemon she has is: Empleon, Bisharp, Swampert, Lycanroc (Midnight), Boltund, Arcanine, Chandelure, Pangoro, Whimsicott, Braviary, Sylveon, Glaceon, Lucario, Venusaur, Umbreon, Liepard, Emolga (Shiny), Gourgeist, Hydreigon, Mightyena, Froslass, Eevee (a companion pokemon, not used for battling), Galarian Meowth, and Hatterene.

9. who are your self insert’s closest friends?

Roxie is definitely one of their closest friends! They think of her like a younger sister and Roxie looks up to Amanda like an older sister. She is also very close with her younger cousin, Barry! She also considers Piers one of her closest friends before they got together, and still does because that's a special bond they'll never loose. She also gotten pretty close with Marnie, which is a good thing considering-- I'm also playing around with maybe being friends with Sonia since I'm finally sitting down and writing things for PokeManda proper?

16. freebie! name a fact about your self insert you want everyone to know.

Amanda is a former Pokemon Coordinator that was the most active in Sinnoh! She lived there for a few years and actually did contests professionally and got pretty popular, but stopped due to her mental health before going back home. They still enjoy the idea and even practice sometimes out in the fields at home, but it takes them a lot time to go back and participate in contests for fun again. She mostly only goes if she is invited for exhibition contests to show newcomers what contests are like.