#like that one futurama bit

[rad-roche]

i'm glad i made gloria Just Some Lady. don't get me wrong, future detective is a pretty fucking cool job, but it's not the head of an entire faction. could you imagine her doing that? she'd be made general of the minutemen and put out an order for everybody to never call her at this fucking number again

[habken]

your art looks like that of a really cool indie comic i would read forever

thank you that is so nice :')) one day.. one day i'll be living my comic making dreams

[maxghoulfield]

I HATE REPEATING PHRASES I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL

[bittwitchy]

yknow....... this reminds me of that one episode of futurama--

[msnihilist]

Your idea of playing with your dollies is a father sexually abusing his son. And you romanticize it. And before you argue “Yeah but there’s dark content in media that romanticizes it!” Yes, they exist but it does not mean it’s depicted in a positive light. It’s portrayed as scary and traumatizing to the character in question. And while they’re not an actual person, it hits home to victims. There is nothing okay with going “tee hee rape!”

Yep, it sure is! And I sure do :)

"that does not mean it's depicted in a positive light" I'm sorry, did you think that the cannibalism in Hannibal was just ketchup, too, or something? Dark media constantly romanticizes this sort of stuff. The primary relationship in Hannibal is scary and traumatizing, yes, but also romantic. The good ending is that the two toxic lovers eat people together.

Black Butler has two cousins in a romantic relationship, and their engagement is taken very seriously by them both and is in fact a core component of their characters. It's an incestuous relationship played completely straight and taken seriously by the writer and is definitely not scary or traumatizing.

Invincible has a relationship between an immortal man and a girl who is 20 at the most (literally a part of "Teen Team," I doubt she's older than that), and not only is it shown to be healthy, but her death devastates this man, even having lost so many others in his long, long life.

In Futurama, one of the main characters time traveled and fucked (and impregnated) his grandmother. Not only is this not shown to be scary or traumatizing, it's a reoccuring joke, referenced multiple times, and it is plot-important so you can't even explain the underlying plot of the show without mentioning it.

The Coffin of Andy and LeyLey is a horror game, and the good ending is the brother and sister characters fucking each other. Incest is literally good for them.

So, yes, media depicts these topics in a positive light frequently. Do you know why? Because no one cares.

This is all adult content made for adult consumers, and if you need everything you read or watch to tell you that rape and incest are bad, then you are the problem.

Do you know what does hit home to victims? My writing. My best friend is someone I met through my writing. She told me that as someone who had been abused and groomed, my stories where the underage character and the adult get a happy ending make her cry. Why? Because in fiction, I have the power to make this story have a happy ending.

In my fantasy world, the kind adult isn't secretly a predator. There is no power imbalance. The kid can be emotionally mature enough to handle this relationship. The adult can actually be safe and not just a creep. The relationship can last a long time and be safe and happy for the both — because it's not real.

It gives my friend (and victims like her) great comfort to indulge a bit, and imagine that their story could have ended happily, too. Obviously, it couldn't have in reality — that's why my friend is reading about it instead of running back to her abuser.

Stop trying to police fantasy. You are hurting people — harmless thoughts are not.

[deadtiredghost]

Tmnt facts that are canon cause i said so:

All Leo's are sci-fi fans of varying degrees of old sci-fi series/movies

But MM!Leo thinks the old movies are old and thus has no major franchise to obsess over, he is just big into any of the more modern movies of the genre: I'm thinking Interstellar, Blade Runner, idk many more. And then he started watching Final Space and eventually got into Futurama.

But he still would think the other Leo's are old and a bit lame for enjoying old anime so much.

All the Donnie's and Leo's are the musical fans, but that doesn't mean that Raph and Mikey can't enjoy a musical too! Especially 2003!Raph who grew up watching shit like high school musical and teen beach movie with Leo and Donnie.

The 2003 boys all teamed up to sit on Mikey and tape Mikey's mouth shut cause he would dramatically and badly sing the songs otherwise.

2018 crew are hard into Hamilton of course while 2012 have a knock off version of it that flopped but Mikey loves.

2003 have a musical version of Lost Boys and Faries that could possibly be comparable with some rap songs and some emotional ballads.

Bayverse and MM have batman while 2018 have a weird mixture of some irl media and some really obvious knock offs. 2012 has Wingnut and Silber sentry as comics to replace Marvel and DC in their universe and we all know how 2003 is on superheroes.

All the Mikey's are naturally talented at drawing apart from 2012 who's skills apparently just got transferred to literally every single one of his siblings.

2012!Mikey's writing looks like chickenscratch and his drawings are chaotic in an abstract art kinda way, while 12!Leo can draw anime, 12!Karai is decent at drawing anything reallt, 12!Donnie preffers skatching items and backgrounds rather than people and 12!Raph is the one who does art the most in the fam.

The 1987 turtles are stuck in 1987 and have been since 1987. They like crossovers for the change of pace but 87!Raph and 87!Donnie very much dislike how other turtles have treated them in the past so take any and ever chance to fuck with their alternates in retaliation, feigning innocence well enough that they keep getting away with blatantly insulting their iterations to their face.

Leo is the tea drinker in the family across iterations but most of the iterations don't drink coffee - rottmnt gets into coffee wars (sans Leo and Splinter) but other than that 2007!Donnie and Bayverse!Raph are the only rabid coffee drinkers.

most of the Donnies drink energy drinks if they want a caffeine boost - the nonbinaries and their Monster especially.

The MM kids aren't allowed coffee because Splinter read a watched of child-raising YouTube videos and banned it. Of course that doesn't stop them from sneaking out. MM!Donnie is trying to convince him to allow coffee while MM!Raph just sneaks in his energy drinks.

2003!Casey was convinced the turtles were adults for at LEAST the first month into their friendship.

The ampunt Mikey wears stickers is directly proportional to the amount of leeway Splinter gives him - with the used-to-be-human Splinters being more strict on not personalising his weapon while the used-to-be-rat Splinters such as MM gives the go ahead.

The outlines of this rule are 03!Splinter and 18!Splinter of course who have entirely different ways of handling their adhd child.

And then there is bayverse!Splinter who said fuck the stickers, yes of course my 15-year-old children can have tattoos.

(And yes I firmly believe they were 15 in the first movie, and I attribute their tattoos to Splinter not really seeing the harm in it, or caring much as long as it won't hurt them.)

18!Leo is biologically the eldest but no one knows this apart from Draxum who will never tell at this point. Splinter aged them based on size.

On the other hand, 03!Leo is the biological youngest but only Donnie knows this (science shit to find it out) and will never tell anyone because he found out that 03!Mikey hatched first and that information can never be allowed to get to the turtle in question.

2012 Casey is transfem but doesn't know it yet and 2018 Casey is what 12!Casey will look like at 20.

All Donnie's watch anime and all Mikey's watch horror movies - despite how much they may or may not scream at the horror movies.

07!Mikey sells art online and 07!Leo becomes a language tutor in their 20's. Ironic as 12!Raph attempts to sell art online but becomes too emotionally attached to his work and 12!Donnie attempts to tutor for a time but is a terrible teacher.

Leo is a basketball or baseball fan, Raph likes wrestling and basketball, Donnie will partake in basketball or volleyball and Mikey prefers dancing but is open to playing anything... just not watching.

Splinter always watched the tennis, becuase his grandmother did. Leo likes to put it on but doesn't like playing it.

Mikey will forever be confused why the others enjoy watching sport. This stemms from when he was 12 and trying to watch his cartoons and Splinter would always take control of the TV during the Olympics. Mikey is still very salty and has an agenda against the Olympics and any other big sports match on their communal TV.

All the Leo's before 2012 just didnt use the Internet or any electronics as a kid and thus struggles with electronics massively.

Conversely 2012 and 2018 Leo were both on tumblr as kids and read fanfic about Space Heros and Jupiter Jim respectively.

And in addition: Donnie was on the Internet far too much as a kid.

(12!Donnie will never tell but 12!Mikey befriending Chris Bradford on Facebook hit a bit too close to home.)

After Don, Raph is the best at mechanics, other than 18!Raph who is kinda shit at them.

Splinter taught all of the turtles first aid but Raph and Mikey are patched up the most by the other two, which leads to the other two being more confident and skilled at first aid.

Leo's first aid experience is very much similar to an army medic, using improvisation based on his prior knowledge without any of the proper hospital procedure while Donnie's is much more based on his research into medicine and thus much more clinical.

The outliers are the 18!kids cause Donnie finds biological shit kinda disgusting unless he HAS to do it.

And then there is the 87!turtles who don't really get hurt for longer than an episode's run time. Despite this every single one of them are able to accurately and skillfully carry out any medical procedure should the need arise becuase cartoon logic and convenience. It is a skill they have and its usually 87!Donnie ordering them about while 87!Raph plays nurse.

Mikey and Raph spray paint together sometimes in all iterations other than 87.

87!Mikey and 87!Leo have never kmowingly committed a crime.

Mikey looks up to Leo most out of his siblings, and Leo would look up to Mikey in turn if he could get over the jealousy towards his youngest brother.

There is not a single itteration where Leo doesn't sometimes kinda wish he could be more like Mikey - he has never voiced these feelings and hates that he feels this jealousy.

If you wake Leo up from sleeping he will be alert, a bit grumpy about it, but will never turn you away. He rarely gets a full good night's sleep anyways, ans becuase of this he is prime target to bother when he is awake... up until they turn 14 where Leo gets into the habit of pretending to be asleep so Mikey doesn't bother him and starts meditating until he falls asleep.

The prior headcannon excludes rottmnt and mutant mayhem.

Mikey starts bothering Donnie more and joins him in the lab late at night a lot.

If you dare to disturb Raph's beauty sleep you will get a pillow to the face and a shouting to at the least.

Everyone of the turtles loves Kung Fu Panda or whatever similar movie exists in their world. They won't admit it but its because Poe reminds them of Mikey.

Raph maintains that he doesn't like physical contact much to get out of hugging the sweaty humans in his life. He is actually fairly chill with hugs he just hates the feeling of sweat on his scales so much, and learnt that the hard way when Casey brought him in for a hug after a fight and he shoved him off and blustered a bit. But any of his siblings hugging him is fine, he only ever shoves them off out of annoyance.

Donnie is the least huggy turtle, but he will sometimes lean his full body weight on April - which is fine in most iterations but some cannot handle the weight, I'm looking at Bayverse.

If Mikey were a human he would be a borderline nudist when home and everyone who lived with him would complain about it.

Like [insert hair covering here] and a fluffy dressing gown from when he was 9 wrapped around the waist if you're lucky.

[weaver-z]

One of my favorite underrated Futurama bits is when the group is careening toward a cliff in a normal van and Leela is like "Oh no!! We're heading toward a hover-bridge in a non-hovercar! Is that bad??" and Zoidberg says "Not if you've lived a life without regret." and everyone in the car just lets out a loud, sustained scream

[heartfullofleeches]

You know what would be cool? Robot reader. Especially a murderous one, think GLaDOS from portal or Bender from Futurama. Just someone(something?) that hates humans.

I'm thinking abandoned maid-bot darling. Darling was once the hottest thing on the market with a loving master, now outdated and left behind by either their master dying of natural causes or simply leaving them behind. They never know what happened in the end, but it broke the artifical heart their master implanted in them and made them lose faith in humans. Robbers and thieves breaking into the manor they reside in to steal whatever isn't nailed down and their parts is what made them despise humanity.

Yan finds the android either after purchase the house to renovation or during exploration of the missing scientist's lab. They find darling powered off, missing a limb or two and the artifical heart ripped straight from their chest. Strangely that last piece was still on the property. Yan takes them to get repaired and boots them back up.

Darling immediately attempts to rip the heart from their chest.

Darling is cold, bitter, and pushes Yan around - but their prime directive coded directly into their big heart makes them naturally gravitate towards caring for them. They do things wrong on purpose. Adds sugar instead of tea. Cooks meals slightly over done as their coding prevents them from undercooking dishes as it could potentially cause harm to their new "master".

Yan is able to piece together bits of their past and wishes they could take away all their pain. They try not to give darling orders beyond remaining by their side and trying to find new joys in the world, but the bot just grows even more agitated when treated like a human being. The only thing they want is to go back to sleep, but Yan refuses their once wish. They've grown accustomed to the bot's company and struggle without it, not to mention their dreams of one day changing their look on humans for the better. It doesn't even have to be all of humanity. As long as they're able to love one, and only one human again that's more than enough for Yan to be happy-

So long as that human is them.

Yay or nay?

[witchofthesouls]

Hello, I don't usually ask questions on social networks, but I wanted to know what you think of a story where our human friend suffers an accident aboard the lost light in the Brainstrom laboratory and now the bots are able to see his thoughts. Bonus points if it's weird stuff (most of our minds are very weird), (sorry if something is poorly translated, I'm writing this with the translator) ^^)

One, I absolutely adore this concept.

Two, did you know there are people that think in pictures rather than use an internal voice?

And to top it off, people go around referencing pop culture, iconic scenes, memes, and their favorite media as well as the weird, intrusive thoughts and extreme, nonsensical daydreams...

I like to think there would be a media war between the Cybertronians that never went to Earth and only know beloved cartoons and shows and memes from the weird reenactment from the resident human's mind but with the Lost Light crew getting morphed into it versus the Cybertronians that actually had direct experience and personally downloaded those shows and movies.

As the "I Ship It" song goes, canon ground versus crack ship space.

Does anyone else remember those Naruto animation videos where the Akatsuki are drawn drunk or doing hilarious dances? The human looked up the Decepticon Justice Division, cross referenced on what they do, and immediately thought of a full sequence of the D.J.D. doing the Gang Torture Dance from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

The human thinks of sequences, including but not limited to:

Ultra Magnus as Steve Harvey from Family Feud with Rodimus with the "Nekkid Grandma!" bit

Rodimus doing "Goofy Goober Rock" because Roddy would love to be suspended in the air and dressed in wizard swag with a killer rip on a peanut-themed guitar. Drift has the legs to fulfill Patrick's fishnet-and-heels dance.

Megatron and Ratchet in The Office because he would stare deep into the camera at whatever new trouble has plagued the ship

Getaway and Rodimus doing the "Tony and Ezekiel" bit

So many fire-related memes: Elmo and the "This is fine." Dog.

The overlap of Rodimus in Gurren Lagen and Bang Brave Bang Bravern

The continuously weirder and weirder thoughts on how Cybertronian strip club would look like based on Futurama, Cyberpunk, and Night runner's Magnum Bullets. "Snu-snu" bit included. It's both highly ridiculous, strangely erotic, and absolutely terrifying at the same time to the Lost Light crew.

Whenever a mech does something stupid, the human immediately reimagines the mech in Wheel of Fortune fails, or a shoving potatoes in the exhaust

Nightbeat in a noir setting or as Sherlock Holmes

Rung is "Mister Cellophane" from Chicago

Assigned character theme songs

The last bullet causes so much drama because mechs want to have really cool or badass themes, but no! The human assigns them sex or porn songs like "Life is a Highway" and "Shut Up and Drive" and "Two Trucks," or something silly like "Barbie Girl" or the opening theme to Mega XLR or the sad song on the world's smallest violin to the poor bastard that gets stuck with the engex bill at the end of the night.

[sweetandglovelyart]

Part five of my Kirby voice headcanons, featuring my voice headcanons for Marx and Magolor! I picked two voices for each of them and my explanations for why I chose these voices are under the cut.

Alex Hirsch as Marx: I wanted to go with a voice for Marx that could come off as both a silly little guy and a guy who’s also a little bit chaotic and unhinged. I used clips of King’s dialogue from The Owl House in this video, I think King as a character is a good embodiment of a silly little guy who can also be kind of chaotic at times.

Richard Horvitz as Marx: I went with Richard Horvitz as an alternate voice choice for Marx for similar reasons. I feel like he also does a good job portraying characters that can be both silly and chaotic. The clips I used here are of Zim from Invader Zim.

Andrew Robinson as Magolor: One of Andrew Robinson’s most well known roles is the Cardassian tailor Garak from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I’m a big fan of Star Trek and I felt inspired to make this pick based off of @jojo-schmo’s Magolor animatics that use clips of Garak’s dialogue, I think that the dialogue fits him very well and he and Garak are both similar characters in that they’re both these very superficially friendly and charming people who are hiding some ulterior motives beneath the charm. Star Trek has plain, simple Garak and Kirby has plain, simple Magolor, both of whom turn out to be not so plain and so simple after all.

Billy West as Magolor: I picked Billy West as my alternate choice for Magolor because of the range he has as a voice actor. He can do a ton of different voices that each sound distinct from each other even though it’s him doing all of them. The clips I used here are of him doing his voice for Fry from Futurama, but he also voices several of the other main characters in that show and makes them each sound different. I could see Magolor putting on different voices/playing different roles to aid him in whatever shady business he’s conducting/aid him in charming and appealing to different people, but his normal speaking voice would just sound like Fry.

[quitealotofsodapop]

So I can just imagine the rest of the Noodle Gang deciding to take MK out to a shadow play (with permission from Wukong cuz he was still grounded) because he's been pretty bummed out lately because of his Dad missing and the stress Wukong's been dealing with tbe revelation that Macaque is likely doing something very, very stupid dangerous and chose to keep it secret. And them MK fonds the lamp

Prev.

Aww. Wukong still wants his kiddo to have fun, just not the kind where he goes running off into danger. So theatre is allowed.

I'm giggling at the idea of the famous "The Hero and the Warrior" story being told... poorly by Jin and Yin, since Mac isn't there to direct. They 100% forget their lines, but they get the story across fine with the instructions Macaque left them. The Lantern spits out images that looks a bit like cartoon drawings.

Think the Holophonor from Futurama;

Jin: "And they lived 'appily ever after!" Yin: "'Cept of course until the Warrior went out for cigs and didn't come back." Jin: "Such is romance." The Noodle Gang: (*confused applause?*)

MK ofc slips away (pretending to get snacks) to get to the Shadow Lantern and check if Macaque left any messages recorded within via a shadow clone or something.

Luckily Macaque did. Well in a way...

Specifically, he left a few plays "re-recorded" inside the Lantern for the twins to use in their own productions. Lots of fairytales and stuff.

But one story thats unfamiliar to MK is one Macaque's shade introduces as "The White Bone Spirit"...

[honey-crypt]

Idk if you're taking requests now but any hc's for the bachelors/bachelorettes with a plus sized/tall femme farmer?? 🥺💖 Love ur work!!

a/n: hi hi! an old request from the start of the month, sorry that it took so long to finish! thank you for enjoying my work :3 hope you like this!

★ the sdv bachelor/ettes with a plus-sized/tall/femme farmer ★

abigail

she’s down bad for tall, chubby ladies. her mouth practically waters when she sees you for the first time. that one futurama clip “death by snu snu” plays on repeat in her mind.

alex

the immediate thought that comes to mind whenever asks about you is "wonder woman", the way you're so tall and passionate and do what's right. he likes to bench press you as part of his workout, as long as you allow him. alex also finds himself sneaking looks at your plump figure, his cheeks tinted red.

elliott

a goddess, you’re simply a goddess. you remind elliott of a renaissance painting with your curves and statue. he admires each movement you make, the way you smile, everything is simply part of the grand masterpiece that is you.

emily

god, she wants to squeeze the life out of you. of course, emily’s big on affection but with you, it’s magnified by a hundred. a big old lesbian who wants to shower a pretty lady with love.

harvey

he’s the tallest out of all the marriage candidates, so it’s a bit of a surprise to see someone he fancies so close to his height. it makes him happy that he doesn’t have to crank his neck down to look at you. he also loves how grabbable your plush hips are.

haley

oh, this hopeless lesbian is head over heels for a tall, plus-sized lady like yourself. if she meets you in the early days of being out of the closet, she simply self-combusts whenever she sees you. just give this poor woman a smooch, okay?

leah

again, another hopeless lesbian. honestly, you have her dream body, your form full of potential for some serious lumberjack activities. she likes that she’s at titty height, too…. don’t let her know that you know that, though!

maru

tall. tall. tall. tall- that’s all she can think about when she sees you for the first time. she likes feeling small next to you. you could step on her and she would thank you.

penny

the size difference is very funny. she enjoys how easy it is to just melt into you. just don’t try to toss her in the air or anything, she will have a panic attack.

sam

like abigail, his brain is infected with “death by snu snu” whenever he sees you. he can’t help it, though! he loves his women tall and chubby cuz it means more person to love.

sebastian

crush him, do it. he wants to be crushed by you. he’s a petty little guy who wants to be toyed with by a stronger, bigger woman. crush him!!!!

shane

on the plus-sized side himself, he has some internalized fatphobia but that goes out the window when he’s with you. he likes to cuddle with you a lot, he hopes you find him just as comfy as he finds you. also he’s a short guy who’s not afraid to say that he’s into tall ladies!

[sol-lar-bink]

Puffe's new ref is DONEEE! Can't believe it tbh... I remember all the wips I posted before when i was still trying to figure out what to change...!

Just a lil info on her below the cut-

🔸Puffe joined Haltmann Works Company after the events of Robobot, simply looking for a job, and hopefully travel the galaxy in search of that spark to just... exist, something to strive for.

She's pretty serious, a bit of a jerk, all stemming from loneliness. She doesn't have much experience interacting with others so she may say something awkward or not know when to keep an opinion to herself.

Get to know her though and she's quite the odd yet caring friend, she will pull out the business suit to protect you! She really just needs more friends.

🔸Her job is simply Intergalactic Space-Delivery... exactly like Futurama, but her ship is absolutely massive. As part of Haltmann Works Co.'s new ambitious changes, Puffe is one of many to export and import goods from planet to planet. Say a planet has too much snow? Haltmann Works Co. will come scoop it all up! And take it to a planet that needs it!

🔸Puffe has 2-3 robot buddies accompanying her on her galactic travels. She'd only later meet Halaro after delivering a package to Castle Dedede- where he had to sign for it.

They didn't get along at first- it was only later when he ended up on her ship that Susie decided to pair them up- seeing an opportunity for Puffe to make a friend.

It would be this very decision that starts Halaro and Puffe on a wild goose chase for ancient artifacts, after the Mirror shard Halaro was carrying sends the ships radar crazy, picking up all sorts of signals!

[certifiedlovergirlsstuff]

a little some-some for christmas. happy holidays🎄 divider @firefly-graphics

peter parker x gn!reader

🎧 all i want for christmas is you / underneath the tree / last christmas

the daily bugle holiday party was rather festive. you’d think with having jameson as your boss he would be a scrounge during the holidays, but he was cracking jokes and showing family pictures to anyone interested. it was a bit freaky seeing this one eighty personality, but it was nice knowing he actually was human under that dictator exterior.

“if spider-man was to be mentioned, i bet he’ll immediately go into a ‘menace to society’ rant.” peter joked while taking sips of his eggnog, face scrunching at the splashes of alcohol.

you chuckled at the jab, “bet five dollars he’ll be his biggest fan once the alcohol grows.”

peter grinned as he leaned his shoulder into the wall to face you, “okay, but no interfering. has to come naturally from someone else or jameson himself. both lose if nothing happens by the end of the party.”

switching the cup to your other hand, you smirk up at peter as you shake hands, “you're on parker.”

turning back to the party, thumping your feet and bopping your head to the christmas tunes, you lean into peter. “favorite christmas song?” tilting your attention on him.

his mouth screwed up in thought, eyes squinting into the distance, “probably… the classic one.” being vague in his answer.

a roll of your eyes, “yeah, that narrows it down to nothing. most of them are classics. come on, don’t hide this small thing from me. i won’t make fun of your taste.” leaning off the wall and standing directly in front of him now.

“you seem really interested in a simple answer.” quirking a busy brow. you shrug dramatically, “cause it’s super important! duh doy!”

that bubbly, boyish laugh spilled from peter with a shake of his shoulders. it was your favorite song, no matter the season. “well now i’m worried you will judge my choice.”

you waved away the simple worry, “no, no. probably just confused.” reaching a hand to his bicep and squeezing. flashing that teasing smile that gets his heart racing.

“well if it’s so important, why don’t you share first. favorite christmas song oh wise one?” moving his left hand to tuck bits of hair behind your right ear. eyes watching each other while cheeks grow warm.

a inhale through your nose, “honestly a tie between last christmas by wham! or underneath the tree by the queen kelly clarkson. would listen to them anytime of year.” eyes nervously observing peter’s pretty face.

“you next. what’s the classic christmas song peter benjamin parker loves?” the twinkling string lights added a sparkle to his warm brown eyes. you could melt into a puddle.

he then dipped his head away. peter’s gaze was focused into his draining cup, bits of curls falling to his forehead. you had to restrain yourself from pushing them back and letting your digits card from the strands.

“i- i feel my answer isn’t that important. like i celebrate hanukkah and christmas. plus! plus, they need to make songs for the other holidays. we have that animated adam sandler movie and the futurama song.” joking to avoid giving his answer, which you thought was a little worrying.

you reached out and took ahold of his hand to give a reassuring squeeze. “pete, it’s really not that big a deal. was just joking and i wouldn’t actually judge-“

“all i want for christmas is you.” peter blurted out while you talked.

if you were drinking there would’ve been a spit take, mouth and nose. blinking a few times with your mouth opening and closing, processing and trying to say something.

“my christmas song.” peter rushes to clarify. it would be a lie if you said that didn’t bother you.

“right. yeah, an awesome go to song. was- was thinking the same thing, but thought best of it.” playing off your ‘bout of sadness. “i’m- i’m gonna get a refill and snacks. what anything? wanna join?” hoping for both a yes and no.

“i’m- i’m good. i’ll- i’ll save our spot.” and with that you scurried away in the packed office towards the red table cloth housing all the refreshments. needing just a few minutes away from peter after that moment.

with a paper plate filled with some sugar cookies, homemade brownies and a few pieces of fruit, with a new cup of soda you hid yourself in a shadowed corner. eyes bouncing from person to person, observing how jennifer in editing was interacting with jonathan from the film crew- definitely a thing outside the office- you figured it’s been long enough to rejoin peter at his side.

dumping your trash and weaving through the bodies you almost bumped into one before they stopped in front of you with their hands hovering over your biceps.

“i was getting worried,” peter declared with a shakey smile. his arms dropped from the air, fingers grazing your knuckles.

“nothing to worry about peter. the green goblin doesn’t work here, just some cutthroat journalist.” brushing his panic away.

peter chuckled while rubbing a palm into his neck, “you never know. nancy’s got that deadly stare if you get on her bad side.” “and that’s why i bring her a breakfast sandwich on wednesdays.”

he nodded, “very smart,” then looked over his shoulder, “wanna move somewhere less crowded? getting a bit overheated.”

“lead the way, parker.” and then peter linked his right into your left, guiding you through the desk and towards the front of the office layout. jackie on karaoke was just a bit faint now, thankfully.

“i- i’m sorry about earlier.” peter quietly spoke. a small jut of your chin to see him a bit better, eyes watchful and gentle. “there’s nothing to be so-“

“all i want for christmas is you, that’s true. i- i just rushed to add the second part, cause i- i didn’t want to make you uncomfortable or- or something. but then when you were gone for almost five minutes i knew i upset you and i never want to upset-“

“pete, peter.” setting a hand to his red sweater clad chest and taking a step closer. he had a soft doe eye happening and it softened your insides. “i wanna change my answer.”

“okay…” a pinch to the middle of his brow.

“all i want for christmas is you. my holiday classic.” speaking the title slowly and dripping in your oowey gooey emotions for the photographer standing before you.

peter’s mouth opened and then, “what?”

you had to resist the eye roll so you tried a different more complicated tactic. “last christmas i gave my heart to someone undeserving of it. so this year to save me from tears i’m giving it towards someone special.” squeezing your linked hands for emphasis.

trying to be romantic towards a smart yet oblivious guy is really hard. “peter, please tell me you understood that or i will walk away. and then i will come back to tell you straight forward.”

he was silent, you could see the gears turning behind his eyes. picking apart and understanding each word and the whole meaning. you almost wanted to just start singing the lyrics if that would help more.

“peter…” “no! no i- i got it! you- you like me too?” ending it off in a question.

a sigh with a simple smile, “yes peter. i like you too.”

“okay, awesome!” he looked like a boy who was gifted the best present. bring your joined hand up peter pressed two kisses along your knuckles then grabbed your other hand and swung them between your bodies. sugarplum fairies danced in your belly.

“do you… maybe wanna get something to eat? actual food not just sweets. or- or some other time, whenever you’re free really.” peter tripped over his words but landed upright.

you couldn’t help the airy giggle from slipping free. “asking me on a date already? are you trying to beat some new year resolutions?” shuffling closer into peter’s space.

“maybe…” his eyeline sitting over your shoulder for a moment before drifting onto your multicolored face. “would that be okay?” always the gentleman.

“more than okay.” your eyes tracing over all the details that make up peter parker before noticing something attached to the ceiling.

the surround chatter has faded and died out, just the two of you in your bubble. “hey, pete…” “yeah?” “look up.”

your eyes dropped to see peter was just staring at you with a confused look so your placed a finger under his chin and forced his head up, your own following second.

tied to a fishing string hung a fresh bundle of holly. “oh.” was all peter said then continued with, “kinda weird to have holly at a work party.”

“true, but it’s a traditional christmas plant. and we’re standing under it…” trailing off to wait for peter’s response of the situation.

“well…” bringing his head down and releasing your hand so he could slowly hold his to hover over your cheeks, “if you’re okay with keeping the tradition…”

fingers knotting into the wool of peter’s knit sweater and pushing onto the tips of your toes, “more than okay, peter.” and leaning in first to seal the confirmation.

a sigh of relief once peter cupped your cheeks and held you close. it was a small, simple kiss- one that was completely appropriate for a work setting. you could picture the scene playing in a holiday rom-com, an added kick of your feet for flair.

a quick peck after the smooch and you leaned away from peter and back on your feet. “i know a diner on fifty-eighth. wanna go?”

“lead the way, oh wise one.” and peter let you take his hand to drag him behind you as you both gathered your belongings.

“enjoy your night.” emma, one of your coworker friend, wiggled her brows in a suggestive manner and you just pushed her shoulder in annoyance.

you rejoined with peter and started to head out until you stopped short and shook his arm, “oh! oh we forgot!” “forgot wh-“

“you know, that- that spider isn’t- isn’t so b- bad.” a slurring j john jameson heard over the high notes of mariah carey.

“buy me a milkshake and we’re even.” “deal.”

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CHAPTER 2 PAGES 1-20

As per usual, the master post of the first 20 pages for easy future access! This is the post that the link on the pinned post will bring ya to, as usual ueu

This masterpost comes with good news as well, yay! We can push out both this comic AND the comic we use to get a bit of money on the side. So that means the hiatus is maybe over yay! Unfortunately, to do this, we'll have to cut back from 3 a week to 2. But that's ok. 2 is better than none after all haha.

Also, the reason the Stardew Valley Winter soundtrack was picked was because I heard that song on a loop while watching Luci smack into the wall on page 20. Sorry not sorry.

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✨️Character Credits✨️

This list about to be long oof...

Pages 12-13

(Assorted) Underplayers @underplayercomic (©️OG Url Owner: Yunan)

Glitchtale Asriel @camilaart

Blackberry & Luci @/us lmao

Fry, Bender, Leela ©️Futurama

Chara & Frisk @flavor-text-chara

AFAC Chara and Frisk @askfriskandcompany

Slumbertale Chara & Azzy @rainingskeletons

Dreamtale(no not the one with the sans, the first one) Frisk @officialdreamtaleau-blog

Guardedtale Frisk and Chara @skeletal-entity (they said this was their blog but it doesn't link :'l)

Blackberry Sans (Swapfell) @interstellar-dweeb

Strawberry Sans @angeutblogo

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Chara & Frisk @shimmershy

Horrorshift!Asriel @unofficial-underfell

Dancetale!Sans @dancetale

Over The Void!MK @undertale-over-the-void

Error!Chara @askerrorchara

Seraphim @tratserenoyreve

Arctic(?)!Flowey @l-747

Random Chara & Azzy in the back @us lmao

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Toybox!Frisk @abeoo

Vlasttale!Frisk @nakamiraa

Long hair!Frisk @shionbluu

Seven Children @toxiccrybabyart

(Unofficial)Underfell! Toriel @unofficial-underfell

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Long Hair!Frisk @shionbluu

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Twilight Town: Polyphemus

The groups chaos bringer is Iris. Which I learned the name is from the part of the eye that shows the color, a flower, and the Greek Goddess of rainbows (though knowing the show, it’s probably just from the eye fact but Iris’s eye is purple like the flower so I’ll take it).

Iris is the wild card of the group. They are always active and can barely sit still. I don’t know why but I didn’t like Iris as a kid but I enjoy the design process of her for the AU. So talking about their designing will be fun!

The Insane about of Research

So fun fact. In middle school I had the biggest fixation on Greek mythology. So much so that I’d skip PE to read the mythology graphic novels in the library (I apologize to my gym teachers). While I prefer the goddesses with Artemis being my all time favorite, I had some interest in the monsters of mythology.

I wasn’t really into Cyclops but researching them and assigning the details to Iris definitely made me interested. I didn’t want Iris to be a basic cyclops from popular media (aka Leela from Futurama or even Nifty and Cherri Bomb from Hazbin Hotel) since I applied classical and folklore representation for pretty much everyone with one small exception. I learned about the classical cyclops and they were divided into two types: Polyphemus (the big barbarian muscle kinds) and Arges (the magical psychic kinds). With how reckless and adventurous Iris would be, I decided on Polyphemus.

The Polyphemus Cyclops are the most heavily seen but are more “flanderized” versions of the original from The Odyssey where Polyphemus wasn’t just a hulking beast of a man. I decided that the cyclops in Twilight Town show a lot of pride for their brute strength and durability which is why they take up jobs in which they shine best.

Designing

So I dunno what happened in the design process but when using Iris in the original source material as a basis, her design was lacking a bit. She wore near identical clothes to Ruby and even had a red color motif like her. So I decided that Iris would change from red to pink as it wasn’t used with any of the characters (probably because of the whole goth thing but alt aesthetics certainly got some pink). Her kid self looks similar but I gave her tennis shoes instead of Mary Jane’s.

I used Cherri Bomb and Nifty as references to know how I would portray expressions for a character who only had one eye. Later on Cherri ended up being one of Iris’s inspos with their punk rebel like look which fitted more to Iris being the carefree and chaotic one.

I picked on more brute fantasy art with Iris too! They have orcish ear, her sclera is more yellowish , and sharpen teeth. Her skin was inspired by Greek statues and gargoyles which is why she has all those freckles and scars.

Background and Origins

Iris was born outside of Twilight Town from a clan of cyclops. They were considered a runt due to their smaller stature compared to naturally born Cyclops. However this didn’t seem to affect her drastically. Iris found her way to the mansion due to a freak accident that blasted her there as a kid. She was too far to get back home on feet and simply settled there since they already bonded with Ruby.

She usually is the one that caused the most chaos intentionally (Misery just has uncontrollable forces for the chaos), but they always mean the best. They do alot for their friends even if it means getting into trouble. Outside of her multiple gigs, Iris does local stunts with her worm/moth type monster pet Squig.