#lost ark headcanons

[lilisette]

played through elgacia twice now and man. tien. 

WHY IS HE SO TALL??

that aside. have some general headcanons about him cause god is he plauging my mind atm. spoiler alert for elgacia! 

Pre Elgacia

having raised ninaveh, beatrice, azakiel and diogenes since they were children, he knows a lot about them. from their habits and speech patterns, to their dreams and greatest fears.

he’s that awkward father figure that doesn’t know how to handle them sometimes (unlike lauriel who’s the better parent) but tries his best to care for his wards.

although he has trouble expressing affection for them sometimes, he tries with gifts and companionship.

while he loves all four of his hellions equally (theyre rascals when theyre younger i JUST KNOW IT), diogenes was his favorite.

diogenes’ disappearance and subsequent announcement of his death hit everyone hard, but it hit him the most.

tien and azakiel holding each other, azakiel crying his heart out for his childhood friend while tien is silent, tears welling his eyes as he hugged him.

tien getting insanely protective of azakiel afterwards, checking up on him often, sharing meals with him every day and so on. tien was worried that azakiel would feel lonely since all his childhood friends were gone. he never makes any mention of it to azakiel or lauriel but he was worried that his already fragmented family would crack even further.

he remembers watching beatrice walking the lonely path towards trixion, wanting to follow her, and he almost did when she looked back midway, looking upset and terrified of the future ahead of her.

when ninaveh proclaimed that she will go against the edict and descend down to the surface to help luterra, he had flashbacks of that moment when beatrice walked away.

she’s going somewhere he cannot reach, cannot follow. and he cannot stop her because he knows her, she will not take no for an answer, and that her love was so great that she was willing to endanger herself to protect people that she had never met.��

“if we do not help them, we do not deserve the name ‘the first light’” she proclaimed before turning to leave with luterra. 

he supposes that’s why she’s the most beloved by the light. 

and when she does not appear when kadan came back to elgacia post war, he dreaded for the worst.

he sighed in relief when kadan told him that she is alive. he tried to pry more out of kadan about ninaveh but his efforts were in vain as kadan was gone as soon he appeared and he’s a tricky man to find.

tien hoped that ninaveh was happy on the surface and was actually glad she was there instead of being in elgacia. he missed her dearly yes but he knows she would be happier there, not being burdened by the fate theyre constantly reminded of while in elgacia.

when ninaveh returned 500 years later, he was relieved to see her alive and well, but also worried because what prompted her to return suddenly? 

that was when he first laid eyes on the person lauriel was talking about, the chosen one. and he instantly understood. 

Post Elgacia - Canon

never had tien thought that he would lose his oldest friend and companion, but the empty seat beside him during a meeting of the swords solidified the fact 

he was not only disappointed at himself for not interfering, he was also disappointed that he never truly knew how much pain and suffering his oldest friend was going through before all of this happened

he considered leaving ereonnor for mount phylantos, guarding the place for eternity as penance but the moment he saw how lost azakiel and ninaveh looked while they were talking about the events that transpired, he cannot bring himself to leave.

he had to be strong and stay. not just for the lazeniths, but also for what’s left of his family. 

when they told him of what truly happened to diogenes.... it felt like losing him all over again. 

centuries of pure suffering and agony, waiting for ninaveh and the chosen one to relieve him of his pain. he scolded himself for not looking into it further. he could’ve saved him but because of his incompetence, he turned a blind eye towards the situation and left diogenes to suffer in silence.

that night they mourned for what they’ve lost together. laughed at the silly things theyve done in the past, and cried over what could’ve been. 

Post Elgacia - Divergence

(because i cannot take diogenes dying so have a version where he survives)

having seen what will happen to his family, lauriel gave the chosen one not one, but two superior healing spells to use 

the chosen one using one to save diogenes before he disappears with the light, and ninaveh forcing him into a healing sleep afterwards, letting him rest in his family home 

paros fretting over his comatose son, but ultimately elated that he’s alive. he takes care of diogenes as ninaveh, azakiel and the chosen one leaves to figure out what went behind the scenes

diogenes waking a few days after, wonderous that he’s alive and immediately getting up to follow his childhood friends, only to be stopped by his father

him listening to paros reluctantly, he had already cheated certain death, no need to take even more chances and ruin what will happen next for ninaveh and her companion

post kayangel and the meeting of the swords, azakiel and ninaveh telling tien that they have someone he should meet

“diogenes...?” “hello tien-” tien pulling diogenes into a tight hug, only letting him go when his ward lets go of him and says he wishes to explain what happened to him

nothing could undo the centuries of pain diogenes had been through waiting for ninaveh and her companion, but theyre both glad that hes alive

them wanting to thank the chosen one for saving diogenes, but the chosen one said that they should thank lauriel instead, because it was he who gave the chosen one the spell needed to save diogenes. 

that leaves a bittersweet taste in their mouths. even though what lauriel did was wrong, he always had their interests and wellbeing at heart, never wanting them to perish. 

even in face of certain death, lauriel still loved them with his entire being. 

this started as a random headcanon post but well... look where this got me. and MAN. LAURIEL. i have so much to say about him it HURTS. his character is so complex and i love him

ill do a random hc/relationship hc for tien later! 

[mesoseven]

a realization

so after watching raiders of the lost ark for the 4th time I realized that not only do Indiana Jones’ contributions not matter to the eventual outcome, THE NAZI’S DON’T either, the world where the ark is in a hole in ciaro is the same functionally as the one where it’s in a government warehouse somewhere.

[marvell-07]

Merry Christmas everyone!! In honor of the holidays, here is one of my more extensive headcanons about the Sonic 3 Movie. SPOILERS ahead so be warned! 🎄

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At the end of the Sonic three movie, Shadow gets nerfed to hell and dies in an explosion. Except we never see his death on screen and we know the movie is based on Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog. In those games Shadow managed to eject himself from the ARK and escape alive. However he suffers from amnesia and now has a fragmented memory. He can only remember his name and Maria’s death. So you know I’m about to write some angsty hc off of this.

Shadow would wander around aimlessly, trying to find remnants of who he was and what his life was before he lost his memory. The problem is that there’s barely anything left. Even if he manages to return to the site of the lab, he had set off the mini black hole in there. Any evidence of what happened, any evidence of Maria, was destroyed in that blast.

The only person who would know about Maria and what Shadow did afterward would be sonic. Sonic was in that lab, he heard the story and saw what happened. He was also the one to spend the most time with Shadow and hear about his pain and loss before teaming up.

Except I have a few ideas regarding this. What if something did survive the explosion of the black hole? The picture of Shadow and Maria. While exploring the lab Sonic found Maria’s room and saw the fort and picture. It was a family portrait, and to him it felt too special, too important, to be left behind in an abandoned lab. It reminded him of the drawing he made of him and Longclaw in the cave. It was all he had left of a family member he lost… just like Shadow. So what if he took the photo with him? Sonic intended to give the photo back to Shadow after they made up, but never got the chance. So now he keeps it as a way to honor and remember both Shadow and Maria.

Now keeping Shadow’s most likely survival in mind, what if after Sonic and Shadow see eachother again, Sonic shows him the photo to convince Shadow to at least hear him out. It leads into Sonic getting slammed into a wall by a very paranoid personification of Hot Topic who demands answers. I think even after hearing the story, Shadow would be confused and apprehensive. So Sonic hands him the photo and tells him that he knows what it’s like to be lost, and that Shadow has a friend if he needs it.

With the amnesia, Shadow would have almost a constant source of anger and guilt and sadness for things he doesn’t even remember. It drives him crazy that he feels so much and doesn’t even know why. When Shadow gets too caught up in his own head, Sonic asks him to tell him about Maria. It’s the one thing he can reliably talk about and it’s some of the only good memories he has.

Shadow chooses to trust Sonic not just because of Maria’s photo or the kind words, but because he can feel that Sonic is a good person. Sitting on that moon with Sonic and watching the stars was the beginning of closure and resolution to all of Shadow’s pain and trauma. And then immediately after that he shared the power of the chaos emerald in harmony with Sonic. That connection remains to be something familiar. However, in a way, that feeling of comfortability and kindness is foreign. He hadn’t felt that since Maria and look how that turned out. Part of it scares Shadow and he doesn’t know how to handle not being constantly alert.

Even if Shadow does permanently join up with the team I don’t see him living with them. He doesn’t have that family dynamic with Tom and Maddie like the others, and I’m not sure he wants to yet. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles had lost their families a while before they met Tom and Maddie, they had time to grieve and find that desire to want and accept a family again. Shadow doesn’t have that, not yet. With that being said, there isn’t really anywhere else for him to go, both the lab and the ship were destroyed.

So what if he lives in Sonic’s old home? Just until they can find somewhere better for him. It’s secluded and private but not so far away that they wouldn’t be able to go see him. Shadow doesn’t have anywhere else to go so why not. Sonic decks it out for him and even finds a picture frame for Maria’s photo.

[yanderegrizzsworld]

What about a romantic hc for Shadow with the reader who was Maria’s older sister?? I feel like they’d connect so well 🖤❤️ thankssss

Imagine: Romantic Yandere Shadow the Hedgehog where the reader is Maria's older sibling

TW/CW: Implied violence, stalking, unresolved trauma & mild spoilers for Sonic Heroes

A.N: Turned out much more angsty that I thought (Quite exciting as I've never written a full angsty fic/headcanon before!)

If his protectiveness wasn't high normally, then it undeniably skyrockets here. Losing the most important person in his life crushed any hope of fulfilling their dreams together of living on Earth & while seeing you alive & well regains some of Shadow's lost hope, it'd actuate his need to protect you from harm.

Even when on a personal mission to regain his memories & question whether he's a clone or not, his need to see you face to face & ensure not a single scratch is on you follows him. Where in any other situation this need was for someone else, Shadow would scoff in annoyance & get passive-aggressive with the individual of which he believes is "distracting him from his mission" but with you, it's not annoying, it's not burdensome, he needs to make sure what happened in the Ark with the military doesn't happen to you!

This feeling, this need to be your protector, to be the person you run to whenever you feel your safety is on the line, it practically consumes him, but not in a way where he feels he's suffering because of it, it's more so where he desires to see you smile at, what to everyone else is nothing but part of their mundane life, anything that catches your eye. Even if it feels almost suffocating, he'd much rather suffer through it for you than anyone else, others being unworthy in his eyes.

How could he ever find it burdensome? Find you burdensome? You're all he has left! Yes, it might bring up horrific memories he'd rather massacre to where not even an atom of them exist, but you also remind him of the pleasant times up in the Ark, up with Maria. Times where you three spent hours upon hours talking about everything & nothing at the same time, hours daydreaming about what you'll do if or when you get to Earth, all the sights you'll see & all the people you'll meet. He'd rather lose all his memories again than ever think of you being burdensome.

Shadow is respectful if you wish to walk about alone, yet he can't cease the fear of someone or something stronger than you or him snatching you away & so, he lurks in the shadows. Anything he considers a threat to you provokes memories to sickeningly play in his mind like a horror movie, witnessing Maria dying & screams twirling around him like broken music box, he reacts without a plan or thought.

Dragging the individual in the darkness when you're not looking, The ultimate life form would be more than glad to exhibit why he's humanity's protector, but also it's greatest danger. Usually after events like these, the recollection of the Ark always leads to him finding you, simply for comfort. He's aware, very aware how much of a danger he can & does pose to humanity, that weight & knowledge of knowing never fails to make him like he's been stabbed deeply yet bleeding internally. He wishes for the warmth of your embrace, he needs reassurance that, while aware it really isn't, Maria's demise wasn't his fault. He might've failed to save Maria, but he vows to protect you, even if it kills him as if that'll happen.

[leaflovingal]

Curious that i havent seen any ships in 40k, *especially* from the admech, that have neopronouns.

The admech in general seem like they'd be a breeding ground of genderfuckery since they're already kinda nonbinary rep in my own headcanons, given that they leave behind the biological in favor of the machine, part of that being the gender binary and gender in general.

I feel like i remember something from some book where a techpriest says something along the lines of "i use he/him pronouns to make biologicals more comfortable" but I might be remembering wrong.

Anyways yeah, surprised there arent any Xe/Xer ships or something.

Spoilers for Priests of Mars under the cut

In Priests of Mars, one of the characters (i cant remember his name) names an Ark Mechanicus the "Speranza" which is a beautiful name. Later on, he dives into the machine spirit of the Speranza, an Ark Mechanicus, and nearly gets lost in its personality. Like, it's basically canonical if not canon that machine spirit=ai of varying intelligence and ability, so this ships is *alive* in some form. I wish he had come out of the ships consciousness with new pronouns for Speranza that Speranza had told him. Would have been neat.

[eyelessjackspuppyshark]

LAUGHING JACK HEADCANONS? 👉👈

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 YES! Okay so my Laughing Jack isn’t 100% planned out due to him not being a main muse. But I have quite a few head cannons!! These may be quite messy so bare with me! :3

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ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack originated as a Angelic shapeshifter. He was made to be a “imaginary friend” to help sad and terminally children. Used to make children happy or enjoy their last moments. He was fairly weak during this period of time, feeding off the little emotions around him.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Although due to being trapped in his box for years due to Isaac leaving he began loosing his colour due to his box feeding off Isaac’s mothers negativity. And eventually watching Isaac torture people he was corrupted. LJ lost his colour turning him monochrome, and his body began only feeding off the negativity and souls that were in the house. Due to this he was corrupted and ended up turning into a demonic creature instead of an angelic creature.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack is a shapeshifter and has multiple different forms he takes. One of those forms being “Laughing Jill”, I personally headcanon them being the same person. He also will occasionally shift into child like versions of both of his forms, along with turning into animals for convenience. He’s Genderfluid!

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack doesn’t kill children. He doesn’t believe children deserve to suffer. Although he kidnaps children after killing their abusive parents. He typically takes the children and drops them off in completely different states, and sometimes different countries in hopes that they’ll have a better life. Sure it’s strange but he just wants to help children get better.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jacks box is what keeps him alive, it’s like his soul to him. He often keeps it safe with Sally whenever he’s not helping another child. He can morph it into different things as well. He turns it into a small necklace for Sally to wear, Sally also feeds off of the energy from the Box to have a physical form; so without LJs box she wouldn’t be able to touch anything. If his Box is broken he’ll die with it.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Speaking of Sally. Laughing Jack adopted her almost immediately after they met. He felt bad for her due to her situation and promised he’d help and protect her. They’ve got a Father Daughter bound.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 The inside of Laughing Jacks box is like a huge carnival! It used to be colourful but unfortunately it lost all of its colour when he was corrupted. Although LJ is a Kleptomaniac and often steals things from his victims. He also has a compulsive hoarding addiction so his carnival is a mess.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack claims to be Pansexual but in reality he isn’t really attracted to people. He often finds himself accepting dates just for convenience and too have fun. Never being fully interested in people. He’s too busy being a Dad to care about others

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack sees nearly everything in black and white, although he sees the colour red. He’s often fascinated by anything red and will gravitate towards it to check it out. Due to this Him and my OC ARK have a fairly confusing relationship. LJ with randomly touch his hair and he’ll panic.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack often doesn’t understand personal space. He finds himself leaning against people and using them as shoulder rests. Or getting in their face without realizing.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack can sense people’s emotions and will often make his body admit certain pheromones to cheer people up or to make them feel other emotions.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack has a never ending pocket that he keeps candies and small toys in. Often handing them out to the people around him. If you need a fidget toy just ask him and he’ll give you one! He often will drug the insomniacs with melatonin candies just to get them to sleep.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack is only at the mansion due to Sally enjoying it. If Sally wasn’t with him he would continue to do his own work alone.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 Laughing Jack can teleport, along with being telepathic. He knows almost everything and it’s scary.

ᯓ ᡣ𐭩 If Laughing Jack finds a love interest (although it’s very unlikely he would) he’d be obsessed with them and grow very clingy of them. He’d honestly do anything for his partner. Also he’s one loyal MF…

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[vampire-lord-garfield]

I KNOW YA'LL DON'T SHIP SEBARD BUT PLS JUST HEAR ME OUT! Imagine servants greeting Ciel and Seb post Compania ark. And Seb is just covered in human bites (weird dolls) and has a massive fuck0you wound in the middle of his torso. Like even in canon he was pretty fucked up by that scythe and i headcanon that his body can't do it's usual demon healing magic on that wound. All energy goes in keeping him alive, so his injuries heal at human speed. So when they finally arrive at the manor who else then a army veteran wound treat his wounds. (You can't tell me Seb would allow human doctor look at his weird otherworldly anatomy, especially when you can see his freaking insides...). Imagine how triggering that would be to Bard. His mind would probably be on autopilot until he was finished. And then flashbacks to both war and his family dying. And like he thought of Sebastian as a "superhuman", a constant. Seeing him injured and in need of HIS help is verging on uncanny valley... (Also he saw this dude literally eat bullets. It would be kinda scary to think what was at sea that would fuck up Seb so badly... With human teeth no less.). --- Seb probably hasn't been so close to his own mortality in a long time so the whole experience doesn't sit right with him either... But even more weird is SOMEONE ELSE worrying ABOUT HIM. I like to think that he would be absolutely shit at comforting someone distressed about his wellbeing. Like his whole experience with that is comforting a bratty 12 years old and dealing with Ciel's nightmares. And here is a grown ass man with PTSD. He is so uniquely unprepared to deal with it. He tries his best, which is absolute worst, until Bard just asks him to shut up. And like he is probably not in a right mind either. He failed, he lost the fight, he got injured and then they basically run. And the whole "possibility of dying thing" is not a concept an immortals creature really thought about. He asks Bard to sleep at his room. Totally for Bard's sake. Not because of the latest events or because most demons don't like sleeping alone. Cause in hell that would just make you an easy target to others.

[beevean]

It intrigues me that some of the most interestingly baffling takes I see about characterisations are on Gerald of all people. There seem quite a few takes here that he was irrevocably evil, rotten to the core, cackling manically as he hurt and damaged the being he'd brought into the world with no regard for Shadow's wellbeing, and so on and so forth. And that is barely putting it as graphically as the statements about all the "torture" "Shadow" "faced" on the ARK I have read before.

But to me, Gerald seems so incredibly heavily driven by love instead? He originally did not even want to create the Ultimate Lifeform, as he deemed it something humanity should not muddle with, but his love for Maria and desperation to save her life made him accept this burden. He very explicitly calls Shadow his son, tells him he's made a mistake with accepting Black Doom's help, and worked to ensure humanity had a defence against the Black Arms. He gave Emerl and Shadow a soul like Maria's, so that these weapons of mass destruction would never fight and only use their powers selflessly. In Battle, Rouge could not spell out more to the nose that he was researching ways to bring hope and happiness to people (similarly discussed by Shadow and Maria in SA2), but forced by those in power to use his creations for war instead. When Gerald goes insane, he himself talks about the fright it gave him, that he can only think about revenge. With the added complete lack of indication Shadow was ever mistreated in any way on the ARK, the idea of Gerald as some conniving bastard gleefully causing Shadow suffering (or even just somberly causing him suffering In The Name Of Science) holds no more water at all to me. He is not at all a flawless person, but until the point he learned he lost Maria, all his concerns were centered around the happiness of the world instead. And personally, I find the idea of a person driven by love to go insane because that love caused him to lose his most important person, which only then makes him hurt his other creation he earlier regarded as a son, a lot more interesting than someone who simply always was evil and disdainful of said creation and just regarded him as a tool to help someone else. Shadow was more to Gerald that just that, of that I am certain.

I'm very glad I did not encounter a single instance of what you saw :) but I don't doubt that some fans really headcanon Gerald as being cruel. After all, apparently some are going around painting Sonic & co. as monsters for not playing therapist for Neo Metal Sonic...

It makes sense. If a fan really wants to imagine that Shadow suffered like hell on the ARK, it goes without saying that in this interpretation Gerald was a bastard who didn't care about his creation.

Anyway, it is inconceivable to me to play SA2 or ShTH (not even including Battle as at this point I think only 5% of the current fandom even remembers it) and come away with the conclusion that Gerald didn't adore Maria and Shadow. But, well. I may have answered my own question :P

@skaruresonic did you see anything resembling this?

[alvie-pines]

Not sure if you still want headcanons or ideas for OpBee (and sorry about your father) but here are some stuff I guess?:

Let's assume those are like mix of continuities

•Since Bee is in special forces and well a spy I feel like he would be very good at hiding his emotions, at least more better then what people give him credit for. OP is also very good at it but he also has his tells that Bee probably noticed over the centuries. Probably like his movement of his OP dials or mini expressions around his eyes like when they widen in surprise or crease in amusement or worry.

• I feel like Bee would rather scrub the whole ark with human toothbrush rather then confess, like at all. He is good bad at hiding his emotions about Optimus and he feels comfortable he yearns to be in this limbo of not knowing. He tends to fall fast and usually it ends up in heartbreak or painful rejection and hey we speaking of Optimus prime here.

•Optimus would fall slower but harder. He is used to not showing his true feelings so maybe he mistakes the slowly growing romantic affection for something else? Depends if we wanna ANGSTY route or fun route so inma go for ambiguous one.

•The first time Bee gets injured (like extended med stay injured) under Optimus command, he thinks he made a mistake allowing Bee out in the battle BC (insert angsty reason) untill he finds out the only reason bee was injured was because his cover was blown as he rescued a comrade from certain doom.

•From that a lot of feelings started to grow, constant worry over Bee health in particular which makes Optimus feel guilty BC he has a whole army to think about, not just Bee. But there is also pride whenever Bee manages to accomplish something great like obtaining crucial information or managing to twart decepticon plans. There is also frustration whenever Bee gets Infront of unnecessary danger like taking a shot for him that he could have easily take on.

•Different love languages!!! I feel like whilst Optimus love language would be acts of service Bee would be verbal. Optimus can't just act like he blatantly favorites Bee so he finds different ways to show his love like spending his short free time with bee or even doing paperwork in the same room. Leaving small gifts that Bee offhandedly mentioned or doing what he can to make Bee happy.

Bee on the other hand would find words be just a tad more meaningful. For me it's like, he is a spy he needs to be showed he is loved through action but he feels that if he tried reciprocate it would came as less genuine. So he speaks and speaks and finds words to say Optimus about what he loves how he loves. He lets himself be himself in those moments.

If he looses his voice around this time it would be even more devastating as he lost his main way to show love. Sure he can give gifts and show his love in different ways but his main way was taken away from him. He still grieves it.

•They probably share quality time as shared loved language.

I'm not sure about character limit in asks so inma end it here and hope those helps in any way!!! I'm more then happy to send some more :D

sorry for spelling mistakes I tried to catch them but screen be blurry dbdhdh

-@);-- R anon

thank you so much!! its good to keep my mind off my family situation right now. and i loooove all these headcanons.

i love bee and optimus slowly learning to read each other better than most of their peers... slowly picking up on each others feelings.

i also think bee could really easily view himself as "not worthy" because, i mean, its a prime. he might view his crush on op as something that would be insulting or even blasphemous if optimus were to find out.

meanwhile, optimus thinks his feelings are wrong because of the power he holds as a prime--he thinks that if he confesses, bee will say yes just to please him. so he keeps those feelings very close to his spark. he also probably worries about responsibility and impartiality as a commanding officer. (irl, in the military, your commanding officer often cannot be your partner due to the bias it can cause in decision-making)

such good angst ideas in here, i am eating it up.

[huanted-dennys]

Hi!! I just wanted to say that I am obsessed with your Bluestreak x Sunstreaker art!! It is amazing! And I am so happy to have found a fellow Bluestreak x Sunstreaker shipper! I'd love to hear any headcaonons you have about the two of them??

AAAAANDNFBFNF THANK YOU

And tell me about m8 i can’t find many other sunny and blue shippers it’s a true tragedy UnU

maybe after i answer this i’ll post a comic of them i never finished cause there really isn’t enough fan works of them seriously :0

If u have any headcanons yourself btw i’d love to hear them

(my headcanons beneath the cut)  i warn u i’m very bad at articulating my thoughts so this is gonna be messy

- I love the differences in writing between blue and sunstreaker, how blue is talkative and energetic but can be seen as too much, while sunny is very reserved, and creative but incredibly cocky

- sunstreaker being more quiet and blue being more talkative complement each other so so well. blue doesn’t have to be scared he’s gonna overwhelm sunny (and if he does he trusts sunny to tell him) and sunny isn’t shooed aside in conversations because he only talks when he feels what is he says is important.

- 100% believe tho in terms of couples they would be the most obnoxiously in ur face couple on the ark, pda all the way baby. sunstreaker wouldn’t really give a shit what people think and bluestreak is really just vibing and happy to be around him

u name it, hugs, cuddling, little pecks throughout the day, u cannot get away from the pda.

- Sunstreaker got a shovel talk from prowl and smokescreen (mostly prowl and jazz made fun of him afterwards for being so protective)

bluestreak did not, however, get one from sideswipe because it is constantly implied to everyone that if one twin is picked on the other is right around the corner ready to start throwing elbows

- sideswipe and smokescreen were definitely on the side making bets on if they would get together

smokescreen lost a lot of money

- sunstreaker taught bluestreak how to defend himself in close hand to hand combat and in turn bluestreak showed sunstreaker how to locate snipers and avoid there line of sight

- bluestreak doesn’t paint but loves sunstreakers art he thinks he’s super talented and has art sunstreaker gives on display in his habsuite

- before only sideswipe was allowed to call sunstreaker nicknames (sunny, sunshine) in private

even tho that never stopped sides from embrassing sunstreaker in front of all their peers

but bluestreak is allowed to use ‘sunny’ in public. sideswipe thinks it’s hilarious 

not ship related ig?

- bluestreak isn’t actually related to prowl and smokey but they adopted him as a younger brother and jazz as kind of a brother in-law

-bluestreak had a family before the fall of praxus but lost them all in the bombing

-sunstreaker and sideswipe grew up near and working in the gladiator pits

- sunstreaker stopped painting for a long time after they joined the war and sideswipe tried to encourage his brother but it wasn’t until they landed on earth that he started again

sorry if this was long and poorly written I have to work midnight shift tonight and i’m very eepy

if anyone has any headcanons throw em at me >:}

[monitorchakas]

Oddly specific Halo headcanon time.

Let me know what you think.

1. The composed staff from Ivanoff station were also among the humans who ended up in the Domain in Epitaph. Perhaps even Dr Tillson. In time.

2. Isabel recovered EVERYTHING from the UNSCs Ark research project and gave it to the Spirit of Fire’s crew. As well as Curator’s testimony AND his copy of Spark’s Rubicon testimony.

3. The Last Haruspis made sure that among the composed humans in the domain, any and all children among them would find their parents. “Don’t be afraid, children. Haruspis was just as lost as you when we arrived here.”

4. The crew of the Eden planted the precursor seeds on a planet outside of Path Kethona. Halfway between it and the nearest galaxy. Before leaving, Keeper of Tools spent a whole day making sure the plants were in the optimal places to thrive.

5. Little Bit takes the form of a yellow diamond.

6. Spark left individual farewell messages for Ram, Niko and Lessa in the Ace of Spades computer. To play when the crew reunites. As well as all the stuff they’d need. “Did you really think I’d leave without a proper farewell.” As well as a farewell message for the crew as a whole.

7. The UNSC is considering releasing the details of the Spirit of Fire’s engagement at Etran Harborage and its present status.

8. Before the librarian died, she taunted the Gravemind (and by extension the Primordial) with a final message “You know nothing of the resilience of Living Time. And of Life’s capacity to endure and survive. And your children have already guaranteed that much. This will be your downfall.”

9. The Banished regarded Jul ‘Mdama’s covenant faction as a pathetic joke.

10. Adjutant Resolution has become the primary monitor of Installation 07. “I was rather fond of Despondent Pyre. A shame. Still. We have a lot of work to be doing now.”

11. Bornstellar’s son may or may not have taken the Audacity to explore the galaxy when he became an adult.

What do you think?

1-4 : love these headcanons

5 : love it, he was probably originally a monitor iirc

6 : he better have!!! I was so heartbroken when he left. I understand why he did but, like Rion, I selfishly wanted him to stay with the ace of spades. Their interactions were e v e r y t h i n g to me

7: sure would be great for Rion

8 - 9 : yes, love it

10 : Veridity could work too! I like her more that Adjuntant Resolution

11 : I just want Spark to find out that Bornstellar gave his straw hat (chakas and riser made) to his son like I think that would be insane good

[obuoliukai]

Were your Durge/Tavs inspired by characters from other movies/shows/literature?

I got tagged by the wonderful @adorablebanite 🍎🖤 (I was so happy to learn more about Lilla and thank you so much for showing interest in mine character!!)

I never really posted much about my Durge Mercy because I really wanted to make some cool art (which would mean I need to get better at drawing haha) so I kept procrastinating.

To put it simply - my headcanon is that she's basically two different people. But not at the same time might I add.

Before the evens of the game while she still had her memory she was a Bhaalist and a snobbish sorceress. She was talented and smart but incredibly anti-social and spent most of her time alone reading or doing some research. She believed that other people are beneath her and are not worth her time. But at the same time she wasn't as evil as you might think. I always imaged her having True Neural alignment.

"True Neutral can be a dangerous alignment when it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction." (taken from here)

So I really like her ominous and cold demeanor, being apathetic about most things in life and having big "leave me alone" energy. And I especially like that "lack of conviction" fits her very well. Basically she has no strong faiths, beliefs or morals and although she was a Bhaalist she never really gave too many fucks about it (she did not join the cult willingly but at some point just stopped caring).

Rustin Cohle (True Detective) and Death (Supernatural)

Now when you start the game, she wakes up with no memories and additionally my headcanon is that she lost the ability to use magic as well. And I gave it a good think. If a person would wake up with no special abilities and no memory, what class would they be? Obviously, Sorcerer and Wizard are out; you don't immediately start worshiping a god so Clerics are out (and remember she's now much of a believer because of her lack of conviction); you don't immediately sell your soul to the devil so Warlock is out and so on. Until I was left with Barbarian.

So after she woke up on the Nautiloid she picked up a sword and just started swinging it chaotically hoping she would hit someone (a Fighter doesn't fit because she had no training and Paladin doesn't work because she certainly not gonna swear an oath). And Barbarian class also works with her repressed anger issues after so many years of living in apathy.

She then met some people that completely changed her life. She became willing to help someone because it's the right thing to do. Once she began caring about others, it became clear that she would do anything to protect them. I would say her alignment changed to Neutral Good because she had that "I'm not a hero I'm just a person trying to do good" mentality. Which means she didn't think she was a good person but she just chose to do good things. While she cannot control her urges, she tries her best to control her actions. Her way of achieving things is usually morally good but not necessarily lawful.

"Neutral Good characters value life and freedom above all else, and despise those who would deprive others of them. They sometimes find themselves forced to work beyond the law, yet for the law, and the greater good of the people." (once again, taken from here)

She's ready to take down gods because they abused their power and played with mortals. She's intelligent and bold enough to pull out some crazy stunts in order to protect loved ones. And she's not afraid to sacrifice herself while doing so.

Ahsoka Tano (Clone Wars) and Sirius Black (Harry Potter)

Thank you so much for reading! 🍎🍎🍎

One small note: I couldn't figure out a second character for my Redemption Ark Durge so I asked my boyfriend what character he would recommend. And he said Shrek as a joke but it kind of fits. And now I can't stop thinking about it. Like how at the start all he wanted was to be left alone but then he made a few friends, found love and became a better person. How he's not a typical hero you would imagine same as Mercy and oh my god-

My Durge is basically Shrek

[demegod-dess]

Some of my silly Sonic worldbuilding headcanons yippee 👍

(For clarification I refer to the animal characters as mobians even though that's like technically not canon anymore I think lol)

•Common headcanon, but showing hands (and feet but esp hands) is a big deal to mobians. They only show their hands/feet to family, extremely close friends, and romantic relationships.

•^Showing hands in any kind of relationship other than biological family is a particularly important emotional base to get to and shows deep trust

•^It used to be abnormal to show any hand at all, but now it’s mostly just the palm area (basically fingerless gloves are fine, for feet sandals are probably okay now but they’d need to stay well on the heel if that makes sense)

•^This was weird in the 50s/60s so if Shadow sees someone with fingerless gloves he’s briefly scandalized like a victorian man seeing a miniskirt lmao (ik he was raised on the ARK anyways but I hc he would’ve read and been taught about it probably)

•^Also idk about this one but maybe mobians started covering their hands in an effort to be closer to normal humans, so that’s why showing their actual hands became a sign of closeness/trust?

•Mobians are basically humans that mutated a long time ago because of radiation/pollution/chemicals/fallout/etc or something (kinda sorta similar to how in Archie they came from like,, a gene bomb making animals evolve really fast and humans devolve?? But instead it’s that whatever it was caused some humans to mutate to be similar to animals from around where they live or smth???)

•^Idk whether or not I think mobians (and humans) are aware that that's where they came from, probably not though I feel like it got lost to time kinda?? Maybe the first mutations also caused memory loss so no one remembered

•^There are also middle grounds between humans and mobians, like that’s what the catgirl and people with pointy ears from the OVA were

•A lot of mobians just started using “the ______” as their surnames, similarly to how human surnames came from occupations

•^Once mobians were more integrated into human society the system for their names in like IDs and stuff didn’t change, so “the” became an actual common middle name and “(animal)” an actual last name. So basically Sonic’s middle name, as well as most characters, is genuinely The

•^Some mobians either always or gradually started to use more human-like surnames

•^These surnames were usually things from nature (ex. Rose, Acorn, etc.) because that's just important to a lot of mobians

(also daily click reminder as usual: https://arab.org/)

[aphrodites-law]

All my fics and their tags

A Bit of Clarity / f: a bit of clarity 

The visions had started last autumn, a year ago now. It had caused a bit of chaos for some, a bit of clarity for others. Two days ago, Clarke Griffin had been perfectly fine managing both her café and her stress. But now she was curious - so deeply curious about the vision of herself entwined with the aloof Lexa Woods that it was leading her to complete distraction.

Before you see the truth / f: before / Completed

Detective Clarke Griffin is hellbent on stopping the Commander from further poisoning their corrupt city, but Clarke's girlfriend has a secret of her own.

Colors That Devastate / f: colors / Completed

Lexa is a private investigator hired to trail and befriend her client’s girlfriend, Clarke. But separating business from pleasure might be more difficult than anticipated.

Curious / f: curious / Completed

"You will never be her," Clarke snarls. "You can wear her face and you can speak in her voice, but you will never, ever come close. So don't you dare try, do you hear me?" And with Lexa's nod, Clarke cups the back of her neck and kisses her roughly.

Everything is the same as it was / f: as it was 

Evidently, whatever force had made seven billion people vanish had forgotten to take her. After months of aimless driving, Clarke was certain she was alone in this world. Being held at gunpoint by an angry farmer wasn’t really how she’d wished to be proven wrong.

Gold, Red / f: gold/red / Completed

Lexa has a hobby. Clarke has the target.

Note: Inspired by Dexter. Graphic smut, graphic descriptions of murder and childhood trauma. 

My Favorite / f: my favorite / Completed

Clarke has a mark. Lexa lost hers years ago.

Note: AU with soulmate-identifying marks. Clarke is mute. 

Our Galaxy / f: our galaxy 

Clarke saves her mother’s life by accepting the original terms of the contract Abby once made with a magical being: to give away her first-born. Years later, Clarke is pregnant from a one night-stand and the magical being in charge of her case, Lexa, comes to oversee the pregnancy. To Lexa’s dismay, she finds that hell hath no fury like a pregnant Clarke scorned…

Note: Inspired by the many "witch makes a deal for your firstborn but ends up falling in love with you" prompts.

Quietude / f: quietude / Completed

1854, New Hampshire. Clarke is on her deathbed when a strange doctor pays her a visit.

Note: Vampire AU.

Seven / f: seven 

Clarke, a witch, makes Seven Deadly Sins edibles for her best friend’s bachelorette party. When Lexa, her human partner, mistakenly eats them, she becomes infected with a capital sin each day of the following week. Clarke desperately tries to contain Lexa’s chaos, but not even magic can solve this mess.

The AU of the AU is f: seven alt, where Lexa is a witch too.

The Lost Queen / f: the lost queen / Completed

Queen Clarke is forced to flee into the woods after a coup dethrones her. When she comes out on the other side, four hundred years have passed without her aging a day. For two years she adapts as best as she can to the modern world, but everything changes when she wanders into a museum exhibit on herself and meets the tour guide infatuated with the Lost Queen.

The Night Of / f: the night of / Completed

To save her family’s home, Clarke has agreed to marry the achingly dull Finn Collins. Before his arrival, she attends the Royal Masked Ball for one last night of frivolity.

TUMBLR FICS, FICLETS AND PROMPTS

These are usually non-linear and feature detailed headcanons rather than a proper narrative. Ideas with multiple “chapters” are linked at the bottom of each post. 

America

London, early 1910s. Secret lovers Clarke and Lexa try to escape to America.

Ark Island

Commander Lexa gets visited by an islander after winning a war.

Break-Up

Clarke got dumped, but she hasn’t said the last word.

Clarke in the future / f: citf 

Clarke wakes up eight years in the future, where her college best friend happens to be her girlfriend.

The AU of the AU: Lexa in the future / f: litf

The old version of this concept, a body swap based on The Family Man. Businesswoman Lexa lands in a parallel universe where she’s got a wife, kid and works in public service. Her counterpart lands in her world… which is lonely and miserable. tag: bsau

Note: Lexa used to be a cop, but yuck, so I changed it.

Clarke the Grumpy Bee

Domestic shenanigans. 

Flame / f: flame

After a string of romantic disappointments, Clarke signs up to Flame, an atypical escort service meant to rekindle her faith in romance. She’s matched with Lexa, whose speciality is domestic scenarios. 

Soldier / f: soldier

Lexa is robbed of her life and turned into a lethal weapon for the city’s most powerful mafia. Her ex-girlfriend, Clarke, will stop at nothing to remind Lexa of who she used to be. Some graphic descriptions of injuries/pain. Deals with addiction.

Swan Princesses 

A neighboring King and Queen have their kids meet every summer hoping they’ll fall in love. Instead, they can’t stand each other. 

The Clarke Show 

Based on The Truman Show. 

The Keeper of the Forest / f: the keeper

Clarke is hired to kill the Keeper of the Forest, but first she must teach her love. 

The alternate concept, where Lexa and Clarke used to know each other. tag: koft

Your Secret / f: your secret

Clarke and Lexa have an office affair meant to be strictly casual. Of course, nothing is that easy. 

[mama-qwerty]

I seem to remember you mentioning in a post somewhere that you were planning on having Callie adopt Shadow as well. Is that still happening or am I completely making it up and you never said that?

Good memory!

So yeeeaaaah, here's the thing about that.

When I first created Callie, her backstory was a lot different. I changed it about a week before I wrote the most current chapter of Fall of the Status Quo.

Originally, Callie was Maria.

I've got something on here explaining my headcanon for their story, and bits of writing of Maria meeting Shadow and interacting with him and everything, and I have a story in mind that goes through everything she and Shadow went through on the Ark. Whether I actually get it written is in the air.

She eventually gets fed up with how they're treating the boy and tries to get him out of there. Things go to shit, she's shot, and Shadow's hauled away. A few soldiers loyal to Gerald get her out of there, patched up, and she changes her name to avoid being found by General Towers, the dude in charge of the Ark. She's told the whole site was scrubbed, meaning everything involved in it was destroyed--Shadow included.

She lost her boy, and was so hurt by everything she never wanted to get close to anyone else.

Why'd I change it?

Because it would have weakened Shadow's motivation. Finding out that the one person he loved most and thought was dead is alive--whew, good thing he didn't have to go through any personal struggles or layers of grief!--would have taken everything that is Shadow and tossed it aside.

And I finally realized that Callie being Maria was actually kinda dumb.

So I nixed it. I think Cal's backstory works better for her, and it makes her a person in her own right and not just someone that people should care about because she was Actually Someone Important all along!

Will I bring Shadow in? That's up in the air. I need to know how to handle him, and right now I don't. Maybe when the 3rd movie comes out I'll have ideas for him, but right now, I don't have his personality fleshed out well enough to warrant bringing him in. And I have a hard enough time with my current multi-chapter fics, I'd need to have a whole new one to bring in Shads, which I don't have the energy for right now.

If he does show up, I figure he and Cal can bond over losing someone they should have protected, and failed to do so. The one person they each loved and would have given their lives for is gone, all while protecting them.

[myxinidaes]

Trigun Fic Recs!

There are so many amazing fics in this fandom, I thought I would round up a few of my favorite completed fics (mostly for my own sake since I don't bookmark as often as I should, but also I would love to see some of these get more attention) Some Vashwood, some gen. If you check any of these out, please remember to give the authors some love with kudos or comments <3

man's best friend, et cetera by unsungillumination. 3.8k. Long after the events of trimax, Vash finds a dog that reminds him of a dearly missed companion. Offscreen/non-established Vashwood and rated G. I'm so enchanted by this fic and the way that the author portrays grief in the face of the mundane and just. it's such a good fic, yall

YOU ARE HERE; or, How to Get Lost in the Desert Without Really Dying by fathomfive. Wherein Vash and Livio find a de-aged Wolfwood after the events of Volume 10. Gen, rated T, and 15k, this fic absolutely nails the razor-edged absurdity between the edges of seeing the man you killed/buried/have only just begun grieving come back as a child who doesn't know what you did to him and the looming despair of the Ark. And, in the background, Vash is quietly losing his mind the entire time. It is. So well done, yall. So many gut-punches, and every character is perfectly portrayed. (All of fathomfive's trigun fics are top-notch!)

Tomorrows and Thereafter by KingfisherPrince. Vashwood, rated T and 9.3k words long. Vash communicates with his sisters in his dreams, and Wolfwood accidentally intrudes. There's some really fun examination of Plant communication and Vash and Wolfwood's dynamics. Also, a not-so-nebulous future.

still my guitar gently weeps by faugan. Background Vashwood, rated T and 4.6k. A melancholic fic featuring a ghost town and a guitar. It slots in very well with early stampede!!

Neck in a Noose (Kick the Chair, Hang Loose) by neatrogenous. Vashwood, rated E, 3.8k. Despite the title sounding ominous as hell, this fic is mostly just pining while fucking and Vashwood having a great time laughing at each other. It's massively cute. The goofy smutfic the fandom deserves.

Never Understood a Single Word He Said by aboxthecolorofheartache. Gen, rated T, 9.5k. Vash takes Meryl and Wolfwood to a hidden location near and dear to his heart. A oneshot about greenery in the desert, featuring a top-notch Vash characterization that's offbeat and lonely and very, very old.

these hands stained red (a thousand bodies piled up) by littleghost. Rated M, Vashwood, 12k. Mind the tags! An absolutely devastating fic about Wolfwood, a deal, and how far he'll go for Vash. It's so good! I'm scared to reread it!!

something to hold onto by VerboseDescription. Rated T, gen, 40k. In which a post-trimax Livio, Razlo, and Chronica face the future. A little bit about grief, a little bit about mourning, and entirely captivating.

and we're gonna sing it again by procrastinatingbookworm. Rated T, 5k, past vashwood. Based off of shelternmberone's Ghostwood AU. Wolfwood dies on the couch in Trigun Maximum, and finds himself haunting the narrative of Trigun Stampede. About second chances and self loathing and maybe loving yourself a bit despite it all.

as above, so below by chuchisushi. T, 2.4k, Vashwood. In which Vash gets drunk and has A Time. I'm absolutely obsessed with the plant headcanons in here!!! I'll never not be overcome with emotion about Vash and his sisters.