#minus them being a human of course LMAO

[canid-carnival]

I don’t consider myself fictionkin, but Chara from undertale is remarkably comforting to me. Idk. I made a thing about it on my main but am too lazy to reblog it here. Anyways here is me in place of Chara with some echo flowers

[orcelito]

so yea i finished watching tristamp. absolutely bewitched by the animation. but also wanting MORE... and so . i am planning on watching the original anime. at some point soon.

sometimes joining the bandwagon of what's currently popular is fun if it coincides with my preexisting interests lol

[raconteur-wanpi]

One Piece 1131

It's finally here after the 2 week break!

I'm glad we begin right where we left off, with Luffy and Loki finally having a proper interaction! This instantly made me laugh, Luffy is a certified yapper. His true power really is responding to the most serious and broody of intimidating figures with his silly guy ADHD and making fools out of these try-hards by annoying them. He really is a walking cartoon! I just knew in my heart, turning the page, Loki would cut him off by telling him to shut-up already. This is a classic bit and I live for it.

This also instantly kinda makes Loki more fun of a character to me lmao. Being presented with a scary guy only to immediately kinda make fun of him is Oda's expertise. Nobody is immune to being laughed at a bit, and it does instantly make Loki more charming.

He soon confirms what fans have been theorizing since Water 7; that the Yggdrasil-style-tree that encompasses Elbaf is the Treasure Tree Adam! Nice to finally know for sure, it'll be interesting for the Sunny in a sense to have returned to its "birthplace".

Also interesting how he introduces himself as the "pride of Elbaf's strength" when in the last chapter we learn of him as the "shame of Elbaf". Is it his own ego? Trying to twist the way his people see him? Is this him being a liar similar to Usopp, exaggerating who he is? Or is it his own delusions? It's an interesting contrast, I wonder what the language used here is in the original Japanese.

Loki is also, well... extremely Luffy-like in some ways actually. Being introduced as a "sun god", getting new people's names wrong, and as we'll see later, befriending wild beastly animals... This is an extremely interesting parallel. It seems to me they're already sides of the same coin, and I am soooo intrigued by it going forward.

It seems Loki has really met his match, and I doubt he expected someone like that to show up. Luffy responds to the beasts with nostalgia instead of fear, I wonder how that make the "accursed prince" feel...

Interestingly enough, Loki seems to have a sort of cult or following of human-sized people dedicated to him! They call him master and listen to his commands... maybe they're people who really see him as the Sun God?

Luffy immediately tames the beasts, like he did back during the timeskip! Of course, once he hears Loki insulting Shanks, his good mood seems to go away.

Loki also pulls a "I'm just joking bro, I'm just a silly guy c'moooon, you wouldn't punch a guy tied to a tree would ya? A birthday boy?" when he realized Luffy is actually pretty powerful. Good 'ol Schrodinger's douchebag. He does showcase a lot of duality, acting all mighty and smug towards "puny humans", but then his facade breaks a few times, he twists his reputation and claims he's just joking etc, it does fit the idea of a "trickster" a lot, considering his mythological basis. I'm still struggling to grasp his true personality and goals, and while he does speak the way you'd a expect a villain would... he kind of doesn't feel like he's going to be the main obstacle of the arc to me, and I can't truly explain why.

He also, interestingly, seems to have a negative bounty!? If I read that right, at least. Perhaps the government's way of saying "we don't want him, if you bring him in YOU'LL have to pay us to deal with him" or something??? We'll see if it's indeed a minus or not, it is described as a "special bounty".

Back to the Strawhats on the bridge, Gerd, Goldberg and Rodo seem to be rushing out with the Sunny as fast as possible. I'm assuming they're trying to get to where Harjudin is and explain the situation to him, considering that the ship belongs to their crew's grand fleet commanders. These two are probably mad as hell at Rodo lol. I can't tell if they're chasing him angrily here or what, haha.

Despite Usopp's insistence (and him being correct as always) the group still decides to run away from these giants. Oh Usopp, if only they listened to you, this debacle would be over much quicker. As per usual.

Speaking of Harjudin (and the one missing member of his crew, Stansen), here they are! They're in the same area actually, going for a hunt so they can prepare a feast for the Strawhats! That's kinda sweet, I wonder how the reunion of all separated groups so far will happen.

I wonder if it'll end up going to disaster because of Luffy accidentally freeing Loki or something. Loki did try to convince Luffy to find the key to his seastone chains earlier, but Luffy seemed to kinda ignore him. I wonder if Luffy will end up actually being manipulated, especially after Loki insulted Shanks and pissed him off. Then again, Luffy not only forgives easily, but he is also convinced easily, so who knows!

Back to the giants' ship...... oooooh my god. I think I almost cried. My heart expanded in size seeing this alone, you have no idea how happy I am. She's back. Our girl cut her hair so Saul will recognize her....shut up. Shut UP. That's so sweet, I think I am going to explode. Welcome back bangs Robin I missed you so much. This better be permanent!!!

In which Franky is literally me. I knew it before they confirmed it, it really is about meeting Saul........ I'm going to explode.

But uuuh, bad news. Saul might.... not be in good health? Did he get injured? What does this mean. I swear to god, if something happens to him before Robin gets to see him......... Please god tell me this is going to just be a bit or something, oh god. Ending the chapter here, huh? Straight up evil!!!!

Anyway, I am soooo looking forward the next chapter. I am still... on the fence about Loki being the main Bad Guy. He clearly thinks of himself as a grand destructive force, yes, and looks down upon "puny humans" and the such, sure, and even contemplates about killing Luffy after he is freed if need be, but... I'm just so suspicious of the way he's introduced. Maybe he'll be more of a morally gray anti-hero, or a temporary antagonist. Maybe I'm wrong and he'll indeed be the next pure-evil Doflamingo type threat. But maybe he could even be a "redeemable" Bellamy type character instead. I have no clue, it's way too early to tell. But just seeing the way Luffy just kinda chills with him in some of the panels in this chapter.... I'm kinda hoping it's the latter, they have a charming dynamic. They're already so similar, surely there's more to Loki's story.

After all, this is the guy that was infatuated with a lovable character we know dearly as the audience, Lola, to the point of denying to marry her identical sister. That tells me there's more to this guy than meets the eye. Am I reading too much into it? I could be completely off the mark, but we'll see!

[twistedwonderlandsimps]

I've already actually had ideas similar to this but I've never really gotten around to writing it but!

Yuu AU where Yuu comes from a high-fantasy world. All kinds of creatures, whether mythological or not, exist in Yuu's world and aren't limited to humans. Additionally, humans aren't powerless because some of them actually have superhuman abilities and even magic. Kind of like the world building in 'I'm Not This Kind Of Hero' (check it out, it's a classic and makes me feel old) or Medusa and Futakuchi-san by Makise Shaun. Also, now that I think about it, it’s similar to Monster High but the atmosphere’s different. Monster High’s more on the creepy-cool theme while this one’s a more wider and diverse side. Same concept, different font.

Human, elves, dragons, dwarves, nymphs, slimes, fairies, humanoid, non-humanoid, whatever species it is, exists back in Yuu's world. Imagine Yuu belonging to one of these species.

Yuu as a giant merperson like Shirahoshi from One Piece. Of course they aren't in their  true form when they arrive because they won't be able to fit in the Mirror Chambers otherwise. Yuu definitely has the advantage when the Octavinelle arc comes up because they just steamroll past through the twins with a flick of their tail, lmao.

Yuu as a harpy. If they're the type that can lay eggs, imagine having to explain to Deuce that no, the egg they laid wasn't fertilized so it wasn't going to turn into a baby, calm down. Oooo, now that I think about it, variations of harpies! Owls, crows, eagles, everything! Regardless, Harpy!Yuu probably puffs up threateningly every time Crowley's somewhere in the vicinity.

Yuu as a dragonkin. Are they the Western type with the more lizard features? Are they the Eastern type with the more noodle-like features? Are they able to completely turn human or are they the type who constantly has their draconic features out? Probably either sees Malleus as a threat because of territorial and hoarding instincts or tries to hoard Malleus themselves because kin instincts. Well, depending on the type of dragon Yuu's gonna be, that is. Some dragons are solo creatures while others are more social.

Yuu as a slime. Whether they're more humanoid or just a round ball of goo, this Yuu's just vibing. Virtually zero damage can be done to them since they always just reform unless they're met with their weakness. Of course, this also depends on what kind of slime Yuu's gonna be since there's like a ton of slime variants out there. Some are infused elementally, some are infused with something else like metal, poison, acid, whatever. Oooo, just imagine a tiny ball of blob that can fit on the palm of your hand. This Yuu would probably be used as a stress ball a lot, that is if Yuu allowed it. Imagine a Yuu slime variant that doesn’t speak but instead wiggles to communicate. 

Yuu as a shadow creature. Which when faced off against the overblots just utterly decimates them immediately because not only are they a creature of the shadows, they are the shadows themselves. Kind of like Pride from Fullmetal Alchemist minus the eyes. Just imagine seeing your housewarden overblot and having this ink creature menacingly looming behind them and then see an even bigger creature appear and loom behind them. 

Yuu as an android, kinda like Ortho. I feel like this Yuu is the type to give Ortho a gun and be like, “Go, commit crimes, child.” This Yuu is probably a walking, talking military-grade bioweapon. Was definitely a big headache for Idia in STYX because Yuu hacked and overrode the systems.

Yuu as an arachne (spider-human hybrid). They just arrived and someone in the Mirror Chambar already fainted, frothing at the mouth (It was totally Jamil). They get Ramshackle and was like, ‘Score!’ and now it’s full of spiderwebs everywhere. It looks even more haunted than before, they’ve made themselves completely home. I don’t know why but I imagine this Yuu being the cheerful and energetic type.

Of course, let’s not forget the possibilities for the human variants of Yuu. Mad scientist Yuu who likes creating androids and robots. Probably has these tiny drone things hovering around them that shoot out lasers and practically doesn’t step outside Ramshackle because they’re too busy trying to build stuff until Crowley forces them out. Magic user Yuu who, well, uses magic. Probably doesn’t need any wand to cast spells and their magic is probably more versatile than the magic in Twisted Wonderland because they virtually have no limits in casting whatever aside from their limited mana.

Anyway, High Fantasy!Yuu.

[nebula-chao-agere]

Regressuary 2025: Day 7

(Followed the prompt minus a few steps. First step he regresses around his caregiver? How about, first time he regresses EVER.

!!Pull-up/Diaper/Accident mention!!

Also, jumping right in to around the end of the anime. HUGE spoilers if you haven't watched it.

Also also, just really heavy themes in general, I decided to recycle part of an old fic I was working on that I scrapped because it turned kinda vent-y. I apologize if it's an uncomfortable read. Sometimes regressing really is just crying over something you can't ever replace or fix... Apologies it's not really my best work,, Only a week in and Regressuary is kicking my ass lmao)

Hiding Place

It was roughly 2 in the morning... Vanitas hadn't slept a wink. Of course, Noe slept soundly. Granted it took longer for him to fall asleep, but he always slept like a log. Vanitas however couldn't do anything but lay there, staring at the wall, refusing to move, shaking in his bed. The raven hared boy wouldn't even move, eyes wide as he stared, rethinking everything that had happened in just the last few days, weeks, months... How he'd tried to kill Noe. How he had come oh so close, and was for some reason, filled with guilt over the whole thing. How he'd pathetically collapsed against him like he was allowed such a safe haven. How he'd cried against the vampire's chest, looking so ridiculously vulnerable in a moment where others needed him... He'd just collapsed on him and cried like a babe. Why had he done that? Why on Earth did he do any of that?

He felt himself tearing up yet again! NONONO! He fisted at his eyes immediately as if doing so would cause him to stop crying. He didn't deserve such a release! Hurting Noe! His little brother! Everything that had happened... Old memories resurfaced, ones he didn't even remember before the last few weeks. Why did everything hurt? Why was his existence so painful? He was hardly even human anymore, and he knew he had hardly experienced being that way. This wasn't how life was supposed to be lived. Not for a human, not for a vampire, not for anything else in-between or completely off that spectrum. So why? Why did he feel like this? Why could no one understand his pain? But there was no way in hell he'd ever open up, even if another did understand. He hated the idea of such vulnerability... thus being why Noe was to never drink his blood. Never see his memories...

And yet despite all this, all these thoughts to push everything down, he choked his gut wrenching sobs down as he wept into the pillow silently, forcing all the sobs deep deep down. His throat ached as he held in his sobs, but he was not going to let himself continue to cry, so letting it get worse wasn't an option either. He'd cried enough for a lifetime, even if it was just a small one-time thing. He felt as though he truly was not allowed to. But suppressing it was much harder than he'd expected. He didn't know what to do with such overwheling feelings, how to make them stop. He desperately tried to force them down, a choked whine escaping him as he did, his hands immediately flying over his mouth. That one little whine had only made it so much more difficult, that small release make the rest try to flow out with it. He shook his head, hand over his mouth. Why couldn't he calm down? Why was everything suddenly so scary and uncontrollable?

All these questions never stopped, his thoughts never ceased, there was never a moment of calm for him. He wanted to hide, wanted to release, but every instinct told him to suck it up, just like he'd always had. Vulnerability leads to pain, and he'd never let anyone hurt him again!

Before he even realized what was happening, his body so tense from his struggling, his eyes widened in horror as he felt his pants growing unnaturally warm and wet. He immediately sat up, pushing the blankets away, trying to make a mad dash to the bathroom, some instinct taking over. His head hurt so bad, the poor thing fumbling with the doorknob seemingly a hundred times before he got it open. But before he'd even gotten out of bed, the damage was already done. He could run to the bathroom all he liked, but he'd already wet his bed, already failed to make it to the pot- TOILET!

Vanitas was so caught up in his accident, he hadn't even realized he'd started crying. Wholeheartedly crying out like a scared little boy... And right now, that's what he felt like. What was happening? How had it spiraled this out of control? Vanitas... gave up. He collapsed to the floor, feeling for too little for these big emotions and this whole situation. All the small things one day result in the straw that breaks the camel's back. So much strength and burden on one little soul, it was only a matter of time.

He wept on the bathroom floor, sitting in his wet pajamas, sobbing his poor heart out, unable to stop it, the cries pummeling out of him so fast and painfully it burned. But he couldn't stop. Trying to stop now would be like trying to stop a tsunami with a bucket. All reason was thrown away, replaced with primal, desperate need.

"Vanitas..?" A voice asked at the now cracked open door. Vanitas's heart dropped, looking up with nothing but pure fear in his eyes as he turned his attention to Noe, still desperately fisting at his eyes. Noe was still half asleep, not fully understanding what was happening yet, but he knew Vanitas was crying, and that's all he needed. He quickly dropped to his knees, instinctively reaching out to embrace the crying man, but was quickly shoved away, Vanitas backing up and away, looking around frantically. He'd started whispering to himself repeatedly, nearly impossible to understand through the tears but Noe was almost certain he'd heard a small 'gotta hide.' His heart broke for the male infront of him, even if he hadn't processed what was happening yet. He was trying to wake himself up, while also trying to figure out what needed to be done here first.

"Vanitas! I didn't mean to frighten you!" He stepped towards him again, causing Vanitas to frantically turn and scramble into the bathtub as if the shower curtain would protect him. He'd stopped mumbling, just curling up on himself, as he innocently hoped Noe would just go back to bed. But Noe was more than worried. Vanitas hadn't yelled at him, hadn't told him to get out... something was very wrong. He very so hesitantly reached out and tried to open the curtain, but Vanitas pulled it, making sure it stayed shut. He refused to be seen crying; refused for Noe to see him acting like a child. He's not supposed to do that, and he never was. It was just like he was a child again, hiding from the world when he wanted to express his emotions or even just feel like a child and play. Or when he'd have an accident and the doctor... Poor thing...

Noe, now a bit more aware, sighed softly, knowing there was no way Vanitas was about to let him in or come out, not with him standing there. Poor thing sounded so scared though. The vampire very hesitantly left the bathroom, going to check and see if he could figure out what had happened to trigger this, or at least find a way to get him to come out of the bathtub. It didn't take long before he walked back to their room, finding Vanitas's bed completely lacking any blankets, the bedspreads and all being thrown into the floor. An unmistakable scent of urine hit his nose, and when he turned the light on, he instantly saw the wet spot on the bed. Oh boy... No wonder the poor thing was in such a panic.

But Noe didn't seem to find it strange or even an inconvenience to clean up. Instead, he immediately got to work, grabbing a new set of pajamas for his friend, and rolling up the dirtied bedspread, tossing it into the hamper, acting like this was normal. Noe was the last person that would give Vanitas any sort of scolding or be upset with him for this. Now with a blanket from his own bed over one shoulder and the pajamas for Vanitas in his other hand, he hesitantly made his way back to the bathroom where Vanitas hadn't calmed even a little.

"Vanitas..." He started again, not getting any response. He wasn't surprised. Noe sat next to the tub, and would sit there all night if he must to make sure his partner was okay. "...Vanitas, if you come out, I have some clean pajamas for you." He offered hesitantly, expecting the smaller to yell at him. Instead, he was met with the gaze of a trembling little thing peaking out from behind the curtain. There's no way it could be that simple. Keeping a gentle expression, Noe tried to think of other things to get Vanitas out. "Your blankets are ready for the wash tomorrow, but you can sleep in my bed if you want." He offered, not thinking about how he would end up on the couch himself.

Why was Noe... being nice? Vanitas didn't understand. In his little mindset, he was under the impression that this was something worthy of punishment, and he needed to hide because of it. Surely it was a trick! That had to be it! Vanitas retreated back behind the curtain.

"Vanitas, why are you hiding?" Noe asked hesitantly, knowing he'd more than likely be met with silence. Vanitas seemed to get quieter when asked. Not quieter but... muffled as if he was trying to quiet himself, to no avail. "Vanitas... I-I'm not upset with you." He knew that would probably only serve to piss the smaller off, Vanitas hating the idea of being seen like he was fragile or vulnerable, or anything of that nature. But... he once again peaked out the curtain, looking hopefully up at Noe like a scared toddler, silently seeking out more reassurance. Noe, being a bit clueless hadn't really picked up on that though. But he did see that he'd gotten his attention again. "How do I help you feel better Vanitas?" He asked nervously. But Vanitas just continued to his meltdown. Noe 's brow furrowed. "Can I at least get you in some new clothes Vanitas? There's no way those wet things are comfortable." Being offered new pajamas seemed to be enough for Vanitas's current irrational mind. Noe hadn't actually expected that to work, but before he had time to be confused, his heart melted as he watched Vanitas stand on wobbly legs, now out of the bathtub, but growing frantic almost immediately. Noe took the man's hands in his own. "It's just me! It's just us!" He had no idea to comfort this man infront of him, but good lord he wanted to.

Vanitas, now in new pajamas hadn't even seemed fazed by that entire interaction, too tired to process he'd just had his clothes changed by another man. He was more scared than anything, worried he was or was going to be in trouble. Now that he was clean, he was about to make a break for the bathtub again before Noe caught the crying male's arm. Not tight enough to hurt him, but Vanitas froze almost instantly. "Please don't hide again!" Noe begged. "Let me help!"

But Vanitas wasn't having it, still crying quite a bit, trying to pull his arm away now, wanting to hide once more, now that he was all cleaned up. He was supposed to be hiding! Nobody was supposed to see him like this! This was absolutely ridiculous. Vanitas's mean thoughts were starting to resurface, but as he was about to pull away, the usually clueless Noe seemed to get to Vanitas...

"Vanitas, if you really must hide... Please let me be your hiding place." He released Vanitas's hand, but instead of stumbling forward, the teary-eyed male froze. He turned around slowly, as if hesitant. "Being on your own, hiding from everyone has to feel awful; has to be so sad and scary! You don't have to be alone! I would-" but before Noe could ramble more, Vanitas had collapsed onto the floor once again, but this time, he'd crawled into Noe's lap. He felt out of place, like he was doing something wrong, acting on instinct and what he'd seen parents do with their kids. He tried to replicate it - He wanted it so bad. He curled up in his lap, his crying seeming to start all over as his tears soaked the front of Noe's shirt.

Noe had no idea what was going on, why Vanitas was acting like this... But he didn't need to understand. Vanitas needed him. He was his hiding place now; his safe space. "I'm here Vanitas, I'm here..." He pulled the blanket that he'd brought in around the sobbing male in his arms, holding the back of his head like he were only a babe and letting him cry out everything he needed to. "It's just us... You're safe..."

When Vanitas had finally calmed/fell asleep after what felt like hours, Noe carried him to bed, the man surprisingly light. He needed to eat more...

Noe had decided they could share his bed, not wanting to leave Vanitas alone (and also not wanting to be banished to the couch.) He pulled the blanket around the both of them. He looked down at the smaller male clinging to him with one hand... his other hand's thumb resting in his mouth. Noe was going to need to do some research, figure out whatever this was. This Vanitas was just a scared little child, that he knew for sure. But for now... he enjoyed holding the smaller. Enjoyed knowing that he was helping, helping him heal in some compacity. The poor thing was so tired after crying so much. It broke Noe's heart thinking about how he was holding in so much hurt, suffering through it on his own. Seeing the peaceful expression on the sleeping boy's face though, was enough for Noe to know that he was finally getting through to Vanitas, finally beginning the healing process, even if it was in Vanitas's own unique way, he'd do whatever he needed him to.

This one night, would turn into Noe pouring every bit of his attention and love into a regressed Vanitas who had never felt such things before. It would turn into letting Vanitas experience childhood innocence for the first time. No scary doctors and experiments, only stuffed animals and bedtime stories. Diaper changes and getting Vanitas into his favorite sleeper onesies before bed would become part of their daily routine, Vanitas growing to adore the feeling so much, he couldn't sleep without his newfound comfort..

But for tonight... this first night...before he knew anything about what was going on inside Vanitas's head. Noe just held him. He didn't know alot about his friend, nor everything he had been through... and he tried to pretend he didn't know anything he'd learned from Mikhail, wanting Vanitas to tell him on his own. But he knew Vanitas needed this... and he was more than happy to be there with him.

"Goodnight mon ange..."

Vanitas instinctively held tighter and nuzzled closer.

[skyeslittlecorner]

(im just being delulu, dont mind me if you will-)

So like i saw your first post of Michelleel x gabriel of course but like if Michelleel is THAT low in terms of ranking would that mean his pretty weak? Since the lower you are in rank the more human an angel is(minus the wings and halo) so why the heck would gabriel even want Michelleel to be his trusted angel??? Like it doesn't makes sense there are LOTS of angels below seraphs like the cherubims or thrones so why someone from principality???

I just had this random delulu that what if gabriel had Michelleel was not because Michelleel is useful or strong but because he saw/felt something when he seen Michelleel or something??

Like imagine god fanatic felt something towards lower angel, thinks its God telling him "Hey this dude could be your assistant or some" but god was actually like "yo that has NOTHING to do with me-" like my guy felt love for someone else, refused to acknowledged it and thinks of it as something else like respect for this green dude for trying hard but when its actually not that feeling-

I know its never gon be canon since the game IS an otome game and i doubt BL would exist(unless minyeok gets to be the 1st with ppyong lmao, dont think they're that close but like just imagine them with ppyong non red-bean form-). Anyway, kinda felt exciting to me for prettybusy to actually give a backstory about gabriel and Michelleel even if its not romantic or some because lets be honest here, everything could be and will be shipped if one felt like to. I just also wanted to know just why that green dude of all angels he could have had.

Anyway sorry for delulu runting-

My dear Anon, a big big smooch for you and your creative mind 😭

Regardless of canon, I love this idea. I can totally believe that Gabe is three times more delulu than both of us combined lol He would be sooo blinded, come up with such twisted reasons why he wouldn't let his beautiful green dove die, and! the fact that he would make such a lowly angel his right hand in the first place! Aghhh now I feel like writing them again- Icannotttt

I also don't see BL appearing in the game itself (unfortunately...), but we have imagination for something. Especially how often it's implied that demons are… well, demons. And the angels aren't any better than them.

Aaaand as for Minhyeok and Ppyong, ohoho, dears, let me invite you to the feast~

[grevious-lady]

Amidst Darkness

Magical Trainer AU (Puella Magi Madoka Magica x Pokemon) @superstaridolstart

Summary: A miracle, which a talking, Eevee-like creature called Kyubeon offers to N, seems to contradicts his belief

Author's Note: N Harmonia has the He/They swag, which is why i often switch between those two pronouns here, lmao. Don't expect that walking tree(??) to have a consistent pronoun.

***

No wishes could be granted at no cost

That’s what his first human friend, Hilbert, has taughted to them on the day the truth was revealed. At first, they shakes upon hearing that notion, unable to proceed the harsh reality. But slowly, his heart finally opens and accept this cruel truth.

They hold close those words laced with thorny tendrils onto his chest. Never even once straying from those bitter words.

Yet now, right in front of their own eyes, a pokemon … no, a creature white as a snow with eyes red as an apple, offering him a miracle, which contradicts their forbidden knowledge bestowed by the ‘serpent’ who guides him to escape that false Garden of Eden (according to Ghetsis, minus that ‘false’ word— but hey, that wasn’t relevant, doesn’t it?).

“This better be some nonsense joke …” That green haired former king … no, former puppet murmurs, shaking at each words they whispered.

“Did you not believe what you just saw with your own eyes?” That Eevee-like creature stares at them with an empty eyes. “My my, human are such a fascinating being.”

A white creature they barely know and despises validating them as a human being. Meanwhile, the man they've known for their entire life, which they once loved shamelessly admits that they’re nothing more than a freak without human heart. Ah, what an irony, doesn’t it?

They don’t know what to do. Their heart aches with a longing for miracles. However, their brain acknowledge the fact that something, everything, is wrong.

After a long pause of silence, that green haired human continue to ask that suspicious creature many questions.

“Could your wish really comes true?”

“Undoubtly, as long as you’re willing to pay.”

“What’s the price for one wish, exactly?”

“To accept your very own Soul Badge and accept your new fate to fight against Dark Champions.”

“Please, elaborate further on Dark Champion!”

“It’s an evil being who spread curses and despair. Magical Trainer must fight against them.”

“How can a Magical Trainer manage to beat them?”

“With their power, of course.”

“Where did their power comes from, specifically?”

“Soul Badge.”

“What exactly is this Soul Badge? Indeed, it created from wishes and gives Magical Trainers power. But, Kyubeon, what, exactly, that things is?”

Silent falls the broken castle once again, even Kyubeon itself unable to handle their intelligence.

The green haired trainer was the one to break the silence first, “… and, for what purpose does that gem-like badge named ‘Soul’ …?"

Despite not having lungs, Kyubeon sighs, “N, you are a very knowledgeable person, don’t you? So I challenge you to figure out the answer to that question.”

Although being insinuated, they silently accept its challenge.

A minute or two has passed, Kyubeon still continue to stares at that distressed green haired trainer. Many theories and thesis flowing through their head.

However, there’s one which they believes as the closest to the truth and at the same time, the cruelest.

“Could it be … that …” That young trainer hesitates, fear of the truth came back to haunt him. “Soul Badge … created out of soul of the contractee ...? A badge … as a prove that their prayer has been answered?”

The empty castle once again drowns beneath silence.

However, this silence was much more peaceful than the eeriness of something called truth.

With red eyes glowing amidst darkness of the empty, broken castle, Kyubeon humbly replies, “… It seems that you are just as smart as i predicted.”

[ghoulangerlee]

Your dnd characters 👀

i will always be down to talk about my d&d boys!!!

I don't....actually have actual photos of them because I cannot draw, and so they live vividly in my mind. I Will Eventually commission someone to draw them though I think. ANYWAY.

Jamir - he's a half-dead (as in, that is his race, homebrewed myself) ranger who isn't wise enough to multiclass (his death took away some of his wisdom). He was human before his death--not the best sort of human, joined the army at a young age because that's all he could do, really. His parents well. He made a deal with someone not so nice and in exchange for their souls, he gained the ability to perform magic; simple things though, nothing too crazy. A few cantrips here and there.

Along the way, the faction of soldiers he's with are sent out to aid a dragonborn clan that's having issues of their own with infighting.

This is where he meets Elias, eventually, and they hit it off pretty much immediately. Jamir is of course, jaded all the hell, he's been fighting for half his life in an army of soldiers who just seem to be making things worse.

Elias gives him a way out, a chance at freedom, because Elias was also looking to somehow distance himself from all the fighting. They make a pact to leave together.

Until Elias's brother Arjhan catches wind of this and kills Jamir.

I can't go too much into Elias's backstory because I haven't delved much into it during the campaign and ofc both my players follow me here haha! But, Elias takes Jamir's body and finds a necromancer, makes a deal with her to bring Jamir back.

She readily agrees and makes sure he understands the consequences of this, of what could happen. The possibilities of Jamir coming back wrong.

Elias accepts these consequences readily.

And he does, of course, come back wrong. He's no longer human, smells of rot and decay and has to constantly drink potions to keep his skin from looking too pale. He has aches and pains despite being practically unkillable now. But, along with his new chance at life, he's also gained more access to magic.

Elias [Redacted] is a dragonborn paladin (he has a family name ofc but it's unknown for now, for a good reason)

is the son of a monarch, a clan leader, and he hates it. His clan is constantly at war with each other, with other dragonborn. with humans. you name it, they have a distrust of most other races, for good reason of course.

Long ago, a curse was placed on this clan, meaning that any children born to them would die. There is no known way to reverse this, until, one day, Elias's brother Arjhan was born.

Arjhan, he had not succumbed to the curse, and no one knows why, but this makes Arjhan a very popular target.

Elias had, for years, felt like he had to protect his brother from anyone. From the weird scientists and magic folk that their father had hired to test Arjhan to see if there was something about his blood that made him different, to the older kids that the two of them grew up around.

Arjhan was, in a way, viewed as the savior of the clan, much to the distaste of Elias.

The campaign actually begins with Elias and Jamir recruiting people to help them find Arjhan haha. At this point in time, there is still no cure to the curse and Arjhan is practically hated by the party (minus Elias and begrudgingly, Jamir--but also like wouldn't u also hate the person who killed you???)

ANYWAY. Elias and Jamir are in love, they are my mid-thirties baby boys who are just tired soldiers who want to rest their head somewhere but can't because they keep getting pulled into bullshit!

(also if you vaguely guessed that Elias's family story sounds eerily like the Krogan Genophage from Mass Effect then u would be correct. Elias is based on Wrex and Jamir is based on male Shepard but with a lil gay twist LMAO)

[spectascopes]

I think if Sans and Papyrus were skeletons in minecraft it'd function like-

this post ended up being long so i'm putting a cut LMAO YAPPING ALERT!!!

you can kill them as many times as you want but they just keep respawning, maybe normal skeletons are also there but Papyrus and Sans have unique skins and loot. and 99% of the time it's only Papyrus that is actively shooting you and doing his best and he is hyping you up thru it, like "AHA, BLOCKING MY ARROWS WITH A SHIELD? YOU ARE QUITE CRAFTY, HUMAN!" but he does just stand there and keep shooting them. "ALAS, YOU HAVE BESTED ME AGAIN, HUMAN! I SHALL RETURN AND OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!" and he's back the next night and you kill him again. If you shoot HIM with a bow he compliments your bow and shooting skills but of course boasts about his own before beefing it once again. He's a bit of a nuisance but ultimately not much of a threat. Maybe he wouldn't spawn until day 5 to give you a chance to prepare, has more health than a regular skeleton, and drops his battle body or some magic item. If you fight him while wearing the battle body he compliments your sense of style. He's a mini-boss that might be tough the first night but has a mechanic where he forces you to respawn nearby and gives you a minute to pick your items back up before attacking again.

Sans behaves like an Enderman minus the aggro when seen, in fact, when you look at him he probably winks or just teleports away. He doesn't even have a bow, he's got his hands in his pockets just wandering around, he would definitely throw snowballs at you, though. You can't damage him and he just teleports if you try to. He'd have some kind of karma mechanic similar to how karma functions in villagers to determine if an Iron Golem attacks you or not. You can get items from interacting with him (maybe the two give you blue attacks/"spectral bones" or something which can be used to craft an upgraded version of the bow?) and the loot table depends on the karma- which is NOT influenced by killing Papyrus bc they both clearly know they are video game ENEMIES and will respawn the next night, so killing THEM doesn't have much negative consequence. Though, you know, you've never killed Sans, so maybe he wouldn't come back...

And I don't think he would, and Papyrus would stop respawning once Sans is killed, too. I don't know what would influence the karma, but if it is some kind of global-scale version of individual village karma, once you kill a certain amount of villagers you can initiate a fight with Sans. It's probably convoluted and time-consuming to make happen, maybe you need a nether star or an ominous trial key or something, and he IS very difficult to beat. And the only thing you get from it is some exp and a couple spectral bones, and after that neither of them spawn anymore and there is no way to get them to spawn again in that world.

[anzuhan]

About your post about being everyone's producer, Miko totally gets it!! Miko also likes a lot of units (all of them), she just has a preference on Fine that's all. It might be a little weird since Miko is talking in third person while putting the ask as anon, but it just feels safer this way! By the way, Miko is a HUGE fan of your work! She likes it very much!! She adores it!!

Miko hopes you continue posting art, she really appreciates it! And, Miko thinks you're really brave because of your speech patterns, she admires you for that! Miko isn't fully switching into third person due to some personal things, but she enjoys talking in third person sometimes :) hopefully Miko gets to see more of sumis content! She admires Sumi so much! You're Miko's inspiration :D

Also, Miko is sorry this was really long =^= hopefully it wouldn't be too much to read!!

no worries about the long ask ! if only miko knew what absolutely long asks sumis used to send before the art blog was even made ... haha (<- hopefully not an absolute blow of cover of something of the past. iykyk)

fine preference is so real theyre very silly.... sumis not read all that many fine centered stories and moreso ones where its just one or two of them, but war aside they are all very fun ! and well its only human for us to have preferences right ? though sumi has a preference on a ton of units 😭👍 (4piece (? do they count as an unit), 2wink, ra*bits, knights, ryuseitai, now kinda trickstar too ... possibly alkaloid minus kazehaya 😭 and for the bees it fully depends how sumis feeling on that day ngl LMAO) though the funny part is sumi always got 'yelled' at by friends that wow sumi produces so god damn many like yeag. sounds only natural to go and become an everyoneP then 💥

also no worries that miko uses her name while on anon ! of course just do as you want and are comfortable with. sumi also possibly wont ever stop making content for as long as sumi's alive and around so no worries that miko will keep on seeing stuff from sumi 👊 (only thing sumi apologizes for is lack of consistency with favorites & fandoms not gonna lie . but if miko doesnt care and just likes the art then maybe its not an issue ‼️)

[lambergeier]

IT TOOK TWO MORE WEEKS BUT: part 2 let's go

seeley's nightwing 2016, issues 1-43. okay here's where we start getting into the business. i was bopping between early volumes of nw2016 and nw96 basically at random, both of them had their high points, until nw96 suddenly Clicked and then i stopped picking up volumes of nw2016 entirely. what i read was alright: the character beats in the damian arc were real stand-outs, i've returned to those issues a number of times even if the dr. hurt/pyg plot felt kind of nothing. and also the whole setting was simply racist. but jesus christ dick and damian are in love. otherwise, superman just suggesting dick check out bludhaven and then he does it was like, insulting. i felt personally insulted by that. fucking put any work in to setting up the status quo!! but truly without the frisson of bruce and dick's terrible relationship, bludhaven in 2017 or whatever just could not compare to bludhaven in 1996, so yeah i haven't really returned to the rebirth series since.

nightwing 1996, issues 1-117, minus nightwing: year one. first chunk of reading that should really be its own post. fascinating to watch how efficiently dixon sets up a status quo, which i have since watched a lot of other writers fail at badly lmao. his stuff just zips along, the action is fun, he builds out a big and enjoyable secondary cast (with the interesting tension of like, many of these characters are based on racist tropes, but they're still human in their actions underneath that? or something. requires more study lol). the dick/tim/babs/bruce relationships are all fun, got hints of tension even when he's not committing to anything huge (most especially with bruce and dick, least especially with dick and babs lol). AND THEN: devin grayson's run. man this really should be its own post. her stuff is great, her character work is second to none, but man the destruction of nixon's status quo felt almost vindictive in how long she drew it out. i agree doing knightfall to dick is great, i think about doing knightfall to dick every day of my life, and i think where she was going with it (but ultimately got stopped from achieving) was probably gonna be really interesting!! but it was just too long and too brutal for the medium imho. i would pay four figures for her ffn/ao3 account tho. devin i know you're out there

year one: batman/scarecrow. good times. love how even when bruce is trying to be a good dad and he still puts the literal fear of god in dick. what the hell man. not not battered wife coded like fr

robin & batman. this was fun like whump is fun--bruce making dick give the debrief on all his new friends was deeply compellingly horrible--but ultimately like, this can't be canon lol. it can't have been this bad at the beginning or else it's meaningless how bad it got later. i'm glad they kind of immediately made it irrelevant with b&ry1

batman & robin: year 1. SOOO GOOD. CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES. SAMNEE MY KING!!!

joker: last laugh 5/6 and robin 93 #95. wanted to see dick kill the joker. honestly think everyone should have been way more fucked up by all that. one fucking issue of being depressed after, that's kid shit. devin grayson read that one issue and it made her so mad she blew up dick's entire apartment building

the titans 1999, issues 1-39. first twelve issues or whatever are great because, of course, they are by devin grayson. she simply nails the little character moments. dick and kory's whole intensely loving nightmarish shit.....mmmmm that's good! kept reading after she left but couldn't make it to the series finale. just got kinda boring. jesse quick was kinda great tho, i liked her neurotic corporate ass.

the boy wonder, juni ba. pell has said more on this and more intelligently, but to sum up very quickly, i do think it's probably impossible to make something good out of the orientalist bog that is the al ghuls. i think this was a very interesting attempt, though, and it was gorgeous, and damian is my baby, and the jason was fantastic, and tim and dick were very cute (tim's nasty little redditor beanie from his robin flashback: iconic), so for all of this i will forgive the boy wonder's worst sin, which was including yet another fucking kintsugi metaphor.

birds of prey one-shots. literally their third issue together babs is eating dinah out then asking her why they don't spoon as much as they used to. what the fuck did dixon think he was writing?

infinite crisis #6-7. i don't remember like any of this. #blessings. emma remembers it tho bc she was regularly on that scans_daily shit until infinite crisis suddenly started happening and ruined everything she ever loved. she filled me on the "and then superboy punched time" meme. dark times

a whole mess of shit leading up to batman & robin 2009 in order to more fully bring batman & robin 2009 into my heart. includes morrison's batman/batman rip/the resurrection of ra's al ghul, the accompanying tec/nightwing/robin 1993 issues, the final nightwing 1996 issues, an inadvisable amount of final crisis, last rites, the battle for the cowl, and then like 90% of the batman/tec issues with dickbats. and then, finally, batman & robin 1-26. no i haven't read batman incorporated yet. second chunk of reading that should be its own post. this was a really funny incident caused by emma picking up batman and robin and being like baby i think this is good come read it with me and me being like "oh shit i haven't read anything past infinite crisis yet, lemme just do a quick little context read" and then, a week later.... anyways morrison is fascinating, low lows (final crisis, talia) but some high highs (their very first issue with the fight in the art musuem with all the pictures-within-panels reacting to the fight, DAMN that was good). i really like the hallucinatory ambiguity of a lot of their stuff. i love when dick grayson is sad. i love him and damian. they are babies and in love. alfred is a freak for real: enjoyed that. eeeeeverything to do with the breakdown of tim and dick's relationship as implied thru this era including red robin: good. still thinking about winick's line about dick always knew he'd bury bruce without a single gray hair!! damn!!

special mention from the above list: like 7 issues of bruce wayne: the road home. INSANE BRUCE BEHAVIORS. INSANE. JUST DON'T TELL DICK YOU'RE HOME? DO TELL TIM AND THEN NEG HIM FOR LIKE 28 PAGES OF COMIC? ALAS, WE'LL HAVE TO KILL THE BATMAN.

red robin plus that one issus of adventure comics 2009 with tim and kon in the paris sewers. i love this, i love tim, i love red robin, i love chris yost, i love tim's year-long episode of magical thinking, he is my baby, he is my normal and rational king, i love him.

task force z. okay listen i had a lot of fun with this. issue nine through the finale completely fell apart, the machinations of the "plot" were ultimately total nonsense, but the jason&bruce and jason&the other kids issues were really really fun (besides the usual babs character assassination). i love jason just getting to preach to everyone about how nobly he's suffered. finally in rosenberg we find a worthy successor to judd "jason todd has done nothing wrong" winick. also i love harvey dent. shame it sounds like the follow-up joker series sucks ass, i will not be reading all that

skimmed forever evil and then nightwing 2011 #30. wanted to know about the infamous fight scene. even in the context of n52 bruce, who i know is famous for sucking ass, this felt like character assassination. like it was just hard to read. there were one million other ways to have gotten dick into spyral, that they picked this one is kind of a nightmare lmao

the 2011 judgment on gotham event. this was weird. are you telling me there are people out there who are christians like for real?

batman: gates of gotham. bad. dickbats not wroth it.

knight terrors: nightwing 2023. WHY do i KEEP READING comics from the TWENTY-TWENTIES. BABS GREATEST FEAR IS RELYING TOO MUCH ON TECHNOLOGY-> OOC, ABLEIST, BORING, AND I'LL KILL YOU

taylor's nightwing 2016, #106-113. why did i read this? was i possessed?

watters' nightwing 2016, #119. tentatively intrigued. you've appealed to my emotionally curious nature. i will not be buying dcui for you though.

like a single issue of gotham war. batman #138. OOF. OOF! NOT GOOD!

BIRDS OF PREY BABY. #1-9 let's go war criminals let's go

literally all of knightfall. all nine collected volumes. everything through troika. my end of the year blitz. the final chunk of reading that should be its own post, but here we are. the art in this ranged from good to like, stupefying. graham nolan and scott hana have to be some of the best to ever do it. prelude to knightfall and knightfall vol. 1: fun fun tasty stuff. prodigal: IIIIIIIIIINSANE. everything else: boring (i'm sorry jpv i am just not that into your problems!) to offensively, offensively bad (WOW THE SEARCH HASN'T BEEN REPRINTED IN 25 YEARS? THAT'S CRAZY. COULD WE HAVE MADE IT 50?). the way all this is the inciting incident for the modern batfamily is like.....man there is a lot going on there. a lot to unpack!!! very glad i read it tho, even if that also meant i had to read the search 💔

2024 comics post

broooooooooooo. what the fuck HAPPENED.

the actual cause of all this: i read some really funny fic by ao3 user deadchannelradio, then i got emma to watch some old teen titans with me, then we watched the under the red hood movie, then i read some more fanfiction, almost entirely bad, then i caved and checked what the public library had available to borrow comics-wise. which turned out to be a lot. and then i bought the DCU subscription. and now here we are. this is going to be in approximately chrono order, and there will be no bolded recommendations. read only what big 2 comics you can justify to god.

tom taylor's nightwing, vols. 1-5 (issues 78-105 i think) plus fear state. my first foray back into big 2 comics since my mcu-era marvel situation in high school and college. haha, these are kinda cute, i thought. simplistic, but the art is gorgeous, i said. i would be happy to buy these as floppies at my local store, i theorized. like some kind of idiot. like some kind of naive child.

batman/superman: world's finest, #1-ongoing. waid and mora just too fucking good. i love nonsense, and to put nonsense in my mouth. would actually consider buying the first volume as a tpb it's so fun except for the massive, classically racist, unforced L of making another culture's normal nuanced folk hero (ne'zha) into a demon from hell for just like, no reason. hello? also love mark waid just doing whatever the fuck he wants with the kingdom come continuity. it's his house. no one can stop him. still reading this one as new issues go up on DCU.

world's finest: teen titans, #1-6 loved this also. i also haven't read any og teen titans (emma read all of pre-crisis NTT while i was reading nightwing, so the early children remain firmly in her realm of expertise) but she also agreed that it was cute. waid is just fun. like what are we supposed to do.

mark waid's shazam 2023, #1-6. see above re: waid and his powers. big shout out to dan mora, as ever, but BIIIIIG shout out to colorist alejandro sanchez, who i truly think made this arc. girl those WATERCOLOR EFFECTS!!

robin 2021, #1-17. read this and super sons at about the same time, officially dipping my toe into the damian waters. solid, loved the issue of all the other robins chasing after him, him and dick love each other for REAL. i also like his little goth girlfriend, and his manga habit. felt like a kinda ham-fisted attempt to give damian his own story without being willing to set him up with his own status quo, a la bludhaven, but what can you do.

super sons, #1-16. children's comics for sure, but with a surprising amount of blood in them? wasn't quite certain of the marketing angle on that, but i LOVED jon and damian they are BABIES. i also like every time clark is like my son never listen to damian. his father is a lunatic. for sure never listen to his father either. that was cute. shame this was cut so short lmao.

tim drake: robin, #1-6. offensively, offensively bad. i didn't even really know tim yet but this was like. please christ in heaven gay people have to be worthier of better comics than this.

batgirl 2000, #1-37. i know this is widely-loved, but it actually didn't get me until like #12 or so? if that? i love cass, but the art was rough for me, and it couldn't carry me for the early non-verbal comics. her shit with shiva was great tho. cass you are fully insane my girl

under the red hood and lost days. ICONIC!! JASON TODD MY RATIONAL KING!!!

robins: being robin. did not like this. trite. also did not like dick's manbun: a real issue.

batman: year one. oughhhhh what if the classics are good actually. and unfortunately. mazzucchelli and lewis are so fucking good, like lewis in particular..... what even is left to be said. the art alone is Just That Good. also bruce wayne and jim gordon are kissing with tongue for real

robin: year one. mmmmmm good. dick grayson your problems. also i still love harvey dent. possibly my favorite batman villain. symptom of having watched a lot of batman begins/read my one random copy of the long halloween an extensive number of times as a teen

batgirl: year one. had some great moments, but did not like nearly as much as robin y1. i do think this is due to the sexism. i like when babs punched infant dick in the solar plexus tho!

batman: urban legends - specifically the cheer arc with jason. i really liked this but i'm not sure i'll feel the same in a year or so. i think this was a pretty deft way to get jason to drop lethal violence without betraying his own justified belief in the power of lethal violence (rational king), and thus bring him back into the family fold, but of course bringing him back into the fold is itself a fraught project, and his character as a whole is so uncertain (as i understand) since the new 52 so like. i think it did what i was trying to do quite well (and i loved how insane bruce appeared! compared to jason!) but should it have been trying to do all that? an open question!

devin grayson's gotham knights, #1-24. WELL AS IT WOULD HAPPEN THESE ARE MAYBE THE BEST BATCOMICS I READ ALL YEAR. listen i am so aware of devin grayson's many sins. but these are the original "what does it mean for bruce to have all these fucking teenagers" comics, and, so far in my reading, they remain the undisputed best. everyone's just been rehashing her since, and it hasn't been nearly as good. she's got the touch (profound fandom-aligned inanities)

batman: murderer/fugitive. put an order in for the recently-released 1100 page $125 omnibus just this afternoon. It's Good.

robin vol 1: reborn (tim drake). idk the exact issues on this, collects tim's first few post-tlpod batman issues, plus his first miniseries. tim drake by god do i care you.

lmao okay the post editor is starting to lag like a motherfucker. posting this then putting the next half in a reblog

[shivology]

ok so re: logan and racism (and marcia) because i’ve been having Thoughts TM rotating in my mind for a day or two but like. logan, obviously, is a very racist individual, but i think mostly in the sense that he perpetuates and weaponizes racism rather than actively, like, unironically having said bigoted beliefs (for the most part of course lmao)

in the sense that, like, he does not believe that, say, white people are inherently superior, and he knows and acknowledges that they have a leg up in the world because he’s many things but he’s not stupid. but to him, that’s not a bad thing. it’s not a good thing either. it’s just .. a Thing. it’s the way the world works. (same with misogyny and other forms of oppression. “i didn’t make the world,” he says to shiv after saying her being a woman was a minus.) 

he’s got a, like, might makes right natural selection type proto-fascistic sense of morality that prioritizes power and strength above all else.  rather than condemning systemic bigotry that he is very very very aware is real and exists, it’s like -- it is what it is. the world isn’t fair, tough luck. he’s aware that spreading racism, islamophobia, antisemitism, etc is profitable for him and therefore he will do it and he won’t feel bad because he didn’t create the world and it’s not his fault that that’s the way things are. racism and bigotry are tools and he won’t hesitate to use them if it’ll serve his interests. it’s all part of the game.

like he’s one of those people who would look at african and asian countries who have had their resources fucked to hell by colonialism and capitalism and imperialism and white supremacy, like iraq, egypt, iran, ethiopia, etc, and he wouldn’t try to downplay how much they contributed to humanity or whitewash them the way your run-of-the-mill old racist man would, but he’d also have no sympathy for their current suffering. he’d think well it’s their fault they let themselves get lazy and soft. that’s what you get. he wouldn’t downplay the crimes europeans have committed against native americans but he’d say that “they were conquered” and that’s the way the world works. oops sorry tough luck you lost. 

which brings me to: he respects people of color who, to him, “rise above” racism -- like marcia. because to him, human rights aren’t inalienable. you have to claw your way through the world to be respected and perceived as a human being but if you DO manage to do that -- then you’re one of the good ones. you deserve respect. (romanticizing suffering like a good old catholic lol) i think he feels like him and marcia are similar in the sense that they both rose above hardship -- in the sense that they’re both immigrants (obviously with VERY different experiences) who made something of themselves.

so he respects marcia in a way he doesn’t respect anyone else in the show, in a way. he doesn’t respect his kids or the pierces because they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and he doesn’t respect poor people either because he grew up poor too and he still made something of himself so fuck that everything’s an excuse. he’s like the poster-child of someone who has personally experienced injustice (being abused as a child, living in poverty, etc) and rather than not wanting anyone else to experience these things, you’d rather everyone else did because that’s only fair. like why do YOU get to have a safe space when I didn’t? no fuck that

so like i think if one of the kids were to say something bigoted or micro-aggressive to marcia in his presence he’d be quick to be like, okay, well what do YOU do successfully. quickly. however. he wouldn’t of course actively make the environment they live in safe for her, and he WILL actively promote racism against her people because that’s what works for him, just like he didn’t take measures to keep his kids safe from the people he associates himself with.

[pianocat939]

Guys I’m sorry but I had to. The demons have come back to haunt me once more.

Tw: breaking-in, death, violence, obsessive behaviour, honestly this guy is literally so cute help-

Yandere Methuselah General Hcs

Introduction: For those of you who don’t know, Methuselah was a Galapagos Tortoise who died at the age of 130. He was one of the oldest tortoises in the world when he died. His death was caused by a shoe getting thrown at his head by a ginger 4 year old, which was me. After the incident, he succumbed to his injury two weeks later.

(I got so lazy with the shading lmao-)

(And now we start make Yan content of his mutant self-)

(He’s not 130 years old as a mutant, it is up to interpretation.)

Type: Violent + Affectionate

Before his mutation, he roamed the habitat of a reptile zoo, munching on plants and strolling around. He would sunbathe and nap all around the perimeter.

On one summer day, he wandered around as the people watched him: as per usual. He could hear the excited little chirps from the children as they pointed and waved at him.

Then when he turned around, something hard hit him in the head, right on the bullseye. It hurt a lot, but he paid no mind to the thrower.

Instead, his eye was caught by another human. A human watching him from afar, silently observing him. How interesting.

The next few days, everything was mundane. But suddenly, he started growing weak. He was the biggest one of the tortoises and still going strong. So why is his body failing him?

Two weeks after the incident, his body gave out on him. He died, pitifully so.

Then he wakes up once more. But no longer as a tortoise but rather as a humanoid version of himself. He was taller, much taller. His muscles enlargened, so much bigger than an average human's.

Nature has given him a second chance at life! With his current body much more complex than his old one.

He knew humanity wouldn't accept his appearance. So, he hid through the shadows, watching through the cracks.

One night, he spotted a human from afar. And not just any human, the one who watched him on the day of the injury. You were so fascinating! The way you act was adorable, cute, one might say.

Since then, he's snuck into your home every night.

Despite being 11'6, he manages to fit himself on your bed and snuggle up to you; without waking you up. Of course. He holds you firmly but gently, with little nuzzles to the top of your head.

"My dear~ you're always so nice to hold."

In his free time, he writes you love letters. All with love and sick thoughts. And along with said letters, he leaves stuffies with recorders in them so he can listen to you.

He 100% will walk into your house and wait for you to come home. And no I doubt you could kill his monstrosity of a size. He'll be all lovey-dovey, saying he's cooked food for you. He loves anything domestic, like seriously.

He plans to marry you, kidnap you wanting to be bound together. And if you're up to it, children as well (the memories from being at the zoo oddly bring comfort).

Now that we're done with most of the wholesome things, the reason he's listed as the violent type is that he will kill anyone that touches you. He hates it, he hates anybody interacting with his lovely future spouse.

"Let's not do such disrespectful things, alright?"

It isn't just you either, it could be your guys' pet dog or something and he'll be protective of it. No one is touching his family, no one.

Overall just very cute and wholesome...Minus the violent part.

Oh and he's got the Canadian/Northern Midwest accent.

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I LOVE THE BEAUTY MARK I CANT-

I don't know how to feel anymore. Like, this tortoise I killed all those years ago has now become a mutant OC? Where did things take a weird turn?

- Celina

[shima-draws]

HERE HE IS MY TRAGEDY BOY ILARI…what secrets hide behind that customer service smile??

Read below to find out ;))))

Note that his character profile is (shockingly) incomplete, I haven’t finished writing out all the details of his arc yet, BUT I figured I’d share what I have :’) Which is already plenty bc this is already 5k words so you’ve got a lot to read anyway lmao

Ilari/Fenn (Alias)

Age: 26

Hair color: Orange

Eye color: Red/pink

Element: Forest

Ilari’s story mainly focuses on him and his childhood friend, Azra. He lived a relatively normal life in a small village, and he and Azra grew up together. Their parents were good friends, so they’ve practically known each other since birth. The two of them were very close—best friends with an unbreakable bond. Their village was mostly comprised of older couples and the elderly, so there weren’t really any other children for them to play with, another reason for their closeness.

All of that came to a sudden end when Ilari’s parents passed away :’( This was when Ilari was around 8-9 years old. They were caught in an accident on a trip out of town, and unfortunately neither of them survived. Ilari was absolutely devastated;; he was really close with his parents, and being an only child made it so much worse. Without any other relatives to take him in it seemed like he’d have nowhere to go, but Azra’s parents immediately soothed any worries about that by taking Ilari in. Naturally they’d never abandon their dear friends’ child, and since Ilari was already so close with Azra they didn’t really have to think twice about it. Azra was thrilled to be able to be with Ilari more often, seeing this as the best thing ever (minus the whole uh Ilari’s parents being dead thing). Before their deaths, Azra was actually supposed to go live with his aunt for a while—his parents thought it would be a good experience for him to get out of the village and take part in guild life, since his aunt is part of a guild. Of course Azra had been dreading going, not wanting to be separated from Ilari, but now that’s no longer a worry because of Ilari suddenly having to move in with them. So, Azra’s relocation was called off.

With Ilari around, things in Azra’s household changed quite a bit. Ilari helped Azra through his transition (yes he’s trans!), and with his charm was able to soothe any worries Azra’s parents had on the matter. (They aren’t like, inherently transphobic or anything, just very traditional, so they were unsure on how to really take it.) As the years passed and the boys grew older, things started to change between them too. They’d grown even closer than ever, and started dreaming about going out to see the world and maybe joining a guild someday. It was pretty much inevitable that they’d fall in love with each other—and once they realized their feelings, it didn’t take long for either of them to confess.

Their new relationship blooming, Ilari and Azra decided to leave home and travel around for a while. Being stuck in their village their entire lives, every step outside was like a new adventure. They spent the next several years moving from place to place, never really staying put in one town for long, since they wanted to see everything the world had to offer. Their next destination was a city of water that they’d both dreamed of seeing for ages; Ilari took this chance to propose to Azra, so that they could get married in the city and maybe settle down there for a while. Azra more than happily accepted.

Of course, all good things must come to an end…both of them started out towards their wedding destination, riding the high of being new fiancés, completely oblivious to the tragedy awaiting them. Along the road they were suddenly attacked by a strange group of bandits. Ilari quickly puts the pieces together that they’re a group of elite purists, obsessed with the concept that elementals should be the only group of humans to exist, and those not blessed with magical abilities should be culled. The group has been traveling around, targeting non-elementals and killing them without mercy all in the name of their ideals. Unfortunately for the couple, while Ilari is a forest elemental and is spared from their judgment, Azra is a non-elemental, and he is not so lucky. Ilari is strong, but not strong enough to pull off a defeat against such high numbers, so he can do nothing but watch as Azra is captured in front of him. Ilari struggles against the people restraining him, but is unable to break free, and watches in absolute horror as the purists slaughter Azra without a hint of mercy.

Seeing the love of his life get hurt breaks something within Ilari. His power surges, and he’s able to free himself while his assailants get caught up in his attack. The remaining purists are impressed and shocked at the strength of his magic, seeing as it just overpowered half their members. They make a hasty retreat, but Ilari is too distracted by Azra to follow them.

Ilari gathers Azra into his arms and realizes that he’s too late. Azra has already bled out, growing weaker by the second, and is completely unresponsive. Ilari begs him to wake but he never does…and like that, Azra dies in Ilari’s arms. Ilari sobs in despair and lies there for hours in agony :’(

Once he’s tired himself out, Ilari, fueled with rage and a thirst for revenge, vows to hunt down every last member of the purist group and wipe them out. Losing the only important person in his life is the thing that breaks him completely, so he loses all sense of judgment, morality and even rationality. It’s easy for him to become twisted after witnessing such a tragic thing 😔 

Over the next year, Ilari follows up on his promise and tracks down the purist group using a variety of connections and…other various sketchy methods. At this point he’s become a full-fledged vigilante, having gained the skills and smarts to be able to sneak around and do all the dirty work without leaving a trace behind. This results in the brutal deaths of many of the purists, because at this point Ilari has nothing to lose and doesn’t feel a shred of mercy towards the people who killed Azra for fun. He almost grows numb to the killing, having gotten over the guilt of it a long time ago.

At long last, Ilari finally tracks down the leader of the group, who just so happened to be the one he ran into with Azra all that time ago. Ilari makes him watch as he slaughters his men (as an intimidation tactic) and then entraps him in vines before forcing him to drink poison of his own creation—something that stems from his own elemental magic, which a lot of people have looked down on him for. (Forest elementals who have the ability to make poisons are generally ostracized by others and are given a bad reputation, mostly bc of how obviously deadly it is.) Ilari tells the leader that he doesn’t even deserve to be killed by Ilari himself, and that this slow, agonizing and indirect method is the perfect end for someone like him.

After leaving the leader’s base, Ilari breaks down in tears. At long last he’s exacted revenge on Azra’s murderers, but it doesn’t make him feel any better—in fact, he just feels worse knowing that all of it was for naught, because Azra is never coming back. And now his hands are permanently stained with blood and the knowledge that he made the conscious decision to become a killer himself.

Emotions a complete mess, and not really knowing what to do with himself now that his only goal has been completed, Ilari drifts from town to town, doing odd jobs and struggling to keep himself afloat amidst his depression. During a visit to a local bar, Ilari overhears some of the patrons discussing a strange woman known as “The Contractor”, who apparently has the power to grant wishes of any kind. Eager to know more, he asks a couple questions, but is immediately warned that the Contractor is not one to be easily trifled with. Apparently with her power people’s wishes DO come true, but at a very very steep price—some rumors say that people have even regretted making a deal with her because the tradeoff was even worse than they could have imagined. But Ilari’s already at rock bottom, so things can’t get worse for him, right? At this point he’s desperate to have any sense of normalcy in his life again, and he wants to see Azra so badly that it aches.

With that knowledge tucked under his belt, it doesn’t take Ilari long to locate the Contractor…or rather, for her to locate him. He’s met with a very eccentric woman, whose eyes appear to have seen beyond the stars themselves and hold an ancient power. Even her very presence is intimidating, something that whispers of eldritch abilities. Ilari immediately realizes that the rumors were true, the Contractor is not to be handled lightly. The toll for her granting wishes is always heavy, the price too high. But Ilari’s willing to risk it anyway.

The Contractor introduces herself and says she always comes to those who need their wishes granted most, almost like she can sense their desire. She asks Ilari what wish he wants granted—and Ilari tells her he wants to see Azra again, no matter what the cost. She warns him, gravely, that the result may not be exactly what he was hoping for. Ilari questions her then, accusing her power of being fake if it can’t grant the exact wish, and the Contractor explains how her wish granting actually works: through her, the person making the wish actually makes a deal with fate itself. She has them sign a contract and weaves fate in order to fulfill their desire. However, fate is fickle, and even she is not its master, so she can’t predict how things will turn out. That’s why it’s so high of a risk. She tells him that she is merely a vessel of fate, that she can’t bend it to her will, only give the option to temper with it in the first place to try to achieve the results people want. And the only people who ever sign her contracts are the ones who are absolutely desperate to change fate, change reality, no matter the consequences. But that’s why she appeared to Ilari in the first place: he’s one of those desperate few, the one willing to step forward and risk it all without knowing what will happen.

Ilari doesn’t take long to mull it over before agreeing to her terms. She warns him once more that he may come to regret his decision, but Ilari tells her he already has too many regrets, and that he can face any problem as long as he can be with Azra again. And so, Ilari signs her contract, and the Contractor begins to pull the strings of fate…

Ilari awakens to find himself in a room by the sea. Peering out the window, he recognizes the town as the one Azra was initially supposed to go to to live with his aunt all those years ago. The possessions in the room definitely belong to him, and with one glance he can tell that he’s apparently lived here for a while and has settled in. Naturally he’s confused, but he figures this has something to do with the contract he signed and fate being changed. And with that he immediately starts to look for Azra, because it had to have worked, right? Azra has to be alive, right? Maybe the Contractor had changed fate so that Azra had never died that day. Ilari rushes downstairs to find out.

The first thing he sees is Azra’s back in the kitchen. The shock of seeing the love of his life after so long hits Ilari hard, and before he knows it he’s bursting into tears. Azra is absolutely shocked and rushes over to comfort him. Ilari breaks down and Azra has to hold him while he sobs and pours his heart out—the first time he’s ever really let himself break down and express his emotions since Azra died. Ilari loses himself in Azra’s embrace and releases all of his pent up feelings that he’d kept in for the better part of a year. 

When he finally comes back to himself, Ilari realizes that they aren’t alone. There’s another girl there, who has joined their embrace, and is also whispering soothing words of comfort to him along with Azra. Azra expresses concern over Ilari’s actions, since he isn’t really the type to cry in the first place, and the girl agrees. When Ilari asks who she is, the two of them laugh awkwardly and ask him if he’s joking—her name’s Iori, of course, come on, Ilari, you know Iori! One of your closest friends, a member of the local guild, Azra’s fiancé— 

And that is what truly shocks him, right down to his core. Ilari shakily asks them to repeat themselves, and yes, he heard that right, they’re fiancés. Suddenly the Contractor’s warning makes so much more sense and Ilari quickly excuses himself, running out of the house and leaving the stunned pair behind.

Ilari runs with no destination in mind until he tires himself out, and when he finally finds a place to rest, the Contractor appears. She looks grim, like she’d already seen what happened and is prepared to face his wrath. Ilari asks her what’s going on, so she sits him down and explains all of the differences that fate has brought them.

The true reality of the Contractor’s ability is revealed. She’s actually a time elemental, and through her powers of making deals with fate, she can alter timelines through contracts people sign. In this timeline, Ilari’s parents didn’t die until much later in his life, so he got to be with them more. However, because of this, there was nothing to prevent Azra from going to live with his aunt, so Ilari and Azra didn’t grow up together like they should have. Azra fell in love with guild life and being able to spend time outside of their little village, so he essentially started to “study abroad” there. Because Ilari wasn’t there to directly influence Azra’s parents’ opinion on his transition, things between them grew strained, driving Azra away and making him want to stay with his aunt more and more. Eventually Azra only came home during the summer, making the time Ilari could spend with him very small compared to the everydays they’d spend back in the original timeline, so they weren’t as nearly as close. And during all this, Azra fell in love with someone else—Iori, who was also a member of his aunt’s guild. By the time they’d reached adulthood, Azra had moved permanently to live with Iori, who he’d proposed to. And not long after that, Ilari’s parents passed away. Azra and Iori pushed back their wedding to tend to Ilari, who didn’t have anyone else to turn to. Despite Ilari’s objections they convinced him to move in with them, just for a little while, which led to his current living situation. But, because Ilari and Azra never went traveling together in this timeline, they never ran into the purists, so Azra wasn’t murdered: the only true upside to the whole thing.

Ilari finally understands the consequences, the way too high price of signing a contract. While Azra was alive in this timeline, the price Ilari paid for it was an entire lifetime of memories with him, their childhood, their mutual attraction, all of the time they spent together, gone. He’s the only one who remembers now. And isn’t this just absolute torture? The love of his life is alive, but is engaged to someone else, and won’t look at him the same way ever again. All of their promises, their secrets and their exchanges of affection don’t exist here. Ilari starts to wonder if it was worth it. Is it better for Azra to be dead and still have everything they shared intact? Or is it fine to leave things like this, for Azra to be alive but not remember how much they loved each other, how they promised their entire lives, their future to each other?

The Contractor looks genuinely remorseful, and she apologizes for putting him through more pain. She leaves to let Ilari grieve in peace. At this point, it almost feels like he’s lost Azra all over again, like he’s died a second time. The Azra that exists here is a completely different person, one who’s been shaped by different experiences and relationships, someone completely foreign to Ilari. Azra’s alive, but at what cost? Ilari’s lost more than he’s gained.

Ilari doesn’t get much time to really let it sink in, though, because Azra shows up, apparently having been searching for him all over town. Azra admits he’s really worried about Ilari, mentioning offhand that he hasn’t been the same since his parents passed. But this Ilari lost his parents a long, long time ago, and has already accepted that. He decides then that he’ll just act as normal as possible around Azra, so he doesn’t notice the discrepancies in Ilari’s behavior.

Ilari expects himself to feel nothing but hatred for Iori, but realizes he can’t find it in himself to despise her. Just by being around her and Azra he can tell that she makes Azra really happy, and it just so happens she’s probably the sweetest and most selfless person Ilari’s ever met. Basically, she’s an angel and Ilari’s almost angry that he can’t dislike her. Why is she so Perfect. It’s super frustrating. Every time he even thinks about being nasty to her she smiles at him or does something super sweet for him and he’s like GOD DAMMIT

Ilari gets used to living with the two of them after a while, but it’s still emotionally exhausting. Seeing them so happy together never ceases to make his heart feel like it’s being torn in two, but above all else all Ilari wants is Azra’s happiness. He slowly starts to realize that maybe things between them weren’t super ideal. Azra seems much more open and sociable in this timeline, probably as a result of him growing up in a guild rather than stuck in a village with just Ilari as a friend. And Azra’s happy, truly happy, almost glowing—making Ilari feel sick to his stomach. Maybe he’d been holding Azra back all that time. Maybe things were better this way—maybe this was meant to be after all, the way things should have played out for them. It’s a poisonous mindset to have, and as Ilari falls deeper into his own self-deprecation, he decides that he can’t taint Azra’s life any further. Especially since the two of them have already pushed their wedding back for him, several times, too concerned about his mental health. Ilari feels like he’s nothing but a burden to them. So now he’s got survivor’s guilt, a guilt complex, self esteem issues, AND depression! A cocktail of mental disorders!

Ilari breaks the news that he’s planning to move out. Azra and Iori immediately refuse, begging him to stay, but Ilari insists that this is something he needs to do. He plans to travel around again—maybe seeing the world with fresh new eyes and without the responsibilities he used to have, Ilari can come to terms with everything that’s happened and move on with his life. But for now, staying with them is too painful, and every day he can feel himself getting worse, so he reasons that getting out is the best option. The couple eventually relent and let him go, but not before they throw him a little goodbye party and send him off with lots of hugs and the promise that he’ll return for their wedding.

Before long Ilari falls back into the comfort of traveling. It’s something that’s been constant no matter the timeline, so it soothes his nerves and starts to help with his downcast mood. Besides, there’s tons of places he never got to see in his original timeline, so this is a good chance to visit them all. Along the road he ends up bumping into Kiyo (for those of you who don’t know him, he’s the Guildmaster of the Asterstone Guild, and you can read up on him here!), who, due to his absentminded personality, ended up getting lost on the way home. Ilari offers to guide him back to town, and the two end up bonding on the way.

Kiyo senses immediately that Ilari’s a bit of a lost soul, a traveler with no end destination in mind, so he persuades him into staying at the guild for a while. Ilari had mentioned that he’d never been part of a guild before, so Kiyo figures guild life will be good for him—getting to meet new people and open himself up a bit more might help his depression. Ilari’s very hesitant at first, not used to being around anybody else but Azra, but he eventually warms up to the guild. The pain in his heart begins to ease, just a little, as he spends time with the guild members and finally makes new friends. The entire guild is enamored by him (also bc he hides all of the dark parts of his past), and they all take care of him. Kiyo’s a moron at the best of times and Ilari finds the fact that the guildmaster is completely incompetent absolutely hilarious (but it’s all in good fun).

Several weeks into living at Asterstone, Ilari happens to overhear a conversation mentioning that a non-elemental was attacked a few towns over. It’s like a bucket of ice cold water descends on him then, because he remembers the other thing that happened in the other timeline that didn’t happen in this one: the purist cult is still around. Ilari knows that he can’t let them continue to do as they please, or the same thing will happen again, whether to Azra or some other innocent non-elemental. Ilari decides to leave the guild for the time being and go after them. At this point he’s unsure whether or not he wants to fall back into how things were before: should he save the lives of countless others, at the cost of becoming a cold-blooded killer again? He feels himself teetering dangerously on the edge of becoming who he was in the original timeline, and it terrifies him. After finally knowing what it’s like to be happy again, to feel warm and safe, he’s scared of doing his vigilante work because he knows he might lose himself again—and he doesn’t want to be that dark person, he doesn’t want to be a killer. But he’s the only person that really knows what the purists are like, having done research and following their movements relentlessly for over a year.

Ilari goes straight to the purists’ main base and is shocked to find it empty. He’s sure this is where their base of operations was—but it looks as if the place hasn’t been touched in years, like nobody was ever there at all. Before he can get too confused, the Contractor appears and warns Ilari that in this timeline the purist group is much, much larger and more dangerous than before, due to some sort of butterfly effect that made their numbers skyrocket. Ilari feels a mounting sense of dread. This is more than just a ragtag group, they’re an elite force now, with more knowledge and power than ever. The Contractor tells him that the purists had spread their philosophies using the Elemental Massacre from a thousand years back to spur more hatred towards non-elementals (and if you don’t know, that massacre was basically the reverse of what the purists are doing now, non-elementals targeting elementals in large groups and killing them due to feeling inferior). Ilari realizes that this has grown way too big for him to handle alone, and despite his hesitance, knows he has to ask for help on taking the purists down.

He returns to the guild and even though he’s terrified, opens up a bit more to Kiyo and explains the situation with the purists. Kiyo agrees that something needs to be done about them, because he’d been hearing rumors of attacks happening for the past couple months. Ilari says that disbanding the group is his main goal and he’ll do anything to see it through—but this time he’s going to do it the right way. He resolves not to kill anybody this time, just punish them appropriately for their crimes. Kiyo agrees to help him, but they need to come up with a plan, because if word gets out that the guild is looking for information, that’ll be too obvious and force the purists into hiding. They’re awfully slippery so they need to handle the situation delicately.

Kiyo tells Ilari that the guild actually does work with an underground informant (hiiii Mara <3) and that he can definitely get them some info and connections to help them start researching the purists whereabouts. However, having Mara be their sole informant isn’t enough, they need a bigger network of information coming in and out: but again that’s the issue with having the guild involved, people underground don’t want to be associated with a goody-two shoes organization like that.

Ilari proposes the idea of opening up a shop, one that isn’t affiliated with the guild, that acts as a front for a meeting spot for informants. Everyone involved agrees, and with the help of the whole guild, Ilari opens his very own floral shop in town! (Flower shop AU REAL.) He decides to adopt an alias for safety purposes, so he starts going by the name of Fenn during his time working at the shop (and those who knew him as Ilari before start referring to him as Fenn too). Ilari, being a forest elemental, creates a mixture of herbs, remedies, flowers, and other concoctions to sell to customers. He meets up with Mara, who agrees to help, and Mara spreads the word that Ilari’s place is a spot for informants to head to without being under the watchful eye of the law. Through this method, they’re able to gather and trade information about the purists with other vigilantes, thieves, and general do-no-gooders, creating a vast network of informants. Of course, having sketchy people constantly coming in and out of your shop definitely makes rumors fly, so eventually Ilari’s shop starts to get a…sketchy reputation around town. (Not that he necessarily cares either way, as long as he’s getting what he needs out of it.) People start to avoid shopping there (except for the guild members who know Ilari is a good boy) and Ilari starts to hear urban legends about his own shop, which he finds endlessly amusing. (So does the Contractor, who still drops in every now and then to see how he’s doing. He and the Contractor are…friends? Acquaintances? They’re certainly SOMETHING lol)

Things settle down after this—it’s pretty much just a game of patience at this point as Ilari and the guild slowly start to gather information and intel. During this, Ilari ventures outside during a rainy day to harvest some herbs for his shop and wanders across an injured bird. Ilari scoops it up and takes it back to his shop to tend to it. He quietly muses how he and the bird are similar; both loners with injuries, whether it be physical or emotional, who nobody seems to pay any mind to. But then he says that since the guild took care of him, he’s happy to care for the bird, making it a whole full circle “there’s still hope for us after all” kind of thing. Unbeknownst to him, this bird is actually a shape-shifting elemental, who hears Ilari’s kind words and gestures of care and is like 😳

Several days later, Ilari wanders into the back of his shop and is shocked to see that the bird has transformed into a human. He’d saved a human!! The human introduces himself as Mio, and quietly yet sincerely thanks Ilari for his compassion and care. Ilari asks where he came from, and while Mio seems closed off, he admits that he came from a port town south of them, and that he was being chased by pirates. 

SADLY this is all I have written so far, but yes Ilari will end up with Mio, who is probably just as messed up as he is lmao so they’re really perfect for each other. Are they unhealthily codependent on one another? Yes. Does it work for them? Yes. Ilari doesn’t think he’s worth saving but Mio goes to all the lengths to prove otherwise, even going so far as to cut the strings of fate himself, which is DANGEROUSSSS. But it all works out ;)

Once I get the rest of Ilari’s story arc written I will edit this post and put it here! Hopefully that will be soon wheeze

Extra personality traits:

-He’s very self conscious of his flaws, so much so that he constantly second guesses himself when it comes to taking steps in relationships. He always asks permission before doing anything with Mio, and is very careful whenever he does initiate anything :’)

-He’s very impulsive and tends to jump into situations without thinking;; it’s just an involuntary gut reaction. But he’s smart enough to get himself out of said situations most of the time

-Normally very bright, cheerful, and friendly. He’s able to get along with practically anybody he meets. He’s also quite the charmer 👀 But he’s very sincere with his compliments, which is why he’s so likable.

-Despite this, the only person he’s really ever been “close” to is Azra…until Kiyo and the guild came into the picture and forced him to open up more towards others.

-Super physically affectionate with people he’s fond of. He’s known to cling to others if he’s really in need of attention

-He’s not afraid to be blunt—in fact, he’ll usually keep a cheerful smile on his face while he blatantly (yet politely) tells things as they are. Nobody really knows how to counteract this lmao

-He’s so bad with feelings. When people start confiding in him he freaks and loses his cool (hence his negative reaction to Mio confessing his feelings. THEY WORK IT OUT THO).

- He can’t take compliments and he refuses to believe in the fact that anybody could like him because he has zero self-esteem 😔 He wasn’t this way before, but after killing so many he truly thinks that he’s too stained with blood to be worthy of anybody

-When he loses his smile you KNOW you’re in trouble. He rarely ever shows his serious side but when he does things get scary

-He haaaates showing his nasty side to Mio and to Azra;; Sometimes he’ll slip into that persona unconsciously and he always feels awful about it afterward (especially since he doesn’t mean it most of the time). But he’s usually quick to catch himself when he’s being cruel, and apologizes straight away.

-He’s a self sacrificial moron. If anybody close to him is in danger he’ll offer himself up immediately and take the fall no matter what the consequences. This ties heavily into his own negative self worth which is why he’s so quick to take the bullet for others. He’s got that “better me than them” mindset and it’s so UNHEALTHY, this boy needs THERAPY

-Rarely gets overly emotional (and by this I mean like the crying kind of emotional) but when he does oh man. Everyone loses their minds trying to comfort him

-At this point he’s only used to Azra’s flirting so whenever Mio starts doing anything romantic he gets flustered as hell 😏

And now, because at this point I feel like I need to include it, a TL;DR:

Ilari, a forest elemental, grows up with his non-elemental best friend Azra. After Ilari’s parents die, he moves in with Azra, falls in love with him, and eventually proposes to him while they’re out journeying. On the way to their wedding destination, Azra is killed by a group of elemental purists. Ilari spends the next year hunting them down and killing them for revenge. After that’s complete, he hears rumors of a woman called The Contractor who can grant wishes. Ilari signs a contract despite the warnings of a high price to be with Azra again, and finds himself in an altered timeline where Azra is alive but is engaged to somebody else. Heartbroken, Ilari leaves on a journey of self discovery and realizes that the purists are still around in the new timeline, so he concocts a plan to go after them and disband them once and for all. During all this, he rescues an elemental named Mio, whom he begins to grow close to despite his own reservations.

TO BE CONTINUED.......lol

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Ooo I have a few of these!

1- I really don't like Oscha. Ok, don't get me wrong, the dynamic they have by it self is a cute ship dynamic, yes? But the actual characters as a couple would just be so toxic and not work at all. They can barely stand being around each other during the musical, so i don't see how people can view them as a couple, or even close friends for that matter. Now, Ocean's character development does allow me to see them as maybe being friends/ frenemies after the cyclone if they did hypothetically come back, but no more than that.

2- The same goes for Perfectspace. Im sure we're all aware at this point on how abelist Ocean is towards Ricky throughout the musical, so I don't even understand why this ship needs to exist. Ocean views and treats Ricky like a CHILD the whole time, seen by her mannerisms and "sweet little Ricky Potts" , "Ricky sweetie". She treats him he's a small child, incapable of having mature feelings and thoughts, so I think It'd be really freaking weird if those two were to date.

3- Noel is not shy. Ok so, this one probably isn't very controversial but I just feel the need to share this! As someone who grew up incredibly shy and introverted, Noel does not seem like the kind of person to be wary of that at all. First off, Noel broke into a strange exert (i cant spell im so sorry) in front of like, the whole school and possibly more, my guy is NOT afraid of people judging him that badly 🙏 Now, this doesn't mean he isn't affected by being judged, because everyone is at least a little bit im sure, I just think he's actually quite a bold character, and people crushing him down to be this shy little twink really annoys me, because he's such an interesting fun character and people need to realise that!!! Of course, he obviously has his limits, like going as C3-PO instead of Lola-Lola, but thats a BIG THING to do in a town as small as Uranium, he can be brave while still being smart on how to not get totally targeted. (sorry if this made no sense lol i ramble XD)

TIME FOR SOME SIMPLER ONES WITHOUT MUCH EXPLANATION BECAUSE WHY NOT!!!!

1- Ocean is asexual. "Teen sex kills!" and the whole being freaked out by "profanity" just makes me (an asexual) think she too is grossed out by the grind ‼️

2- Transman Mischa. I don't think i have to explain.

3- GenderNO Ricky. Gender has NOTHING on the Rickster. He's just a swinging space age bachelor man who occasionally might also be a swinging space age bachelorette. And sometimes, a swinging spacejesus, the list goes on and on and on but i think you get the point- Whether Ricky or Savannah, my dudette is NOT CIS.

4- He/She pronouns Noel :3 NOT TRANSFEM NOEL. Just cis male Noel who also likes she pronouns along with he!

5- Pansexual Constance yesyes. yes. i think we all agree.

6- Mischa is like an older brother to most of the choir, like he protects them and shit but would also do the most brotherly shit like walk into their room, maybe knock something over, stare at them, insult them and then leave without closing the door. But with love yk 😎❤️

7- I don't like Jane Doe × anyone. Now, the only exception here is Spacedolls because I feel like, Jane isn't viewed as a person, but is Ricky? Barely. So i think they would be cute together, but even better Penny × Ricky. Now, along with the whole "Jane isn't viewed as human" thing, everyone (minus Rickster) is at least slightly scared of Jane. None of them would want to date her, seeing as they can't even be near her and act normal at the same time. But, of course, I like Penny shipped with them (obv not Noel) because she would be viewed as a person and not a scary doll thing.

OK LMAO I GOT INTO THE ZONE WITH THAT ONE-

please don't get like triggered or upset over any of these guys like remember this is just my opinions on a silly little musical about kids singing for their life after dying on a rollercoaster accident like its not so serious 😓

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what's y'alls controversial rtc head canons/opinions

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[early2000smovieimagines]

Meeting and Dating Adam Stanheight

(Not my gif)(Requested by anonymous)

(I saw the “rockstar” deleted scene like halfway through writing the dating portion of this and after writing the meeting portion and whew boy did I almost change this entire post because of it lmao)

- No relationship with Adam is devoid of conflict. He is; at his very core, an angry and cynical person and that in itself makes it difficult to date him. 

- A part of you wishes that you could break away from him forever but no matter how many times you swear that you’re never gonna speak to him again; no matter how many fights you get into or how difficult you find trying to get along with him is, you still can’t manage to shake him for good. Bad times are bad but good times are great and that’s what keeps you coming back for more.

- This is the man that you’ve “chosen” to love; for better or for worse, and now you can do nothing but lay in the bed that you’ve made. At least you know he’ll always be laying there beside you....

- You and Adam met in college. You had a class together and the two of you exchanged numbers as per the professors recommendation.

- Initially, this line of communication was merely meant for questions about class, but you soon found yourselves using it to speak more casually: wishing each other good luck on tests, telling the other person to feel better when they were out sick, gossiping about the teacher or the class and just making general conversation about whatever you had in common. 

- When you first met him, you’d assumed he was one of those angst ridden art majors who read Bukowski and emotionally traumatized their girlfriends but the more you spoke to him, the more it became obvious that that wasn’t the case. He was actually down to earth and, if anything, down on his luck: depressed and angry, not because he had any underlying issues but because he was living in a trashy apartment and dealing with the sort of people who would make just about anybody lose hope in humanity. 

- You and Adam were never quite “friends” but you did enjoy conversating with him and you felt like you knew him enough to consider him an acquaintance; which would ultimately lead to you agreeing to go out with him. 

- He asked you out for coffee a little ways into your freshman year of college and the two of you grabbed said hot drinks after class one day when it was particularly cold. You shared your first kiss not long after....

- You were over at his place doing some school work and just sort of being in each others presence and he spent the entire time just thinking about how much he liked you and how nice it felt to be around you. In the midst of shuffling through papers, writing things down, and drinking cold coffee, he just sort of leaned over and kissed you; not that you’re complaining. 

- And just like that, it was time to play the game. 

- Adam doesn’t see pda as being any different from normal affection so he’s likely to treat you the same way he would in private while you’re out in public; minus a couple ass smacks and tongue touches. He respects your boundaries more than anything so it’s really just up to you to decide if you want to makeout on the subway or if you’d rather just touch thighs. 

- Handholding. 

- Top of the head and forehead kisses. He gives you a lot of them but they’re usually done at random; oftentimes in the middle of smoking a cigarette or while laying in bed. Occasionally you’ll receive an onslaught of them for no real reason at all; not that you’re complaining of course. 

- Somewhat slow, passionate kisses. 

- Affectionate name calling and nicknames that confuse everyone who isn’t you. He’ll usually refer to you by your given name, but when he’s looking to call you something different, you’re either being called a bitch or something oddly specific that refers to an event that only the two of you were there to witness. 

- The world is cold and hard: titties are warm and soft.... Adam talks a big game for someone who literally chooses to have his feet hang off the bed/side of the couch just so he can lay his head on your chest/stomach while the two of you cuddle. 

- I have a feeling that him falling asleep in his red room is a pretty common occurrence so don’t be surprised if you have to go into it and jostle him awake; guiding him to bed while he stumbles around half asleep. 

- I hate everyone but you. That's it, that’s your entire relationship. Even the things he’d usually find annoying in other people are endearing when it comes to you. So, if you ever feel like a burden, just know he considers you to be one of the best things that have ever happened to him. 

- He can never just take a “nice” photo of you: it always has to be something stupid. You in the kitchen with horrible bedhead, halfway through brushing your teeth and trying to close the door on him, you while you’re asleep (don’t ask), a shot from the window of his apartment while you’re walking out to your car. God help you if you think you’re getting a cute photoshoot: you’re lucky if you have even one photo in his collection that you’d willingly show another human being.

- He probably asked to take your picture the first time the two of you met and since it was in college; where everybody has a handful of different class projects, you didn’t really think twice about it and shyly agreed. The amount of times he’s stared at that picture is borderline unhealthy but it’s also kind of cute; if only you knew he still had it....

- Leaving each other little notes that range from joking insults to sweet affirmations.

- Bringing food whenever you go over to his apartment. You know that he goes hungry instead of just asking if you can cover him between pay checks so you don’t mention it and just bring it over when you know that his fridge is empty.

- Adam has the stereotypical décor that single men who live alone have …which is no décor. It’s the reason why he loves your apartment so much: it can be just as cheap and shitty as his own apartment but the difference is, you’ve put in the effort to make it drastically more comfortable; like buying a bunch of pillows and hanging up different fairy lights.

- You once surprised him by putting up fairy lights in his bedroom and though he laughed at it when he first saw it, he definitely; secretly, got a little choked up.

- Cheap dates. I’m sorry but your boyfriend is broke and there is no changing that. 

- What he lacks in funds, he makes up for in heart. He may not be able to get you a good birthday gift or an expensive date but he does everything he can to make things special for the two of you.

- Chilling in his apartment. He spends so much of his days wandering around different towns and cities and because of that, sometimes he really just prefers to stay in.

- Standing outside with him while he smokes.

- Going to free entry museums.

- Eating lunch or grabbing some coffee while you walk around your city/town.

- Most of the time, he drinks his coffee fully black and it’s the reason why you don’t allow yourself to completely trust him. That is Ted Bundy behavior and you’re not falling for it.

- Going to slightly seedy nightclubs/dive bars because his one friend is performing with his band and he wants to be there for his bro.

- Exchanging cassettes and cds. The two of you aren’t allowed to break up, not because you love each other too much but because it’ll be too much of a fucking hassle to sort through all of your purchases and decide who gets to keep what.

- Bickering about dumb shit.

- Talking about and listening to all his work stories. There’s a lot of fascinating drama that comes with being a private investigator and you’re on the receiving end of all that gossip.

- Speaking of stories: he loves hearing you talk about your life. All of your childhood stories and those weird little details about your family and friends interest him more than you can imagine.

- I feel like he has a bunch of random scars that go hand in hand with strange stories: like how his friend stabbed him with a rusty nail or how he burnt himself with chemicals/almost sliced his finger off while trying to renovate his apartment.  

- If we’re under the impression that he escaped his saw trap then just know that you’re going to be dealing with a lot of clinginess and attachment issues. He won’t be comfortable being left alone so he’s either with you constantly or being passed around a circle of you and your loved ones so that he can feel safe.

- The two of you have a lot of routines: like what you do when the power goes out or how the two of you get home from work. He likes the way his actions wrap around yours, how intertwined your schedules and behavior have become; it makes him feel less lonely throughout the day. 

- It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been together, Adam still gets embarrassed if you catch him watching porn or even just walk in during like a lengthy sex scene in a movie. The speed at which he slams his laptop shut and says a high pitched and nervous “what?” makes you feel like you’re his mother and not the girl that's been sucking and fucking him for the past year and a half. 

- He’s like... kind of a fucking idiot?? You’re definitely gonna have to step in and tell him to stop from time to time: like when he’s pissing off a person that’s supposed to kill him or willingly trying to smoke a poisoned cigarette. 

- Laughing at his stupid little quips.

- Your day is filled with sarcastic comments so I hope you can dish them out as much as he does.

- Adam is admittedly kind of an asshole but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any redeeming qualities as well. Underneath his hardened exterior is a soft and gooey inside: one that wants to love and be loved back and lucky for you, you’re the one he’s chosen to give all that love to.

- This is borderline irrelevant but Adam seems like the type of guy who would accidentally have a kid in college: he gives off the vibes of someone who gets up at three am to soothe their baby. And on that same note: I think he’d surprise you with just how much he wants kids. He might seem like the type of guy who wouldn’t even believe in marriage but ask him and he’ll tell you all about his three daughters and a dog plan.

- I feel like Adam doesn’t really have any close friends or family so his life very quickly begins to revolve around your own. You’re his number one person the minute the two of you start dating so get used to being a priority.

- The concept of Adam deceiving you is genuinely laughable, not because he wouldn’t try but because he’d be so exceedingly shit at it that you’d immediately know he wasn’t telling the truth. He’s a terrible liar and it’s part of the reason why you can trust him so much. 

- Adam’s spent a long time trailing after cheating spouses, you can’t tell me that he isn’t at least a little disillusioned with love and/ or paranoid. I definitely think he still believes in it but he’s probably worried that he’s going to give his all to someone and get fucked over because of it. Like the wise Amigo the Devil once said : I've always been scared of loving someone just a little bit more than I'm loved.

- He isn’t a terribly jealous person but he has his moments; usually when his work gets particularly depressing. He doesn’t feel threatened by every single man in your life but if you’re really close to someone and something from his job hits a little too close to home, he’ll get a bit passive aggressive with you. 

- He’s a normal amount of protective. He gets worried when there’s reason to be worried but doesn’t always sweat every little thing; which is good cause he isn’t threatening even when he tries. 

- Oh no! The wet rat who self admittedly has an anger problem isn’t the most perfect boyfriend in the world? Who would have thought? No, but seriously, if you came here thinking I’d tell you that arguments never break out between the two of you then I’m sorry but that’s on you.  

- You mostly bicker about stuff that doesn’t really matter but it isn’t improbable for him to get particularly emotional and say something sarcastic/hurtful. He’ll say it, his heart will drop and he’ll rub a hand down his face before walking towards you to try and apologize. 

- Apologies tend to change depending on the situation. Sometimes it’s a mouthful of “sorry”’s and a hug, other times it’s an abrupt and passionate kiss. He isn’t great at expressing his remorse verbally but he does his best and you always know that he really does regret his actions. 

- I feel like he told you that he loved you for the first time when you bought him a pack of cigarettes; like one of those exaggerated “I love you’s” that more or less mean thank you, and it took him a minute to realize what he’d said and that he’d never actually said that to you before. Nevertheless, he doesn’t tell you that he loves you very often but he always picks strange times to do so when he actually does. 

- Even though his whole career pretty much revolves around how badly marriages can pan out, he still believes in them and wants one of his own. He trusts that you’re different and that the two of you will be happy together and he’s looking forward to spending the rest of his life with you.