#more info on weapons & magic later

[invincibledc]

☆★ info！reader is a child at the age of 8-9 who has the ability to shift through realities/worlds/universes, shift to things into their own liking. Basically like atom eve but a chaotic user of shifting the person’s or something’s anatomy or aleast make things appear. After meeting Dick (yes from the DC Universe), he became a father figure more than a brother. Taking care of you and even having a room for you. Then you were forced to leave the world, making you join Mark and his family before the same thing happened.

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𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂!𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐗 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑!𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃!𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑

ᝰ.ᐟsummary: getting into battle, they can’t help but worry. But as soon as you get hurt, it’s game on.

ᝰ.ᐟgenre: idk I just thought of this

ᝰ.ᐟinfo: you’re the protege of atom eve. This is gender neutral. Just letting this out here, the situation is clearly made up and is made for the amusement plot.

ᝰ.ᐟword count: 843

Getting into battle, Oliver was close by you. Oliver easily fending off these monster robots that oddly have blood. When you were with dick, you swore these kind of robots didn’t have blood.

You and Oliver had joined mark to fight with the guardians for this. Of course despite his contradictions, but you just want to help him. While you raised your arm, creating a barrier from a robot trying to punch you.

You skidded across the floor, letting out a sigh, you let go of the shield. Having it disperse into glitter, the robot reels his arm back to hit you. But doing a backhand spring, Oliver comes from behind you and punches the robot from you. Going through its entire body. The robot broke into pieces.

“Good job Omni boy!” You said happily with a wide smile, Oliver smiled happily at his little sister/brother and swoops over to grab your hand as you both flew off. “It’s kid omni-man!” “Whatever!”

Oliver now held you by your hands as you looked around the debris of the city. “Woah.. the city is trashed. But not like the usual.” Oliver looks down, tightening his grip against your hands.

“You’re right…” “hope mark’s okay…and eve.” You frowned, Oliver knew this as he looked at you. “I’m sure they’re fine n/n…”

Later on during these battles, you and Oliver finished your battles. You having to make a weapon out of thin air and throw at a robot, it got impaled into the ground whilst flew past you to slam a robot down.

You felt two presences coming, immediately your hair flowed in the air, turning around your hands lift up with glowing and glittering pink swords. But you yield to see it was just mark and eve.

“Guys!” Oliver float by you, smiling at mark and Eve. You both rushed over to the two, you ran over to mark who gave you tight hug. As Oliver goes to hug mark, you gave eve a hug.

“Let’s go, the other may need help.” Eve says, placing a hand behind your back.

The boys nodded, Eve has you on her back, making sure you were secured. You smiled, a little happy to be in battle.

Not because you like to fight or whatever, but to help others! You always wanted to help others, your adoptive father Dick Grayson in another universe showed you the life of saving lives. And here you now in another world saving lives with your other family of this dimension. But of course not everything goes to plan.

In the top of 10 minutes, the group has magically split up to an ambush. Here you are alone, fending off some robots. You made a bow and arrow out of thin air, the arrow glowed a beautiful pink glow with sparkles spilling from it. The bow was curved perfectly, you jumped back when the robot slammed its fist against the ground.

You fired the arrow, having it shoot through its head. The robot short circuited before fumbling to the ground.

Just in a heap of moment, you turned around to create a shield as one has snuck up behind you. You really wished for someone to come.

The robot kept punching the shield, getting tired of using your energy of holding the pink shield up. You let out a scream, pushing the shield against the robot. Having it push it back, you summoned a big hammer in your hand that says “Bang!” And with a swift slam, you slam the hammer onto the robot. The robot smashed into pieces, with relief, you let out a breath. You couldn’t help but notice you felt a little light headed.

Gripping your head, you failed to notice a robot walking towards you. Oliver had finally found you, liking frantic as he finally sees a pink suit. One that could resemble eve’s but more stunning.

“Y/n!” He yelled, you heard him. You heard him before you got smacked hard into a building.

“No!!!” The purple boy yells, feeling his heart drop. Head bleeding. Eyes closed. You were tired. And Oliver was angry.

Oliver sped over to the robot and slammed it down. “You. Hurt. Them!” He kept repeating punches to the damned robot. Not caring whatsoever about anything else but getting revenge.

He lifted his arm again, only for it to get grabbed. “Oliver. That’s enough.” Oliver pauses, looking behind him with teary eyes, mark had a clear serious face. Eve had your body in her arms. “I’m taking them to the med.” Eve says, flying off quickly. That left the boys to talk.

“I understand, I would’ve reacted the same way Oliver…” Oliver sniffles, rubbing his eyes. “I tried to protect them.. I tried.” Mark frowns, hating to see his brother like this, he wipes the tears from the boy’s face.

“You tried, and it’s not your fault. That just means that they’re not ready to fight along side us.”

“That just means we have to keep them trapped. Away from danger. They’re not like us.”

[heilos]

Living Harmony AU relevant character sheets/info: Harmony aka the "Tree of Harmony" Stygian Somnambula Starswirl the Bearded Shadow Lock is actually an official canon character from the IDW comics No. 51-53 and I really enjoyed his mini arc introduction enough to include him as a more significant part of my "Living Harmony" MLP AU animation project. When I found out he's a direct descendant of Stygian, one of the Pillars of Equestria, I had to find a way to work him in and give him a bit of an updated design to fit more into my story setting I have planned. My good friend Ori helped vector my finalized concept redesign in the very top image. Listed below is some character and story context for these sketches provided by my myself and Ori who's been a huge help in fleshing out the world building with this cast of characters I'm using in this AU so far. Shadow Lock's main abilities and canon backstory are expanded upon and/or flavored a bit differently here as well.

Stygian’s distant descendant, the last living branch in his family tree

Lives alone in his family’s castle after they retired to the town of Somnambula

Temporary antagonist to the mane 6 that stems from a fear of the Pony of Shadows returning to plague Equestria

Believed he was descended from a monster and desperately tried to erase any mention of the Pony of Shadows from written history

Was talked down from his history erasing spree by Twilight and ends up traveling around Equestria to find more info on the Pony of Shadows, without trying to erase the knowledge this time, and prevent it from returning

The symbol on the front of Shadow Lock’s cloak is his family crest that dates back to Stygian's time period.

There’s a glamor woven into Shadow Lock’s cloak that enshrouds its wearer’s face.

Shadow Lock’s special talent is the concealment and binding of dark magic. He can effectively bind malevolent “spirits” into vessels where they’re unable to cause harm. This can also be reversed as an unbinding spell. ("spirits" in this context are more like a culmination of lingering, concentrated dark magic that takes on a will of its own)

His family castle used to be quite “haunted”. It’s quieter nowadays, but he does have a large collection of miscellaneous items that most ponies would consider “cursed…”

Always carries a healthy stack of books on his person to read and use as a weapon. His spells can pull fictional characters and monsters from stories to fight for him

Created a spell that can trap a creature into experiencing a historical event on loop by using a small amount of written text. The spell can be broken by doing something significant enough that did not occur during the looped event in history.

Shadow Lock and Stygian are extremely hesitant to meet each other at first in present time. The mane 6 and Harmony step in as mediator eventually to help them work out their issues so they can reconnect as family

Much later in the story, Shadow Lock invites Stygian to live in his castle once their family relationship is repaired, the two becoming inseparable

His original design from the comics:

[hauntingrabbits]

More Batman/My Little Pony au art because these are ridiculously fun to draw. Part 3 here! Part 1 here!

More info under the cut!

1. Sweet Talk/The Harlequin (Harleen Quinzel)

Originally contracted to work as a psychiatrist for the Tartarus villain redemption program, Sweet Talk had a unique relationship with the Joker. This relationship was proven to be even stranger than her coworkers had originally assumed when she broke him out and joined him in his life of crime.

Devoting herself entirely to her new life and relationship with the joker, she covers her original cutie mark at all times. Snce her horn was snapped she can no longer cast precise spells, leaving her magic mostly emotion-based and intensely volatile, (typically manifesting in the form of sparks, zaps, and explosions).

Other Notes:

-Using Tartarus as a substitute for Arkham Asylum for this au because why not.

-The villain redemption program did NOT go well. Sorry Twilight.

-Mostly based on BTAS Harley because I adore the original costume.

-Her horn was cracked by the Joker

2. Pudding Pie/The Joker (The Joker)

Batpony’s most notorious foe. Said to have been just a regular pony until he fell into a vat at an Ace Potions factory during a conflict with Batpony.

He doesn’t have a Cutie Mark, but it’s unclear whether this was always the case or instead a result of his accident. The effects of permanent Cutie Mark loss—the only known cases of which occurred via long-banned magic and/or traumatic injury—are largely unstudied, and it’s ramifications are unknown. Some ponies theorize this may be the reason for the Joker’s mental state and general disposition.  

Sundown has a different opinion on the matter.

Other notes:

-Based mostly on BTAS joker and the ‘89 Nicholson joker.

-His name is just based on Harley’s “pudding” nickname for in in a lot of versions, but I think it would also be hilarious if he was a distant relative of Pinkie Pie.

-I could leave it ambiguous but. Yeah the potion vat didn’t actually do anything beyond slightly altering his physical appearance. He’s just like that and he never got a cutie mark in the first place.

3. Gadiel/Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane)

Raised among ponies, Gadiel was relentlessly bullied for being gangly and birdish, earning him the nickname “Scarecrow” in his youth. Though he later successfully became a professor and psychologist in Gotham, Gadiel was eventually fired when he was found to be testing his fear-inducing potions on his students and purposefully putting them through terrifying and dangerous situations. Deciding to take his experiments to the masses, Gadiel donned the mantle of Scarecrow and weaponized fear to become a career criminal.

As the Scarecrow, he’s known for his skill in manipulation, psychological torture, and crafting dangerous potions and gas. The effects of fear on magical creatures are unique and intense, much to Gadiel’s delight and interest.

Other Notes:

-I wanted to make his front half a crane but I couldn’t get the long neck to work right with the mask, so he’s more crow-like instead.

-according to the wiki 1/3 of Griffin names start with a G so naturally I was extremely tempted to name him Gonathon and you should all be very grateful I did not. The name Gadiel has origins in the bible as the name of an archangel which I thought was fitting given the insane religious trauma some versions of the scarecrow went through. I thought about trying to do something similar for this version but given that the mlp universe uses Princess Celestia as a replacement for God in expressions like “Celestia knows where” and “Oh my Celestia” I wasn’t really sure how to go about it. There’s probably some kind of sun-worshipping thing in equestria idk.

-I spent a long time on the mlp wiki but from what I could find the only “fear” magic in the show is just used by one guy and its just called “dark magic”. I thought for sure there would’ve been some random plant or magical creature they dealt with at some point that maybe did something similar I could use for his blurb but unfortunately there was not.

4. Mandible/Falseface (Basil Karlo/Matt Hagen)

Hungry and deeply resentful of the changeling queen for forcing her underlings to share what little stolen love they had with her, Mandible went rogue early on and split off from the hive to pursue his own ventures. Finding success under the name Claypose as a pony actor in Gotham, he was sustained primarily by the one-sided love of his fans for years, despite the false identity having no real prior personal relationships to leech from. 

After a magical special effects accident on set revealed his true nature, he went into hiding and immediately started crafting a new persona, but soon found in his distress and rage over losing his identity as Claypose that he could no longer sustain any disguise long enough to keep up a long-term facade. Blaming the accident, he targeted the unicorn responsible by posing as his wife to leech his love, but ended up killing the pony in a panic when his disguise failed much faster than he’d anticipated it would. Unable to keep up a new identity or return to the hive, Mandible turned to a life of crime instead, doing dirty work for the bigger criminal names in Gotham and leeching love from his employer’s targets to survive.

Other notes:

-Clayface being a changeling was an obvious pick given his power set but I really wasn’t sure how to tackle the main issue of him being unable to keep a solid form for long. I went with his distress and frustration being the main thing keeping his disguise flimsy (so he gets put in kind of an ourobouros cycle where his disguise being bad makes him upset but him being upset makes it harder to fix his disguise), but the magic accident probably also contributed somehow.

-Why are all the changelings straight up just named after body parts in this show whats that about. The “Clay” in Claypose is obviously a reference to his title/schtick in the comics while the “pose” comes from both his job as an actor and the fact that he’s posing as a pony. Mandible is the name for the jaw part of an insect.

-there's actually an entirely different batman villain called falseface in the '66 series (…and another in the comics apparently, whoops) but I couldn't come up with anything better. Changeface just does not roll off the tongue.

3. Winglon/Killer Drake (Waylon Jones)

Originally intended to be used in an entrance exam, his egg was stolen from a Canterlot delivery cart on its way to Celestia’s school of magic and sold on the black market to a Pony Island circus. Raised to be part of the freak show, Winglon was pitted against circus performers and overconfident challengers in ring fights for money and entertainment. Enduring abuse and injury throughout his life from ponies that he was always fundamentally stronger than, it was only a matter of time until he snapped. Garnering the name Killer Drake for his actions, Winglon escaped into the Gotham sewer system.

Not knowing how to return to the dragonlands or whether he’d even fit into dragon society at all, he continues to lurk in the dark away from any life, deeply resenting ponies and all other manner of magical creatures that make friends with them.

Other notes:

-I like silly names ok. Winglon Jones. -I like the theory that the dragon egg used for Twilight’s entrance exam was actually fake/meant to be a no-win scenario, but I also don’t think it would be that hard for enterprising ponies to get their hands on dragon eggs. The practice probably stopped in the later seasons when they made friends with the dragonlands or whatever though.

-Given that dragons threaten to eat or kill ponies at multiple points in the show, the cannibalism is actually kind of understandable. And also not even cannibalism anymore. Still murder though.

[artsy-n-smartsy]

Pyroland

I have been wanting to explore Pyroland for a while. There's a lot of untapped potential here, and while TF2's canon is somewhat conflicting, I wanted to put together some pieces of information that are integral to not only Pyroland, but also to our beloved masked friend :D

This is a long post so I will be hiding it under the cut. I hope that it is interesting to you all! While I don't dive too much into theories (I do explain some of my own thoughts later in the post), I think what I have here could help fuel headcanons and such.

Let's get started :)

WHAT IS KNOWN

Let's go over the known inhabitants first. Besides our star, Pyro (more on him later!), we can get some information from Balloonicorn's in-game description:

"Oh my goodness! Is it Balloonicorn? The Mayor of Pyroland? Don't be ridiculous, we're talking about an inflatable unicorn. He's the Municipal Ombudsman. Between you and me, Balloonicorn's a joke down at City Hall. Gary Brottman, the inflatable Sewer Superintendent, is sleeping with Balloonicorn's wife. Anyway, when he's riding around on your shoulder don't mention ANY of this to him, because Balloonicorn is on a hair trigger and he's usually pretty drunk."

So from this, we have:

☆Balloonicorn; the Municipal Ombudsman (the entity in charge of representing the interests of the citizens within a town or district). According to his in-game description, he is "on a hair trigger" and "usually pretty drunk". As we know, he's an inflatable unicorn.

☆Balloonicorn's wife; her appearance and occupation are unknown. She is having an affair with......

☆Gary Brottman; the Sewer Superintendent (the entity in charge of the sewage system). He is an inflatable of an unknown species.

This would have been all the info here; however, I wanted to share an alternate/extended take on Balloonicorn's description, which could be found on multiple websites where the IRL piece of merchandise, the Inflatable Balloonicorn, was sold.

Aside from how Balloonicorn is portrayed as a moocher in the second paragraph...

"Gary Brottman, the inflatable Sewer Superintendent, was seen playing patty-cake with Balloonicorn's wife."

...Since we know from the original description that Balloonicorn's wife and Gary are sleeping together, this could mean that patty-cake is an equivalent to sex in Pyroland. Whether this is canon or simply a nod to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?—or both—is up to interpretation. (I'm choosing to believe it's canon because it's funny <w<)

Next up! We also know what Pyroland looks like, thanks to Meet the Pyro and to various pieces of concept art.

While the six images above are concept art, they bare heavy resemblance to, if not resembling outright, the Pyroland seen in Meet the Pyro, so we can safely assume it is canon. If anything, some of the concept art is clearer!

WHAT WE CAN ASSUME

Based on our observations, we can rather safely assume the following:

☆Pyro is the mayor of Pyroland. Rather obvious of a point, since it's in the name, but I did notice that one of the archways bear Pyro's resemblance, and so do the party streamers. Pyro is clearly an important figure here.

I lean towards Pyro being the mayor, as opposed to any other leadership title, because Balloonicorn's description mentioned there being a "mayor of Pyroland", while dismissing the idea of Balloonicorn fulfilling that role. It just makes sense for it to be Pyro.

☆Pyroland is made up of things that Pyro likes. If one can create their own city, why not truly make it their own? From this, we can assume that Pyro likes:

Music - his weapons are replaced by musical instruments, and "Do You Believe in Magic?" is quite literally about finding the magic in music. I'd be willing to bet that music is one of Pyro's all-time favorite things, second to fire.

Animals - specifically "cute" ones like kitties, puppies and hamsters (all inflatable animals we see during Meet the Pyro). This is also supported by the comics, as Pyro adopts a dalmatian!

Sweets - There are many candies and other sweets scattered around. In-game, medkits are replaced by cake while using Pyrovision.

Flowers - Big, bright flowers decorate the land, both in grassy areas and within the town itself. Plus, Pyro's purse (which can be seen in multiple respawn rooms in the cubbies) has a flower on it :)

Parties - There are party streamers hanging around the town, and medkits become cake while in Pyrovision. Also, Balloonicorn and the other inflatable animals (plus the unseen Gary Brottman) are all balloon-like.

[Note: from this point on, I delve a bit into theory territory and express my own opinions. I do keep it all backed up by evidence, however :>]

SOMETHING I NOTICED!

Upon a rewatch of Meet the Pyro, I noticed that the set of matches on the title card not only has Balloonicorn, but also text that reads "Est. 1956"!

If these matches, and thus Balloonicorn's likeness, exist outside of Pyroland and within the TF2 world at large, then what does this mean for Balloonicorn?

Considering how Pyroland has party elements (the streamers, balloon-like inhabitants, and cakes), it wouldn't be too far off to assume that Balloonicorn could be a party mascot, and the matches he's printed on could be for lighting birthday candles.

With the establishment year being 1956, and TF2 taking place in the late 1960s and beyond (taking the game and comics into account)...could it be that Balloonicorn was a key figure in Pyro's life when he was younger, and that's how he ended up with a prominent role within Pyroland? Perhaps; while Pyro's age is unknown, one can form attachments to characters at any time of their life.

Whether Balloonicorn's lore is a result of him taking on a life of his own within Pyroland is a mystery. Although, with the tone of TF2 in mind, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for their real-world Balloonicorn to possess those same qualities as well.

My Own Thoughts

Some people argue about whether Pyro is aware of what he does. I have reason to believe he is aware; in Meet the Pyro, he shut the present that the baby Medic hid inside of, while, in reality, Pyro had trapped the actual Medic inside the wooden shed and burned him. If Pyro truly believed he was playing with a baby...why would he so confidently encase the baby inside the box, and risk harming the poor thing? He knew what he was doing. He's playing with babies in Pyroland because that's what it feels like to torture his targets. It's similar to how Heavy taunts his opponents by calling them babies. (For that reason, I believe the babies aren't truly inhabitants of Pyroland, though that's just my opinion.)

I've always seen Pyroland and Pyrovision moreso as representations for how Pyro feels when causing carnage. After all, it seems fire is what fuels Pyrovision. It brings Pyro much joy. So much, that it quite literally restores the color to his life.

How I wish we were given a comic about the inner workings of Pyroland.

[lopsushi]

Cryptic Hunter AU

Lore: 

Cryptic are known in this au like good, bad, feral, and monsters. There are hunters to keep these cryptic in check and kill the ones that are feral, villains, and monsters. Macaque was born as a shadow witch/cryptic (which is rare) and Wukong a powerful cryptic who dreamed of becoming something great. They were childhood best friends and grew up as survivors for years in this cruel world until one day Wukong got cursed by a powerful god (IDK which God) for the trouble he was causing in the world and no hunter was able to catch him. Macaque knows about the curse and tries his best to find a cure for his best friend/crush on this curse. Though as the years goes by Wukong gets annoyed/tired of how long this is going to take because he is suffering from this curse and Macaque isn’t making the monkey lash at his best friend. One day Macaque returns home from a hard day of searching for answers to find Wukong not home and his belongings gone. Macaque goes into searching for his best friend till years later he finds Wukong at the Celestial Realm Hunter Crop making Macaque scared to enter because he knows how this crop treats witches. Lucky, he sneaks in to talk to Wukong at night and finds his best friend training and when he is alone he’ll come out hugging the monkey happy to find him, asking him questions on where he went and what happened. That they need to leave this place because it is dangerous, but Wukong would pull his hand making Macaque confused. That was the argument of Wukong having enough of not getting an answer for his curse and Macaque confusingly telling him that he was looking for a cure. This would lead to their heated argument of Wukong telling Macaque he’s tired of waiting, having to suffer from this curse, how he’s suffering from this curse and Macaque isn’t. How he must put up with it while Macaque can be carefree. How he must do this all alone. And of course, Macaque is doing his best yelling at Wukong, looking as best as he can. That he is doing everything in his power to cure him. Of course, this would make Wukong snap and yell at Macaque telling him “YOUR A CRYPTIC AND A WITCH BUT SO FAR YOU DONE NOTHING TO HELP ME!!!” And of course, Macaque would get hurt badly if he snaps telling Wukong “IT WASN’T MY FAULT YOU GOT CURSE!!! YOU (something to make the god mad to make them curse Wukong)” Wukong would get so pissed off at the remark/truth that he attacks his best friend making them fight which ends badly with Macaque getting blinded on his right eye and the crop coming out pointing swords/spears at Macaque after hearing the fight while Wukong is huffing angrily. Macaque in utter pain and heartbroken looking at his old friend who is staring at him in anger and of course he grabs a spear pointing it at Macaque and says, “they said they could help me, and they have magic that you don’t.” In other words, Macaque was hurt that Wukong no longer trusted him and chose to trust the corps over him, even after warning him about it. After this Wukong would try to arrest Macaque but the small simian looks down, betrayed and heartbroken to merge down into his shadow magic. 

Sadly, Macaque was right because through the years of Wukong training there and being their “weapon/best of hunter” Wukong found out that they never had a cure that they only been able to find a spell to subdue that curse by allowing Wukong to control it but not always, if he allows rage or any negative emotions it’ll release the curse beast. This pisses him off badly that he leaves the corps but is still known as the best hunter in the world.

- So that’s my information I have on the au! There’s more info coming later so stay tune.

[2nd2ndalto]

nothing's gonna stop me but divine intervention

Happy new year everyone! Here's the Solangelo sex pollen fic absolutely no one asked for!

Written for @snoelledarts for their birthday. See tags for more info, but this is definitely adult and despite being sex pollen-themed it is very consensual. Oh, AND everyone involved is over 18.

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Chapter 1

“I can’t believe we’re twenty-two years old and still getting sent on fucking quests,” Nico mutters as they hurry out the service doors behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There aren’t any signs of pursuit yet, but that’s no reason to linger.

Will glances over, grinning. Complaints aside, Nico looks awfully pleased with the both of them for having completed this current quest.

“Aw, come on. You love it,” Will teases. “Getting to save the day. Showing off your grown-up shadow travel power-ups.”

Will’s eyes flick to the weapon at Nico’s hip. Nico’s swordplay has gotten better, too, and even hotter, Will thinks. Sure and precise. Devastating. Never mind the muscle that he’s built up in the last few years, the defined lines of his arms and chest. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s grown a couple of inches since they were eighteen.

But none of that matters, because Will’s still trying not to go there – not to sink right back into his teenage crush every single time he sees his friend. Because if that crush was reciprocated, Will would know by now. Besides, Nico’s friendship means so much to him; a comforting constant any time the rest of Will’s life threatens to spin out of control. He’d never do anything to jeopardize that.

When they’d bid each other farewell the August before Will left for college, Will had had a sinking feeling that their friendship would never really be the same. As close as they’d been at Camp, Will understood all too well how circumstances change, how people drift apart.

The reality had been a pleasant surprise, though. There had been visits, right from the start; Nico appearing out of the blue, standing like a shadow outside the health sciences building, a smile lighting up his face when he spotted Will descending the steps. Even then, Will had assumed the visits would taper off eventually as Nico became immersed in his new life. But instead, they’ve only grown closer over the last four years.

Nico’s gotten much more skilled at shadow travel, able to hop huge distances with barely any recovery required, and Will’s made time to accompany Nico on some of his safer Underworld errands, the ones that Nico refers to as recreational. There have been coffee and lunch visits, even Christmas or Thanksgiving with Will’s mom in Austin. Iris messages and phone calls stretching late into the night, Nico’s low laugh in Will’s ear in the dark.

And now a quest, apparently.

“You did pretty well yourself,” Nico says as they stroll down the street. His voice is warm with pride, and it makes Will’s heart swell.

“You’re getting really good with your light magic,” Nico continues, wiggling his fingers vaguely. “The way you zapped that Myrmeke was seriously impressive.”

Will shrugs, his face warming. “I’ve been practicing.”

Nico shoots him a smile so fond that Will feels a very sudden need to change the subject.

“So, let’s see this urn we repatriated,” Will says.

They’re nearly back at the hotel now – one very welcome benefit of carrying out these quests as adults is that there’s no need to sleep rough.

They pause at the edge of the sidewalk and Nico reaches into the pocket of his leather jacket, extracting the burnished gold urn. He hands it to Will.

“Huh.” Will turns the thing over in his hands. It’s small, a perfect fit into the curve of Will’s palm, a pleasing weight to it. He gives it a shake. “And it’s supposed to contain the tooth of a Calydonian boar?”

“It had better,” Nico says, “for all the trouble we went to.”

“We should probably open it and make sure,” Will says. If they somehow grabbed the wrong urn, it’s definitely better to find out now than later.

There’s a thick metal clasp on one side of the urn, and after some prodding and jiggling, it releases with a snap. Will pries the lid open, peering inside. Sure enough, there’s a tooth in there, curved and yellowing.

And then suddenly the world goes pink.

It’s a cloud of dust, or smoke, maybe. It encompasses them both, dense and fragrant. Will sputters, and he can hear Nico coughing. Then, just as quickly, the air clears.

“What the fuck,” Nico gasps. “What was that?” His eyes are wide and there’s kind of a… shimmer all over him. Almost like glitter. Will holds his own hands up in front of his face. There’s the same shimmer on his skin, but even as he’s inspecting it, trying to make sense of it, it fades to nothing.

“I – I don’t know,” Will says. The lingering scent of peonies is still strong in his nose, pulling at something in the depths of his memory that he can’t quite grasp.

“Do you feel okay?” he asks Nico.

“Yeah. Fine, I think.”

“Can I check?” Will holds a hand out to Nico, who obliges immediately, after years of such field assessments. Nico’s hand is warm in Will’s, and his energy is reassuringly Nico, but –

“What is it?” Nico’s gaze flicks over Will’s face, worried.

“It’s – I’m not sure,” Will says. “You feel fine. Your vitals are fine. Everything’s perfect –”

“But?”

“But there’s something… some heightened emotion, maybe?” Will grimaces, reaching out with his vitakinesis for another long moment before dropping Nico’s hand. “Fuck. I can’t quite get a handle on it.”

“Maybe anxiety? Adrenaline?” Nico suggests. “We did just have a fucking magical object blow up in our faces.”

“Yeah,” Will says slowly. “I – I feel like I should know what that was…” He takes another deep inhale. Peony. Something about… flowers. Maybe some class he took a couple of years ago? He just can’t quite put his finger on it. He realizes they’ve been stalled on the sidewalk for several minutes.

“You know what – let’s just go back to the hotel. Let me think about it. I don’t think there’s any immediate danger, though.” Will snaps the clasp on the urn shut again, handing it back to Nico.

They’re both quiet the rest of the way back to the hotel, and as the elevator rises to their floor. Will’s still wracking his brain for what he might ever have learned about glittery, peony-scented smoke.

“I guess I could just shadow travel us back home now,” Nico muses. “We don’t really need to stay in town any longer.”

Will’s heart sinks a little. He makes a noncommittal sound in response. It’s been really nice, spending a few days in a row together, and he’s honestly not in any rush for this trip to draw to a close.

“Or we could take one more day in Philly?” Nico says. “See the sights?” He looks almost embarrassed, not meeting Will’s gaze in the slightest.

“That sounds like fun,” Will says, warm and sure. “Let’s do it.”

Relief seems to encompass Nico’s entire body, his posture relaxing immediately. He unlocks their room and they both pull off their shoes, dropping onto their respective beds.

“What should we do tonight?” Nico asks. “You wanna go catch a movie? Or we could see what's on TV, order in.” His face suddenly lights up. “Remember that gardening show I was watching with your mom over Christmas? I wonder when that’s on.” Nico reaches for the remote.

Will laughs. “You thinking of starting a garden?”

Nico wrinkles his nose. “I dunno. Maybe? I’m getting better at not killing plants when I get pissed off. And my apartment in LA has a balcony. I thought I might try to get some things growing out there.”

Will grins. “That’s a great idea. Wait – you’re away a lot though, doing stuff for your dad. Just – plants need water. Like, regularly.”

Nico clears his throat. “Yeah, um. I’m actually planning on cutting back on that soon. The stuff for my dad. I – I was thinking about going to college. Next year.” Nico goes tense and still when he says this, and Will’s abruptly aware that he’s probably been anxiously waiting for the right moment to reveal this bit of information.

“Nico, that’s great,” Will says, sincere.

“Yeah?” Nico finally looks up, shy.

“Yeah,” Will beams. Impulsive, he jumps up, darts over to Nico’s bed and wraps his friend in a hug. The angle is awkward, and maybe the whole gesture was a little abrupt, but Nico laughs into Will’s chest and returns the embrace.

“Thanks,” Nico says, softer. “I was hoping you’d think so.”

Nico feels as if he’s radiating heat and gods, he smells so good. Will pulls back, a hand still lingering on Nico’s shoulder. “Of course I do, Nico that’s –”

Oh. Oh shit.

“Will?” Nico’s immediately on alert. Which is fair, honestly, because Will’s gone completely silent, mouth agape, eyes fixed on the hand still resting on his friend. His friend. Fuck.

“It’s – um.” Will pulls his hand away. Is it harder than it should be? To move away? Or is he just imagining things? He suddenly feels weak-kneed, Shaky. Will backs up, lowers himself to the edge of his bed.

“Will? What’s wrong?” Nico’s up now, inches from Will’s face. He reaches out a hand to touch Will’s cheek, then makes a soft noise of surprise, pulling it back. He looks at his hand in confusion.

“Shit,” says Will. “Shit. The urn. The – smoke. That came out of it.” Will’s heart is racing, his pulse fluttering in his throat.

“Yeah? What about it?” Nico looks seriously worried now, but also… really fucking hot.

Will squeezes his eyes shut, then scrubs at them. He squints at Nico. Nico’s always hot, right? Will knows that, down to his soul. So how could it really be that now, suddenly, he’s about eight million times hotter?

Nico’s in the same leather jacket and jeans as earlier but now – every detail feels like a slap to the face – how the buttery leather would feel in Will’s gripped hand, the open line of it against Nico’s shirt, the pale of his throat fighting against the dark cut of the material. Will’s never wanted to get his hands on something – someone – more in his entire life.

Oh fuck, this is going to be so inconvenient.

There’s a tingling sort of sensation originating somewhere in Will’s chest and racing out to his fingers and toes. It feels like…buzzing? Vibrating? He holds up his hands in front of his face. They look normal enough.

“Will?” Nico’s voice is urgent. He sits next to Will, lays a hand on his knee.

Will nearly jumps out of his skin.

“Shit.” Nico pulls his hand back like he’s been burned. “Solace, you have about three seconds to tell me what’s wrong or I’m shadow-travelling us right back to New Rome,” he says, shaky. “What was the stuff that came out of the urn?”

“Okay.” Will glances at Nico, then away again. “I didn’t realize right away, but then I remembered because you were talking about gardening, and –” he shakes his head. “There’s this plant, related to peonies, and it has these – these spores.” Will stops. Swallows.

“Spores?”

Nico’s eyes are wide, pupils huge, Will realizes. And clearly Nico hasn’t quite made sense of the effects of it yet, but he absolutely will, and soon.

“Like – pollen,” Will says, hoarse. “It’s not – it’s not fatal. We’re not in danger, exactly, but…”

Gods, he doesn’t want to come right out and say it. Maybe – maybe if he just ignores it – but he’s sweating now, and he can feel himself flushing, not just his face, but his neck and his chest –

“We’re not in danger exactly?” Nico’s voice squeaks a little, and gods only know how that’s attractive, but Will suddenly needs to kiss him more than he’s ever wanted to kiss anyone. He closes his eyes, grits his teeth, fighting an overwhelming urge to turn, take Nico’s face in his hands, press their mouths together, feel Nico’s hot breath on his face, hear him gasp against Will’s skin –

“Will?” Nico says, thin. What kind of spores? Can you fix it? What do we need to do?”

“The spores, they’re like gametes. But – heightened. And they’re – interspecies,” Will stammers.

Nico gazes at him, intent. “I don’t know what any of that means.”

Will takes a deep breath. “More colloquially, it’s known as… sex pollen.”

(chapter 2)

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Many, many thanks to @rosyredlipstick for the beta!

[pyre-of-pages]

Skyrim OC Intoduction: Elur Karstlaurel

(Please excuse the picture quality.)

Race: Bosmer

Gender: Female (Cis)

Age: 26 (upon first entering Skyrim)

Birth Date / Birthplace: 4th Era, Year 175 / Bravil, Cyrodiil

Main Skills: Destruction Magic, Archery, Enchanting

Secondary Skills: One-Handed (prefers daggers as a side weapon), Stealth, Alchemy

Appearance:

White hair.

Monochrome white eyes (no, she's not blind -- she's one of those Bosmer that have solid-colored eyes).

Tan skin w/ scattered body freckles/sun damage.

Deep facial scar (knife slash).

Clanmarking of Karstlaurel in the form of a blue facial tattoo.

Further Character Info:

Faction

The way I RP my characters is I give them one "main" faction that they identify with the most, regardless of whatever other guilds they may associate with over the course of the story.

Elur's Main Faction: College of Winterhold

Main Occupation: Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold. Because most of the College's funds are spent keeping it alive, Elur makes her personal living by creating unique enchanted items she will then sell to store owners.

Clanmarking / Bosmer Headcanons

I headcanon that Valenwood / Green Pact Bosmer operate on a maternal clan family system. Clans follow the mother's line. Traditionally, members of a clan are marked with a unique facial tattoo so others can tell at a glance which family they come from. This helps to identify potential allies when traveling to different cities/provinces. However, the Aldmeri Dominion has gradually been snuffing out this "uncivilized" practice -- among many, many other aspects of traditional Bosmeri culture.

It's possible for Bosmer to have solid-colored eyes of any color (black, gold, green, brown, etc.). It's simply a phenotype the race has -- but it is more common among Green Pact Bosmer, so the Pact possibly has an impact on who carries that trait.

Backstory

Elur was born the year the Great War ended, in Bravil, to two former Green Pact Bosmer. Her parents never told her anything about their former lives in Valenwood, and that was for good reason. Eventually, Elur would learn that her parents were once Thalmor sympathizers -- soldiers recruited from Valenwood who were a part of the siege of Bravil during the Great War. Her mother, an archer. Her father, a battle mage. Both, maimed for life in the battle and left for dead in the city by the Aldmeri army -- because "Elven Supremacy" apparently means some elves are more supreme than others.

Elur grew up learning next to nothing about her race or her culture -- being raised in the slums of Bravil by two parents unfit to work in a city unwilling to give former Thalmor soldiers their trust. Unable to return home to Valenwood, her parents chose instead to raise Elur in the culture of Cyrodil in the hopes she would be more at home there than they were.

Months after being orphaned, Elur was left homeless after the Bravil drug riots. Thirteen years of drifting later, Elur decided to head to Skyrim -- recalling being told that she had ancient family ties to the province.

Ice-Blooded

On her father's side, Elur has ancient Falmer ancestry. According to him, little drops of Falmer blood still tend to pop up in their family line -- and both she and he himself had those traits: pale hair and eyes, alongside a natural talent to understand magic in-depth. He claimed that family members who showed Falmer traits were often called the "ice-bloods" among the clan.

Elur was forbidden by her mother from looking into learning magic while she was young, but once she entered Skyrim it wasn't long until Elur discovered her natural ability to understand the mechanics of magic.

Story

Elur's story will be posted in a series of short fics on Ao3. I'd rather not attempt one long, novel-length story and would rather focus on plot-relevant moments of her story in 1-4 chapter chunks. Easy reading for those who may want to skip around her story, I suppose, and easier writing for me.

The Ice-Blooded Dragon (Short Story Series) by Pyre_Of_Pages

[film-in-my-soul]

The Face of Hextech | 1,957 | AppleSharon / @applesharonfiction

Summary: Jayce likes serving Viktor’s sweetmilk in the Man of Progress mug because sometimes Viktor looks down at the picture and laughs. He makes it a point to ensure that Viktor’s brown mug becomes a holder for pens, pencils, his compass, and other assorted stationary. It’s unfair that Viktor doesn’t have a mug, Jayce thinks. It’s unfair that people don’t recognize Viktor for the brilliant person he is. After receiving a mug with his face on it at their hexgate celebration party, Jayce wants to make sure that Viktor receives the recognition he deserves. Based on this art commissioned by the LoL Germany account where Jayce drew Viktor's face on a mug.

your heart was on fire bright | 4,667 | adoctoraday / @crownofstardustandbone

Summary: It's just Sunday dinner, it shouldn't be this hard for Jayce to open his mouth and ask Viktor to come, but somehow it feels even scarier than it'd been to stand before the Council and risk banishment.

Your Past is Always Close Behind | 7,442 | Miikado

Summary: After his time in the wastelands of Piltover, Jayce is thrown back further in the past then he intended, and finds himself standing in front of a version of his partner, before they invented Hextech. Maybe he has more options than he'd thought. And maybe, just maybe, he can allow himself to be cared for, for once. “There will be time for questions later… Come.” Viktor holds out a hand, helping the other man to his feet with some difficulty. “You need a bath.”

High Hawk Season | 9,959 | JeanLuciferGohard / @thefaustaesthetic

Summary: Three weeks, and the south-facing side of his apartment is still missing, and they won’t even let him sleep there with a tarp tacked over it, because the ‘structure of the building was compromised’ and it’s ‘not fit for habitation’, as if student housing, even student housing on the Kiramann’s dime, ever had any claim on habitability in the fucking first place. “I've been sleeping at the lab, Viktor.” (which he probably would’ve done anyway, but it’s matter of principle–it’s–okay, it’s fundamental question of free will and fair housing practices and not having to live with his mother, who publicly called him a lunatic) Sometimes, you are a genius, and a sizable explosion knocks out most of your living space, and you end up living with your research partner, and it's only weird if you make it weird.

(see more recommendations below!)

Another Bite for Our Hextech Dream | 12,969 | virtualbugs

Summary: “Have you eaten recently?” It seemed to catch Viktor by surprise. The man paused, his eyes getting glazed over for a moment as the gears in his head started turning again and he thought about the question. “I, uh, cannot recall.” Viktor had been getting thinner and more exhausted throughout the years, replacing basic human needs with magic and metal. Jayce couldn't help but get worried.

All that I am | 20,441 | FatherBroken / @fatherbroken

Summary: The distant look in the Mage’s eyes snapped to the gap of the roof, to the near-silent tuttering of other, watchful machines down below. “No, it doesn’t matter. You will be safe up here. It should be simple enough, to lay protective wards into the earth of the tower. I won’t let anything happen to you,” he vowed. Promises held no impetus in this world, where nothing happened, nothing changed. The Machine reset its position on its knees and replaced its hands on the weapon of a fallen era. I can’t stop you from making useless promises, can I? Somehow, without doing anything, the Machine had gained a visitor and protector.

Observational Studies | 7,573 | begaydocrimes10001

Summary: It is difficult to understand a person like Viktor. He is the smartest person Jayce knows, that's for certain, but it's difficult to say anything for certain beyond that. He's proud of his work, but he outright rejects any opportunities to brag about his work at galas. He's cold and sharp when he interacts with people, but he makes time to think about every child in the Undercity. He's mesmerizing, but he's also the guy who will whack Jayce in the shins if Jayce makes one more wrong remark about an equation. Jayce can't help but fall for him. (A collection of moments where Jayce learned more about Viktor as a person. It is hard not to observe someone as unique as Viktor; it is harder not to fall in love with him.)

Run It Back | 11,224 | spqr

Summary: The first thing Jayce sees when he wakes up is Viktor, frowning at him. “Jayce,” Viktor says, with that same cautious patience he gets when he wanders into the lab to find some contraption of Jayce’s half-built on the table and he doesn’t know whether he can touch it without running the risk of blowing himself up. “What did you do?” (or: Jayce builds a time loop after the council attack, and Viktor dies again. and again and again and again.)

Better Hypothetical | 15,186 | Miikado

Summary: Jayce Talis joins the Piltover Academy to work on his research, and meets his new lab partner. It’s all downhill from there. OR : Jayce and Viktor start working together under different circumstances, the struggles of getting along and the inevitability of finding each other

Ivory Tower | 30,051 | aban_asaara / @aban-asaara

Summary: Knowing that Viktor’s dying anyway should’ve made it easier, but it doesn’t. They should’ve had their entire lives spread out in front of them. Should’ve kept changing the world one eureka at a time. Should’ve returned the favour and made Viktor’s dream a reality. Helped him. Helped Zaun. Jayce waits. And waits. And waits. Following Jinx’s attack on the Council, Viktor slips into a strange, unnatural coma. It falls to Jayce to release him.

Imagine Being Loved By Me | 8,285 | FourOddApples / @fouroddapples

Summary: “If I didn’t know any better I would think you are trying to make me blush.” Behind Viktor’s ostensibly joking tone, their eyes meet again, and Jayce’s throat goes a little dry at the focused intensity of them. Alright. This…is admittedly not quite the direction he was originally planning to take this. Doesn’t mean he’s not willing to take a chance like this if it is offered to him so freely. “Is it working?” Or: Jayce, a young man from Zaun with no prospects and a scientifically inclined mind, decides to take his future into his own hands. In a stolen academy uniform at a party, he meets a Councillor’s son named Viktor who makes him question what he thought he knew about topsiders—and who is just overall very distracting.

the only living boy in piltover | 11,215 | weatheredlaw / @weatheredlaw

Summary: There is a beautiful stranger sitting on Jayce’s favorite bench. or: jayce and viktor meet. time passes and it doesn't. not everything is as it seems.

And It's Called Black Magic | 12,068 | beta_mackerel

Summary: Hogwart's potions master Viktor could never have expected this. How was he supposed to know that Jayce Talis, genius, golden boy extraordinaire, and fellow professor would be foolish enough to eat the love potion-filled chocolates he'd confiscated from a student? But he can fix this. All he has to do is slip Jayce the antidote without him knowing and forget about the love-sick puppy looks he's been giving him all day. It should be fine. Right?

High-Viscosity | 12,629 | capyshota

Summary: Jayce knows having a plumber over is like… the sex cliche, but he’s never even thought about fucking a client, let alone actually done it. His job isn’t sexy, it’s dirty, and kind of boring, and those things don’t usually spur hot fantasies for him. But smartly dressed older men with indiscernible European accents, he’s come to realize, definitely do.

maximum capacity | 14,537 | Sinister_Queer

Summary: Jayce is everything Viktor ever wished for in a partner: intelligent, kind, strong, handsome and — … well, he has everything Viktor ever hoped for and he fully intends to enjoy it to the fullest. (AKA the fic where Viktor is a size king and Jayce happily indulges.)

singular focus | 14,797 | Sinister_Queer

Summary: Jayce has always back-burnered relationships in favor of chasing his dreams - putting the possibility of love and connection aside again and again until the day he looks up from his work and realizes with sudden clarity that he is a 30 year old virgin. And Viktor has some thoughts on how to fix that. (AKA: the virgin!Jayce fic that needed to be purged from my mind like an exorcism.)

Your Hands on My Body | 15,274 | UndercityViktor / @undercityviktor

Summary: *Viktor voice* "I present to you...": A Modern AU with Jayce working as a physio and sports massage therapist after crashing out of medical school, and Viktor, who works at the university and researches and builds bionic prosthetics etc. After he is referred to Jayce for a sports massage, Viktor unwillingly goes and finds that it’s not as much hokum as he was expecting… Chill Modern AU where everyone is pretty happy, and no one gets hurt and there's no big drama, just found family taking care of each other. *Rating has gone up from Teen to Explicit, so please be mindful of that.*

the 7 years between (and a bit of the after) | 16,440 | yellow813

Summary: Jayce falls in love with Viktor in the small moments tucked within those seven years together. He doesn't realize until it's too late. Or; The events of Arcane told through Jayce's eyes.

And They Were Roommates | 18,252 | Neibba

Summary: “That is just how Jayce is, Sky.” Viktor argued. “There is nothing about him that even hints he is anything other than straight. He brought home literal Barbie last night, she did the walk of shame out of our apartment this morning.” “Well I said he was queer not that he had bad taste.” Sky mused and Viktor shot her another glare. “Viktor, when am I ever wrong? You don’t even need to answer that because the answer is never and you know it.” Or: Viktor is helplessly in love with Jayce, but Jayce is straight…or is he? This is just supposed to be a quick, short project to get the creative juices flowing. It is not supposed to exceed 20k words! We’ll see if I hold myself to that.

I've Been Thinking of All the Little Things That You've Been Missing | 19,664 | FourOddApples / @fouroddapples

Summary: “Just a note. If someone is in love with you and you don’t want them, the kind fucking thing to do is to let them go.” Or: Viktor takes a chance that Jayce doesn’t know what to do with. Things are different after that, and slowly but surely Jayce begins to second-guess his response.

advanced practical physics (the laws of attraction apply) | 26,045 | Sinister_Queer

Summary: Jayce has five months left until he finishes his undergraduate degree. Five months until he could start his real life, until he could start doing what he wanted. The only thing standing in his way is one group project and the partner he'd slept with two nights ago. (Jayce and Viktor have a one night stand, then end up as group project buddies.)

Bad Machinery | 27,239 | Tlon / @tlonista

Summary: It's as predictable as the laws of physics: a Piltover golden boy should despise a starving inventor from the undercity. But when Viktor's tipped off to a scholar buying strange materials in the Lanes, he's desperate enough to sneak topside and propose a deal. He's not expecting to break every rule he's learned to live by for a man who needs him just as much. Or, the Arcane Act 1 AU where Viktor never left the undercity, but he found Jayce anyway.

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[cbts004]

haii!! i love all the art of your ocs and your world is soso awesome!! is it possible to get some short info on some of your ocs? any lore or even just simple explanations of their personality and stuff? if you have any fave ocs hehe

Yes ofc!

The basic premise of the story of girlworld is this: The world is suddenly being struck by a mysterious disease caused by the moon's rays; zombifying the girls of the world. Along with this disease, strange creatures not of their world that resemble the current princess (Anastasia) are appearing, sapping girls of their powers. Bow and Ribbon, two best friends from a human village, are going on a journey across the lands to get to the princess in search of answers, and maybe a cure.

Ribbon and Bow:

Ribbon is mysterious, quiet, and sarcastic. She keeps her distance from people, but Bow-- being her childhood friend-- seems to always be an exception to that rule. She can get a little irritated at her sometimes, but their bond is unbreakable. Her power is more Mind based, manipulating 'ribbons' (the concept of ribbons can get pretty abstract, but that requires using a lot of mental energy the more abstract the concept). You can see it exemplified in the long ribbon she always has tied to her index finger.

Bow is a bubbly girly-girl, very friendly and airheaded. Truly a shining example of a dog girl. She tends to get herself into trouble, but Ribbon is always there to bail her out. Bow's magical abilities are not as strong as Ribbon's, so she relies on befriending various creatures and beasts in order to summon them.

Some of her beasts: A Chimera (Sonya) A Cerberus (Carebear) and a Manticore (currently unnamed... any suggestions would acutally be appreciated. Something cute for his old man face.) All her friends that she can summon are adorned with little pink bows!

Then there's Anastasia... the antagonist (?). A lonely girl locked away on a castle located in the center of the world, on a mountain. She's very melancholic and shy, whiling most of her days away yearning and writing emo poetry. Has a fondness for roses. She's attended to by her maids. Anastasia is also a Demihuman (I will maybe explain more on demihumans later)

This is an older design-- I still haven't quite settled on a dress idea for her yet. I was thinking her dresses will be extravagant and change design frequently, based on phases of the moon.

Oh. She also has an evil glowing eye because that's cool.

Her maids are Tatiana and Maliana, two sisters. Tatiana is the younger and closer to (obsessed with) Anastasia. She uses bladed weapons to fight, using Matter based magic to use them like an extension of her own body, making herself into a weapon for her Lady.

Her older sister, the other maid, is much more mysterious and distant. She concerns herself mostly with the maintaining of the castle. She uses a very regal wheelchair. Most of her physical energy is sapped due to maintaining multiple dolls that she has loaned her power to. She is capable of being ambulatory without it, but it's quite a strain on her body.

These are the two dolls she has put her power into: Lunette and Solana. They're very advanced as far as dolls go. They cannot speak or emote, but they can commune telepathically with others if they so choose. They tend to creep people out.

I'm super happy to receive any more questions about them! So if this sparks anything else you'd like to know, please do ask <3

[kazethlyanzara]

Background for the five

I was finally able to come up with a bit of background info for the five but will probably slowly change in the future, now to represent them and their background info.

EmeraldEclipse Solaria - Age 27. The jade eclipse rider from the planet Eralis-ash in the Galtar system, he was originally young and was from a rider team called "Voyagers" before growing up and was rising through the ranks, becoming a captain as he was able to form his own rider team as he was able to choose two candidates who just graduated while still looking to recruit more riders.

Fenikkusu Neko - Age 25. The swordswoman rider from the planet Hokori no honō, during her life when she was evacuated from her home planet she was taken care of by a retired rider as they became her mentor and taught her how to fight and the freedom fighters known as the "Space Riders". originally enrolled in the Elysium Academy to become a solo rider, she ends up enrolled into Olympus Academy by her mentor to work with a team as she soon meets a determined girl who she surprisingly became friends with.

Nebula Waves - Age 24. The magic-tech rider from the planet Santoria, she originally left her home to prove herself as the best magic wielder on her planet despite her lack of affinity for it. but after seeing the actions of the cult, she chose to become a rider instead and help everyone from different systems using tech combined with her magic as she enrolled at Olympus Academy as she later meets a lone girl who didn't interact with anyone until she introduced herself, able to becoming friends with her as they both graduated.

The Rehabs:

PowderLunar Khrās̄ - Age 22. The lunar tundra rider from the planet Blizzard-rah in the Galtar system, he was captured by the cult when visiting another planet. he was then forced mind controlled and became part of an experiment to absorb celestial powers of the riders as he could absorb the celestial powers of the moon, later on he was defeated by a rider team as he was helped into rehabilitation. wanting payback he was made a temporary rider to stop the experimental project, months past after that as he soon became an official space rider.

ZayEclipse Solaria - Age 19. The crimson eclipse rider from the planet Claret-onia in the Galtar system, she was adducted at a very young age, years later as she became of age she was also used in an experiment to absorb celestial powers as she could absorb the powers of the sun but was soon saved by two rider teams working together. she was later then rehabilitated, having no where else to go until a certain Jade rider took care of her like family as she decided to become a rider so that nothing like she experienced by the cult would never happen to anyone else.

Their skills and powers:

Emerald - skilled in hand to hand combat accompanied with his powers and high stamina. with the powers of the jade eclipse; he can do power infused punches and kicks, energy blasts, and flight(basically like captain marvel). with his overdrive mode he's able to use the ability with the limit of five times without resting each time he uses it but after that, the exhaustion gets to him.

Zay - with her crimson eclipse powers and the ability of energy manipulation, she creates reflective force fields and is able to push and pull things with full strength when using energy manipulation(won't hesitate to form weapons if needed to). with her crimson eclipse powers she's able to send volleys of projectile attacks, ability to phase, flight, mind manipulation(not that strong yet) and having the ability to heat things to any type of point.

Powder - uses weapons that are similar to escrima sticks along with his powers of the tundra lunar eclipse. the weapons can combine together to become a bo-staff as he uses his powers to enhance it to turn it into any type of melee weapon(with the staff: hammer, axe, great sword, lance, spear. as the sticks: basically any melee dual wielding weapon). besides enhancing his weapon, he's able to shoot lunar beams along with the ability to freeze anything with just a touch.

Fen - carries the royal blade known as 再生への道の鍵/"Saisei e no michi no kagi"/"key to the path of rebirth". along with the powers of the flames(uses it like a firebender) her flames reaching up to high temperatures if possible.

Nebula - with many possibilities of both magic and tech together, she uses it to help her companion as a support but can also fight, casting buffs(for example: physical strength buff, power strength buff, speed buff, durability buff, and stamina buff). (with other spells: she can cast star projectiles, nebula blast and stellar shield).

Au belongs to @onyxonline

[claudiadiary]

marauders pjo au

Sirius: son of Zeus

Regulus: son of Jupiter

James: son of Hermes

Remus: son of Athena

Peter: son of Hermes

Lily: daughter of Demeter

Pandora: daughter of Hephaestus

Dorcas: daughter of Bellona

Mary: daughter of Aphrodite

Marlene: daughter of Ares

Barty: son of Bacchus

Evan: son of Pluto

Frank: son of Poseidon

Alice: daughter of Apollo

Sybill: the oracle of Delphi

Emma Vanity: daughter of Venus

Lucinda Talkalot: daughter of Victoria

More infos:

• the Black brothers are the only demigods in their family, although Bellatrix died and ended up in Valhalla. They just don’t know it, nobody knows. I just think she would be happy to ruthlessly fight for eternity.

• Sirius runs away from home at 12 and goes to camp when eventually a satyr finds him. Regulus runs away from home a year later and when he reaches Camp Jupiter he asks for Sirius, convinced that he must there. Regulus waits and waits and waits and Sirius never shows up. A part of him wishes he ran with Sirius. He should have said yes. A part of him wishes he never left home, so he could still imagine Sirius living a happy life, so he could never know Sirius was dead.

• SIRIUS IS NOT ACTUALLY DEAD BUT REGULUS HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT

• Bellatrix’s death and the Black brothers leaving inspired Narcissa to leave the family as well and ask Andromeda for help. Years later Sirius visits Andromeda during a quest because idk… reasons, and Narcissa asks him how Regulus is doing. So…basically Sirius has a mental breakdown because he thinks Regulus is dead.

• Lily knows everything about plants and knows how to make every kind of potion, and she carries them around in her bag. They are her primary weapons.

• Severus is a mortal and Lily’s childhood friend (they’re completely platonic). He helps her with potions and is fascinated with the magical plants Lily shows to him.

• James and Lily dated for a bit when they were 15. They broke up because they realised they were better off as friends.

• Peter is basically Silena in this au. Yes, he dies like she did and Marlene (the Clarisse of this situation) charges into battle for him.

• Evan was born before the pact and lived at the Lotus Hotel for a long time. He’s related to Pandora.

• the couples are Jegulus, Pandalily, Rosekiller, Frank/Alice, Wolfstar, Marylene

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Am I cooking chat.... [more info below]

So this is a [hopefully] better version of my Wild West AU, now named Desert Enchantment AU.

The biggest difference is the aesthetic, which is now has more fantasy elements (mostly a magic system) instead of being plain old western.

I'm gonna talk about the plot later cause I wanna talk about our three main characters and their powers first.

Sheriff Fendri (Fear) is the newly recruited guardian of Scornreach. He is a Wielder (what magic users are called in this au) of Illusion magic, more specifically in duplication. Basically, he can create multiple clones of himself and specific objects whenever he wants to. This is very useful in battle, since he can easily overwhelm opponents with duplicates of himself or his weapons. Only Fendri is able to communicate and physically interact with his clones. While illusionists are often associated with trickery, Fendri likes to play fair in a fight which is ironically his biggest weakness.

Valka (Joy) is a wanted outlaw. What? Just because she's a Wielder of Light doesn't mean she's a good person. As the name suggests, Valka can control and manipulate light, but she can't travel at the speed of it. Her abilities cater more to deflecting objects, temporarily blinding enemies, and shooting extremely hot hyper beams. She can also go invisible under direct sunlight. Valka also carries weapons casted with her own magic, like her shotgun. Under specific circumstances, light magic can also heal mild to moderate wounds, as well as reverse shadow corruption.

Agni (Anger) is Valka's partner, both in crime and in love. He is a Wielder of Fire and Shadow magic. The fire part is pretty self-explanatory; Agni can control and shoot fire from his limbs. Basic stuff. Now his Shadow magic is a little unique. Like Valka, he too can go invisible, but in darkness instead of light. He can also summon creatures of Shadow (mainly dragons cause he likes dragons) to do his bidding, like spy on someone or kidnap a hostage. He can combine his fire with said creatures so they can wield flames too. Shadow magic in general takes a long time to fully master, so if you're not careful, it could corrupt you. Agni has been corrupted a couple of times. Valka had to save him.

[mahouplanetofficial]

Basic Magical Hero Terminology 🌙

Hi everyone! Welcome to Mahou Planet's first guide on our tumblr page!

Before I begin, I'd just like to give a couple of regards:

I forgot to clarify that this main account is almost exclusively ran by the owner of Mahou Planet, Georgia. Unless stated otherwise, Georgia is usually the one writing these posts. I just like talking in 3rd person since I want to sound a bit more professional yk?? (psst say hi to me in the comments im so cool)

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Now that that's out of the way, let's jump into the guide!

✨️ TAKING IT SLOW

Wether you're a beginner magical hero who has no idea what they're getting into, or an advanced magical hero who has likely heard these terms in their sleep, magical hero terminology is important to know when you're in the magical hero community. Without understanding some basic terms, you'll have no idea what magical heroes on Wattpad, Discord, etc. are talking about when they post. Let's take things slow for this first post and go over some terminology!

🌙 TERMINOLOGY

Magical Hero (MH) -> A magical hero is.. well.. what you're becoming!

"BUT GEORGIA!!! WHY DO YOU USE MAGICAL HERO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAGICAL GIRL!!!" You can use magical girl as well, a lot of people in the community use that term as an umbrella term. There are some people, however, who want to become a magical girl but do not identify as a girl. For instance, I may be afab, but I identify as genderfluid. I use both magical girl and magical hero, but that may not be the case for others!! Some may use magical boy, magical enby, etc. That doesn't make them any less of a magical hero!

Concept -> A basic explanation of a concept is the type of a magical hero you're becoming. Magical heroes can be from any show, franchise, even your own original concepts! Some of the common ones I see are Precure, Madoka Magica, and Sailor Moon, though personally I've seen a lot more original concepts rise through the community. Concepts can be as vague or as detailed as you want- I'll go more into detail about concepts wayyy later.

Familiar/Mascot -> Familiars, or mascots, are who give you the power to become a magical hero! They usually also represent your team and give you advice on how to succeed as a magical hero. Unlike what you see in typical magical hero shows, familiars don't always have to be animals. They can be humans, objects, etc. Sometimes, you can have a concept with no familiar!

Script -> A script is a collection of what you want as a magical hero. Scripting is the process of creating your script. This is usually done in a word processor, like Google Docs or Notion. You can add in pictures of your outfits/weapons, info about yourself, etc! I'll be sharing some of my self made scripting templates later on!

Subliminals -> Subliminals are subconsious messages over music or noise that go into your subconsious mind, helping you manifest desired results. Subliminals aren't just exclusive for becoming a magical hero. There are different subliminal topics, such as getting longer hair, changing your eye color, etc! Friendly reminder that subliminals are just a tool to help you manifest, and are not required for you to transform. What is required is.. you! Yes, you and your subconsious mind!

I will warn you, especially those new to the subliminal community: we do not condone the usage of problematic subliminals, such as race-changing (and the RCTA community), any underground subliminal, or subliminals glorifying trauma, abuse, etc. If you condone the usage of these subliminals, then leave this blog. You are not welcome here or in our Discord server. /srs

Manifesting -> Manifesting is the act of bringing something into this reality that you want. It's like a dream come true- say, you've manifested good grades, healthy hair, etc. There are several methods to manifest, but the most common one I've seen is manifesting with subliminals.

Affirmations -> Affirmations are positive statements that help reinforce your subconsious mind what you want to manifest. Things like "I will transform" and "I am a magical hero" are some! These are put into subliminals, but you can also create your own to make sigils, spells, etc.

Fantasy Shift Phase (F Shift) -> In fantasy shifting phase, you're planning out your aspects of your magical hero life, desired life, etc. This is where you create ideas for your magical hero concept. You can also create your subliminal playlist in this phase.

Mental Shift Phase (M Shift) -> In mental phase, you're changing your mental (and sometimes physical) state to think like a magical hero. This can be doing good deeds for others, watching magical hero shows, physically training, etc! You're preparing for your future as a magical hero. Acting as if and roleplaying are two common ways magical heroes mentally shift!

Phantom Shifting (Ph Shift) -> Phantom shifting is where you feel the sensation of being a magical hero, however, you haven't fully transformed yet. This can come in the form of feeling sensations of your outfit, weapons, etc while in civilian form. Some magical heroes don't count phantom shifting as its own phase since it's more of a term to describe sensations you feel.

Astral Shift Phase (A Shift) -> Astral shifting is where you see your magical hero form in the astral plane, either by phantom shifting or astral projecting. There's little information on how to astral shift, but don't let that discourage you!

Physical Shift Phase (P Shift) -> Also known as "full results", physical shifting is where you physically transform into a magical hero! You've completed a journey and are beginning another one! Congratulations <3

Fictional Other (F/O) -> Fictional others are signifigant others being manifested into this reality from a fictional source. They can be human, nonhuman, etc! I see a lot of magical heroes do this, so I thought it'd be nice to add (psst, to all those selfshippers out there manifesting f/o's, you are so valid and your partner loves you more than anything in this world <3)

That's all of the terminology I can think of! If you have any questions, think I forgor something, or want to add to this post, feel free to leave a note or an ask!! I hope you guys learned something from this post :)

See you all next time!

(gifs: sailor moon transformation, loona ot12, choerry - loona)

[occasionallyprosie]

Hi Proxi. I like your Shekiak legend head cannon, but I don't know a lot about it. Would you being willing to tell me about it? It's okay if you are too busy right now.

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First of all, thank you for the ask!!!

Second of all, you've opened a can of worms, allow me to info dump? :D

My Sheikah Legend head canon stems from an offhanded thought of him having red eyes! Specifically, in terms of my Triforce Hero head canon of the Triforce Heroes being Legend, Wind, and Twilight, and their color symbolizing which part of the triforce they represent. I can go into detailing that another time, but basically it results with Wind=Courage, Twilight=Wisdom, and Legend=Power, and their eye colors being the indicator.

The idea of Legend having red eyes ended up resulting in him being at least part sheikah, and now the head canon has become a full sheikah.

So Sheikah Legend is born and raised in Kakariko, Impa is his aunt, and one or both his parents died when he was little. Very Disney Princess I know. But Impa teaches him how to use Sheikah magic which is just Shadow Magic, and he's super good at it. His parents were scholars and as a result he's a huge nerd, absorbs information like a sponge, which makes for an even better magic user.

Before his first adventure, he was set to succeed Impa as the Sheikah protector of the Royal Family. So he's at the castle frequently, only he doesn't get to meet the royal family until later, he's supposed to be shadowing Impa and practicing his disappearing magic, but he gets distracted and helps out the staff every time they visit.

But then he hears a voice one night, he hears Zelda(Fable) and goes to the castle. He finds a knight he's helped out before dying in the sewer. He sneaks through the castle, breaks Fable out, and does the whole ALTTP journey. He learns how to fight with weapons and without magic from Fi, as a way to conceal his identity.

After his first adventure, he's basically banished from Kakariko as himself. He's the hero now, and Sheikah aren't supposed to be the hero (they're Hylian). So Impa takes him to some friends of hers, who take the role of grandparents to him. He dyes his hair blond and gets contacts to turn his eyes blue, blends in as a hylian while learning the culture of the people who called him a monster and a traitor. As a Sheikah, Legend is still wanted by the law, but as a "Hylian" he slips past their notice. He goes the rest of his adventures pretending to be something he isn't, exiled from his hometown but still close with Impa and still intending to maintain his duty as protector of the Royal Family.

Overall, he's far less of a 'normal kid turned hero' child soldier type and more of a 'trained to fight since birth' child soldier type, and he has extreme abandonment issues. He has no problem using his Shadow Magic, but admitting he's Sheikah? Nope. Because he got basically banished from Kakariko, and Hyrule hates him, he is completely terrified of revealing his heritage. He also has extremely high expectations of himself as a result of his extensive training and responsibility. He's always acting like something he isn't at his core, and it's been ongoing enough that before LU, while still under pressure of his era, he forgot isn't his real self. In Labrynna and Holodrum, he loses that mask a bit because he's only a kid and can't keep it up, and because he's escaped the pressure of Hyrule. But in LU, he eventually becomes comfortable enough with the Chain that his real self starts to come out and it terrifies him because he can't risk losing everything all because of his heritage again.

Kind of akin to Warriors' with the identity crisis, Wild with the upbringing, and Hyrule with the secret heritage.

Wind and Twilight already know tho, he let it slip during Triforce Heroes. They keep it secret, and it didn't help Twilight figure out that Legend is the same Link as the one from Hytopia now that he's blond and has blue eyes though. Wind somehow still figured it out, nobody knows how, he's just like that.

Overall his character/personality isn't different, just different backstories and different fears.

[tales-of-wocdes]

How would our adoptive parents Havard and Lexia and Grandpa Sheo react to The Black Hands reveal (which they kept hidden from Lord Sheo to surprise him) by jumping Sheo and defeating him in combat before revealing a birthday cake and singing happy birthday to him.

Context: The Black Hands are a splinter group of the Black Protectors who focus on spying and information gathering.

I imagine that's what they would be called since we got:

Silver protectors who protect the children who are our future

Gray protectors basically the police

Green protectors medieval forest rangers

They are founded by MC and specialize in Spying, Infiltration and assasinations they also rescue children and send them straight to the orphanage and torture the life out of the kid abusers and milk info out of some of them until they out live their usefulness.

Their armor appears to be abyss black but during the day you can see their logo stiched in their capes that being a bunch of black hands reaching for the sun and their chest plates also show this

The reason for the symbol is due to MC's rescue from the abyss.

Their armor and masks act like mirrors which some in their ranks call each other mirror knights because their armor is made with an unknown glass like resource that is more durable than the armor of the silver protectors since its lightweight, self repairs and can deflect magic back at the enemy caster

and even absorb them before releasing it with double the force at the wielders will and many more things since it seems to be a living thing?

1. It can shatter sending extremely sharp pieces of glass toward the enemy (their pretty much as sharp as a surgical knife) and reform turning back into armor having a storm of glass shards swarming around them for extra protection

2. It can create mirrors to deflect any magical attack and even absorb them before firing them back with double the force

3. It can send a wave of energy vitrifying any unfortunate enemy (people wearing armor made from the stuff are Inmune to being turned to glass

Their weapons are also made of this mirror like glass that is light wieght and can cut through any armor including mythril but it requires strenght to do it.

It happened too quickly for anyone to react. It was supposed to be a surprise, just a joke. A nice surprise to show Grandpa how far you had come.

Now everyone is dead. Vaporized, despite the armor that should have stopped the magic, but the Ancient had unraveled the enchantments in an instant.

The Ancient now stood there, looking at the piles of dust he had created, expression never changing from the same neutral you have known all your life.

"So, what is the surprise?" He asked a moment later, looking at you.

You could only gape in horror. For the first time in your life, you realized why everyone always seemed so tense around the Ancient.

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Sorry, I just had to :D Some explanation is required:

Firstly, I like the enthusiasm! I have played around with an idea for the "Black Protectors" as well. It would be an organization for doing some of the more unsavory tasks for the Ancients, i.e. spying and assassinations etc. just as you said. This would be an organization that is not so well known. They may very well end up being a part of the world as well as "Blue Protectors" for the sea.

Your armors are cool too :D

This is clearly your own headcanon, and is set some probably some decades into the future from where the story is currently at. Therefore, any real reactions or snippets you wish, you will have to write yourself :D

I will not do snippets with massive time skips. This I have stated before, I think in regards to an ask about a barbarian RO. Well not any good ones, the above was just too tempting.

I don't know what has happened in this headcanon of yours during the huge time skip. Therefore, it is hard to say where Havard and Lexia are at in this case. For the Ancient I have a better idea, which is why I made the bit above, and I will talk a bit about below.

So, this part: "The Black Hands reveal (which they kept hidden from Lord Sheo to surprise him) by jumping Sheo and defeating him in combat before revealing a birthday cake and singing happy birthday to him" is massively problematic for lore reasons.

The snippets are of course always non-canon but still I feel I should say this:

A group of people surprising Sheo by surprise attacking him (assuming they manage a genuine surprise attack), will end up disintegrated by accident. Reflexes and all that. As the snippet shows, he will kill the attackers on instinct if they actually manage to surprise attack him.

He might play along since it is MC or he knew it was coming, but not a great idea if you want the black hand to survive. A sort of "fuck around and find out" scenario.

He also does not celebrate birthdays, he has no idea how old he actually is. Though he will gladly eat the cake with a blank expression. Just shoveling it away calmly.

[tweeptwee]

Everyone meet Thistle! This is a shared Undertale OC between me and @the-unknown-void!!!

Sibling of Clover, and also the Perseverance soul! Info under the cut >:)

THISTLEEE

This is THISTLE!! They/Them, older sibling of Clover and the Fifth (Including Chara) to fall into the underground. One other human (Kindness) fell between them and Clover!

This is the first and also most developed soul me and Void have developed, and it's mostly because they're silly.

Thistle ran into the mountain to escape neglect & responsibility, and were later mercy killed after an accident (became very ill after a near-drowning experience). They resided near Mt. Ebott for a few days [Image 1], before accidentally tumbling into the underground [Image 5]!

When debating the theory of SOUL magic, Thistle's ended up becoming a Lasso [Image 4—Weapon swapped with Clover]! It locks you in place, similar to the Muffet fight mechanic.

If I have more to add on (or Void wishes for me to add more), I might update this post in the future! We'll see!!! grins.