#need to make that a tag with how much shit I change

[sparkpup-likes-drawing]

Okay I need to scream into the void about something because I just saw a post that reminded me of this idea for an AU I've had, and I started ranting in the tags but it's better as a full post so people can actually see my ideas for this okay? I wanna just throw it out into the world for y'all to judge

So, TGCF, right? What if- and hear me out on this- TGCF... But the ghosts are actually vampires? Pretty much all the major plot points are the same but the ghosts are vampires.

It would work think about it

(also spoiler warning for some stuff obviously)

He Xuan feeding on water ghosts? No, maybe vampires get stronger from consuming the blood of other vampires, and the strongest of the strong can even suck out lower vampires' powers as well, leaving them as nothing but a husk, a shell of the vampire they once were

Ghost City? Vampire City, duh. And the Gambler's Den deals mainly in blood no I will not be taking a second opinion on this.

Hua Cheng's title, "Crimson/Bloody Rain Sought Flower"? Puh-lease, it's so obvious. Bloody Rain Sought Flower?? It's because he's known as the strongest vampire of all, of course, and the blood from his bloody rain?? Oh-hoh, just imagine him standing there, fangs glinting as he smiles, wiping his thumb on his cheek and licking the blood off with a cocky grin 🤤😍❤️‍🔥

Mt. Tonglu spitting out spirits and being the gauntlet for them? Nuh-uh, it's Mt. Yinlu now. Silver Kiln Mountain instead of Copper Kiln Mountain. Vampire gauntlet. Something something evil miasma or whatever that turns people into vampires, IDK haven't thought about too hard yet but let me cook ok

And the ghost rut?? Hehe, well it's the vampire rut now. Bloodlust everywhere. They all have a desire to hunt and to feed and that's why it's considered so dangerous.

Also about the vampire rut, so in the books we all know and love how Hua Cheng gets desperate for Xie Lian, kissing and making out with him during that scene etc etc BUT what if instead he gets the unsuppressable urge to feed? Xie Lian is right there, and he's so trusting and so easy to just bite, but Hua Cheng's subconscious refuses to let him drink Xie Lian's blood, because who is he to be able to even taste a drop of that divine ichor? Anyways, Hua Cheng starts holding Xie Lian down and kissing him after Xie Lian hugs him because of course he does, and his fangs are out, so they brush against Xie Lian's lip and- fuck. He tastes blood. He's trying so hard now not to just bite or fuck Xie Lian and Xie Lian is having a time discovering the very problematic fact that he really likes the feeling of Hua Cheng's fangs on his lips and skin.

Vampires are able to turn into animals, of course. They can also turn into an incorporeal dark mist because I say so. Vampire powers oooooo *wiggles fingers*

Vampires can cultivate as well as gods and shit so they also have other powers (so basically my lame ass excuse for why vamp! Hua Cheng can change his appearance and do magic shit)

Aforementioned cultivation makes it so Hua Cheng can hold his silver scimitar E-Ming without it hurting. Yes he's a cocky bitch about it

Speaking of turning into incorporeal mist, that's what Hua Cheng does in place of dispersing when he frees Xie Lian from his shackles. Does the mist dissipate on the wind while Hua Cheng regathers a corporeal form? Does the mist hang around Xie Lian like a little puppy, terrorising people as they wonder why His Highness is being followed by a shroud of terrifying maroon mist with an evil-as-fuck aura? IDK haven't thought that far but you can imagine whichever scenario you like the best

And, I can definitely not hear you asking because I'm definitely not in your walls: "But Sparkpup, what about ghost's ashes? What about the "soulmate getting the thing that controls your life" thing?" Okay. So. Vampires' blood is considered inherently dirty and cursed, even though it like. Tastes just the same or maybe even better than other blood. Anyways, all vampires have a single drop of the pure blood in their heart, called the silver blood pearl (as it is their greatest weakness, and this purest drop of blood is silver-coloured), and when a vampire trusts and loves another with all of themself, they will take this purest drop of blood and turn it into something physical; an amulet, a pearl, a diamond- or, a crystal clear ring. They will give it to the one they love, and that purest drop of blood can control the vampire, and if it is destroyed, it destroys the vampire. He who holds the silver blood pearl holds total power over the vampire. This is their way of showing total trust and love for someone. Of course, as in canon, it is often abused, as people will force vampires to give up their silver blood pearl and use it to either make the vampire kill themself or force them to go on rampages and cause chaos. But ofc Xie Lian believes in agency and individuality even though Hua Cheng would be 100% fine with being his puppet.

Also young vampires tend to hunt and feed on animals, but when vampires get older, they are expected to find a mate, and they will 'mark' that person, as that person will become their primary food source. It requires a lot of trust between the two parties overall, and yes if you're thinking it I could not help myself I did bring in the omegaverse-ass mating bite thing into this because fuck you I do what I want.

So obviously it's implied with the whole "only doing it with a mate" thing but it's considered a very intimate act to feed directly from someone. Feeding directly from animals in adult vampires is only done as a last resort if they don't have a mate and is considered crude and improper. If needing to drink blood and not having a mate, adult vampires will drink blood from pouches, or artificial blood in the case of the vampire version of vegans. They also can eat normal/other food and get nourishment from that, but a vampire who doesn't eat blood or artificial blood cannot fuel their powers and will constantly feel unsatisfied from their meals that way, hence most of them find a blood or blood-like alternative.

Xie Lian is a very willing food source for Hua Cheng. Hua Cheng is definitely not hard when feeding from Xie Lian, and Xie Lian definitely isn't hard from Hua Cheng biting him.

On that note, asexual and aromantic vampires who don't have mates will either just drink blood from pouches (most common method) or will continue hunting wild animals (those who do this are considered weird for this but non-aroace vampires don't want to cross the scary aroace vampire hermit clans in the forest so they just vibe with it)

Anyways I've thought too much about this and haven't written it at all lmfao

[fretnotmyfriends]

I think I might be finally understanding what “we wanna strap a rocket to your back” with Jey meant.

(Long ass conspiracy theory below).

Given that Cody and Roman are gonna be out filming after Summer Slam, and the fact that both of them returned specifically to save and tag with Jey, I think this is a roundabout way of putting him over as the next face of the company for the near future.

Cody’s first run for champion saw him losing at WM39, a fight he probably should have won. It was a roadblock there to make him more sympathetic to the audience. I think Jey losing the WHC is supposed to be like that. (It was also for ratings and counter programming AEW, but shhh shhhhhhhh don’t worry about that). Pulling the rug out from under him right when he’s got it to increase audience sympathy.

On that, Jey’s run kinda felt like the Anti-Cody run. Cody held that shit for an entire year, and Super-Cody’d his way through enough matches that people really wanted his run to finish. There wasn’t a Super Jey, or a “Jey H*gan” or whatever- he was extremely beatable. And he held the belt for a super short time, when so many doors were left unopened. I think that makes the audience feel like we got robbed of that run and that it needed to be longer.

Plus giving him the WHC, even for a short while, ABSOLUTELY increased his popularity. He’s gotten a quite frankly ridiculous amount of things over with the audience since getting the belt (the fact that not only is “One More Time!” a regular chant for his theme song, but they also do the goddamn hand motion with him, is crazy). I think giving him the WHC in the first place was absolutely the right move, even if it was short lived.

Then we got Cody and Jey teaming up against Cena and the YouTuber. And as weird as the build to that match was, to WWE I’m sure putting him with a bunch of huge names was a sign they saw something for him in the future.

Now, if he really is teaming with Roman at Summer Slam, I see this as another way to get Jey over. Obviously the plans had to change with Seth’s sudden injury. But I think we still would’ve gotten Jey beefing with Seth’s faction either way. With Roman teaming with him, I’m pretty sure we’re gonna see OTC putting him over. On the mic, in the ring, he might even let him pick up the pin. Roman’s gonna be out soon, so you might as well.

So that rocket? I think this is a springboard to REALLY set Main Event Jey in motion. Put him with a bunch of dudes you already consider your “faces of the company” so that when those guys are gone and we need someone to be our top face in the immediate future, we have one ready to roll. It just makes sense to me.

Jey’s been on a losing streak lately (he’s gone on losing streaks before, to be fair). But we gotta remember that there’s other ways of putting people over other than winning. Jey and Gunther’s rematch put him over by still making it a competitive 1v1 despite his injuries. Jey vs Cody still put him over because of how good the match was and how much Cody needed to do to put him down. And they’re constantly putting him over on the mic.

So honestly? I think Jey’s gonna be alright. I think he’ll get his hands on a world championship again. Maybe it won’t be soon, but he will get one. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get Jey vs Sami for the WHC at Wrestlemania 42.

Let’s not sound the “Jey is buried” alarms just yet. Jey is getting protected in his matches, in one way or another. He’s in the main event picture, and I think he stays there. They’re gonna need a face of the company when Roman and Cody are out, so you might as well make it the guy the entire crowd is raving with. Bron Breakker will for sure become “the guy” at some point soon, but for the immediate future, Jey’s our best bet.

TLDR: mental illness got the better of me. Anyways give Carmelo Heyes screen time ‘k bye

[somepunaboutspace]

Ding ding ding, Metta redesign again (last time hopefully)

Before you ask, he does have his goofy ass tail ribbon things, I could NOT be bothered-

Extra human ver under cut

This isn't as much as a general redesign as it is a fic-specific design. Himb

[lunarharp]

if i just told you i love you would this world change

[ask-the-druggieverse]

So Dreamberry is confirmed. Are there any other ships that are canon in ATDV?

I'm gonna list the main ones in ATDV, background ships like Undyne x Alphys, or Classic!MMM x Fell!MMM won't be listed sense they're background ships / aren't the main focus

ErrorInk -> My No.1 ship, Queer Platonic or Romantic I don't care I just really love Destroyer x Creator...

Tragic CrossMare (R.I.P Cross)

WikiBill404 (Mandatory/Guilty favorite/forever my OT3)

- I will GUSH over WikiBill404, Bill404 sure but it's always so sad seeing Wiki left out (mainly because this ship is... really really new and came as a crack ship between me and my oomf JFGBDFGB)

(F?)Dr(M/NB)Ink (???Verse specifically) -> Lowkey I think I might make this Dream a girl to help separate ???Verse with Druggieverse

DanceLust (?) -> It's complicated....

AfterDeath (ReaperGeno)

AxeCchiato(HorrorLust) (T4T) -> Macciato is MTF here btw

FarmerTurnip(Horror) -> I will call any Horror that is shipped with Farmer Turnip all because of my other MAU SOPV where a second Horror ends up meeting Farmer and his first actual food he ate outside of his AU was a turnip, but this blog isn't about SOPV

My bad that I keep on talking about SOPV, I like to think ATDV and SOPV are cousins of some sort that compete with each other for attention SJGBGBF

Yes there are 3 Horror's in ATDV, you've only seen 1 so far, the other 2 I won't show until act 1 ends/we get into an intermission or side story of some sort

Depends on the route chosen

KillerColor

Won't spoil / I can't say for certain / Or left for interpretation

GreaserFresh

HorrorDust

GothCuit -> Goth's crushing but this ship is not important at all to the story

CcinoLight(Mare) -> There's a second Nightmare named Moonlight....... R.I.P Ccino,

Insomniac Detective (EpicLight(Mare)) -> this one came entirely as a crackship, Unsure if I want them to be canon or not, so right now it's up to you,

[dafpork]

dafpork is like a modern day speakeasy to me because everyone comes in like it’s forbidden but since it’s the modern day it’s perfectly normal. Little secret club

LMAO YES!!! THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ANALOGY.. AND SEE IT'S SO FUNNY because i'm like I DON'T WANT IT TO BE FORBIDDEN... i'm such an accidental hypocrite in that regard because i'm like "i want more people to talk about them i want people to be loud and proud it makes me sad to hear that people might have been initially embarrassed to ship them there's so much to love :(((( anyway here's my SHITTY ART of these people i HATE i'm so EMBARRASSED thanks for putting up with me in my SHAME CORNER UGH i'm so EMBARRASSED they're so EMBARRASSING i SUCK they SUCK it all SUCKS" LOL and i do mean it in a joking manner... mostly... but i'm kind of now at the point where i'm like. Okay well you're going to have to put in some more legwork if you want people to talk about them. (but, again, just the fact that people talk about and support them enough is so great! it's so weird and wonderful to me that people are calling it on dafpork on platforms other than this one, people who may not know i exist... it's cool hearing a term you and your friend came up with in a private discord be used, it shows how much growth there HAS been since there really used to be nothing!)

a dafpork speakeasy sounds so cool though oh my god can you imagine Porky and Daffy themed cocktails...............

COME JOIN US AT THE DAFPORK SPEAKEASY. which, you are not supposed to advertise that a speakeasy is a speakeasy. but it's subversive. like Daffy. or something. this is your sign to play pig and duck with us. yes you

[cluescorner]

The most important thing about a Megatron ship is that it cannot end well.

[immortalsins]

tragic state of affairs

[gemini-queen42]

Batb: Other Than Human - Themes stuff (& why I Called It That)

That's right folks, the self-indulgent "throwing any concept I like at the wall and haphazardly mixing together what sticks" au rewrite Thing has Actual Themes! That kind of happened accidentally but they are so real for that so let's get into it.

The Main Narratives Themes Trio of the story now all also embody expanded themes about being an "Other", when being a person is not enough to be properly considered human- more specifically of a neurodivergent/queer girlhood type flavor.

Summary is that it's called "Other Than Human" because the prominent theming is about being considered something other than human due to not fitting the mold of the 'norm'.

[This is a long one so details & specific character stuff are under the cut<3]

Amalure has the greatest departure from her original counterparts thematic placing, so we'll start with her. Amalure retains Gaston's social standing, reputation, etc. But it's of course not quite the same- because she is a woman, and she is not revered for being the picture of ideal womanhood/femininity. Instead, she excels in masculinity, but remains firm that she is and always will be a woman. So, to justify the desire & awe people have for her, they dehumanize her: She doesn't need to follow the Rules because she is outside of them. Amalure is not a person: she is a symbol, a figure, an object. A legend, a folksong, a modern myth. Her skills are not skills they are blessings, inherent, a mundane magic or supernatural. Despite having grown up in Villeneuve for her entire life, she is considered exotic, and is practically, if not actually, fetishized. And through all of this, the status quo and social order gets to be retained without question, and she gets to exist as the exception that proves the rule, rather than the Undesirable that she'd be marked as otherwise.

Amalure is fine with this, because this dehumanization is her status quo: She doesn't really view herself as a person either, she is defined by her relationship to other people, by who she is to them. Amalure has never been a person to anybody: Growing up she was never just a girl, never just Amalure: She was a girl with a mans brain, an embodiment of her fathers greatest achievements, an embodiment of her mothers worst mistakes, she is her fathers daughter or her mothers daughter, but not her own. (and she never both, it is either or, mother or father, never both, never parents.)

Princess Eve/The Beast is the other end of this, of operating through her dehumanization. Upon being cursed, she adheres to what societies have oft wanted to happen to their Undesirables: Hide away and never be seen by the public again. It is entirely self-inflicted, as most of her suffering truly is. She operates not through others dehumanizing view of her, but her dehumanizing view of herself and its warping of how she believes others view her. Because, well, the servants still view her as a person. I mean, they're still human- under the new object forms. And the separation of humanity that is easy to slip into on matters of royalty is awfully minimal as well; they watched her grow up, and she grew up among them.

The girl's bratty, spoiled, temperamental, and is a ball of horrid consequences of the shallow views and ideals learned from surrounding nobility. But she's also the girl that fell asleep listening to Cogsworth explain the many technicalities to managing servants; because she was stubborn in asserting her authority as the mistress of the castle, and thus she Must have say over its goings ons. But the majordomo's voice can be awfully soothing when he's not high-strung on anxiety, and it's hard to pay attention when you don't understand what's being discussed, so its all going in one ear and out the other. And She's Lumiere's 'Evie', who was so amused when Lumiere would draw on a little mustache when dancing the male roles so the princess could learn some duo dances, or because she didn't look very "waiter-like" (because Eve wasn't entirely sure what a maître d' did, but it seemed to have something to do with waiters), and who got annoyed every time the dance teacher/maître d' would warn her not to hurt her body in her pursuits, because it seemed so silly, why would anyone do that? And she's the girl who dragged Mrs. Potts to have tea with her, because she made the best tea and as princess she would have only the best; and if you're going to have tea you may as well have a tea party, and you can't really have a party of one, but two isn't much of a party either so she's going to drag Babette away from her duties too, since the maid was so elegant and thus would be perfect.

Honestly, the girl probably would've turned out fine if she was raised by just the servants. But they weren't the only forces in her life: she's a princess, so she's got to host and interact with important people and learn how to Be noble which isn't something any of the servants can teach her. And it is under the pressures and eyes of nobility, is in mixing and learning their social rules, that learns the lessons that will lead to her curse: That to be considered human and treated as such, one must look human. And to be such as a woman meant to look beautiful, like the ideal. As a woman, to be worthy is to be beautiful and vice versa. And even if she does not, she must have some way to serve men. Otherwise, she is nothing. Eve met these requirements well, and where she did not yet her authority as princess covered. So when a beggar woman is at her doorstep, the princess turns her away: because she is old, ugly, so long past her 'prime'- there is no worth to her anymore. There is no point caring for her future.

Helene stands as both the middle ground and inverse to the other two. She is an Other by virtue of her mind, she is Objectifiable by virtue of her beauty. She sits on the precipice between Undesirable and Desired, seeming nearly apathetic to where she lands despite popular encouragement to embrace or smother aspects of herself. Helene is quite sure she's a person like anyone else, thank you, and is frankly frustrated and a bit weirded out that others seem to have a hard time getting the memo- she doesn't like or want to assume the worst, though, so maybe she just missed another confusing untold social rule or something. I mean, the local triplets really do seem to be advising in good faith- they really do think of her as one of them to an extent (for reasons Helene is yet to know); they just don't understand her.

When Amalure pursues her, there's an unspoken aspect to the deal of marriage she proposes: Helene will get a secured place on the in of the community, a secure standing the promises people no longer questioning or trying to encourage her to no longer be herself. But Helene just isn't interested in Amalure like that, and she also sees what the real trade-off of that security is; that uncomfortable dehumanization that is exactly what Helene doesn't want to deal with anymore. If Amalure is fine living with it than she is free to do as she pleases, but the huntress doesn't seem to understand what Helene could possibly have a problem with- and it's not like they can discuss it, because it's unspoken, and you're not supposed to speak the unspoken things, because they're unspoken for a reason- even if you don't know what that reason is. Helene knows that rule, at least.

When Helene meets the Beast, she regards her as she does any other. It's plain as day that the Beast has a humanity to her, whether she's really "human" or not- she thinks and she feels, and that's enough for Helene.

Because Helene grew up raised by a single dad who she got most of her brain workings from, and he is a man of compassion and science. Off he'd send his beloved daughter to go and question and figure out the world for herself, to experiment and learn and become whatever she desires. Off to bed he'd send her to tell her fairy tales and have their lessons of love and compassion and humanity understood as she drifted off to sleep. Helene was never Odd with her father, never Other, in fact they were so easily two of a kind. It was so jarring, hearing people imply Tyndare less than sane; his logic paths were so easy to follow- but apparently his voice gruffs enough that others have a hard time understanding what he's saying sometimes, so that's where things seem to get lost in translation she guesses. People became jarring in other ways as she grew up too, because suddenly there seemed to be lots of social things she was supposed to know or be but didn't and wasn't, and it became very apparent very quickly that she was an Other among her village.

Overall: Eve & Helene get to go through these themes through the main plot, and post curse-breaking is when Eve gets to properly deal with the internalized issues and whatnot. Like she's learned beauty doesn't matter when it comes to love, and shouldn't decide whether or not someone should be cared about, and Helene loves her despite her having been beastly and despite her being a failure of a woman- (because she no longer fits the feminine ideal after the curse is broken, and frankly she never will again.) But she's still a Failure Of A Woman and Helene deserves Better Than That! So there's still work to do.

Amalure remains static on this aspect of the narrative until after the battle at the castle, where she does survive! .. barely. and it's later, in an argument with her mother that same night, bleeding out on the kitchen floor, when she asserts that she's her daughter too, not just her fathers. she has always been her daughter, always will be, she is the daughter of both of them, because that's not something that just switches or turns on and off- and it's an entire rant that I will not recite here, but the important part is the assertion that she is, always has been, always will be, the daughter of both her parents at once- that's the first little step for her arc of recognizing her own individual personhood and whatnot.

[generic-enthusiast]

so i watched the movie version of dear evan hansen and... it's definitely... an adaptation someone could make

[ghostpunkrock]

I remember when you were rewatching bfu and wondered if Ryan asked Shane if he believes in ghosts before they started shooting, and in the podcast ep he said that he didn't really think about it and hoped for the best.... and that they didn't know what the dynamic was gonna be.... incredible

I was literally thinking about that when he said that on the pod 😂 I guess that’s another win for me being the #1 bfu perceiver and understander

[seventh-district]

tfw you're trying to write a Genshin fic but ur memory is shit so u have to leave urself [REMINDERS] to come back and correct your spelling/figure out NPC names/scour the wiki to double-check character and story lore, because if u even so much as glance away from the google doc in the moment you'll lose all of your writing momentum

coughs [link to some other (better) excerpts from the fic since the post didn't make it into the tags and i'm too lazy to remake it]

[normystical]

lowkey i'm tired of manually tagging things "queue." like. the queue button is *right there.* why do i make it more inconvenient for myself. yk?

[thatonesmartkidfromschool]

I like how I didn't even like Drayton that much at first but just. One day. Randomly. I realized "oh shit actually he's just like me fr" and I've been so obsessed ever since like HE'S ACTUALLY ME. ACTUALLY. FJSJDJWJDK

[montygatorguy]

idk if anyone else has experienced this but ive seen some older stex fans complaining about the newer fans who found the show through the revival like “oh they dont know how to act they just don’t respect the show” but honestly is think these older fans like this are the ones who don’t know how to act cause sometimes they’re just really mean for no reason. like some people just talk about how much they hate the revival and i completely understand not liking it but dont go around and be rude to people who enjoy it. ALSO why are you complaining about new people joining your fandom 😭 this is a forty year old musical. if you dont like people in a fandom you can just block them but why are you complaining about new people engaging with a piece of media

[reblog-house]

I hate it here