#oh ghoti

[jezunya]

"Ssshut up," Crowley hisses, not bothering to unslump himself from the tabletop. "You're in love with a human, you don't get an opinion."

"Better a human than a loyalist," Sherlock sniffs, and that gets Crowley to jerk his head up.

"Oi! He's not— I mean, he wasn't—"

"He was, then he wasn't, then he was again," Sherlock singsongs, before turning serious. "Once a good little loyal subject of Heaven, always one. Face it, the very fact that he hasn't Fallen means that he will always go back to them."

Crowley cradles his head in his hands, feeling far too drunk for this, or perhaps not nearly drunk enough. "That's not… He wasn't…"

A little tidbit of a scene from a much, much larger AU that I'm honestly not sure will ever get written in earnest, but that has been a project @sheliesshattered and I have circled back to many times over the years

This is post s2 of Good Omens and… somewhere in the BBC Sherlock timeline, probably post s2 but s3 & s4 don't really work with this au. Set in the universe of Tim Powers' novel Declare, though I'm hoping to write this such that you don't have to have read the book (but it certainly helps). Sherlock (and Mycroft, and others) are another form of Fallen Angel who have remained earthbound rather than ever joining Hell, and Sherlock & Crowley are ofc frenemy drinking buddies

More under the cut

For anyone who has read it: After the end of Declare, Andrew & Elena retired somewhere in the UK together, taking on the very common name of Watson. They settled down and had a couple of kids. Twins, in fact. Almost like one person split in two, you might say. Which they try not to be too freaked out about, but also they're really tempting fate when they name the kids Harriet and John, after Harry St John Philby. John (and Harry, to some extent) grows up to follow in his parents' footsteps, including certain secret missions in the mountains of Afghanistan. When he's invalided home, he assumes Declare has no more use for him, until he is contacted once more to be a 'special assistant' on one of their higher-level projects here at home in London, at which point he is assigned to shadow Sherlock & assist him in any way he might need. John doesn't know exactly what Sherlock is, at first, but he's weirdly reminded of some of his parents' stories of 'Our Stepmother' in the USSR, and he's about to learn that Operation Declare is a lot deeper, older, and closer to home than he ever imagined.

That's the starting point of Part 1 of this AU.

For those who haven't read Declare: Sherlock (and Mycroft, and others) are a different sort of Fallen Angel, who never joined Hell after falling from Heaven, but rather made a home wherever they could on Earth, becoming known as nature spirits, fae, djinn, etc. (Djinn is the most commonly used term in the universe of Declare, so that's the terminology John uses, and they are explicitly stated to be fallen angels.) They've been neutral in the Heaven vs Hell war, tho Heaven definitely views them as enemies and Hell views them as… frenemies? Enemy of my enemy? Not worth bothering with? They are largely free agents, with some different powers & limitations compared to angels and demons, since they don't have the power concentration/strength in numbers of either Heaven or Hell behind them, and their own schisms and internal power struggles, separate from anything to do with Heaven and Hell.

Part 2 of the au would be after Crowley and Aziraphale fend off the apocalypse in GO s1 and become free agents themselves. Suddenly, Sherlock has a couple of rogue agents, formerly of Heaven and Hell, in his city, where before they were Officially Posted There, so he (mostly) would avoid them, though he and Crowley have definitely crossed paths before. Those two are very much frenemies, especially since the Notpocalypse. (John, for his part, has largely come to terms with the whole djinn thing. He is not happy to learn about angels and demons in the truer sense, though.)

And this scene here? IDK, Part 3, I guess, but maybe just a little aside for Crowley angst after GO s2, maybe not a whole fic, until/unless there's some interesting fodder for this au in GO s3, thwarting the second coming with Sherlock & John in tow maybe… (and Crowley and Aziraphale having to figure out their relationship while the other supernatural entity/ies around them already have their shit together)

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Keaf, Murk of the Ghoti

"If a Fish monster is on the field: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your opponent's field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of those monsters and 1 of your banished Level 6 or lower Fish monsters; banish both that opponent's monster and this card, and if you do, Special Summon your targeted monster. During the Standby Phase of the next turn after this card was banished: You can Special Summon this banished card. You can only use each effect of 'Keaf, Murk of the Ghoti' once per turn."

[ultimate-character-design]

The 2nd Character Design Tournament

Please remember to vote for characters solely based on their design, rather than which character you are more familiar with or like more!

Queen Chrysalis | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

“I just think her design is neat. I like how sharp and dark it is.”

Paces, Light of the Ghoti | Yugioh

“Based on a dumbo octopus, they combine astral elements to the marine creature to create an otherworldly blob with enough odd charm to help it be…well, cute.”

[ygoartreviews]

Askaan, the Bicorned Ghoti

Who needs a regular old horse with a single horn on it, when you could have a sick ass skeletal flying fish with two horns??? AND a bunch of glowing yellow eyes? Man do I wonder how it actually opens its (clearly visible) jaw though, when there doesn't appear to be any sort of mouth line on its transparent skin. I was completely fooled into thinking Askaan was underwater (where you'd expect any normal fish to be), and I had to refresh my memory that the Ghoti are fishy aliens that live in space. Thus, those aren't clusters of bubbles and water surrounding it, but instead, asteroids and space dust. That look a whole lot like bubbles and water! An amazing yet subtle detail. Aside from that, Askaan's bioluminescence colors paired with its transparent body make for a lot of fun details. Like, light actually helps define a lot of the forms here, instead of the more typically used shadow.

Rating: 9/10, Askaan, the Shrimp Posed

[nushiyama]

Sacabambaspis, Sucker of the ghoti

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

[yugioh-puns]

“Ghoti of the Deep Beyond” is named after ghoti, a humorous alternate spelling of the word fish. Additionally, this name is fitting due to this card’s Fish typing.

[ygo-monster-type-tournament]

Round 3b, Match 4: Yubel vs. Ghoti!

Yubel // Ghoti of the Deep Beyond

[starrylemon]

One of my friends gave me this wonderful idea-

[bloopitynoot]

Reading TGCF: Chapter Twenty-One

For those who don't know, I am reading TGCF for the first time and sharing my thoughts!

If you have not read it, there will be spoilers! Consider this a warning.

Also- if you want to follow along, I am aiming to post updates daily. You can find all the posts in the tag Bloopitynoot reads TGCF. You can also check out the intro post for context on my read BUT if you followed along with my SVSSS read, the rules and vibe are the same.

Ending my day with a rose, amaranth, and almond tea. I had to take this top down picture because it was so pretty!

I don't know how it is where you are, but it's cold as fuck here. We hit feels like -27 Celsius today and my god, my body was not ready. I have never been happier that I WFH tomorrow.

let's get into chapter 21:

Hua Cheng hitting eming hurt me lol. You can't blame this sweet little scimitar (okay you definitely can) but it does feel bad about Xie Lian p195

Feng Xin's biggest fear, oh no LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I'm crying, this very queer man. shaken by the thought of a titty. pp196-197

Why am I kind of loving these two though. Feng Xin and Mu Qing are giving enemies to lovers or at the very least, enemies to friends. p198

"If you want to see me, it wont matter what you roll. I will appear" p198

I deeply hate the description that "fangxin lightly moaned in his grip" no thank you, I would like to return this description. p200

The STRESS I feel for this duel. p200

Yes! Saved by Ruoye! p201

Pls XD I am wheezing. I had to stop and read this to my partner with 0 context, "But Xie Lian didn't care whether he acted like a man or not. He'd cross-dressed before, and he'd hung the words 'I can't get erect' on his lips. Nothing could get him" p201

Jeeze. Lang qianqiu is having a full on crisis and xie lian is just laughing. I do want to know his side still though. It does feel suspicious as heck. p205

One thing I do love about this series are all the creative disguises. These little green ghoties are quite cute. p207

Poor guy. "I'm not good with combat" = Xie Lian's complex PTSD. p209

OOOP. This Green Ghost is absolutely fucked. The statue of Xie Lian was the final straw for this guy. Hua Cheng can not let the disrespect of his man go. p212

I repeat my thoughts from a previous chapter; Xie Lian really does know everyone; adding Qi Rong to this list. p213

AAAAAAAAAAAH. Evil Twin???? Qi Rong???? p222

The plot is twisting over here!

The drama is hot with this plot twist; an evil twin??? Is it coincidence?? Are they related? Who. is. the. father???

Let's go, I am ready for this.

[sunsetcougar]

Hear me out, vaggie leaves right? She gets 'kicked out' right?? So like, there's only 199 of them now-

So Sera decides to make another exrocist to make it even and makes BISH, making beer the actual youngest out of EVERYONE and she gets thrown in with ghosi and whoever else is in her sister group thing, whoch is why their a group of 4 instead of 3

I love that!! So because Charlie got attached and wanted Ghoti (pronounced Fish) to live, I shifted around the groupings a bit. Bish’s group now consists of them, Wish, and Dish.

I can see Bish being created and Wish and Dish taking them under their wings and bringing them into their sibling group, since they’re the youngest two exorcists besides Bish. They didn’t want to leave their new little sibling floundering and trying to find a place among groups that had been established for over a century.

Oh that only makes the hotel battle worse. Bish only being three years old and being shoved into a life or death fight where both Wish and Dish are killed right in front of them.

They’re alone. They don’t have anyone else in the flock. They’re all over a century old, they’re just three. They don’t fit without Wish and Dish. Thats why they get forgotten the way they do. The rest of the flock are far more concerned with the people they’ve been with for over a century than the one they’ve barely known three years.

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Psiics, Moonlight of the Ghoti

"If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Fish monster from your Deck to your hand, except 'Psiics, Moonlight of the Ghoti', then banish 1 Fish monster from your hand or face-up field. If this card is banished: You can banish 1 Fish monster from your hand, GY, or face-up field, except 'Psiics, Moonlight of the Ghoti': Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of 'Psiics, Moonlight of the Ghoti' once per turn."

[ultimate-character-design]

The 2nd Character Design Tournament

Please remember to vote for characters solely based on their design, rather than which character you are more familiar with or like more!

Shinobu Kocho | Demon Slayer

[No propaganda submitted]

Paces, Light of the Ghoti | Yugioh

“Based on a dumbo octopus, they combine astral elements to the marine creature to create an otherworldly blob with enough odd charm to help it be…well, cute.”

[ygoartreviews]

Ghoti of the Deep Beyond

I thought maybe the name of this archetype was a reference to ghosts (considering that this monster looks ethereal and ghostly), but it's actually a reference to one of those fucked up ways to spell "fish." Which is why all of these guys are fish (or fish adjacent, like this guy). It doesn't explain the otherworldly look they went for, but that's okay, because it's still really cool and beautiful regardless. This monster specifically evokes eldritch creatures to me. That probably has to do with the multitude of glowing yellow eyes, serpentine body, and the fact that it's clearly floating through the void of space. Somehow. Man, I think I just really love the celestial void colors present along the length of this monster's body. Idk if those rocks are supposed to be part of its body or part of the background though.

Rating: 10/10

[celestianstars]

👻 - Tell a creator a fic, line, image, anything they've created that has stuck with you. (from all treats no tricks)

In my daydreams, I'm in slinky cabaret gear, dancing for the watchful eyes of Alfred in The Gentleman. Love that world you've created, thank you for sharing it with us.

Oh my gosh! This made me smile to see, thank you Ghoti!!! 🫶🏾✨

“The watchful eyes of Alfred” is SO TRUE ahh not me giggling and kicking my feet

But I am also forever daydreaming about being dressed in beautiful costumes and dancing for Mr. Pennyworth and it means sooo much that you remembered my little story and love it so much 🥺😍 it’s one of the more special pieces of writing I’ve ever worked on so I get excited af to talk about it!

I have so loved building the world of The Gentleman and I’m glad to share it with such incredible readers and fellow writers such as yourself! Thank you again for this, gonna be smiling all evening lol

[foundfamilyhq]