#okay so this guy has been my blorbo for like a month

[soarrenbluejay]

Since I’ve been encouraged to actually share my funny little blorbo ideas here’s another one gang;

Danny moves to Gotham on scholarship for engineering, because the Fentons may be infamous but they’re also insanely brilliant and besides both he and Jazz are showing every sign of embarrassed child of a super genius syndrome, so while the bats are keeping a close eye on him Just In Case, duke is also thinking of introducing him to the Our Parents Are Maniacs But Anyway club maybe after the first month or so.

Gotham does not go for standard dorm living bc of his ‘condition’ and lack of wanting to constantly spook/gaslight a roommate. Besides, living with two small children is a dorm sounds like a disaster in action.

So Danny signs up as a mechanic in Crime Alley, buys himself a teeny weensy lil apartment and Makes It Work. He has been all year after showing up with a de aged Dani and Dan in Amnity after all, and that had gone,,, fine? (The entire town, observing how Danny had been getting increasingly more uncomfortable around his godfather prior to the cloning incident, then just dropped off the face of the earth for several months, the first two weeks stuck in Vlad’s basement enduring horrors and the next Too Many desperately fapping around in the Ghost Zone to get everything handled. All the clones live, all 13 of them. Bunch of them are stuck in the Ghost Zone due to constant need for ectoplasm, but eh, plenty of Zone born never leave, so. One, in the future, apprentices under a green warrior lady on Pandora’s suggestion, another is working in the Eternal Library with Ghost Writer, etc etc. so Danny eventually came back to Amnity with one small child under each arm very obviously traumatized by Somethingn with vlad and doesn’t like being alone with him,,, or touched without warning,, and immediately and passionately proclaims the kids his but struggles to explain how or why,, look some very reasonable assumptions are drawn okay. So the town does the very reasonable thing and does the midwestern equivilant of excommunicating Vlad, except it’s a lot more run him out with pitchforks vibes since he’s the Mayor. Anyway)

He is immediately loved, because while non Gothamites are usually more of a pain than they’re worth, everyone in a while someone even from out of town will just fit in so nicely it’s uncanny for everyone involved. Addams family vibes, it’s referred to as ‘making it home’, just personal hc. He is protective of all the kids playing in the parks and street girls that can totally take care of themselves on their corners but find it HILARIOUS when he just tackles a dick like a wild animal full force no warning. He can fix anything it seems, but refuses to work with weapons. Reasonable enough, people get twitchy about gangs sometimes. Danny mentions being not against Hood or anything, but he’s not going to work for him, littles to take care of and all, but had past experience with ‘Dora and that inheritance mess with her brother he was being a real prick about’ so everyone assumes it’s the equivilant of him having Done His Time and being plenty good for a life time and respects it as long as none of that petty midwestern small town hotshots bring any of that shit over here. And they don’t, because said individuals are on the other side of the mortal veil, so happy day.

See I really love deaged!Dan because he’s just a grumpy lil guy. But he’s also killed millions. He’s so protective of his loved ones, but held back by blending in and also being Smol that it comes off more bitey kitten than anything else. Dani, of course, is a terror, so she fits right in with the crowd.

And sorry gang, but a bunch of kids on their own in Gotham in a poor side of the city just isn’t going to get any attention: that’s just business as usual really. What first gets attention on Danny is not his ‘condition’ or being mistaken for a meta (which he legally probs has an argument for even without the gene bc like these bitches don’t know how metaism works anyway so) or alien (I’m 90% sure he’d be covered by the alien protection act by virtue of being half ‘not from earth’), but because Danny despite best efforts is a Weird Guy.

He grew up in what could only be described as a low level villain level and spent most of high school dealing with smack downs and spiritual invasion. He’s never really processed that any of that is not in fact Normal. Also, he’s capable of making Anything if given the insides of a toaster, blender and alarm clock, and could probably rewrite the circuits of the apartment blindfolded and improve them 1000% even if it ABSOLUTELY would not be up to code.

And sure, things slip every once in a while, bits of spectral ice here, small floating incident there, but everyone just Minds Their Buisness ya know? You really gunna mess with the guy that personally ensured that when your car got flattened by a fight with Killer Croc, you were still able to get in to work the next day by some wizardry? Really?

But Gotham is a city so cursed it’s probably in the exponents countwise, so of course there is a) a flourishing community of magic users and assorted supernatural weirdos and b) a whole lot of shit for Mega Overpowered Ghost King Danny to idly pick at day to day in order to help with his protecting other Obsession. Gotham has plenty of heroes, but by god do they need the spiritual equivilant of an electrician/priest.

Still, Danny, as a baby ancient under a facet of Kronos and KING OF THE DEAD is like, way, way out of their scope to be able to grok, so it mostly just comes off as you know, a family of banshees or something. When asked, Danny very haltingly says he was briefly dead but then revived, which neatly explains his Weird Ass aura and makes it SPECTACULARLY AWKWARD to ask further about. So everyone nods politely, and goes back to their lives after double checking no nefarious bullshit was being pulled.

Then, of course, Vlad finally tracks them down. The whole neighborhood is altered in short order because he doesn’t bother trying to hide being a Rich Bitch or how he’s sneering down his nose at people on the sidewalk. Every connects the dots when Danny paniks. Dani and Dan’s daycare are staffed with some extra, very buff set of hands within the hour. Jerry, Hood’s third in command, personally shows up to the garage Danny is working at to talk things out with him bc he knows he does t like the deal with this stuff due to past unspecified circumstances but well, they guys had already started fucking with him, you see. Stole his tires, spray painted the windows, pickpocketed him blind, and when he retreated tipped off the police to the drugs they’d planted in the glove box.

Danny might not have been born in Gotham, but he was one of them. And the Alley takes care of it own.

[thefreakandthehair]

"Hey," Steve says, voice both firm and gentle as he holds both of Eddie's hands in his own. "Why are you panicking about this?"

"I'm not panicking, I'm just being realistic." Eddie shakes his head and avoids making eye contact, looking at the ground as though a complicated puzzle that requires solving has sprung up on in the patterned tiles of the record shop's floor.

Steve knows what this is about, but he also knows that calling Eddie out when he's dealing with Tornado Brain gets him nothing but more Tornado Brain and a brick wall. So instead, he just keeps Eddie's hands warm and still and waits. His boyfriend isn't one for silence, so it shouldn't take too long--

"How are you not freaking out right now? Our profits were like, half what we've been pulling since we opened."

There it is.

"Because it's Thanksgiving and the holiday rush is coming. Because I actually did pretty well in those stupid accounting classes at the community college and know that we have plenty banked up to balance out the slower months now and then. Ed," he squeezes Eddie's hands until Eddie finally meets his eyes, wide with eyebrows knitted between them. "It's gonna be okay, I promise."

"Guess I can't do anything but trust you, huh?" Eddie shrugs and the hint of a smirk ghosts his lips. "It's growing up poor, man. Makes you a little... obsessive? About money? Or, about not having enough? This shop was my idea and God, if it fails, you're in it with me now. I can't drag you down with a sinking ship--"

Steve pulls one of Eddie's hands up to his lips and kisses the back of it. Eddie quiets.

"I'd rather be on a sinking ship with you than land with anyone else, okay? And it's not gonna fail. No matter what, we're gonna be alright."

"Okay, fine. I'll believe you." Eddie's shoulders fall away from ears and an actual grin blossoms across his face. One of Steve's many favorite sights. "Fancy numbers guy."

Steve rolls his eyes and smiles, releasing Eddie's hands and leaning against the back of the counter. "And you love it."

"Mhm," Eddie hums, leaning forward to kiss him, soft and chaste. "Sure do. I'm gonna flip the sign to open but when we flip it closed tonight, I'll show you how much."

sometimes, you've gotta take your own freak outs and complexes and project them onto your favorite blorbos, right?

[random-gamer1942]

With the year coming to an end, I wanted to make this little post to thank you all for the amazing times. 2024 has gone by faster than any other year, and for good reason. Particularly, because of an interesting combination of you doing more repetative tasks as you age, and each new year taking up a comparatively smaller portion of your life as you age. Psychologically speaking, this-

WAIT FUCK I GOT DISTRACTED OKAY BACK TO THE POST

This year. Yes. It was special. No, but actually. I met so many of you guys in this year alone, and cannot fathom the facts that I might meet this many more people in the coming years. Thank you all for all the art you've made, the stories you written, the blorbos you've created. Thank you all for the picrew and uquiz chains, for the mass reblogs, for the tag games. Thank you all for getting me into new fandoms - from webcomics to shows. Thank you all for interacting with my posts, and for making my own art and writiny feel like they're worth it. Thank you all for being my mutuals. Thank you all for being my friends

And then, to a handful of particular individuals:

@thatoneluckybee

I still remember the terrible puns I made that one day that caused us to meet eachother, lol. And the butterfly effect that caused. Shite. If you hadn't reblogged that post, I probably wouldn't have met about 90% of my current mutuals, and that's not an exaggeration. Thank you for being the 2nd mutual I ever had, for introducing me to sbg, nevermore, and homesick, and for turning me into a mass reblogger lol. No but honestly, I truly am thankful I know you. Here's to another year of me randomly bombarding your asks when reading webcomics or when thinking of theories! (I've started Marionetta btw, be afraid >:D)

@blue-eyed-moon-child

You're genuinly one of the coolest and most interesting people I've ever met, and in only a handful of months have become perhaps the 2nd closest person to me. I've always enjoyed talking to people older than me, since they're actually able to hold conversations on serious/interesting topics, and you especially are someone I feel I'm able to discuss nearly anything with. Thank you for listening to me ramble all those time. Thank you for helping me when I've felt down. Merci d'être ma sœur. Here's to another year of sibling hijinks, highs and lows, and a LOT more rambling :>

And last but not least, @afrogwhocantdraw and @primalmagic

It's a lot more recent, but being part of the benlor trio has genuinly been so much fun. I remember when I originally met frog when I was making some fanart, and how through sheer constantly interacting with Isa's (PHENOMENAL) fics we got her to become friends with us too. We are the 3 musketeers of the sbg community, and none browse the benlor tag without finding our names. To another year of fanart & fanfic. To the benlor trio. To benlor!

Yes I repurposed that drawing shhhhhh

And with all that, to the new year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

@thatoneluckybee @aceiscoool @moonbiine @quintessential-candles @haruu-luv

@kirexa @missrayofsunshine @onlyinitforthefandoms @indianatumbleweedjones @a-being-of-chaossss

@nina-the-ninth @sl33pdepr1ved @niredsw @simply-a-moth @fish-nailed-to-a-cross

@thurio-edau @sprinklina @lee1504 @whatsuplin @piigeonss

@blue-eyed-moon-child @afrogwhocantdraw @azulas-1-fan @primalmagic @ohquail

@floydetheflowerdragon @fly-in-amber @cherie-soup @artcher-artwork @junebug99

@corvid-collective70 @karmaajr @ldeedub @comatosequestionmark

[risingscorchingsuns]

my love, when did you last allow yourself to weep? ❤️‍🔥

guys this has been in my wips for like a month and it is exclusively because of Kyojuro’s hair 😭😭 ive been playing around with new shading styles; this was one of those experiments!! im really proud of it :)

anyway im a little obsessed with the idea of kyojuro, strong, unstoppable, Pillar-of-the-Corps kyojuro, just absolutely crumbling into Hikaru because he’s tired. he’s tired and nobody’s ever told him it’s okay to rest before; he’s never had anyone to lean on but himself. so when hikaru tells him it’s okay, to let it out, that it’s okay to weep- he just falls apart, because he feels safe, because Hikaru is his home.

ough it’s 6am im having normal blorbo thoughts 🥹🔥🪲 i love them sm

[feeling--pink]

Hi 🥺 what if they- 👉👈 what if they got mawwied???? 💕💕💕

Okay hi I’ve been working on these on and off all month (mostly off I got really busy whoops) and I have A LOT of thoughts about a Legbone wedding (ft. the drawtectives cause they really are my blorbos) 

Anyways here’s a list of headcannons that I didn’t get to draw:

So right off the bat let’s talk OUTFITS

To me Legzi and Ryjinah had gone looking for dresses but Legzi wasn’t really pumped about any of them 

So maybe they went on a road trip (because ladies bookclub road trips my beloved) to either go look in a different boutique or to do other wedding related shenanigans 

And on the side of the road Legzi spots this rag 

And of course it’s a torn up wedding dress and suddenly she has a Vision^TM

Just Legzi being more excited about fixing up this dress than anything she could have just bought up to that point 

Because to me Legzi is someone who loves to feel like a part of the process and having all her random skills she picked up from Darkmouth 

Then design wise I wanted something puffy so I could hide how much taller I made her 

Because personally I think her using the leg stilts on her wedding day is not only very Legzi^TM but I also made myself laugh with the concept :) 

And florals because those are fun, green, and easy to make by hand (as someone who’s made a lot of ribbon flowers)!! The vines were places where the dress was really torn and needed more structural stitching 

Ryjinahs dress on the other hand I wanted to take some inspiration from her season 1 design (even though I haven’t seen it) 

Also I love a chance to draw some boob 

so anyways York’s invitation

I’ve said it before but “artists draw fan art of each other’s art” where Karina drew Ryjinah, York, Rowan, and Jacob horse all hanging out is CANON TO ME

Which is why all of those characters were invited!! :)

Anyways I imagine all the invitations had your standard stuff- names, dates, rsvp section

But where it would’ve said +1 I think Ryjinah scribbled that out and hand wrote “+2 ;)” 

Which of course Grandma would be slightly flustered by meanwhile York is like “AWESOME you guys can come!!!” 

I believe in drawtectives polycule supremacy and also York is aroace

Which also lead to my miniature leg wrestling joke :)

Oh but the second York and Rah’ōxah lock eyes they’re going to leg wrestle (Pokémon rules) 

Then they can become friends too and we can make Julia’s drawing in “pro artists redraw their old OCs” canon!!! 

Rah’ōxah is both Legzi and Ryjinahs maid of honor :) 

She’s awesome of course she can do both!!!!!!

I wish I had drawn this but to me Parker the cat officiated :)

Maybe while standing on top of Parker the horse 

Ryjinah was not pleased with this but also couldn’t say no to the combined force of Legzi and Rah’ōxah’s puppy dog eyes 

Plus Parker the cat is the only person (cat) they know who’s ordained

Oh last thing I wanted to but didn’t draw was a Rosé & Rowan interaction 

Or not even so much of an interaction but they catch each other’s gaze from across the room and freeze 

Oh more headcannons but they’re siblings to me 

I mean dyed hair? Knives? Mysterious pasts? Color schemes?? Attracted to himbos??? 

Anyways they both have moved on from their family in different directions 

So to suddenly meet again even from across the room 

Then York or Gramdma calls for Rosé and she looks away and they’re gone

But I digress 

Tbh for everyone’s outfits I kinda just went “you know what would be cute???” 

So floral dress for grandma (obviously) 

Jumpsuit + long gloves for Rosé because vibes 

Unbuttoned shirt and double breasted vest for York so he doesn’t have sleeves 

Similar thought process for Rah’ōxah because they give off similar vibes BUT I made Rah’ōxah’s the same colors as Ryjinah and Legzi so she could match both :)

Then a demon Johnny button on her outer vest kinda like the pin/broach she has in Julia’s drawing in pro artists redraw old OCs 

Rowan I just wanted to look swanky and what’s more swanky than a tailcoat? 

And for everyone but Rah’ōxah I tried to keep to their normal color schemes!! :) 

Are all these outfits practical for what I made a beach wedding on a whim? Absolutely not 

I gave pretty much all of them some sort of heels even if they are technically wedges which is better but STILL 

Beaches are fun and easy ish to draw and I never do backgrounds anyways give me a break lol 

But anyways I think that’s all my thoughts!!!

So Legzi & Ryjinah ride into the sunset on their noble steed Jacob Horse :)

[spacey-llama]

RIGHT ABOUT NOW! THE rockafeller skank lore BROTHER! CHECK IT OUT NOW! THE rockafeller skank lore BROTHER! (requested by @peter-griffin-mpreg-the-second)

I actually actively am a fan of this guy he is one of my (many) Just Dance blorbos. He’s so! Special to me! ALSO, this one is definitely more like a smattering of headcanons than like... a consistent lore thing for him.

Preface (mostly for the person who requested him): As a fellow Rockafeller Skank fan, I’ve seen your posts and your headcanons are super awesome and cool (I love to see people thinking different thoughts about the same character, it’s so fun)! Mine are. Way different! I came up with a lot of this months ago! If you don’t like them that is so okay and valid :)

So! This is DJ Rock-A-Fella AKA Rocky! He's a dorky highschooler that DJs in his free time. Also, he goes to Woodcrown High School in Dancity. Originally, though, he's from Cyberfunk :)

If anyone's throwing a house party, you just KNOW he's going to show up with all his equipment and be like "Hi, what's up, this music sucks, I'm plugging my stuff in."

He's like one of those guys that has to play a guitar at every party, except instead of playing "Wonderwall," he's making a mashup of "It's Raining Men" and "Holding Out For A Hero." No one expects it to be good, but he's amazing. It's his passion!

Currently, Rocky's dating D.A.N.C.E (who I call Julie). They've been together since middle school. They did one slow dance together on a whim at a school dance (it was kind of awkward) and Julie asked, "Hey, do you wanna, like, date?"

And he went, "Sure."

And they've been together ever since. She's a cheerleader! I imagine they go on little arcade dates and she absolutely DESTROYS him at like... Mortal Kombat.

I don't know! To me, he's just this little nerd with really good music taste.

Bonus headcanons!

He collects TokiDoki Unicornos! Rocky and Julie have matching Unicorno keychains :)

He owns at least three Domo t-shirts.

Julie's been trying to teach him how to rollerblade, and it hasn't been going well.

Under that beanie is a buzz cut (and fun fact, in his map you can briefly see that his hair is blue!)

But yeah! That's kind of what I have for him? I adore him so much.

EXTRA BONUS! Because you caught me on a character I really loooove, here's a playlist I made for him forever ago :D

[leadandblood]

Part 5 of my Crozcest rewatch!!!

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 here. (or on AO3 if you prefer it)

Dear lord, it's been so long. Months! I've missed them so much <333 My horrible boys🥰🥰

Mandatory warning because it's been a while..

Below are my interpretations of canon scenes along with screencaps from the show. All the stuff below is speculation. No, these characters are not related whatsoever in the show. I made this AU up bc it's fun. Don't go into the soup store if you hate soup. Don't read this post if you hate blorbo incest.

Overall

Today I shall be watching First shot a winner lads. I already know this one will be sooo good, I cannot WAIT AAAAA- Also we get more Blanky which I'm always up for. I wish we got more Jopson-Blanky interractions but oh well. I can't have everything. Now, onto the rewatch!1!!!11!!1!!!

'Command' meeting

I love how this scene feels so much like 'divorced mom talking to eldest daughter about the father' because it is.

The very subtle nod from Edward when Fitzjames asks "is there something you're not telling me, Edward?" Is a really neat acting choice and also supports my belief that Edward is a terrible liar cheers <3

Also this face. Call him Edward three more time and he'll come.

How fares the raft of the medusa

This whole scene is insane, I could make a post just about it.

Firstly, how Blanky comes to the foreground. When the camera cuts from Edward talking, the focus is on Blanky and Not Francis. BECAUSE FRANCIS IS NOT EMOTIONALLY PRESENT LIKE AT ALL. He's locked inside the prison he's made around himself, from alcohol and isolation, that he can't really be present at all. And this has happened so many times - Blanky having to guide or help one or both the boys in a tough emotional situation, that he does it automatically now.

These shots are great to show it. Blanky and Little are still devastated by that loss, but Francis has moved on. He was never even there.

"In this bloody cold noone should be out there for more than half an hour"

Francis: you're right *sends his son out there anyway, after he just came back no less*

Aaanyway. Blanky is amazing emotional support. He knew something was up, that Edward would have to do something or is in trouble and he nods reassuringly at him... meanwhile Edward is trying to calm down before Francis gives him some other bullshit task.

"My father drank gin" Wouldn't it be fucked up if Tom drank gin too, during the Ross expedition. Wouldn't it be fucked up if Francis had to watch Tom drink too much and gin no less? If he had to come to the terms with the fact that Tom is very much his father's grandson, the same way he's his son. That Francis's father couldn't control his drinking and neither can he and now neither could Tom?

He hoped the flogging would prevent Tom from falling into it too far and in a very fucked up Crozcest fashion, would be a way to protect Thomas. Protect him from becoming his father, because that's the worst thing of all, in Francis's eyes... Woof.

The way Edward's face shifts when Francis tells him to go out there again always makes me feel so normal and casual. FR he should've gotten to punch him in the face.

Yay! Tommy is here now!

Francis: "Mister Hornby's dead, um.." Tom: *drops tray* which is an understandable reaction honestly.

I think this is the moment it kind of clicks in Tom's head that Francis is not okay at all. This is the moment he starts thinking Holy Shit he doesn't care at all that a guy just died. And it fucks with Thomas's brain. Plus Ned's expression of "do you get it now, do you get it, Tom, do you get it". And the subsequent disgust/disappointment about this whole situation...

OH MY GOD NO DON'T CRY STOP IT.

Time to call Silna in - just leave her alone, christ alive...

I know this has been talked about to hell and back three times over (by me), but Francis so busy smiling at Tom he almost misses the tray VS 'Don't even fucking Look at me, Edward'. Will always be funny to me.

Also fun how Edward explicitly asks Blanky for his opinion, completely giving up on Francis bruh. And as Blanky is calmly explaining the term Crozier is like: if you tell anyone i'll kill you not even kidding.

And you know he's given Edward this face + finger combo so many times as last warning before punishment because Ned immediately backs up and shrinks... AND BLANKY IS STILL LOOKING AT HIM ALL PROTECTIVELY. If he weren't there the boys would be fucking dead by now.

BUT! Once Crozier goes off at Silna saying they're to deny her protection, Edward goes against that because he has a breaking point and it's been reached. Good for him.

BING BONG IT'S PUNCHING TIME

Blanky and Edward respond first because of course they do... Tom tries to do something as well, but I think he's too scared to do much at the time. Not emotionally ready to face the truth of Francis being out of control and violent like that. And this is, well, a punch to the face not just to James but to Thomas too.

And in this shot you can see Edward looking towards the door, where Thomas is, to check up on him (answer is: he's not handling it so well)

And then Thomas stays lurking close by as Fitzier argue.. I wonder where Edward went..... But yeah, I think Tom subconsciously wanted to stay close by but also not, because he can't fit together the image of his father that he's seeing in front of him and the one he has in his head. Edward has them synced since forever, but for Tom it's not that good ://

Tuunbaq attack

I love this 'lost kid' expression. He still looks at Crozier for what to do bc he feels like he's out of control and there's nothing to do. Still relies on him... Delicious.

Meanwhile Thomas doesn't hesitate and immediately gets Crozier's coat and hat... Also he basically yells out where tuunbaq is. They're not that far away, it's a closed pace AND Thomas is usually so soft-spoken, it's a real surprise when he yells like that. I don't think he'd ever yell otherwise.. Except at Edward, when they had a big disagreement. Francis has never heard him like this.

I'll never get over their faces...

Anyway then Edward catches on and sort of wakes up from being initially overwhelmed, which happens multiple times in the show, especially later on. This might be a trauma response, which is entirely plausible given everything.

Then, many people appear on board, BUT! Jopson does not. Which could be just. Because he didn't want to risk it or saw no point. OR Crozier forbade him from going. Which I like much better <333 you stay in SAFETY, Thomas, nothing can happen to you.

Let's skip to

Blanky's amputation

Of course nobody there's handling it well, but Nedward looks like he's going to throw up

Awfully nice of Blanky to offer everyone a shot, though of course Tom declines. He's not going to risk that, for Jopflogging reasons. AND BLANKY DOESN'T MAKE HIM. Doesn't even bat an eye about Tom refusing to drink. Very nice. Him and Francis both look at Tom, but then are like "oh yeah he doesn't drink" and move on. Wonderful.

Two things I love about this shot, First: that this looks like a painting. and Second: that everyone present is close to Blanky. (plus Magnus, but he's not in the shot so he doesn't count now)

Fun thing: Tom is watching Blanky right until the moment McDonald starts cutting, after which he looks away because he can't see Blanky hurting, soft soul...

The announcement

"I'd like you to join us" HE DOESN'T WANT TO THOUGH. YOU SCARE HIM. STOP.

This scene is sooo. and it makes me soooo...

I didn't measure exactly, but Francis looks at Edward a LOT. Disproportionally. He only spares Tom a few glances throughout the scene (4 at Tom's face and like 3 more in his general direction. Edward gets about 12 direct ones and several more indirect, plus Francis's head is just generally turned towards Edward) Fascinating! It's like he trusts Edward a lot and doesn't want to burden Thomas and knows Edward can handle it. He can handle it, but that doesn't mean he should.

Anyway let's back up a bit. When Francis says "great imposition" he's still kind of half joking, he says it smiling. But AS SOON as he looks at Edward - and i need to make a gif of this or i die - his smile fades IMMEDIATELY. LOOK AT HIM it's like he was burned by a hot stove!

And I fucking love that. I love that so much. BECAAAAUSE. because because of that Lydia stare I've mentioned before, which Edward knows so well to do! This is the stare I meant when I talked about it. He doesn't see Edward in that tiny moment, he sees Lydia, like she's staring at him from the afterlife. And it jabs him in the heart.

Also can I just say I ADORE the focus on Little and Jopson in this scene, it's giving me life, not just AU-wise. In general. And also that each his sitting on one side. His left and right hand... So fucking good. Anyway.

Tomster activates when Francis says they must care for him, because Tom's literally willing to do anything to help Francis stop. He wants him to stop drinking SO bad.

This moment is a turning point for all of them btw... Everything turns on its head. Francis suddenly has to be vulnerable and he HATES IT especially in front of the boys. But it needs to be done.

Also at "I may beg you" he looks at Ned a lot, fascinatingly. (and once at Tom, whatever). It's as if he knows he's wronged Edward and in his delirium he'll be asking him specifically to end him, so Edward can get some justice... A revenge. It just ends up burdening Ned even more.

And oooh this stare from Thomas. "we HAVE to do this right. We have to. You do your part and I do mine and we'll get through this like we always have" it's wild shit.

Aaaand then Francis gives both the boys their tasks. (Edward's is a lot more heavy, again partially because Francis doesn't want to burden Tom and also bc he knows Edward will do it well) I love this dynamic..

Also Edward's "holy shit he actually means it this time" face <333

And then Francis leaves.

Conclusion

What a fucking ep, ey? What a fucking ep. I've been fed. This ep has also showed some strengths of both boys, which is very nice. Especially Tom's yelling and Edward's perfect Lydia stare(TM). Blanky should've been their father instead smh. None of this would have happened.

I'm so excited to do ep 6....

Hey, thanks for reading this far, yay <333

[cabinofimagines]

Totally NOT improvised birthday

A/N: Happy birthday Ash hope this saves you from the saddies -Danny

Words: 1,319

Usually, the Argo II monthly meetings are a casual thing, no one ever has plans in advance as to what they'll do once they're there. So it's pretty damn weird when you show up with a whole cake, a massive bag of snacks, and decorations.

"Cake!" Percy approaches to help you with the stuff. "Nice."

"What's all that for?" Frank asks with curiosity.

"My birthday," you replie casually.

Leo chokes on his drink while Annabeth stiffens in place, everyone else lets out different types of replies in various levels of panic and feigned exclamations of "Right, Frank! It's their birthday, don't tell us you forgot!" Everyone except Jason, Nico, and Will, of course, they all had marked the day in advance.

"Happy birthday!" Jason approaches with a sweet smile and gives you a crushing bear hug and a birthday bag.

"Thank you, man!" You smile happily, dropping the snack bag and the decorations on the table.

"We need tape!" Percy quickly gets up and walks to the door. "I'll get it!"

Annabeth grabs her cap and puts it on, instantly disappearing. Piper pretends to take a phone call and leaves while Leo rummages inside his tool belt. Hazel stretches a hand behind her chair and pulls literal treasure from the ground while Frank fidgets beside her trying to come up with something.

Nico and Will approach you, giving everyone else time to recover. Nico goes first, handing out his carefully wrapped present. He encourages you to open it—mostly to give everyone else a chance to find something—and inside you find a bag of rock-shaped chocolates of different colors and sizes and a whole new limited-edition deck of Mythomagic.

"Rocks!" You smile. "Thanks!"

Will goes next and hands you an envelope. "I thought it'd be nice to stretch out the celebration for another day."

"What?" You tilt your head in confusion and take a peak inside the envelope. "Ohhh!" You pull out three tickets to the newest Broadway show you once mentioned you were interested in watching. "Will!"

"Don't even," he brushes it aside. "Sponsored by dad, he says hi and happy birthday, by the way."

"Tell him I say hi back and thanks a lot!" You look at the tickets again. "There are three tickets here..."

Will blushes and clears his throat. "Yeah, I uhm—I don't know if it's okay with you, like, you can say no if you want to, but I thought we could go together?" He signals at you and Nico. "Like... us."

Nico gives Will a look but his boyfriend pretends not to see it, smiling at you bashfully.

"Oh," you feel fuzzy inside but quickly brush it off before getting the wrong idea. "That's really sweet that you want to escort me, thank you."

"Don't say it like that," Will laughs, though it comes out a bit too loud. "It's more like... a hangout. Right, Nico?"

"What he said," the boy says plainly, a light pinkish blush on his face.

You open your mouth to reply but someone storms into the rec room, screaming and stomping his hooves down the stairs. "I HEARD SOMEONE'S A YEAR OLDER TODAY!"

Hedge shows up at the foot of the stairs and happily makes his way to you, roughly patting your back and rambling about how small you were before and how proud he is that he's seen you grow (he literally never saw you as a child).

His present is a pocket knife and a survival guide that looks suspiciously hand-made by the satyr, but you can appreciate the effort, and it's a really cool gift anyway, so you smile and thank him for his presents.

Jason is next, and his gift makes your jaw drop to the floor as you open it, it's the official plushie of that one blorbo you've been yapping about for the past six months. "Where did you even get that? It's not supposed to be out for another two months!"

"I know a guy," he winks at you grinning. Then he pulls out a birthday card. "This is from Bobby, he couldn't make it but sends you his best wishes."

"This is awesome, Jason," you squeeze the plushie in your arms and hold the card carefully. Nico and Will look a bit pouty for a moment, but you overlook that.

"Sorry for that! It was my girlfriend, I had to pick up," Piper reenters the room, holding a large stick in her hand. "Here's your present, Y/N."

"A stick!" You beam, taking it from her very carefully. "My favorite!"

"It's not just any stick," Piper smiles, adopting a dramatic tone. "That is a friendship stick, Granpa says we give those to our closest friends to represent we are branches from the same tree."

"Why didn't I get a stick last year?" Leo frowns.

"Not now, dude," Piper mutters.

"That's so sweet and original," Will says with a knowing smirk. "I really like how that stick looks made exactly from the same wood the tree outside the Big House."

"All wood looks the same, Will," Piper states curtly.

"I disagree."

"Tape!" Percy returns holding the small roll. He also has a plushie shark under his arm with a blue ribbon around the chubby head. "Happy birthday, Y/N!"

When he hands the plushie, you can feel the slightly damp texture and you pause. "Is this wet?"

"It's part of the charm, don't question it," Percy replies without facing you, picking up the decorations and hanging them around the room.

"My plushie was better," Jason mutters, also picking up a few decorations.

"HA-HA, this is not a competition, superman!" Percy says tensely, then mutters. "If it were Nico would find the way to cheat..."

"For the last time, it was a fair tactic—"

"Happy birthday, Y/N, here's a crystal to make sure the stick and the damp plushie aren't haunted," Hazel gives you a nice lavender rock that you happily put next to your chocolate rocks.

"My present didn't arrive on time," Frank blurts out anxiously. "Amazon misplaced it. You know they hate me there."

"No worries, Frank, I get it," you smile innocently.

"Well, anyway, you got the lame presents out of the way, here's mine," Leo hands you something that looks very much like an explosive. "Why don't you open it like, over there, away from us?"

You stare at him a moment, but Leo would never actually murder you, no matter how much he threatens to do it, so you shrug and walk over to the table where you previously left the cake. "Sure."

Everyone gives Leo nervous glances while he keeps a smile on his face, which isn't really calming since he has a very unnerving grin. You press on the switch, and from the bomb erupts a massive amount of colorful confetti that spreads all over the table and the floor.

"Ohhh fun!" You exclaim.

"Oh, thank gods," Leo mumbles, his shoulders falling with relief. Then he raises his voice. "See? Now it's a real party!"

Piper puts some music on and everyone gathers to get cake, and play board games, Annabeth comes back after two full hours claiming she was upstairs in the bathroom.

"It's lady stuff, Valdez, stay out of my business," Annabeth snaps after the boy tries to question her. "Anyway, happy birthday, Y/N."

She gives you a properly wrapped present—in the newspaper, because eco-friendly—and inside you find one of the books you've been dying to buy for the past year, hardcover and collector's edition.

"Wow, guys, I wasn't expecting all of you to have presents for me," you smile big, looking at all the cool stuff your friends gave you. "This is the best birthday ever!"

Everyone shares slightly guilty looks but say nothing, giving you a second round of hugs. Jason makes sure everyone writes down the date before leaving so this doesn't happen again.

[jungkoode]

Girl it's time you tell a truth. Do you love kpg more or fmu?

What if I said… 25H?

BAHAHAHA. Okay listen, I’m a huge timeline/dystopian/sci-fi nerd, okay. My Spirk hyperfixation doesn’t come back every 3 months for no reason.

I have said this multiple times already but I can’t shut up about it! I love the Matrix films, the Umbrella Academy (no season 4 does not exist to me), and Star Trek. So 25H? A child of that polyamorous relationship.

That being said—it is very complicated to write, because it’s very scientific and it’s very hard to explain how it all works from my perspective. It’s all inside my brain but putting that into words? Yiiiiikes. So it’s been sitting prettily for a while now, because the goals have not been reached and so I have moved my focus to the stories that you guys want to read—FMU and KGP.

Now, a tiny truth. I started writing Fuck Me Up to distract myself from KGP, because KGP is very very very plot heavy—so me, guillible as I am, I thought ‘hey! let’s write a simple romcom thingy where jungkook is kind of a jerk and she’s super easy to irritate! it’ll be fun and it will allow me to decongest my head from these two emotionally stunted gangsters!’

LOUD WRONG BUZZER.

I have discovered I can not, in fact, keep my plots simple and stray away from psychological depth. I simply can’t.

So now FMU is a trauma / psychological depth monstruosity like KGP was destined to be.

Granted, KGP is MY baby, and it holds a special place in my heart—they’re officially my first two blorbos. But FMU has climbed up ranks real fast and with how complex their story is right now I… honestly can’t decide. 😭 I love and hate both pairs equally.

[tremastersweb]

ooc: Morning! Just passing by to update and let y'all know this week is insane and I don't think I'll jump back in to rp until next week (at least), or if I do this week it'll be for a short time only. I'll prolly ask someone for a summary when I'm ready.

Having to wake up at 5am everyday is rather challenging so my rp frequency is def gonna go down in general 🥲 and I don't think I can keep up with a real-time structure to the rp anymore without continuously having the blorbos faint or something djdkdkd. Not for the next 4 months which is the duration of my internship. I definitely don't wanna leave the rp though, it's been the most fun I've had for a long while and I'm really invested! So I'll see if it's possible for me to still make some time for it as I adjust to these changes. I wanted to ask if it'd be okay with y'all to have stuff happen in a different timing - this doesn't mean y'all rp any less, but rather that if I'm gone for a week, my guys haven't been gone for as long as I have. It's ok if not, but it'd definitely save me some trouble!

But hey, I'm having fun at work so far! I'm learning quite a lot! This week has been especially busy bcs I've been out to get some clothes, meet friends I won't see as often, general adjustment to change my autism brain doesn't like, an exam today also- and another friend came to visit from another country so I'm giving her lots of my attention atm. Other weeks won't be this hectic I suppose. Oh and. Her bf got me fivey and ainley's mtg cards and I am Screaming. I'll show them later in koscheicore hehe.

Hope y'all are okay!

[thewolfprince]

Okay so got a reply from Teecupangel on something I submitted and it gave me a wonderful idea.

Desmond in the Ready Player One universe.

Now if you haven’t read Ready Player One it’s about this guy (Wade) who takes on a challenge from the creator of the OASIS, a network spanning the entire world with virtual reality, in order to try to keep it out of the hands of a Corporation that wants to basically capitalism the fuck out of the OASIS.

Sooo my brain went “oh shit. Oh shit we could turn this into AC AU easy.”

Desmond, our lovable protagonist blorbo boi, takes the place of Wade. He lives with his father and mother and a few other families in a secluded location called The Farm. Once the world went to shit, Desmond’s parents decided to isolate themselves from humanity as a whole for safety.

Now, Desmond was raised in The Farm so… all his experience with the world outside of it is on an old console that runs The Gray [Name pending], created by Isu Incorporated.

One day there’s a message for every single user in the world (seeing as [Name Pending] is the world’s default coping mechanism to a slowly dying planet, it’s basically to the whole world).

FINAL ISU CORP LEADER FOUND DEAD, LEAVES BEHIND PUZZLING MESSAGE

Desmond is shocked when the message appears on his visor, he presses play on the video.

It’s Juno. She explains The Contest, a hunt for different artifacts around the multiverse of [Name Pending]. The first person to get all the artifacts and open the Grand Temple will be the new Heir of Isu Corp and the sole Admin of [Name Pending].

So for a few years, everyone dives into the hunt. Including rival company Abstergo Industries and its special Artifact Team.

As months go on, people start to quit. Except Desmond because his father is pushing him to find the Artifacts for him.

And Desmond soon crosses paths with a player named ‘Subject_16’. His avatar wears clothes that look like a prison uniform, and he’s often accompanied by ‘Overseer_Stillman’, a woman who is dressed in a sharp Abstergo uniform with a badge.

These “Subjects” are people indebted to Abstergo Industries and often used for free labor. And now they’re being used to look for the Artifacts.

And one day a new pop-up displays on everyone’s visors.

“Team Masayf— 10,000 points” with a small golden sphere emblem to the side. The first Artifact has been found.

And everyone is pushed back into the frenzy of the hunt.

A few weeks pass and William tells Desmond that they are having a guest over. Desmond is very confused. The Farm isn’t supposed to have guests. No one is supposed to know they exist.

An old man who everyone calls ‘Al Mualim’ leads a young man about the same age as Desmond into The Farm. They are both welcomed warmly and with great respect. William tells Desmond to “make a friend” and Desmond realized he’s being used to try to get information out of the other boy who looks a lot like him.

But Desmond obeys and leads the other boy, Altaïr, to his console and offers to let him play with. Altaïr agrees and the two log into their accounts.

Altaïr asks what they should do and Desmond suggests a small world dedicated solely to parkour and free running. They both head to the world and spend the day trying to beat each other on various parkour tracks.

As they play, Altaïr and Desmond talk. They talk about their experience with the hunt so far. Altaïr seems guarded so Desmond quickly changes the subject.

When William and Al Mualim come to get them, they part as budding friends. They meet up in [Name pending] almost every day, and Desmond slowly forgets about the artifact. He has a friend.

One night William rips the visor off and yells at Desmond for “neglecting his duties”. Berates him for not getting any info out of Altaïr and wasting time and The Farm’s limited resources on “playing around like a child”. Desmond shoots back that he gets nothing from The Farm, not a coin from their sales nor the visor that he wears.

Enraged, William tells Desmond to cut contact with Altaïr. Another person in The Farm will monitor his account and “if he even thinks about talking to that boy again he’ll regret it.”

And enter Rebecca and Shaun. They are told to be around Desmond 24/7 and report everything back to William.

Desmond initially distrusts the two but Rebecca calls up Altaïr for him and scrubs the recorded footage, winking and claiming there must be some sort of malfunction in Desmond’s terribly old, like seriously how do you use this Desmond it’s fucking ancient equipment.

Shaun mostly sticks to his own thing and doesn’t bother Desmond.

And then one day, the three make a breakthrough. Shaun figures out the meaning of first message Juno left, Rebecca hacks into another person’s console, and Desmond is told where the first Artifact is located.

And then an SOS comes. But it’s delivered to Desmond instead of his father on accident.

Lucy Stillman, a mole for The Farm planted in Abstergo Industries, says they need a rescue team for Clay Kaczmarek—Subject 16–because his mental state is rapidly deteriorating due to the strain of constant Artifact hunting.

Desmond, Rebecca, and Shaun decide to tackle the problem by themselves (though not without a little help).

And then once they do they have a team of five. They decide to call their team Team Eagle to obscure their location.

And then, Team Eagle jumps to second place on the leaderboard.

[sunflowergem]

6, 11, 16 for the OC asks! (and also 30 because i'm curious to know what sunflower & velora think of rue now!!)

Putting the blorbos in scenarios together 🥹

Under the cut cuz I know this one's going to get long. So much to yap about lol

6) If your OC is in a fantasy setting, what profession would they be in the modern day?

🌻 if I translated her job in to something for the modern day it would probably be like a CEO? Or a treasurer for a big company? Personality wise she's based off me so also being a teacher would be an option considering that's my IRL path. I can also see her being a librarian or running a flower shop.

🩸 Okay so this was actually the last part of this ask that I answered and it took me awhile to think about this but mortician I think would fit them really well. Or oddly enough sculptor/some form of famous artist

11) What was your inspiration for your OC?

🌻 me and wish fulfillment 😆 her story is definitely transformed away from her being purely a self-insert but there are some parts of her background that are very much reskinned versions of things that have happened to me.

🩸 I honestly just wanted to play a durge at first and it took so long for me to try and think of just something interesting to tie into it to make myself do that play through. Originally she was just going to be dragonborn descendant of Ansur. The only other concrete thought I had for my durge at that point was the fact that she didn't get along with Gortash because I have no attraction to that guy and thought it would be funny to flip a little bit of their dynamic from what we can tell of the cannon of the game. I got to the point in the game where I made the avatar and I think got through the nautiloid. But I only had a little bit of time to play that one day and then life got busy and then my laptop got hacked because of a stupid decision I made. So right now I don't have a machine to play on so it's going to be a while before I can actually do her playthrough 🥲 in the meantime, I kept thinking about her and eventually thought about the whole flesh of bhaal thing and for some reason my brain decided to take that literally and thus Bhaalblob was born. After that it's just been me rotating them in my brain and seeing how it develops.

16) How's their relationship with their parents? Are they alive?

🌻 by the point where the game would start, both parents have died. Before death, she had a pretty good relationship with her parents although they were very overprotective but she was kind of used to being treated that way and it's not like it was anything overtly negative. More one of those things in hindsight where she realizes she really should have been prepared a bit more for life and her parents efforts to protect her ended up making it more dangerous for her later on. But she has plenty of fond memories of her family and overall misses them dearly.

🩸 because of how I did my durge, there aren't really traditional parents like the canonical version from the game would have. So the only parent to talk about is Bhaal! also unlike the canonical version, they really didn't have any reason to resist the dark urge influence in the beginning. They basically just gave into their instincts in their first couple of months (years?) of existence. However, as they experienced more bodies through different people then they started to develop the consciousness to think whether or not this was something they wanted to do. For the most part they were still happy just going along with the urge since they had the cult behind them but at night at those moments before going to sleep they would probably think a lot back on the different memories they've absorbed from other lives. It's why they started to branch out and tried to live some of the lives before hopping to a new body. This is also why Gortash still affected Valora despite not being interested in him. He didn't offer her anything in the way of an interesting new interpersonal relationship to experience but he did offer a new perspective and was able to speak directly to them as the Bhaalblob. Others could speak to them thinking they were talking to someone else or the cult numbers could talk to them as BB but he was the first to talk directly to them outside of the cult. This started to shake some of the foundations of how they built their life. Going back to the original question. This would shake their relationship with their father and start them down the path of redemption. Kind of ironic considering he was trying to keep them close as an ally and it ended up being the first push towards them becoming an enemy one day. Of course once tadpoled they didn't have the context for the dark urge allowing them to enjoy it the same way they did before. This ended up scaring them and would leave a bad impression which would end up coloring their reintroduction to their father as they start to put together who they are during the adventure. Eventually this would lead them to completely reject Bhaal eventually.

30) My OC and your OC are friends. This isn't a question. I'm not asking. (How do they respond?)

🌻Okay, I was reading through some of your old asks while thinking about this one. And this would be more of a modern take but I would love the idea of them just belting out some karaoke since my girl is also probably really into pop music. Also regular gossip sessions, I don't know like overall I just am picturing like having a real close neighbor that comes over constantly to have tea and just shoot the shit. Honestly ideal dynamic. I'm also a sucker for this aesthetic of our characters being opposite, so fun!

🩸 Okay, so this might require a search on the YouTube if you don't know the reference, but if you ever watched BuzzFeed unsolved you'll know exactly what I mean. I'm picturing the dynamic between Shane and Ryan and that show with these two for some reason. Particularly some of the vibes from the goat man episode. Out of context. This makes no sense, I'm so sorry.

References aside. They would make great friends in the way that Orin and Valora got along before Gortash showed up in their life and everything got messier. Valora loves to experiment and push boundaries and they'd be so happy to answer all questions that they could and if they can't answer them we will find an answer together 💪🏽😤 I also love that your bestie ended up being Wyll since that's who Valora would end up with 🥰 Valora never got super close with Gale but I think they would get along purely out of inquisitive, so we could go on double dates and have the best time!

So fun fact, I usually use speech to text on these because I'm mostly using mobile to do these and it's much faster for me. I ended up talking so much that my voice now hurts 😆

[countercharmda]

okay! so, i've mentioned it a couple of times, but i think sometime this week i will be doing some cleanup here. ( expect this around december 1st. ) this will include my inbox, my drafts, my posts, my likes, and my follower count. i will probably also be changing my url to the new one i have saved then! it's gonna be very fun and nifty.

the short of it is that i will be softblocking ( or hardblocking, if preferred ) folks who have not expressed interest in writing ic or chatting ooc. if you just got here and are panicking for xyz reason? worry not! here is my interest tracker if you're a bit too nervous to reach out ooc. this meme is also good, if you would like me to come up with some ideas! ( i will hopefully get to these in a timely manner ). and of course, if this feels too much like an ultimatum or a stressor for you, then you are genuinely more than welcome to softblock ( or hardblock ) me and continue on with your day. please curate your space! NOTE: neither of these are required if we are already talking or plotting ooc!

the long of it...will be under the cut, because i am ultimately feeling a little bit rambly.

i've been trying to figure out how to approach my larger following of people who have not reached out to me, and i think this is a good start. i've only been in this rpc for two months and so much i feel like has happened already, and one of the best things to come from it is watching this turn into...more of a community if that makes sense. i like seeing what all is going on with my mutuals and stuff on the dash. i'm aware this is a very chronically online take, but in my defense i have been...chronically online since i have been a child, and i don't believe in dismissing online friendships. i like having people to send memes to in discord dms and tumblr ims, i like feeling like i can talk to people. as mentioned in m a n y posts on this blog, i'm a chatty guy! this is why i mention that i won't cut a mutual if we're not writing ic, because i think talking ooc is just as important -- if not more, sometimes.

simultaneously, though, i find myself feeling anxious about being overlooked or forgotten. this is an insecurity i've had for my whole life. while i'm more confident nowadays that i am, in fact, the shit, i still don't want to feel this way in a hobby -- and i don't want any of my mutuals to feel this way, either. i think that if i cut my follower count down and shift my priorities in this way, then it'll help lessen this feeling for both parties.

i also want to stress that this is a hobby, and i do not want anyone to feel like they owe me anything ic or ooc. i work a hectic job, i have chores to do, and i might even be going back to college in january. there will always be real life obligations that are more important than writing blorbos on the internet. i will never intentionally make you feel guilty for not having the spoons to reach out to me. if you still uncomfortable with this post or this change, that is completely okay, and i encourage you to softblock ( or hardblock ) me. i want you to feel comfortable enough to have fun!

[chloedoesart]

what got you simping so hard for the conductor in the first place.

This reads like you asking me if I am insane, so let me just clear one thing up before we begin: yes. I am.

cracks knuckles okay anon, you asked for it. You get the whole story. I'm not holding back.

It all started when a dear friend of mine began playing this little indie game called A Hat in Time—you may have heard of it—and posting a lot of content from it in our discord server. One of the characters stood out to me, and I quickly learned upon asking her who he was that this character checked all of my boxes.

And by that I mean boxes for kinning, not simping. That comes later.

Even before I knew of AHiT's existence, I was on my way to working in the film industry. One of my goals in my career is to create a western on par with the classic Sergio Leone films. I grew up riding horses and traveling in the wilderness, so westerns are naturally close to my heart.

On top of that, I have been associated with knives, fire, and my general chaotic nature for many years. Birds of prey have been my favourite animals since I was very young, and I grew up in love with trains of all types (Thomas, ridable miniature railways, the Polar Express, etc.). Someone even told me that they thought I was Scottish before they'd heard my voice.

My point is, Conductor was immediately on my blorbo list. Of course this grumpy Scottish bird movie director with a huge knife and a chaotic alignment was going to be my favourite character! How could he not?? I actually ended up buying AHiT for the DBS chapter just because I was so excited to have a film studio represented in a video game.

Well.

Little did I know I would fall for this guy in a different way barely a month later.

I've always had a big ego—cough cough like someone cough you get my point—so it's no surprise that I'd fall in love with one of my kins, aka someone that's just like me. However, what I wasn't expecting was for it to happen so fast and so much. I rarely simp for characters, and when I do, it usually takes me a while to get to that point.

I remember the very first time I got a lil flustered and had that terrible thought of "oh no, do I simp for this guy?" with Conductor. My friend and I had made a little kinnie AU with our sonas as the Hat characters we kinned, and she at one point drew my Conductor sona (which eventually evolved into my current bird sona) with canon Conductor doing a funny Team Rocket pose, for fun! Right?

Wrong. Because what she'd unintentionally done was drawn Conductor and I holding hands. And when I saw that, I thought about how I want to hold his hand and oh gods wait do I like him???

And it was all downhill from there.

It didn't take me long to accept my fate and start pondering all of the ways I liked his character in a new light. My friend's constant support only sped things along, really. What's funny about me is that I sort of grow attracted to a character's traits and personality first, and only months later find the actual physical attraction. I think that has a name, but I don't really like labeling my orientation or fitting myself into a box.

I hope that very long story helped kind of lay the foundation for what my simping has become today, AKA nearly two and a half years of self-insert nonsense and a nearly 433,800 word roleplay.

Maybe you're still wondering why I like him, to which I must respond, so many reasons. That's a whole separate post worth of material. I love his fearlessness, his passion, his tough yet deeply caring nature. I love his detail-oriented brain and his over-confidence in himself. I love how he tries so hard to win, every year, just to maintain his place on top. He values himself and his creations, and I admire that. I want to nerd out with him about movies and trains while we sharpen our knives and drink whiskey. I love how he's old fashioned, like me. And so much more.

If you're curious as to how I think our relationship would line up, I did do this shipping meme last year that is still fairly accurate and fills in a lot more of the details. Really, it all comes down to two nerdy chaotic people who have large knives and way too much confidence.

[hex-perks]

Hi! Hope this is okay, but here's a breakdown of the points on the DC post:

"yeah Connor- no, that's Conner with an e, I mean Connor with an o-" Connor is the second Green Arrow, Connor Hawke, the son of the first Green Arrow Oliver Queen. Conner is Conner Kent, more commonly known as Kon El, a clone of Superman and Lex Luthor and the first Superboy.

"So the original Teen Titans- no, not Raven, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Starfire- yeah, Speedy, Kid Flash, Aqualad and Wonder Gi- what do you mean you don't know who Wonder Girl is??" Before the more popular Titans roster seen in TV shows like Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go came about, the original "Fab Five" Teen Titans were Robin (Dick Grayson), Speedy (Roy Harper), Kid Flash (Wally West), Aqualad (Garth), and Wonder Girl (Donna Troy). Raven (Rachel Roth), Cyborg (Victor Stone), Starfire (Koriand'r), and Beast Boy/Changeling (Garfield Logan) were all introduced to the Titans roster during the New Teen Titans, after the original team had already been established.

"And then Roy- no, not that Roy- yes technically they're the same guy but they're so far removed they're basically separate characters"- the first "Roy" being refenced is the Roy Harper who existed in continuity between 1941-2011. The "not that Roy" refers to the Roy Harper present between 2011-2016, also known as the 'New 52' (referring to a series of 52 objectively terrible books that were intended to create one singular canon to fix the conflicting storylines) who is, unfortunately, significantly more popular than his cooler, older counterpart, and is often associated with the second Robin, now Red Hood, Jason Todd. (If you want to know more about the original, cooler Roy Harper, my sideblog @royboyfanpage, the OP of the DC post, is dedicated to him.)

"Green Arrow and Speedy- no, not that Green Arrow, no not that Speedy either- no the first Speedy is older than the second Green Arrow-" The first Green Arrow was Oliver Queen. The first Speedy was Roy Harper. The second Green Arrow was Connor Hawke, who is younger than Roy Harper. The second Speedy was Mia Dearden.

"...yes, there are more heroes in Gotham than just Batman, Robin, and Batgirl." The main Gotham heroes within the primary Batfamily circle are Batman (Bruce Wayne), Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Oracle/Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Red Hood (Jason Todd), Red Robin (Tim Drake), Cassandra Cain (Orphan/Black Bat), Stephanie Brown (Spoiler), Damian Wayne (Robin), and The Signal (Duke Thomas). Others include but are not limited to Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Bluebird (Harper Row), Batwing (Luke Fox), and Batwoman (Kate Kane).

Hope this helps!

Hey man, thanks for sending me this info! I've been in a slow learning descent (Steph's become my blorbo of the month, and Cass also by extension, blorbo-in-law) so I've been learning a fair bit, but all this is super helpful, I didn't know about the new 52 Roy changes yet lol. I really appreciate it. (My entrance to DC was the Young Justice show and Justice League Unlimited so it has been a Time™️ catching up.)

[thompsborn]

Hello!!! i’m so interested in the HB2 plot! I feel like we see peter angst way more commonly than Harley—so if you ever feel up for rambling about it under a cut or a spoiler tag this is a free space to do so! He really is my blorbo and you’re my favorite fic writer so I know whatever happens it’ll be amazingly done but I’m dying for hints at more of what that’ll look like! Are we talking, like, caught in the literal crossfire or devastating hostage situation 😂

okay before i do the harley rambles i!? I’m your favorite fic writer??? my guy what the FUCK that’s so sweet but also have u read any of sarah’s fics?? oddy’s parkner fic or oddy’s parksborn fic??? ANY of the Classic Iconic parkner fics circa 2020-2021?

i’m actually very VERY slowly making a parkner fic rec list to post at some point but just. WHAT. there are So many INCREDIBLE fic writers and saying i’m your favorite is BONKERS to me but also so nice i ??? thank you??? oh my god???? ❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

okay anyway sorry to what the ask was actually about pfkfj, HARLEY!!! i agree it’s definitely a lot easier to come across peter angst than harley angst, which most likely has to do with the fact that there is a LOT of material to draw from for peter’s character—various movies, comics, shows, timelines and universes and the games. it’s a lot easier to come up with angst for peter because there’s a lot of canon angst to choose from AND there’s so much content for him that it’s a lot easier to get a grasp on his character and create angst based on that, you know? but as a fandom we have definitely created many ideas of harley based on when he was a kid in im3 and his cameo in endgame, plus the WEB comics + ride at avengers campus, so harley angst is for sure out there but like you said it is NOT easy to come across lmao

as for the HB2 plot—i have an ask in my drafts from like a month or two ago asking for more information about hb2 and i’m gonna try to finally finish answering that and post it sometime today, so that post will definitely include some insight in what to expect from the sequel, but harley in hb2 specifically? i GOTCHU.

OKAY !!! let's do this!!

so homeward bound, as i've said before, is PETER'S story post no way home, right? but in hb2 it's peter AND HARLEY'S story post homeward bound. the first chapter is a recap of the first fic from harley's pov with a lot of extra bits thrown in, starting on the day that thanos first snapped and ending either where the first fic ends or maybe in the summer between school years. unsure as of now but one of those, for sure. so that's going to offer a lot of perspective about harley's character in homeward bound - his thought processes, how he was feeling in a lot of key moments during the first fic, things he was doing while peter wasn't around, etc etc etc.

but in hb2, after the recap in the first fic, it picks up at the start of their second year at ESU. he might still be roommates with harry. he might not be. it won't be the same room at the very least, so no matter what, there's going to be some changes, right? but also:

everything is different.

there are the small changes - not the same room, harder classes as they climb their way through the pre-reqs, potentially a different roommate, some stuff happened over summer, etc.

but also there are the BIG changes, like his dynamic with peter, and knowing that peter is spidey and now being a part of keeping that a secret due to peter not wanting anyone else to know. he also knows about the spell and he knows that peter is someone tony loved, someone that pepper and morgan and happy and rhodey knew and cared about, and none of them remember him, but they know harley.

with harley's pov comes the reintroduction of the rest of the world, basically. peter has no one, right? his old life was completely destroyed and erased, leaving no connections to the people he used to know, so he's been VERY closed off from everyone and everything.

harley, however, still knows pepper and morgan and happy and rhodey. he still talks to them on a regular basis. he has his mom and his sister. he isn't closed off in classes like peter is, actually having conversations with his classmates, even if he has no interest in befriending them. peter's pov has been very limited because his world has been completely changed. harley's has been changed too via the loss of tony and him being dead for five years while his mom and his sister had to adapt to a life without him there, but it's not been changed to the extent of peter's, you know?

harley is going to have a few struggles in hb2, some centered around peter, some not. there's going to be family stuff. there's going to be this urge to tell pepper and them about peter because he thinks that peter would benefit from having these people in his life again but also he wants to respect the fact that peter doesn't feel ready to do that.

there's going to be some conflict about the people in his life learning that he's involved with spider-man's business somehow. there's going to be people getting angry at spider-man because of it.

a lot of mental and emotional turmoil is going to come out of all this. but, in the physical sense, he's not going to be entirely safe, either. again, people are going to realize he's somehow connected to spidey. he's going to want to do whatever he can do to help peter, to the point where he's going to get a little reckless with it sometimes.

caught in the crossfire? yeah.

hostage situation? no. at least, not in hb2. not that i currently have planned. that could change, but as of my current plans, no.

hope that's enough information to build some intrigue >:)