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bad-succulent-father · 2 years ago

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This is the intro post

About me:

Shitty father of 90ish

Yes I do have a favorite son and he's dying

Yes I did buy a replacement

I have had succulents for: 3 months 👍

I am in fact addicted

I do NOT have a quarantine for new plants (no space)

As a beginner I freak out at everything

I don't have proper cutting shears, just an old pair of scissors from high school

My sins:

Had no grow light for a month leading to horrible etoliation in my first 20 plants

Put my jade in regular potting soil

Didn't mix inorganic grit into soil for potting for the first few weeks

Watered an overwatered plant, causing it to literally explode when I touched it

Bought 2 plants with spidermites and had them right next to old plants

Doused plants in isopropyl alcohol afterwards (did not get rid of the mites but didn't let them spread?)

Mistaked isopropyl alcohol stains as damage and wiped the farina off of one of my pvns

Sprayed straight 91% isopropyl alcohol on my plants after seeing mealybugs on 3. So many leaves were burnt

Did not rinse the alcohol off.

Mistaked the isopropyl alcohol burns as mealybug damage and sprayed again.

Still didn't rinse it off.

Mistaked the added burns as signs mealybugs were still there and shittily cut off the crowns and threw them away

Did not replace soil after dousing plants in isopropyl alcohol

Did not quarantine plants, causing mealybugs to show up on some of my props

Watered cuttings with no roots

Expected plants to be fine in 101°+ weather

General list of plants:

Echeveria: 71 plants

Crassula: 10 plants

Graptopetalum: 7 plants

Haworthia: 5 plants

Pachyphytum: 4 plants

Aloe: 3

Graptoveria: 3 plants

Graptosedum: 2 plants

Kalanchoe: 2 plants

Sedum: 2 plants

Sempervivum: 2 plants

Sedeveria: 2 plants

Pachyveria: 2 plant

Kleinia: 1 plant

Haworthiopsis: 1 plant

Sinnocrassula: 1 plant

Orostachys: 1 plant

Pachysedum: 1 plant

Miscellaneous leaf props/cuttings: 30ish

Read more for species specifications

Agavoides Lemaire. Absolutely massive

Echeveria

Agavoides Yellow Ebony. This one was huge too??

Amazing Grace. A plump baby with no problems.

Awesome Jelly. Has one funky leaf with a notch and I love it

Arze. The picture showed white and red but it's actually just green w some red 😔

Asante Sana. It's got such broad leaves and thick farina AUAUUAGH.

Atlantis: I have 2 and they're soooo pretty, I love the farina!

Bijou. It looks so frosty hehe

Black Bird. Being very careful with this one because it's so big and I love the light tips.

Black Marvel. It's very very red

Black Cat. My replacement for my beloved Loki.

Black Colorata. Bought bc I wanted free shipping, I didn't expect to love it so much!

Black Pearl. Double headed beauty

Black Racoon. It's just so shaped I just love the shape so much

Black Sugar. An absolutely large guy.

Black Witch. Looks like the black cat 🤔

Black Zaragoza. Not sure if he's growing a flower or not... BUT NOW THERES 2!!

Blue Minima. It's a big cluster and it's so cute.

Blue Bird. Oh how I've waited for getting a nice one and finally!!

Blue Dragon. It just looks juicy somehow?

Cherry Blossom Ending. I just love these types.

Chocolate Mint. Dusty and thirsty, gosh I hope I don't kill this one

Chihuahuensis 'Momotarou'. Doesn't look a thing like the chihuahuensis I had that died... SUSPICIOUS for the first seller

Christmas. The one I thought was a tippy, it's an OG for me.

Cupsidata var. Zaragozae. I loooove these so much, I have 2!

Echo. Hopefully I get more red splotches like the picture ):

Fly to the Sky. I love the leaves hehehe

Fox Tail. Main head looks super weird but the pup has slightly less weird leaves?

Ice Rose. Absolutely a beauty.

German Champagne x Laui. Plump little guy

Gothika. I have 3 and I wish i had MORE.

Holy Gate. I was so scared because it got destroyed in shipping, but she's alive with an offshoot!!

Indigo. It's so small and has so many heads eee

Japanese Mulberry. Had mealies but maybe ive solved this?

Laui. Oh I love it so much

King Bird. Deliciously red

Koh I Noor. Expensive for me but that thick powdery farina is worth it.

Lemon Lime. Bane of my existence, sprite the idiot with mealybugs

Lola. This one is going outside the damage I did was horrible

Longissima Hybrid. The leaves are so waxy and cool

Mexensis Zaragosa. I might have burned it a little

Minima Variagated. It's soo pretty!!

Monroe. Oh what a plump beauty

Perle Von Nurnberg. I have 2, and one got all of the farina removed

N. I don't know if that's even the name bc it came with a stick just labeled echeveria. The seller prob just put a letter to fill

Orange Monroe. My OG big ass plant.

Orion. Came as a free gift (with a mealybug...) but it's cute!

Red Gear. Hohoho it's so pink and sharp hehehhe

Powdery Cotton. I couldn't resist the allure of a sale

Rajoya. Duuuuude I love it it reminds me of the first black cat so much...

Sarahime hybrids. I have 2 that look very different and I love them

Sensation. It's so flat and strange..

Starmark. I put this one in my bulbasaur pot

Star Jelly. It better stress right soon or Else.

Star Snow. What a beautiful mistake. I didn't order it and yet I got it

Strictifloria v Nova. This was a gamble from a sus shop. It looks like it doesn't even know what light is

Echeveria Tinkerbell. I finally found out what it was from someone else's sale listing,,,

Trumso x Laui. I just love the thick farina

Tippy. So pretty and the farina is so nice hehehe.

Viyant. Pudgy and stubby! Love it!

White Elegans. It came in a cluster and a ton fell off. I have 5 props from it now

White Elegans x Monroe. Easily my tiniest plant. Smaller than my props even, it's adorable

White Lotus. A stunner for sure. Doesn't like having it's own leaves though

White Peach Blossom. I accidentally split it so now it's 2!

Yellow Fin. The colors are so vibrant and she's so teensy!

Zaragoza. Yeah I love Zaragozas a lot.

Crassula

Ovata Jade. My mom gave this to me because it has powdery mildew. It still might I can't tell but the treatments worked well?

Exilis subsp. Cooperi "Tiger Jade". Wimpy and leggy!

Fantasy variagated. It's Pastel and cute!

Perforata. It had spider mites so I threw it outside. It's prospering with the main pest of rolly pollies eating the leaves I guess??

Perforata Variegata. I'd say it's perfect but as time goes on I wonder if it was chemically forced to look that way..

Red pagoda? I have 2 of these and frankly nothing looks like them from what I can find. At some point I just settled on this

Shark tooth. Came very limp. Hoping we grow out of the sadness

Tabularis Pagoda Village. PATHETIC! WIMPY! LIMP!

Tom Thumb. My best Crassula because it's not stupid

Graptopetalum

Amethystinum. Honestly a wonderful guy doing his best being chubby

Paraguayense Ghost. My light won't stress it pinker than yellow... But now I've got 2!!

Pachyphyllum Bluebean. Had a full recovery from overwatering. Looks pathetic tho

Ellen. Not sure how to feel.

Rusbyi. So pretty..

Superbum. Oh gosh it's big...

Graptosedum

Darley Sunshine. Also burnt to hell but still alive, I have 6 props of this etoliated and burnt disaster

Francisco Baldi. It's super long. Can't wait for it to stress!

Graptoveria

Bashful Pink Ruby. Is what I rhink this one is idk.

Opalina. Came with a variagated baby!! So cute

Tibituans Variagated. I have a cutting because one of the heads fell off. That head apparently had mealybugs and now it's got weird ass leaves

Haworthia

Athena. Has sunburn but it's going away. Just like the bottom leaves (:

Attenuata. MY BELOVED BIG Q. Named after Quackity, this was technically my first ever plant. The first time... Back when the internet said put ice cubes on your succulents. It died but I have a new one!

Fasciata Big Band. Huge and has solid stripes.

Fasciata Cape Town. Hoo all the little spots

Obtusa. Said it would be pink. It's obviously orange.

Kalanchoe

Little Dragon. Has a mysterious white substance that isn't farina on it. Is it mildew? Idk it doesn't look like it. We'll see what happens

Tomentosa Teddy Bear. So soft so soft

Pachyveria

Sedum

Bubbles. Resuscitated from near death.

Yeonji. Has black spots all over old leaves. Not sure what it is

Adolphii Firestorm. Only after sunstressing did I know what this was

Morganianum Burrito. So fresh and beautiful hehehe

Sempervivum

Desert Rose. His purple magesty wasnt happy till he was outside. Thriving somehow

Lotus Blossom. The props have rooted and grown, we are back in business 😎

Aloe

Haworthioides. Just an emo, forgot this guy was an Aloe technically

Kleinia

Purple Haze. Bought bc haha weed. But honestly this one is pretty

White fox. I have low hope that it won't die considering it's acting funny

Sedeveria

Blue Elf. It's so pretty, didn't come w much dirt tho

Lilac mist. It's really resisting stress tbh.

Pachyphytum

Stapeliiformis. It's a pickle plant. What more can I say I'm in love

Apricot variagated. This was from the same sketchy shop, yet its massive and beautiful??

Oviferum Lavender Pebbles. Oh so pretty and healthy and now I have 2

Pachysedum

Ganzhou variagated. It's all dark I love it.

Orostachys

Dunce cap. It looks withered and pathetic.

Sinnocrassula

Yunnanensis. It's so wild having this I had wanted it for sooo long and it's so fantastic irl.

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calehenituseappreciation · 4 years ago

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Ive seen a lot of Dream (and usually Techno and Phil too) as gods au (i have one too dw) but all of you are sleeping on the funniest option.

Tommy is the god.

Tommy.

hes the only one in that galaxy (other than drista ofc)

Just imagine how fucking funny it is like

it would be so fucking hilarious

and tommy just doesnt tell them

so techno is just there making all these blood god jokes and jokingly telling tommy to serve him and tommys just laughing

imagine a god in the form of a chaotic 16 year old racoon gremlin just walts into your land commits arson and gets banned, only to come back with another person who he helps start a nation for drugs?

imagine how fucking funny it is

just

imagine tubbo banning a literal god from his lands and he just doesnt come back? he just plays by the rules? then goes and like sits in the corner all sad because some humans/dreamons told him to leave

ranboo, just joining the server: hi- a chaotic gremlin god: wanna commit arson with me? ranboo, just trying to vibe and maybe not disturb this god: sure

Phil and Ranboo recongnize Tommy as a god on sight.

Everyone else just refuses to believe it. hes Tommy. Tommyinnit. hes just weird lol

And Drista being a fucking chaotic blood god?

drista is open about her godhood and does not hesitate to spawn blocks

Drista finds Dream and decides she likes this small human, and dream just has to deal with it lmao.

drista and tommy are both born at the same time.

Tommy is a god of music, chaos, war and theivery (the last one bc he is a BITCH)

Drista is the blood god, chaos, deception, and theatre

okay but imagine the sbi interactions... like ig in this au tommy joins at like 12/13 years of age (in their minds) so he doesnt really grow much

and like tommy, a literal god, just claiming phil as his father???

phil, in his house making eggs, assuming one of his sons woke up and came to the kitchen, not looking: hey son tommy, from their couch, already deciding hes phils son now: whats up dad? phil: looks up at tommy who are you tommy: idk dad, who am i phil: *stares at tommy for a second* eh i made extra eggs you can stay

ASJIDGASUIOG IMAGINE TOMMY TELLING THEM HES A GOD BUT THEY THINK HES JOKING AND IGNORE HIM

everyone on the server: tommy is the youngest! tommy, as old as the universe: no im not!!!! im not a child!!!! he doesnt pout because pouting is for children and hes not a child but hes pouting tubbo: lol im older than you by a month tommy dont try to hide it tommy: im not a child!!!! techno: laughs

tommy doesn't try to hide that hes a god just its tommy

thats all the evedince anyone needs to think tommy isnt a god or powerful its like mcc hes good but only when he doesnt throw for content

quackity: sees drista written in bedrock lmao drista visited? tommy: yeah! i wrote that for her! quackity: snorts yeahhhh sureee tommy

imagine like how fucking funny it is jsut like

a fucking chaotic god breaks into your house androbs you makes a room under your house and decides to live in your floorboards

imagine dream like trying to manipulate tommy, and tommy a fucking anchient diety immeditly recongnizes what hes doing

but decides to play along for the angst and giggles and then actually gets mad when no one fucking cares for his theatrics

tommy, storming off to technos base to rob and build under: >:///// cant believe none of them acknoledged my deppression

i love that tommy stills robs everyone, he doesnt need to he can spawn in anything he wants

he just does it for the sport of robbery

JAKOGFSDOH

THE HOLY LAND

dream: im god actually tommy: thats so fucking funny lets make a cult about that :) dream: see! look! im god! and jesus! tommy: wheezing

imagine tommy getting stressed and letting go of his mortal form

Tommy, his human form peeling away, showing his actual form a bit: WH̸͘A͠T̷ ̶̢T͞H͢E ̡͘F̴̵͘Ù̧C͜K҉ ̶T͘͜͞E͟CHǸ͏Ǫ Techno: HAH?

tommy just saw tubbo and got emotionally attached

Tommy, a literal god: hello Tubbo: oh hi do you like my pet bee? Tommy: you’re mine now Tubbo: im okay with this

tommy, a bored god: gives techno shapeshifting powers techno, not even caring: changes into more human to pig-ishg forms as he wishes this is my life now ig

phil lets tommy do fuck all in exile bc he knows hes a god hes fine

phil: IDC IF YOURE A GOD! YOU WILL DO THE DISHES NOW YOUNG MAN! tommy: grumbles but does them

phil is the only one who can control tommy

god... tommy... with star freckles... on his human form... (as well as his god one)

tommy: f̷͛͠a̵̋t̵̒̑h̸̚e̶̓͝r̸͊ ̸̐̒i̴ ̸̅̿d̷̉͆o̵͂͋ ̵̛̆ñ̸̾ő̶́t̸̎́ w̶͆͘i̴͠s̵̓̈́h̸͗́ ̵̯͗f̶͋́ő̴͑r̷̐̌ ̶͝é̵̽g̸͊͂g̵̒s̷͂̃ phil: idc, eat your goddamn eggs tommy: pouts

tommy, despite being able to get supplies himself by fucking spawning them in: hey tubbo? we need supplies

In this au ig like if a god claims you you get a mark on your skin showing that. Drista’s would be like a green crown, Tommys would be a red and white disk (white as the outer ring and red as the center) (its different enough that if you don’t realise tommy is a god you wouldnt realise whos it is) (schlatt is the only one who never had one which shoulda been a sign dude :/)

Dream has two from the beginning, everyone else has only one, well until they meet drista. (sbi have had one since they met tommy, though they dont remember the first time they met tommy)

wait what if tommy like found them all as children one by one and later kinda pulled some strings to get them all in one kingdom. (he still joined sbi through forcing phil to adopt him)

OKAY BUT IMAGINE IF TOMMY MET TECHNO WHEN TECHNO WAS YOUNG ENOUGH TO NOT REMEMBER

tommy would hang out with baby techno and tell him stories

once he told him the story of a man named thesus

another time he told him the story of a blood god

like for example tommys first time meeting techno would be like

(for context techno lived in a shitty village and was an orphan and it was kinda a dog eat dog place, he learned how to be strong because of it)(he was young enough that he doesn’t remember this well, just like learning about the blood god and someone giving him gold)

baby techno: sighs tommy, appearing out of nowhere: oh heyyy whyre you sad? techno: jumps turning around with a knife up ready for a fight who are you tommy: im tommy! :) techno: what do you want from me! you dont scare me! tommy: whats your name! techno: i have a knife! i'll use it! tommy: of course, thats a given, but its rude not to tell people your name techno, confused: t-technoblade? tommy: smiles thats a nice name techno: so. tommy: hm? techno: why're you here tommy: i don't have a reason. im just a traveller! techno: then why hole to this terrible village! theres nothing nice here! everyone is terrible and so are you! tommy: hmmmm i dont agree techno: what are you? a child? i thought adults were supposed to know that everyone is mean tommy: mmhmm looks at the bruise on technos face where'd you get that? techno: fight. i won. i'll win against you too! so don't try anything. tommy: of course. i would never win in a fight against a blood god techno, putting down his knife a bit, stars in his eyes: blood god? tommy: grins blood. god. i think she'd like you. techno, muttering: maybe i can give the blood god some of your blood tommy: laughs yeah, she'd defenitly find you intresting tommy: here tosses techno a golden crown at techno, he spawned it in in the moment techno: whats this? tommy: a crown, thought it suit you screams in the distance tommy: huh. i need to go. have fun lil piglin. ruffles technos hair before running off towards the screaming unbeknownst to the pig the blood god was actually the one waiting for the god he met. techno: stares at the crown

Techno found a pouch of gold in his ‘house’ later that day. he didnt know who left it but it helped him get food for that night. (he kept the crown)

okay but imagine tommy not taking the war seriously at all, and only seeing it as a squabble between mortals, Like toddlers fighting

dream: SURENDER BY TOMMOROW OR WE'LL DECLARE WAR! wilbur: FUCK YOU WE'LL NEVER SURENDER AND JOIN YOUR SMP! Tommy: how cute

tommy doesnt realise that theyre serious until wilbur dies

tommy would usually go apeshit against anyone who dares messes with his humans, but what is he supposed to do when his humans are fighting Eachother?

wilbur: fucking goes insane and dies tommy: hey- hey can you guys let me talk to wil for a sec? everyone else leaves tommy, unsually somber: sorry i didnt help you i forgot how easily breakable mortals are tommy: this time you wont die, and i'll make it so that you dont break again, okay? tommy: brings wilburs soul out of its body and enters his mindscape ghostbur: wakes up what- where am i? tommy: hi there ghostbur: who are you tommy: i go by a lot of names all, one, you, the world, the universe, god, but you can just call me tommy ghostbur: oh okay. who am i? tommy: you're name was wilbur soot. you were the son of philza minecraft and brother to Technoblade, Tubbo and myself. ghostbur: was? tommy: well you see, you died. ghostbur: oh... well what am i then? tommy: a ghost! well actually its your choice. would you like to continue your existance or fade away with your body? ghostbur: i dont want to fade away! tommy: smiles thats what i thought you'd say stretches his hand to wilbur ghostbur: grabs tommy hand tommy: lets go home

ghostbur doesnt remember that though

he only remembers the good

tommy wont let him remember the bad, what if he breaks again? mortals are so fragile

phil realises what tommy did as soon as he sees ghostbur

drista, painting tommys nails (there both in god form btw) (after wilburs death btw): tommy shouldn't you of all gods realise how fragile they are? tommy: i know just... forgot drista: sighs and nods i get what you mean, especially with the ones we found... they act a lot like gods sometimes i forgot they arent tommy: ikr? wait- drista here gets drista's hair out of her face you were gonna get it on my nails, anyways, don't judge me. we all know if dream died you would turn him into a ghost too drista: smirks not if you do it first, we all know you would tommy: you say that as if you wouldn't fight me to do it first drista: .... tommy: ... drista: both of us when he dies? tommy: nods tommy: anyways my turn to do your nails

or like tommy with ghostbur like

ghostbur: i don't like this :( tommy, a worried brother and god: whats wrong? ghostbur: everyone is mad at me and i d-dont know why- why are they mad at me tommy: theyre mad at something alivebur did ghostbur: b-but im not alivebur sniffs it hurts. i dont like it. tommy: spawns in some blue here ghostbur: whats that? tommy: its some blue! it'll help you not hurt anymore! ghostbur: how does it work? tommy: see how its blue? ghostbur: nods tommy: well its blue because it sucks up all the bad feelings! it'll help ghostbur: !!!!! ghostbur: presses the blue into his chest ghostbur: !!!!its working!!!! :D tommy: smiles good

wilbur fucking died and tommy went from annoying little brother to caring older brother

tommy just wants to help his brother :) though he doesnt realise that not letting ghostbur remember bad memories isnt good

*at logsted shire btw* ghostbur: who are you? tommy, chuckling: did you forget me already ghostbur? ghostbur: i didnt forget you! i think! you're tommy! i just... you're different tommy, looks over at ghostbur: different how? ghostbur: you're not normal are you? tommy: grins whaaaaat? you think im weirdddd? how heartbreaking... my own brother thinks im weird, this is terrible ghostbur: giggles tommy: but really, don't worry about it bur. ghostbur: you sure? tommy: yeah, dont worry about me ghostbur: smiles okay! do you want some blue anyways? tommy: giggles sure! ghostbur: grins

ghostbur isnt worried about tommy

he knows hes strong

phil having to tell tommy that he cant just not let wilbur remember the bad memories

and tommys like "what if he breaks again!" and phil hugs him and tells him to at least ask ghostbur if he wants to remember and tommys like ‘fine’

tommy: hey bur? ghostbur: yeah? tommy: do you like you're memories? ghostbur: i mean, yeah its hard not to when you only remember the good tommy, quietly: would you want to remember the bad? ghostbur: w-what brought this question on tommy: answer the question ghostbur: no- alivebur was badi shouldn't want to- tommy: but what do you want bur? wilbur, silent for a moment: yeah- yeah i do. not that i like the bad memories! they hurt... but i wish i could remember tommy: ... ghostbur: hey tommy? tommy: yeah? ghostbur, with tears in his eyes: do you think they'd be less mad at me if i could remember, maybe then i could repair my relationships, what the hell am i supposed to do when i dont even remember hurting them? tommy: what if they dont? what if you break again? ghostbur, saltily: we'll maybe i'll be able at least be able to say i know why everyone hates me tommy: i know how to get all of your memories back ghostbur, looks towards tommy in shock: you do??? tommy: nods ghostbur, voice wavering: for how long tommy: since the beginning ghostbur: and you didnt tell me tommy: i did what i thought was best. i just didnt want you to hurt anymore. ghostbur, angrily: WELL THAT CLEARLY WORKED DIDNT IT? tommy: sorry wilbur, sometimes i forget how to handle humans ghostbur: what- tommy: sighs and taps ghostbur on the forehead and ghostbur does the ghost equivilent of passing out tommy: wont hide any memories this time

ghostbur doesnt wake up, instead wilbur wakes up weither thats good or bad we'll see

wilbur, waking up with all his memories: HOLY SHIT TOMMY WASN'T KIDDING phil, who was reading beside the bed tommy placed wilbur into, which was in technos house. yes he broke into technos house with a passed out wilbur. move on.: hm? wilbur: holy shit phil: huh? yeah. wilbur: wait you knew? phil: yeah i recongnized him as soon as i saw him about 5 years ago now? wilbur: excuse me while i freak out because my little brother is an actual god

it really hits wilbur that tommy is a god later

wilbur: hey tommy? tommy: yeah? wilbur: how fucking old are you? tommy: snorts of course thats the first thing you ask wilbur: well? tommy: i dont really know the exact years since years are kind of a human thing that were invented recently wilbur: they were invented thousands of years ago- tommy: but it was around the beginning of this galaxy wilbur, softly: what the fuck

tommy telling wilbur stories about different heros and villains and different humans he met during his life.

Adsjbffsg what if Tommy made himself blonde and blue eyed and white bc thats hyow the first human he met looked like asjfhsd

and just didnt change that, despite meeting new humans, its just his defult settings.

he would totally do this tho im crying.

drista just based her human form off dream because she is his sister now. he must deal with this. trying disowning me when i look like you BITCH.

thats my take anyways later might continue this

#tommyinnit #dsmp #dream smp #drista #god au #technoblade #wilbur soot #ghostbur #dreamwastaken #tubbo #philza minecraft #long post #just needed to say this

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tposeatthedisco · 4 years ago

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Some of the greatest, funniest and important dream smp quotes roleplay and not roleplay

This may be all over the place so apologies in advance but hope y'all like it :)

Wilbur: 'Independence or death if we get no revolution, then we want nothing, we would rather die than give into you and join your SMP'

Tommy: 'Do I shoot him Wil or do I aim for the skies'

Tubbo: 'Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy. Watch dreams body in game right now. SQUSH'

Tommy: 'Eret listen to me and I mean this in the nicest way possible. YOU FUCKED UP!'

Dream: 'We are at WAR'

Dream: 'WE HAVE NO MERCY, NO MERCY FOR YOU'

Eret: 'It was never meant to be'

Dream: 'White flags, WHITE FLAGS OUTSIDE YOUR BASE BY TOMORROW OR YOU ARE DEAD'

Wilbur: 'YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SUCK IT GREEN BOIIIIIIIIII'

Tubbo: 'Hey Tommy do you sleep that, I smell bullshit Tommy'

Tommy replying back to Tubbo: 'AYYYYY'

Tubbo: 'WE DIDNT START THE FIRE IT WAS ALWAYS BURNING SINCE THE WORLDS BEEN TURNING!!!!!'

Dream: 'Im a pissbaby' *Kettle laughs*

Technoblade: Did someone say rebellion?'

Quackity: ' You want some happy flour man?'

Wilbur: 'Am I villain in this story?!'

Wilbur: 'Killing Schlatt wouldn't do anything, killing Schlatt wouldn't fix a single thing'

Wilbur: 'Let's be the bad guys'

Schlatt: 'The emperor of this great country is to REVOKE THE CITIZENSHIP OF WILBUR SOOT AND TOMMYINNIT'

Wilbur: 'Dream I want to be your vassal'

Wilbur: 'I SAY IF WE CANT HAVE MANBERG, NO ONE, NO ONE CAN HAVE MANBERG'

Tubbo and Tommy: 'They are defo flerting'

Tommy: 'Do not enter my base Tubbo for its my base and you are a bitch'

Tubbo: 'Yes that is your base and I am a bitch'

Schlatt: 'I reckon we take down the walls'

Wilbur: 'The walls I built to keep him safe'

Schlatt to Tubbo: 'I need you to find Tommy and I need you to show him the door'

Wilbur: L'manburg my unfinished symphony, my great unfinished symphony

Tommy: 'We started L'manburg and we should've won that vote'

Quackity, Tommy and Wilbur: 'TUBBOX, TUBBO IN A BOX WHAT WILL HE DO'

Wilbur: 'Dream I understand you have a lot of TNT'

Niki to Schlatt: 'HOW COULD YOU?! I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE'

Quackity: 'I'm going to drop it out, I wanna overthrow Schlatt, I wanna join Pogtopia'

Tommy: 'Your just not ruining your L'manburg, your ruining EVERYONE'S L'manburg'

Tommy: 'Why did Techno kill you?!'

Sapnap: 'Sup bitch Sapdaddy's here'

Badboyhalo: 'LANGUAGE'

Schlatt once he dies: 'Flatty patty'

Tommy: 'Techno and Dream are on there way and they want blood'

Technoblade: 'Theres like literally a tower right there and you thought this naturally generated lake was the most significant landmark'

Badboyhalo: 'So do you choose death Tommy?'

Tommy replying back to Bad: 'I guess I choose to fight'

Dream: "We need to go into forbidden grounds, sadly."

Tommy: "Understood."

Sapnap: "So they're going into Manburg?"

Dream: "...L'Manburg.'

Technoblade: 'The only universal language is violence'

Technoblade: 'Onto a new place, a new plot to destroy Manburg'

Technoblade: ' Do you want to be a hero Tommy?! THEN DIE LIKE ONE'

Ghostbur trying to remember his alive self:

- The smell of bread

- L'Manberg

- The Revolution

- Bullying Tommy (he's a child)

- Sparring with Techno as a kid

- The wind

- Being president

- People cheering for me

- Fundy growing up

- Niki

- The van

- Tubbo building everything

- Phil protecting me

- Sally the salmon

- Philza stabbing me to death with a sword

- A large explosion

- The taste of salt

- Air in my lungs

- Winning the election

- A ravine

- Techno's armory

- Books

- Tunnels

- Arrows

I don't know

Tommy: 'Im the only person Dreams afraid of'

Tommy: 'He (Dream) came to watch me, HE CAME TO WATCH ME'

Tommy: 'Why will no one visit me?'

Dream: 'I'm just- I'm making sure that you're not up to no good.'

Tommy: 'WH- HOW COULD- YOU'VE EXILED ME, YOU FUCKING STUPID MANIPULATING FUCKING GREEN BASTARD!'

Dream: 'I know! I know! And you know why I did that?

Tommy: 'I just wanna go home'

Ghostbur: 'Have some blue'

Wilbur: 'There was a saying Phil by a traitor, once part of L'manburg, a traitor I don't know if you've heard of Eret?

Phil: 'Yeah'

Wilbur: 'It was never meant to be'

Phil: 'OH MY GOD, WIL, ITS ALL GONE'

Fundy: 'EVERYTHING BLEW UP'

Techno: 'Manburg is gone POG'

Wilbur: 'My L'manburg Phil, MY UNFINISHED SYMPHONY FOREVER UNFINISHED, IF I CANT HAVE THIS NO ONE CAN PHIL

Wilbur: 'KILL ME PHIL! MURDER ME'

I heard there was a special place,

where men could go and emancipate

the tyranny and bloodlust of their rulers.

Well this place is true, you needn't fret.

with Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo, and Eret.

A pretty big and not blown up L'Manberg.

It's L'Manberg, it's L'Manberg, it's L'Manberg, it's L'Manberg.

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on the wonder duo (part 1)

(BNHA Analysis Post Ahead! This isn’t explicitly romantic, but it is an analysis of the relationship between the two most popular characters in BNHA--Katsuki Bakugou and Izuku Midoriya. Split into two posts because I realized that this was gonna be long as HELL)

yall ever think about the fact that the wonder duo is perfectly set up in so that bakugou and deku together are the better version of all might?

bc like. ive been thinking.

everyone knows the win to save and save to win parallel. How they are supposedly two halves of a whole perfect hero (which, previously, was defined as all might)

but ever since bakugou and deku started working as one—growing together to win AND save and continuously reminding each other that they shouldnt try to do things alone, ive realized that its BECAUSE theres two of them that they surpass all might. its not a case of deku and bakugou both being 50% of an ideal hero, but rather i think that they are 100% of what all might SHOULD HAVE BEEN from the very beginning.

as early as the AM v AFO battle in kamino, we see the effects of all mights flawed existence. the fact that he, the greatest and supposedly infallible symbol of peace, was destroyed—society had begun to collapse. there was suddenly no pillar to hold people together and the impacts were so severe that even in the latest chapters of mha it keeps on getting worse. the truth is, all mights biggest mistake was the burden he placed on his own shoulders

with bakugou and deku... its different.

its different for them because down to their attributions, they seem like two halves of a whole person.

i think that the wonder duo are going to surpass all might because of the fact that they work together.

@bakugoukatsuki-rising @svpercraigus @tybee @isaustraliaathing

(batshit crazy and conspiratorial essay under the cut !)

1. Complementary Colors

I’d like to first preface literally everything I say by the fact that I am not an expert analyzer or literary major in any way. I am literally just some random fan on the internet who has wayyy too much time and looks wayyy too deep into things, but here we go!

A common thing we see when we talk about bakugou and deku is the way they are... sort of an inverse of one another.

Down to the design of their features and the way they move, Deku is the obviously softer of the two. There’s an intentional contrast between the two of them, in the way that Deku’s drawn with round shapes and curvy hair and the way Bakugou is literally all spikes and half-mast eyes and rough muscles. Bakugou’s movements too are languid and showy, with the way he leans when he walks and splays his legs and kicks open doors. Katsuki, in a casual sense, is loud and dramatic.

Deku on the other hand s finicky. He jitters when he walks and he’s often fidgeting and mumbling. Comparatively, the aura he radiates is energetic and frenzied, even self-conscious to a point unlike Bakugou’s calm and confident movements.

the point is, there’s a clear difference in how either of them are designed and what exactly they are supposed to represent. They utterly complement each other down to the way they behave and even their main colors (red-orange and blue-green) being literal complementary colors.

Now, moving to my more ungrounded points, this is quite a bit of a stretch so I’ll try as much as possible to make sense of these with hyperlinked sources because. yeah.

Down to their names, I think Deku and Bakugou both symbolize something deeper. I think that the way Hori expresses characters and what they’re meant to do is something that we have to pay close attention to when we talk about the Wonder Duo’s rise to success.

Izuku Midoriya (緑谷出久), as some of us may know, does have an interesting meaning when broken up. According to a lovely fan translation of his name, ‘Izuku’--while not an actual name used commonly in real life--means to ‘Come out’ or ‘Long time’. ‘Midoriya’ on the other hand means (Midori) ‘Green’ and (ya) ‘valley’. The translator further pointed out that his first name ‘Izuku’ could be a reference to him being the first legendary hero to come out of the long-running All Might Era. (or, if you’ve been reading @/bakugoukatsuki-rising’s posts, the first significant anime protag in a long while to come out as queer, ppfft)

but that isn’t my focus right now.

We know that Hori LOVES telling stories with names, and more often than not in the BNHA universe, names alone tell us a lot of things about the characters. When referring to Izuku’s last name, Midoriya, it’s important I think to step back and realize that hey, maybe there’s something more to Green Valley than just the fact that his motif is all green.

After searching for a lil on the specifics of green valley, I’ve found out that across many cultures, the colour green and valleys in general tend to represent life. From dream analysts, to Christianity, and even old Taoist teachings, valleys are seen as areas of fertility and escape. They are seen as safe havens and often escapes for people to come to after running away from bad circumstances.

(Sound familiar?)

Deku, in essence represents life and peace. He represents being the “salvation” that the world in BNHA needed. To me, it sounds like Horikoshi is trying to say that he is the long-awaited hero in the sense. The one that people can feel will create a society that feels safe for everyone after years of All Might just saving people from themselves as a band-aid solution.

On the other hand, we have Katsuki Bakugou (爆豪勝己), who’s name we commonly know means (Katsuki) Winner and (Bakugou) Explosion Master. He is essentially, the champion. The power. His name means success and power and all the things that make up winning.

When putting them side by side, it then becomes increasingly... interesting to me how their names almost perfectly slot into All Might’s save to win and win to save mantra, and how they are both quintessential parts to what made All Might as a hero.

2. Hero Too!

Now, I’m not even gonna really TOUCH much of what happens in canon. If you want me to do a step by step breakdown of their arcs in regards to the plot of manga and anime, feel free to send me a gratuitous ko-fi tip so I can pay for the headache I get after trying to organize my thoughts into word vomit.

What I WILL talk about on the other hand, is the subtle shift both of them slowly have in regards to how they look. Bakugou and Deku, while growing up, seem to have MANY many parallels--but before I elaborate on all of that, I wanna talk about something else.

Detour: Deku’s Red Shoes

We all know the iconic symbol being Deku’s red shoes. For all his life, save for some outfits like his hero one, we see Deku more often than not wearing his signature red sneakers which have become a running joke in fandom.

But the funny thing is, in Japan, red shoes seem to have an interesting connotation.

In 1922, a popular Japanese nursery rhyme was written, called “Red Shoes”. The interesting part to me about this song was the symbolism that, in my tiny pea-sized brain, I could connect to the story of BNHA.

The story goes that there was a little girl with red shoes named ‘Kimi’. She was from Shizuoka prefecture (which, if you didn’t know, is most likely where Musutafu supposedly is) and was raised by a single mother. When she was young, her mother had to entrust her with a foreigner under the impression that they would give her a better life in America. The stranger is a man named Charles Hewitt (who was described to have blue eyes) and supposedly took her away.

The singer of the song (supposedly the mother, but some argue it was written from the perspective of a childhood friend) believes that Kimi is happy and living a better life away from them, when the reality of the situation was much worse. The young girl with red shoes in actuality had Tuberculosis, and thus the foreigner whom she was entrusted to had left her to fend for herself and eventually left her to go to America while she died alone and orphaned.

“When I see red shoes, I think of her.”

A very interesting story with very interesting implications indeed.

Anyway, moving on to the more... “nuanced” and connected parts of this section, I have every reason to believe that Bakugou and Deku were simply MEANT to be working together down to how they dress. Now, I’d like to discuss their hero costumes.

At the start of their series, using these godawful pics for reference, it’s clear to see that neither of them seem alike in any way--reflecting the dissonance in their relationship at that point in canon.

ough. deku why. (yes we know why its because you love your mom you stupid little bunny <3)

Anyway, we see an immediate gap in how the two of them are. Deku’s first costume is one that reflects how he treated his dream of being a hero. He was still in that childlike idolization phase, the one where his dreams and aspirations were hinged on pure feelings and inspiration from All Might. Katsuki on the other hand was a lot more tactical--professional to an extent. The gap between their respective development with their quirks is something that is clearly felt in every fashion decision they’d made.

(Notice how Deku’s green is a lot brighter and less like the green accents Katsuki has all over his costume.)

As time progressed however... their costumes changed. The colors, the silhouettes, the practical functions, most things.

(Deku’s Gamma Costume and Bakugou’s Winter Costume used respectively)

we begin to notice a few similarities.

As the show goes on and we see more evolutions of their costumes, it almost seems like they begin to look like a matching pair. Deku’s green grows darker and almost teal in nature, while Bakugou’s orange is veering towards red territory. This is important to note because red-orange and blue-green as I said earlier were complementary colors as compared to simply orange and green. The minute shift is something I really wasn’t quite sure was intentional, but something I find interesting to pick up nonetheless as the colors they used to accent their costumes begin to match up.

Secondly, I think and important thing to note is silhouettes. The way that both Bakugou and Deku’s costumes are designed follow a lot of parallels that typically we don’t see with the rest of 1-A. For one, they both have a combination of tight long-sleeved tops with a bulkier set of bottoms. They also share the use of utility belts and metal pieces typically worn around their necks. Deku has his bunny-eared hood that mimics All Might’s hair, while Bakugou has his orange and black explosion ear-pieces that mimic his own quirk.

i don’t think any other people in class 1-A match each other as subtly yet strongly as these two. Uraraka and Deku and Bakugou and Kirishima do come close however.

“But Codi, you fucking knob!” I hear you plea. “This is such a reach and tells us practically NOTHING!” And yes, I’m inclined to agree with you! You’d be sort of right in the idea that this is a reach. Maybe I am looking too much into this, and maybe it really isn’t that deep--but I do think that them subconsciously matching outfits means something quite brilliant.

In the way that their costumes are designed, each aspect of either outfits have a very logical explanation. The changes were strategic and made with their fighting styles vividly in mind, so what that tells me is that BECAUSE these costumes are so complementary or similar in nature (Bakugou’s reinforcing his arms while Deku reinforces his legs), these two are implicitly showing the audience that their combat styles are complementary as well.

The evolution of their design choices and similarities tell us that even unknowingly, their minds line up in strategy on the battlefield--a clear exhibit for why they would be INCREDIBLY POWERFUL as a Hero Duo to begin with.

When I look at their hero costumes side by side, I see a mirror. I see the way that these two are reflections of each other and are strong where the other isn’t. The point I see in BNHA repeatedly is that EVERYONE HAS A WEAKNESS. Nothing is infallible, regardless of how hard you train or how powerful your quirk is. Everyone will always have a weakness, but the significant difference I see when fandom discusses the future of Pro-Hero Society is that the new generation is finally raising itself to be RELIANT on each other.

Observing their fighting styles and the simple use of their quirks, its obvious that they are indeed two parts of a whole hero. Bakugou, who’s quirk emphasized his arms and hands and the power that comes from it, while Deku who’s quirk now emphasizes his legs and lower body and the way he’s always running to save people.

IN CONCLUSION:

As they become heroes, it is easy to assume that if nothing else, Bakugou and Deku will cover each other’s weak spots (especially when you consider the way Deku probably won’t be able to keep using his arms with the way both the anime and manga are going...) (also chapter 285, anyone?)

Part Two: Interactions, OfA

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bioodorange · 4 years ago

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||How I See The Pastas||

This was originally supposed to be how they looked but I decided to go for mental aspect and explain why as well PLEASE like, reblog and share your thoughts on this in the comments or inbox

Below the desciptions are images i’ve compiled and some art (if you know the creator please tell me so i can credit them) for a visual

dont forget to like reblog and share your thoughts with me, I spent a few days on this so i’d appreciate this

Jeff the Killer

So lets start with the obvious- jeffs pasty white toothpaste lookin skin

But realistically he wouldn’t be completely covered in scars

It would be blotchy, with pink fleshy patches among the burns

He most likely has contracture scars, third degree burns that turn the skin a pale white and tighten the skin

This explains his gaunt features and skin color

Now we have to take into account the vodka that was splashed on him, he’d probably have worse burns there with exposed flesh and damaged nerves

This would result in gnarly exposed skin, a damaged scalp and maybe damage to his teeth and eyes

Realistically, Jeff wouldnt have burned off his eyelids that alone would have resulted in blindness and death

Than his smile, his signatuure mark would probably be more of a gangly bloody scar mess

Pastas heal faster and aren’t really human, he’d have to recut his smile pretty frequently making it pretty jacket up because ltes be honest hes far from clean

ANd than his hait being chard black is very unlikely because as nasty as he is he s h o w e r s

not very frequnetly given his living situation and untreated burns but people can figure out how to wash hait and not much else

also i think its funny he’d shower with a plastic bag on his face to avoid getting soap in his nasty infected scars-

His hair would probably be dry and cut unevenly, more of a dark brown color with blonde undertones

Not to mention his burned scalp, hair probably wouldn’t grow there so he’d have a cool unintentional side shave

Jeff would also be a tall individual, he cant really eat, snacking on things from his victims homes giving him a more skeletal build

His personality and mindest is about as pretty as his face- but he most likely has a very screwed up headspace

Lacking in self care, maturity and sanity its fair to say he’d be a brash and violent person

Fun Fact: While researching this I learned that some versions of the joker had facial scars in the shape of a smile

Ticci Toby

So tobys age, unlike a lot of pastas, is pretty well agreed on, 19

So unlike when he was first a proxy toby most likely has stronger facial features and facial hair

Because shaving and hygiene isn’t first priority for pastas (gross-)

He stands around 5′7 and has grayish skin

Toby i feel is picky about foods, not only is it hard for him to eat its hard for him to keep food down

He’s malnourished explaining his thin figure and grayish skin

His hait is dark brown and a curlish mess, unkempt but short so it doesn’t get in his way

I’ve always seen him with a small gap in his teeth, because I can

And since toby can’t feel shit I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to eat rocks simply because he fuckin could

So some chipped teeth that are a bit uneven

Along with his CIPA and not eating enough Toby would bruise easily and have lots of scars, from things like cutting his finger on accident or getting mauled by a racoon

I wouldn’t be surpised if some of his joints were a bit screwed up, because whenever theyd beak or fracture he wouldn’t notice, this would probably happen a lot causing them to not heal correctly

One of tobys habits is nailbiting but he cant te;; when too far is too far

His fingers may be abit odd looking, knobby and discolored nails because of how exetreme his habit is

Would most likely have bandages around his fingers frequently to prevent the habit

So theres a lot of debate about tobys cheek was it the CIPA or the car accident, I beileve the accident because his other cheek is completely fine, theres damage from the OUTSIDE to inside and considering his sister died in the accident its unlikely he survived unscathed

Fun Fact: only a small handful of people have ever been diagnosed with CIPA, less than 500 (documented) cases around the world

Bloody Painter

So Helen is often seen as quiet emo painter boy

but uh no <3

Personaly i beileve he suffers from narcisistic personality disorder, exetreme importance and that he is always victorious and gets what he wants

This sporuts from the constant heavy invalidation from classmates, toxic friends and neglect from his parents

He doesn’t hang out with people because he doesn’’t lie them its because they never let him in the past and he beileves he’s better than them

But this also links to deep rooted insecurity and social anxiety/being inept completely

Him being nice is basically so you like him, he wants validation amd admiration not love

Unlike the other pastas he’d be a more clean well kept one a helthy figure and some tattoos bevause he can

I beileve he lives in socity, finding hus victims in girls and men alike who fall for his charm

he uses hhis skill and ordinary appearance to blend in on the streets

From his behavior helen most likely keeps his hair a bit shorter and clean

He always looks his best

Has chapped, and picked at lips because of his anxieties

Aswell as his breakdowns- his identity is completely in his head, he is very unsure of who he is and takes the delusions in his mind as reality

Unrelated but paino fingers-

And finally in order for his art to be as perfect and amazing as him, he has to be apart of it

Thus using his own blood in his pieces and the body parts of those he admires

Covers his scars with clean bandgaes

But his paintings turn brown and dry out, he’s always in need of a new medium

Is most likely anemic from all the blood he looses and has a paler skintone

Clockwork

ahh yes finally someone who knows what self care is-

helen, i love you buddy but you need to stop

But anyway natalie has a stronger, athletic build

She often chases her victims and gets in altercations, relying on strength most of the time

on that same note, this would defintelty cause many scars on natalie

Wether it was a bite mark or scars from a kitchen knife, shes got lots of scars

A few even on her face

Now, for the clock in her eye that thing is like holding her skull together at this point, realistically

She is probably delicate and cares for it becaise 1) it hurts 2) if it gets screwed up that could cause a lot of problems

natalie would be a smart person, I wouldn’t be surprused if she had a few other stray stitches or bandgaes wrapped around a fresh wound

For more visual-ish things uh m u l l e t (credit: @cum-looking-sock-mf in a chat like 4 months ago)

She has one, fight me on it

but also thick and curlish hair so I also riase you

Undershave

just y e s

I can also see her getting tattoos over certain scars on her arm, just to make them look not so ugly

I feel like clockwork wishes things worked out better

Wishes for another chance but knows she’ll never get one

Thus her taking goof care of herself

Natalie throws herseld into her “work”, keeping her body in shape and killing people

Its a way to avoid her life and that it is- a huge, sad mess

Shes an outgoing impulsive individual, confident but questions her actions

She’s also unstable- protective and loyal but explosive and strong

Jane the Killer

Jane is the final one, im sorry I couldn’t do more theres a photo limit and I wanna bash my head into the wall

Now a main different between her and jeff is she had surgery and lie treatment

Janes skin is still greatly scarred but it is greatly healed

She takes care of it and had skin grafts

Her face is disfigured, a scarred smile and burns around

But unlike Jeff she doesn’t recarve the cut so its a cleaner line and a lot healthier

Janes hair took a rather long time to grow back, but it did!

She has a slightly long pixie cut a bit choppy but she doesn’t mind

Her wife definetely cuts it for her and you can fight me over that

I can see Jane having a lot of facial trauma, scars around her nose and cheeks

She was young when she started killing and went for the over the person, pin them down kill which didn’t work out

She switched to a silenced pistol after awhile, you know like a smart person

Janes arms and legs are in alright condition where most of the burn trauma is on her back

She has a leaner but healthy figure but like boobs-

Like clockwork and Helen she takes care of herself

She doesn’t kill as frequently, going after a few of jeffs victims before him and is of course, actively hunting him down

Her eyes are a pale green and she wears makeip to fill in her eyebrows because those bitches take a long time to grow back

fun fact: jeff has no eyebrows, fight me

#jeff the Killer #creepypasta #creepypasta headcanons #slenderverse #slenderverse headcanons #jeff the killer head canons #ticci toby headcanons #ticci toby #bloodypainter #bloodypainter headcanons #clockwork headcanons #clockwork #jane the everlasting head canons #jane the everlasting #jane the killer #jane the killer headcanons

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slothssassin · 3 years ago

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OC Introduction - Nancy Rhine

I made this template a while ago but thought it’s time to bring it back as I miss reading and talking about OCs - feel free to use it! Tag me if you do, I’d love to learn about your OCs! For now, I’m tagging @djfatchip @its-sixxers @liaorban@tarberrymentats @briarfox13 @obvidalous @mayihavethisdanse @starsandskies @bellaciaofallout @lookbluesoup @charomiami @alongtidesoflight @vixils @elvhenfairy and whoever else would like to introduce one (or more) of their OCs. No pressure as usual! And beware, it’s very long :D

Fandom: Fallout 4

Role: Sole Survivor

BASICS

Full Name: Nancy Elena Rhine

Nickname(s): Nance, General. Danse calls her “Darling” sometimes, but only when they’re alone.

Pronouns: She/her

Sexuality: Straight

Occupation and Titles: General of the Minutemen

Birthday & Age: 5th of May 2045, 32 in 2287

Physical description: Tall & lean; white skin; jet black hair with soft waves, usually in a bob up to her chin, in the Wasteland it gets a bit longer and she often keeps it in a bun instead; bright and piercing blue eyes

Clothing style: Functional in the Wasteland - jeans, leather jackets, tops, armour, boots. Loves fingerless gloves. When she’s at a settlement for a longer time she also likes wearing colourful blouses and sometimes even a dress. Mostly dark colours, blue and green tones.

BACKGROUND

Nancy grew up with her parents and her two brothers in Pittsburgh. They were a happy family and got along well until Nancy’s mother from illness died when she was only 16. It was hard for the Bakers, but they tried to live on. A few years later Nancy moved to Boston to study law. She worked as a lawyer for a short time but never really felt happy about it. One day she was brave enough, quit her job and went back to university to study her true passion - biology. After graduating she worked as a researcher on insects - during this time she also met Nate Rhine. They got married 3 years later and, even though Nancy suffered from a miscarriage, they were leading a happy life in Sanctuary together with Nate’s brother Noah, his wife and their son Shaun.

After the events in Vault 111, Nancy is left alone, scared and broken. She can’t believe her eyes when she meets Codsworth again - they both know they should look for Nancy’s nephew, but they allow each other some time to calm down. Nancy suffers from a major episode of depression during that time, only starting to feel better after meeting Preston and the Minutemen. Hesitantly, they all decide to make Sanctuary their home again. Nancy loosely follows the trail for Shaun - she thinks she probably has to accept she doesn’t have a nephew anymore. Only with the help of the people she meets along the way she starts to see the future in a brighter light again.

Her relationship with Danse grows slowly - especially because she doesn’t trust the Brotherhood at all. When she took him with her, she even started to dislike him for certain things he said, and she thought that feeling was mutual. After a few days though they got to know each other a little better, Nancy learnt she could rely on him and started to suspect that he’s not sharing every view with the Brotherhood and that he had quite a few doubts in them. She learnt that he had never known a real life outside of the BoS and that she should consider how important they are to him. After that point, he grew on her quickly, especially for his elaborate speech and for the amazement with which he looked at old things from the days before the war.

It takes a long time before they get together, but they become inseparable. To fully commit to their relationship, Nancy gifts Danse Nate’s old wedding ring.

COMBAT & SKILLS

Preferred fighting style: 2 Pistols for quick combat, but usually she uses a Sniper Rifle and fights from a distance. She prefers to stay in cover and tries to kill as many enemies as possible before being seen

Favourite weapon(s): Pistols, Sniper Rifles. A knife if she has no ammo at all.

Special skills: She’s fit, can run quickly and hides well. She had her troubles after leaving Vault 111 but became a skilled fighter after some time. She’s also good at crafting things and often works on improving settlements. Plus she’s a great cook.

RELATIONSHIPS

Family: Her parents (Elena and Michael Baker) both died before the bombs fell. She had two brothers, Patrick and Marcus. Patrick had a wife and a son. Both brothers moved to Canada before the bombs fell - Nancy doesn’t know what happened to them but is quite sure they both died. When Nancy was in her mid-twenties she married Nate Rhine. They settled down in Sanctuary with Nate’s brother Noah and his wife Cindy. While Nancy lost a child, Cindy and Noah had Shaun. Codsworth is part of her family too.

Love interest: Danse

Best friends: Nick, Deacon, MacCready and Preston

PERSONALITY

Positive traits: Intelligent, cooperative, charismatic, confident

Negative traits: Critical, mistrusting, overthinking, materialistic

Likes: Insects, especially bees and butterflies. Animals. Makeup and pretty clothes that remind her of the good old times. A fine drink.

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Look at this gorgeous Commission of Remy and Shane I got from @didiher ♥ Aren't they cute? And the chicks in the background I'm so in love! Thanks so much @didiher I totally love it!

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I commissioned @codenameyan to draw my two Fallout 76 OCs Emilia Goodridge and Marius Lind and I’m so in love with how they turned out! 😍

This is the first art I got of Marius and it’s exactly how I imagine him, that cute smile kills me! And Em looks so beautiful and thoughtful! Thank you so so much Yan, I absolutely adore how they turned out ♥

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Dash is dead, or full of long text posts and nothing else.

I have a need of new blogs! Could you please like or reblog this if you post:

Stardew Valley! I'm currently so into it!

Fallout, especially 4 and 76

Bioware aka Mass Effect and Dragon Age

Skyrim

Harry Potter (Hogwarts Mystery)

Horizon Zero Dawn

Ghost of Tsushima

Games, games are good

Memes

Also I loooooove seeing other people's OCs and learning about them! And art!

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scarletwidowaf · 4 years ago

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Ghost Of You - Chapter 4

AN: this is my favorite chapter so far! Its Mostly fluff and wholesome. Again, didn't checked mistakes so I'm sorry in advance .

words count: 1880

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The two ex-avengers were lying on their motel shared bed.

The place was in a pretty good condition which was a nice change after the last 4 motels the group found themselves at.

Natasha was lying under the covers, her red long hair in a messy bun and a book in hand.

Next to her, Wanda was sleeping peacefully.

The younger woman was finally getting better after the brutal cold she suffered from in the last few days.

Natasha couldn't help but appreciating how cute and peaceful she was.

Her hair messy, nose red and cheeks flushed.

Thats how their evening went.

Wanda peacefully sleeping while Natasha reading a book and glancing at the younger woman every now and then.

At some point, when Natasha glanced at the brunette next to her she met with green eyes, who were watching her curiously

Natasha couldn't help but smiling at the sight in-front of her.

"Is everything okay?" She asked.

Wanda nodded weakly.

"You love reading, dont you" wanda asked.

"I do. It was something i loved doing ever since i was a kid."

"Why?"

"Many reasons, its comforting and enjoyable and in a way, its an escape, even if its just momentarily"

"Do you feel the need to escape?"

"Like right now? From this bed?" Natasha asked confused, a small smile on her lips.

Wanda smiled but didn't answer.

"So, What are you reading this time?"

"The Catcher in the rye. Its a classic"

"Is that so? Will you read to me?" Wanda asked, her cheeks getting flustered (even more than it already was).

"You dont have to of course, i didn't really thought how weird it might seem-" wanda ramble and Natasha smiled before moving her attention back to the book.

"That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can."

She read out loud, cutting the girl mumbling.

Natasha looked at wanda again.

The younger girl's body was pressed to her side, as she was clinging to her for warmth. Wanda looked at Natasha with a smile.

"Making sure I'm listening?"

"Something like that" she responded.

Wanda smiled at her. Her eyes sparkle.

That moment Natasha couldn't help but smile.

'Jesus christ', she thought, 'they really can'

____

"Natasha?"

Wanda felt stupid as she called Natasha's name into air.

How do you even call a dead person? She thought.

The young woman stood in the middle of the no where in particular, not far from her cabin.

A red pickup truck parks not far and its headlights illuminate the woods, where it begin to darkened.

The sun was half way down and the sky was painted in beautiful shades of orange, red and purple.

Wanda chose this spot because of the beautiful view it revealed, a small waterfall was pouring from a spot not far from her and into a lake. It was truly a sight.

Wanda really thought things trough this time.

she wasn't sure what the future holds for the two women but she was tired of wasting their precious time with fighting and crying over their bad luck. So she organized a date for them.

She spread a big mat on the floor and layered it with many blankets and pillows and even lit some candles around them, far from something that could catch fire yet close enough to light the space.

She even organized a picnic basket full of food and snacks natasha loved and some surprises for the date.

And most importantly she was definitely dressed to impress.

A high waisted skinny jeans, the ones who made her ass look extra good and she knew Natasha liked (she knew that since she wore it a few days before the snap when the two women traveled in the streets of Paris and natasha's thoughts were very loud while she walked behind her)

With a white top who didn't leave much space for imagination, cleavage and toned stomach were visible and wanda just hoped the weather will stay as warm as it was.

After shouting natasha's name over 10 times the younger woman got frustrated.

Wanda was about to give it up, sit and cry while eating cake but when she was about to turn around she met with Natasha smiling at her.

The older woman was dressed differently, which was odd, it seems like although she was dead she could do almost everything (except touching wanda which was frustrating enough), she could hold a book and read, she could eat food (although hunger was never an issue for her) and she could change clothes.

When they found out the older girl could do that natasha was pleased, relieved to change into something that wasn't the clothes she died with.

Natasha was leaning against wanda's truck, an amused smile painted on her red lips.

"You called?" She said with a lighter tone and wanda sigh in frustration.

"How long where you watching me like a creep, romanoff?"

"Long enough" natasha moved from tree to wanda's side. Her eyes scanning Wanda.

"I was just enjoying the view" she said. Her tone flirty.

To make things worse she even bit her lip, making wanda's cheeks grow red.

Wanda smiled before she sat on the pile of blankets and waited for natasha to occupy the spot next to her.

"Do I'm making you feel uncomfortable?" Natasha asked when she sat.

"Not at all nat. Im just not used to get this kind of attention. You were always holding yourself back and vision was.. you know.. vision" wanda confessed.

Natasha smiled softly.

"Well, i was a coward and vision was vision so.."

Both women smiled at each other. Their eyes sparkle with joy.

"So, what's up with the setting, not that I complain" the older women said as her eyes traveled to wanda's outfit.

"I wanted to arrange something for you. As a apology for bringing you back purely"

"You always arrange a super romantic date in the middle of the woods as an apology? Because if this is the case i think i deserve many of those after all this time"

Natasha joked and wanda rolled her eyes.

"You're an ass you know that?"

"Ive been told"

"So, what's in the basket?" Natasha asked.

Instead of answering Wanda opened it lid and pulled out the first item. A headpiece she made herself.

Natasha stared at the white flower crown with confusion.

"Why-" she started asking and wanda cut her off.

"I made this for you. For your birthday"

"Okay first of all: This is not my birthday and you know it, and two: you remember I'm dead, right?" Natasha said with a raised eyebrow, yet didn't show any sign of resistance when wanda put it on her head.

"I know its not your birthday, but I missed 5 years of life, so i think i deserve an extension"

Wanda couldn't help her smile when she saw Natasha with the crown. The older girl's cheeks were a bit flushed and she bit her bottom lip to hold her smile. Her green eyes sparkle with joy and warmth.

"I love it" natasha admitted

"Good, because there's a cake too"

"Of course there's a cake" natasha said in amusement.

Wanda smiled brightly before she turned back to the basket and started to take out the edible items in it.

Natasha couldn't help her staring, the younger woman was beautiful, just as she remembered and even more. The Wanda Natasha was looking at at this moment was not the same Wanda she remembered.

It was like wanda somehow managed to grow up at her absence and natasha couldn't help but appreciate the women she became.

"Are those burgers from bob and Amy's?" Natasha smiled and wanda nodded

"I know that they're your favorite" wanda said as she pass Natasha her burger.

"You're kinda perfect you know that?"

"Ive been told"

By the time they finished their burgers while holding a general conversation the sun was already gone and the only light that's been left was the from the candles and wanda's truck headlights.

"You should turn off your lights" natasha said with a smile and wanda did as she was told.

It was dark except for the soft candle light.

"Now i can barely see you" wanda pouted.

Natasha smiled.

"Dont pout. It makes me sad because i cant kiss it away"

Wanda stopped pouting.

"I think I found a solution for that" wanda said and natasha raised her eyebrow.

"I found out what went wrong in the first place and i think i can fix it."

"why me wanda? Why not your brother? Your parents? Vision?"

Wanda looked down at her lap, her eyes glitter with tears.

"Its been too long for them, there's only a short window of time where it can be preformed."

Natasha smiled sadly.

"I know there's a catch wanda. What will it cost?"

"Its nothing i cant handle"

Wanda whispered.

Natasha bit her lip.

"No"

Wanda's eyes widened.

"Nat-"

"No." The older woman repeated.

"So what? Do you want to stay like these forever and hurt the both of us in the process?" The pain was visible in wanda's eyes.

"Of course not wanda" natasha whispered while her eyes traveled wanda's face. Aching to touch it.

"Then what?" Wanda asked.

"I think you need to let me go."

"No."

"Wanda-" natasha tried her again but got cut off.

"I refuse to let you die" wanda said with anger.

"Im already dead wanda"

"You dont get it, do you? I love you! Let me save you. You said you're a selfish person natasha, than prove it and choose to stay"

Wanda's tears were smudging her makeup and natasha sigh in defense.

"I love you too"

"So stay" wanda begged.

Natasha smiled sadly at wanda before she pulled the basket to her lap and pulled out a small vanilla flavored cupcake wanda brought and took a bite of it.

"Theres something i wanna try. Close your eyes" she said and wanda looked at her confused.

"Just do it, ill be here when you'll open them again" natasha said before she took another bite.

Wanda did as she been told.

Before she could open her mouth to say anything she felt soft lips ghosting over hers and a hint of vanilla flavored cake.

The younger girl was taken back.

She could almost feel natasha's lips and if she tried hard enough she could almost feel her breath.

Almost.

When she opened her eyes she found Natasha taking another bite from the cake with a small sad smile tugged on her lips.

"That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty.. ..you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are." (-the catcher in the rye)

#wanda maximoff #wanda x natasha #natasha x wanda #wandanat #natasha romanoff #Black Widow #Scarlet Witch #Avengers

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buginabog · 5 years ago

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Monument

Summary: Its just an idea I had after reading "Forever", an extension of the LAOFT universe by @tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors

Trigger warnings: past parental death, past main character death

Ask three people how to get to Wickhills, and you will get four different answers. But in the end, the direction you'll end up taking is the one you feel. The one that nudges you to take turns you've never seen before. A new route every time.

But no matter how you get there, there is always a statue.

No one quite remembers how long it's been there, or who made it. No one remembers who's faces stare at nothing but each other.

But no one has dared touch it.

It's made of vines and plants, but its never died. Flowers bloom on it almost year round.

People say that a Good Neighbor made it, some even say that the Lynx Princess made it, but everyone else knows that's unlikely.

There are four figures standing there. Facing each other, hands clasped, and the only unnatural things on it is a silver cloak, wrapped around their wrists.

Theres several different stories that surround it.

The Coughenours swear that they're all Springs, who led a rebellion and re balanced the forest.

The Picani-Adams all insist that they're a couple humans who caught the interest of Gentry fae, and got them to leave the citizens alone.

There are two types of stories that the Pennybackers tell. That they were a bunch of mischievous fairies who played tricks on poor undeserving humans. Or that they were the kindest and most loving things youd ever meet.

You'll find the Harris family agrees with the first story, but most people think the seconds right.

No one could ever look at the expressions on their faces, so full of love, and think there was anything purely malicious about them.

No one knows what the Sanders family thinks. Whenever someone asks they just smile, sometimes more sadly than usual. Theres still something magic about that family. Not in golden fingerprints, any more. But in green and blue and orange.

Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can go and visit where the statue sits, and a woman will be there. Sometimes she'll be accompanied, by another woman with blue tinted skin, or a man who looks like a log half rotted, but usually shes alone.

She has curly hair, and golden eyes, and she is tall. You barely ever see the tips of her pointed ears, but there is always something so sad about her.

But she will talk to you, if you want. And she'll tell you so many stories.

Of a man who's voice was beautiful and soothing, and sung her to sleep whenever her thoughts became too loud.

Of another, who was brave and a little reckless, who picked her up and spun her no matter how big she got.

Of a Spring, who grew the flowers in the garden, and who could make light, just by being happy, and who taught her to grow things.

And of the Winter Prince, whose rare smile was worth more than all the gems in the world, who had lived so long and lost so much but never hardened.

And of the story teller (she always cries during this one) who she loved more than anything. Who always knew how to comfort her, and always did so without hesitation. How they played games together and all the Halloweens they spent together.

And more. So much more. Of a man who had her Papas face, no matter how much they said it was the other way round. Of a person who would always spend hours with Vati, doing whatever they felt like that day.

Of a couple "salamanders" who, on their rare visits, doted on her almost more than her parents did. Of a stubborn old woman who said and did what she liked and who's laugh was something she'd never forget.

Theres a statue near the entrance of wickhils, made of pumpkin vines and fungi, and it was made from love and grief.

And if you're paying attention, sometimes you can hear the laughing.

#laoft #linda laoft #laoft roman #laoft logan #laoft virgil #laoft patton #love and other fairytales #tw: parental death #tw: character death

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beautifulchaostrash · 4 years ago

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OK I know I always talk abt the same things on my blog but maybe some Billy hcs? Or lenzshire? Also your ABC NSFW thing was super good and you had some rlly good stuff in there I died for

DW YOU’RE VALID FOR HYPER FIXATING ON BILLY you get that mfing serotonin boo

So uh, lowkey ive come around to the whole idea of brahms’ age regression and now i have hella headcannons for him(and Billy) UwU

Starting with what I think happened when the first met:

I think that at first, brahms would hate billy, and vice versa. Think about it, Brahms is quiet, tidy, and childlike, but Billy is loud, messy, and extremely adult and vulgar. They’d probably fight a lot in the beginning. They barely can get a grip on coping with their own shit, so trying to understand each other will take some trial and error. Billy is a bit more capable than brahms at expressing himself in a rational adult conversation. It’s not that Billy's necessarily gotten therapy before, it’s just a matter of Billy growing up more or less in the real world and has had more exposure to interacting with other people, while Brahms spent his life sheltered in the walls of his parent’s estate.

This first set Hc’s is just me going over some of the specifics of those conflicts, and how i think they would get resolved.

(i originally found this HC on @the-thot-clowns blog, go check them out!) When billy first stumbled across brahms they iimmediately threw hands like a couple of feral alley cats:

Brahms: Who are you? What are you doing here?

Billy: s-suck my f-fat fucking cock yew mangey brit!

Brahms: Oh, well in that case,

A lot of their relationship is founded on trial and error, unfortunately

At first Billy doesn’t understand why brahms uses a kid voice sometimes, he just thought it was him being silly

Unfortunately, that meant that billy treated him like an adult all the time for the first few weeks but…

Let’s just say he learns his lesson very quickly

He may or may not have gotten throttled for trynna touch brahms’ bootyskjahdjhv

Once that’s all figured out, he is very very very careful to try not to expose Brahms to adult things when he’s in “kid mode” (for lack of a better term). Which is highkey kinda difficult cause any and all physical affection makes billy go bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

So for the first little while, Brahms will have to settle for simple head pats and hand holds until Billy can get a handle on himself.

Eventually he does, but there are still days where he doesn’t feel comfortable touching him, and Brahms gets upset. Not understanding why he’ll snuggle with him some days, and refuse to even make eye contact with him the next.

They talk about it though! If there's one thing Billy’s good at, it’s talking.

Brahms suggests using safe-words, green for go, yellow for slow, red for stop! This makes thing so much easier for the both of them

As much as Billy hates the brahms doll(it’s creepy ok?), it plays very important role in Brahms’ communication/headspace

He carries around the doll when he’s in kid mode and leaves it in his room when he’s normal. Billy calls the doll/kid Brahms ‘Little Brahmsy’ or ‘Brahmsy-boy’ and calls adult Brahms well, just Brahms.

This leads to a new set of codewords!

When Brahms wants to go out of his headspace he’ll ‘put Little Brahmsy to bed’, tucking the doll away in his childhood bedroom. When he wants to go into headspace, he’ll ‘wake up’ the doll. This helps him transition easier, and it means that Billy knows what's going on. It also means that if Billy has an episode while Brahms is regressed, he can jump out of it quickly and help him.

And If Billy’s ever unsure, he'll ask if Brahmsy-Boy is ‘awake’.

They have about -5 when it comes to access to mental health resources qwp

In my mind, billy is very analytical. Always trying to understand the world as though he was breaking down a movie or piece of literature.

He’d probably look online for advice on how to deal with certain things, maybe even order a few self help books(depending on what the situation with brahms’ parents is, he’d probs place an order in their name(brahms still has their credit card info stashed somewhere, let's be real))

It takes brahm’s a while to get used to billy’s constant talking and noisemaking

Now that that’s out of the way, I wanna talk about some Misc. Hcs I have for them!

Billy reads aloud to Brahms! Whether it’s lessons or a bedtime story or just for entertainment, Billy will put on a show for him. Doing all of the voices, moving around and acting out the ‘scenes’. He’s an incredibly good actor and it makes brahms absolutely giddy!

Brahms on the other hand, has the prettiest singing voice you will probably ever hear in your life, even though he himself doesn’t think it’s all that amazing. His adult voice is low and smooth and makes billy feel all warm and fuzzy. Even his kid voice is oddly soothing to Billy. He’ll sing billy’s favorite lullabies to him when he’s stressed or having an episode!

That shit is like a fing tranqualizer to him. Brahms starts humming mozart while they snuggle on the couch and Billy is out within seconds.

Billy will play music on the stereo just so he can hear Brahms sing along

Brahms likes to watch movies with billy cause he does nothing but give sarcastic remarks the whole time and it makes him giggle

While snuggling, billy discovers that when he taps gently on brahm’s mask with his fingernail, it makes a very lovely sound and brahms’ porcelain mask becomes his new favorite stim toy sorry but he doesn’t make the rules

Another headcannon found on @the-thot-clown blog, Billy and Brahms’ fav place to nap together is brahms’ bedroom in the walls

Billy knows how to play the piano and Brahms’ can play the violin! (if you watch the movie theres a violin in brahms’ secret hideout as well as sheet music) They have music nights and sing and play music together!

Billy purrs a lot when he’s cuddling with Brahms and he thinks it’s super cute!

Despite the misunderstandings and fights in the beginning, they have a *mostly* healthy relationship. Billy does a lot for Brahms, going into ‘caretaker mode’ when Brahms is in headspace. Makes sure he doesn’t get hurt, cooks him meals, and plays games with him.

Brahms effectively gets exactly what he needs, a way to vicariously live through the childhood he never got to have. He doesn’t necessarily act as brahms’ parent though, more like an older sibling or friend of the same age than anything else. Taking care of him is Billy’s way of making up for what happened to Agnes. Brahms gives him comfort and a shoulder to cry on when he needs it. He also gets a secluded space where he can be himself without fear of bullying or resentment.

They do a lot to balance eachother out, and take care of one another.

-mod elith

#headcannons #op you have no idea how much dopamine you give me when you compliment my writing #billy Lenz #mod Elith #brahms heelshire #billy lenz x brahms heelshire #lenzshire #black christmas 1974 #the boy 2016 #slasher x slasher #also i hope i got the reggsion thing right #if not let me know

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gaming-thoughts-by-an-idiot · 5 years ago

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Fallout 3:

Game, makes it very obvious that this isn't the way to go:

Me, a dumbass: I see I cant walk through here but those rocks look easy to scale

Game: you cannot go this way, please go back

Me: D:

Me, thinking to myself: I wonder if I would be able to survive this fall..

Charon: be careful

Me: I'm always careful ok, lord, asdfghjkl almost fucking died fuck

"I paid 2k caps for charon to protect me, but here I am... babysitting this ghoul, bcuz one shot and hes down, I gave him 19 stimpaks but does it help? NUUUH, he just HAVE to fight every fucking bug."

Charon: this place is not safe

Me: no shit/its the wasteland, nowhere is safe/you say this about my house too/you don't say

"Did I... did I really get stuck on some fucking rocks?!? Ok no fuck you, this, this is why I save constantly. Ok well no, I save constantly cuz charon is a weak bitch."

"You have the texture of 'fuck off' written all over yourself, and yet... my marker tells me to walk here"

"Oh wow, glitchy bushes... heh bush"

"Oooh, looks like they used pavement here... or is it the game's way of saying 'please stop scaling the walls, theres npc on this road', bcuz aiit"

"Oooh I see people, they're green, better holster my shishkebab... who named that weapon anyways?"

"Hello fellow humans, how are you doing?"

"Oh god... I remember this shit place, uuuggghhhhhhhhhhh... I dont WANNA talk to some old tree fuck ok? I played Ocarina of time, I dont need anymore tree creatures talking to me... except that one in dragon age origins, hes cool."

"Noooooo, I dont wanna help youuuuuu"

Some old tree munk dude: it's been a while since anyone visited us--

Me: what, I just grabbed this note from a scavenger? I thought..

Father birch, the bitch: he doesnt like waiting

Me: well the punk ass bitch can wait forever

"Omg one of the options are 'ha ha ha! What the hell are you wearing?' This game really gets us gamers, like, thank you. You put my actual thoughts into the game"

"I've said this before and I'll say it again, why does all the old people legit look like raisins?? Its like someone who's never seen an old person, draw one based on only what they've heard... wrinkles and tired"

"Tree father birch, tha bich"

"Treeminders? Me too, I mind the trees"

" 'We're His people', like I'm sorry, treeminders is a religion."

"Ok ok ok, so, they're named after trees... and my character is called Elm, bcuz it's a pun on my name... I swear if some weak ass bitch took my name imma burn this tree bitch down"

"I've been here less than a minute and I'm already lost"

"Oh my God... its Groot"

Old man birch: he is the one who grows--

Me: like most men in the morning

"I'm actively looking for someone named Elm"

tree fetish man: we keep him safe from those who wish to exploit him--

Me: I might, I think I did once in a bad playthrough...

Old raisin dude: we shun technology and--

Me: ah, you're amish, but fucking loco.

"Aiit so, i love this game, and you can see they're moving their lips to the words, they blink and move their eyes... they're like legit good.... but why are you a raisin, dude"

"Purification ceremony? Is it because I slept with Nova? It is, isnt it?"

Old man raisin: you drink the sap

Me: sounds like a specific kink, but with extra steps.

Nasty tree man: the sap will clear your mind and body

Me: unlike other fluidly things to drink from beings, those will give you poisoning

Birch the sap guy: I assure you, nothing bad will happen to you

Me: uhuh, that doesnt sound rape'y at all

"Can... can I sit in his chair? Imma sit in his chair. Nothing happened damnit"

Father of the sap people: please drink from the sap basin

Me: bitch, look at this! Its nasty nature soup. It looks like hermaeus mora soup

"Hey ho, let's go"

Game: the basin of purification is filled with some sort of thick, viscous sap.

Me: thanks, I hate it

"Woo my character is high"

"Does these people spawn here? Like make kids and shit?"

Father creep: soon you will pass peacefully into sleep outsider--

Me: imma stop you right there, excuse me???

"Oh cool, where am I now? Oh god, it feels like I'm on nuka shine"

"I'm lockpicking a door up that's called 'damp cave', and I won't even say the joke.... hehe vagina"

"Oh crap oh frick oh shit!! Mirelurks!! AAA KING"

"Ooo nuka quantum "

"Oooh! I didnt even see the creepy old tree dude, I was like where the fuck is he but lol, I walked past him ehehe... fuck hes creepy"

"The only time I've ever heard the word Mariposa is from my friend's nickname for her brother and also that one Barbie movie"

"Imagine your god calling you a weirdo"

"I'm not even gonna repeat that sentence, all I wanna say is that 'that's some fucked up porn shit fam' and let's leave it at that"

"Imma kill the tree dude, he wants this"

Old father raisin and his raisin wife, argue:

Me, stuck to listen: please let me move

The old raisin tree couple: yes let's ask the outsider

Me: please don't

Leaf mother: my husband is dumb, but lets spread our God's treeness into the wasteland

Me: jesus christ

Leaf mother: harold wanna save the world

Me: no he wanna fucking die, hes a millennial

"Old people don't look like this, she looks like her face is gonna slide off"

Charon: be careful

Me: CHARON WE'RE INSIDE A TREE

"I'm disappointed I have not found a single Elm"

"I see no Elm up here, but me"

"God, harold the tree is fucking horrifying... imma do what leaf mother thing"

"I swear to fucking god... charon just died AGAIN, no, you stay there I'll do this on my own, you walking suitcase"

"Mirelurk kings, or as I like to call them, sea voldemort"

"Fuck off voldemort"

"Ok either I'm remembering something different, or... oh wait shit, zelda fish, water, save the fish princess!!! Aaaa, I was like, damp nasty red place... probably tree. But no"

"So harold the tree god, said the last thing he remembered is that his buddy got knocked over and then he had a tree sapling on his head that talked to him... maybe? His friend??? Is the sapling???"

"Hehe, I let the tree man suffer forever"

"Saviour of oasis? Well, only cuz the tree dude really creeped me out tbh"

"Pff I got the 'poplar hood' and I thought it said popular"

"I FORGOT CHARON OH SHIT"

"Ok, nooow I can go and get gifts"

"Thank god I'm done with that place..."

#fallout 3 #gamer thoughts #fallout game #light cursing #charon fallout 3

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snowtimeisbesttime · 5 years ago

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Thoughts and questions on Pesterquest Volume 14, and the Afterw@rd! The last one... for now?

~VOLUME 14~

-aaaand we didn't get an alpha kid reunion here :(

-Looks like very waterproof technology is a leftover from when the Condesce tried to turn Future Earth into Alternia 2: Electric Boogaloo, because otherwise I'm pretty sure that having a wholeass computer out there right next to saltwater would be a very bad idea.

-There's Hal! This time with Speakers. Also, it's neat that Dirk knows exactly what's up with MSPAR in Pesterquest's last volume, while Lanque had no idea that an alien was running around befriending everybody in town in Friendsim's (i know friendsim didn't quite do chronology between volumes as much as pesterquest has done, but the soleils were kinda busy being stuck inside a weird timeloop manor and therefore couldn't have heard of mspar's quest of friendship, while lanque could have definitely heard about them from like. wanshi or something.)

-Dirk is also very much on board (whoops ocean adjacent phrase) with MSPAR's quest of friendship, which is awesome and also adorable.

-Instead of experiencing awful offshoots, we just get weird visions of them, which kinda beats “drowning by aesthetically focused robo scuba suit” and “puppet katana accident” any day.

-Cal is empty, thank fuck. At least Dirk's one...

-MSPAR can wield the sord....., revealing its power to deepfry reality with a single slash. Which could actually make it incredibly strong in the hands of a Strider, as they're probably immune to jpeg artifacts thanks to SBaHJ so they could exploit that ability without getting headaches.

-There is some talk about Assorted Dirk Topics, which get answered quickly as the bread and butter of the route is mainly the topic of trust, and also. You Know.

-Of course Ult!Dirk just Had to pop in. Hooray. Dude can fuckin play spore and instead he decides to fuck off all the way here and fuck shit up. And expects MSPAR to agree with him once they get their Homestuck memories back even. The whole “process gif” effect he's got does look very cool though.

-What separates Pesterquest from any fanfic where characters screw around with retcon powers? Legit question here. What's the difference between MSPAR befriending everyone and a fic where John accidentally breaks Jane's tiaratop while retconing stuff and makes it so she never even goes Crockertier, for example? What makes it so the first one kills reality but the second one doesn't?

-also nice (/s) to see the epilogues are as dubiously canon as water is dubiously wet, as it's never even implied that things could ever go differently after the kids win the game. Maybe that's more an “ultdirk absorbing assorted dirks and hogging all the narrative relevance as bgd said that time in hs2” thing though.

-To convince PQ!Dirk to not leave with Ult!Dirk, MSPAR gets the Big Gun: Candy Dave. And of course he would go along with a mission to help his bro without a doubt... (and he also gets taken along to the locked timeline)

-In the end, it's Dirk the one who gets to make the Choice this time, between friendship (and family) or infinite knowledge (and loneliness).

~THE AFTERW@RD~

-dirk: some other me went with you so don't be a sore loser the less cool dirk, almost immediately:

-Unlike Friendsim's Epilogue, this one can only be accessed from Dirk's good end, apparently.

-And here we get to talk to the Director of Pesterquest, also known as the t-pose or a-pose or whatever silhouette from the funky troll hell nexus hallway of metaphysical realities. She's the one responsible for MSPAR losing their memories (for friendship reasons) and not being able to reach their friends from Friendsim (for hiveswap act 2 reasons i hope).

-MSPAR is straight out called that and MSPAReader here, But it's also revealed that they do have a name- which might be revealed in a future sequel... ( @carcino-gnostalgic-s pointed out that the sequel might be those friendsim routes the hiveswap crew wanted to make for like dammek and trizza and the guys, and i'm personally very on board with that idea)

(-I started calling them MC (as in Main Character) all the way back when Friendsim Vol 12 came out... Hope we get to learn their real name soon!)

-there was this post going around not that long ago that was about how in stories Without a happy ending to look forward to and provide catharsis, having lots and lots of suffering can make it feel senseless and gratuitous or something and like. What that post said. Sure, conflict can drive a story, but constant conflict 24/7 forever and ever just gets tiring after a point.

-Again, what makes MSPAR's friendship escapades so harmful to the multiverse compared to any random fic with Retcon Shenanigans on the internet? As in, choosing to not betray our Pesterquest friends or throwing out John's beta again straight up causes the game to close, implying reality just perished and despawned.

-Ult!Dirk also has to come along here and push for canon's preservation. To the point he tries to screw with MSPAR's thoughts directly, though luckily they can shrug it off and the Director isn't having any of that bullshit.

-First of all: fanfiction exists, and so do AU fanfics that take characters into a whole new genre or spares characters that died or puts the spotlight on background characters, so between that and me having heard the concept of “fictional character Lives On Forever in the minds of people who read their story, even if they get maybe eliminated by the author” in a book (Niebla, by Miguel de Unamuno idk if theres any translated version available online rip) that I had to read for a class, I sure was just standing there while the Director and Ult!Dirk talked about how we Absolutely Must destroy Pesterquest.

-Thankfully, MSPAR found a third option and took it, inspired by Jade and with Aradia's moral support. You ever love your friends so much you literally absorb the Green Sun's power to create an entirely new concept (the Locked Timeline containing iterations of them that can grow up without Sburb) and become its First Guardian?

#pesterquest #homestuck #pesterquest spoilers #dirk strider #mspa reader #thoughts and questions #long post #<- just in case #its like 4:20 in the morning here. time to Sleep

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marsupials-of-mars · 5 years ago

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It Surfaces on the First Freeze of Winter (Pt 4)

"Hey!" Logan splashed through the water with a box under his arm. He'd gotten off work not two hours prior, but he was never tired when it came to his research. "I have a gift for you!"

He reached the usual meeting spot. His arms ached from the weight of the box he'd aquired the day before.

"Logan. Logan. -gift- -gift-" A whistle came from behind him and his back was sprayed with a barrage of icy water droplets. He whipped around.

"Hey! No splashing!" Another mist hit his face. He spat. "Stop or no gift!"

Remus squeaked and fell still. "Stop- -gift! -gift!"

"Thank you. Do you want me to open it or do you want to? I already assembled it."

Remus twirled. "-me to open it- Thank you."

Logan handed the creature the cardboard box, which instantly became soggy with water. It was immediately engulfed in tentacles, brought to what Logan could assume was a beak.

"Don't swallow it, it's not food!"

"-food!" A single half of the box floated back to the water's surface, with beak marks torn into the edges. Logan sighed and placed the remains out of reach.

"-understand?" Logan looked back down at Remus, who was bopping the gift around the water's surface.

"It's a solar powered bouyant water heater. It may not work too well with the days so short and the shadows here in the forest, but it can also operate on battery reserves."

"-heater. -warmth! -my coat?"

Logan was impressed that the creature seemed to retain words said once from the previous day. "It's better than a coat. It'll heat up the water around you. Let me just..." Logan placed the heater between a rock and a branch. "It is free moving but considering this is such a large area of water it would probably be best to remain in one place." He leaned down and flipped a switch. It started to rumble and bubble violently as it filled with water. Remus breached the water with a screech and darted behind Logan's legs.

"Don't worry, it's just starting up so it can heat the water for you."

Remus causiously peeked around Logan's calves. It squinted and let out a low whine at the piece of plastic, remaining there until the rumbles died down. The creature bravely approached the object, giving it a quick nip to assert dominance, before curling around it.

"Is it working?"

"-working? -warmth!"

"Good." Logan smiled slightly. His gift was a success. "A good early Christmas gift then."

"-Christmas gift- -understand?"

"Don't worry about it. I probably won't be coming on Christmas anyway."

"-won't be coming on Christmas-" the creature whined and it's black pattern pulsed. "-understand?"

"Well I'll probably be spending it with Roman and his family. I know that's a little weird but he's insisted. Ever since he learned I don't really have much of a Christmas. I don't know why I'm telling you this if you don't even know what Christmas is..." Logan scoffed at his own oddness.

"-Roman- -that's a little weird-" Remus seemed to pout. "-I don't really have- -a Christmas. -don't even know what Christmas is..."

Logan shook his head. "I shouldn't have said anything."

"-Roman- -don't even know what- -is..." Remus bumped his heater as his tentacles twisted in agitation.

"He's my roommate. I live with him. The guy who stopped you from killing me the night we met."

Remus spat a stream of water in indignation. "-warmth!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know you didn't mean to. That doesn't negate the fact that I have to breathe air."

Remus went quiet for a moment. "-spending it with Roman- -live with him." It mumbled under its breath as if it were deep in thought. Its scalloped pattern shifted, losing shape and changing hue, and its anterior tentacles began to coil in on themselves like vines without a lattice. Its entire upper body shifted and morphed, parts of its flesh swelling and sinking in on itself. Logan watched in fascination, as well as a slight disgust.

The beast eminated a low groaning as its facial tentacles retracted and its flesh nearly turned a shade of peach, though still dulled a with an iridescent grey-green.

It lifted its face to Logan and smiled. It looked uncannily like Roman in structure, its upper body incredibly human and the shape of it's face unmistakable. Though it still lacked the ability to mimic some aspects, clearly. It's eyes were still reminiscent of a cuttlefish's, surrounded by bags of looser skin. The entirety of its skin still shone a pasty, inhuman color. It also lacked the ability to grow hair, which it simulated with a mop of thin, wriggling tentacles. Those same tentacles also composed a mustache of sorts: Its body must have been reluctant to conceal them, Logan assumed, as its previous beard of tentacles seemed to be essential to its ability to eat. Most notable, though, was the fact that its lower body remained unchanged. Logan's mind immediately went to a certain villain in one of Roman's favorite Disney movies.

"-Roman- I have- -Roman- I'm going to- -Roman- -okay?" Remus trilled as if he'd ingeniously solved the problem. "-live with him."

Logan shook his head. "I can't live with you just because you look like my roommate. That's not how it works."

The beast whined, churning up the water into a froth in its fit. "-live with you- -understand? -how it works. -my roommate.

Logan was suprised at what seemed to be a demonstration of jealousy. The creature never ceased to amaze.

"Let's see how you feel when we get there, okay? We still have a while before Christmas. And you have a heater so you shouldn't need me all that much."

"-need- -okay? -okay?" It wrapped around Logan's legs, bumping its Romanish head against his thigh. He recoiled. Something about that was less than comfortable.

"You don't need me, you've lived here for what, twenty years? And you've apparently never needed companionship."

"-companionship. I don't really- -lived here- -twenty years?"

"You haven't lived here twenty years? More or less?" Logan found himself realizing he hadn't done much to research lifespan.

"More-"

"I'll count, and you stop me when I get there, okay?"

"-okay?"

"Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four," Logan stared back at the creature's unblinking eyes as the number rose, "twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight... really?"

"-count-"

Logan blinked and continued. "Twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-o-"

"-stop- -thirty-" Remus bumped his head on Logan's knee. "-thirty- -years? -needed companionship."

Logan paused a moment. He had never considered that the creature's solitude may not have been intentional.

"Did you have parents?"

Remus let out a low whine. "-parents? -i don't really have- -lived here-"

Logan furrowed his brows. "Have you never had parents? Do you remember them at all? Do you know any others of your species?"

"-never had parents? -lived here-"

"Do you remember how you got here?"

"-lived here-"

Logan took a moment to think.

"Infant amnesia perhaps... I'm not sure how much that would effect your species but if you were to be human that would mean your parents left before age three. Which I suppose now would make sense..." Logan reflected upon a common cephalopod birth, an r-selection species of which the mother would have many offspring at once and then pass away protecting them. Even still though, where would its siblings be? Logan took a figurative step back, and finally;

"I've been understanding you as a human and cephalopod hybrid subconsciously, but really I know nothing about what you are... theres really nothing to compare you to, you're so unique, so unheard of. I've fallen back into my prior knowledge, or what prior knowledge I assumed I had, but I know absolutely nothing."

Logan's heart pounded as the words left him. Such a revelation normally would have terrified him, but it felt oddly freeing.

"You're just full of suprises aren't you?" He placed a hand on Remus's head. Thin tentacles wrapped his fingers with a pressure signifying possessiveness.

"I suppose... the only way I can truly learn anything at this point is through observation. Daily observation."

"Daily observation. -companionship. -Christmas." The creature's eyes lit up and it pushed it's head further into Logan's palm.

"Yeah... I guess I'll have to be here on Christmas. We'll figure something out by then. I'm making you a priority."

"-priority. Daily observation. Logan. Logan. Logan." Remus swam laps around Logan before scaling his body and curling around his shoulders. Logan grabbed a nearby tree to stabilize himself.

"Hey, hey! Careful!"

"-priority." Remus trilled and whistled loudly. "-i give you- -gift!" It hopped off Logan's shoulders, soaking him with the resulting splash. Logan sputtered and wiped his wrist across his mouth. Once he was able to see, he searched the water for Remus. To his concern, he realized it had left the area.

"Remus? Where are you?" He raised his voice. "Remus?"

"-gift!" He felt a familiar gooey, mucus-covered body press against the back of his calf. Remus's head appeared at his feet clutching a limp, headless fish in its mouth. "-gift! Logan." It opened its mouth and let the dead fish float on the water's surface. It nudged it forward expectantly. The gift bumped into Logan's shin. He took a step back.

"Thank you, but I'd rather not. That's not people food. An appreciated gesture though."

Remus blinked, its eyes sinking shallowly into its face in contemplation. "-understand?" It seemed to accept his reluctance and instead swallowed the fish whole.

Logan watched the creature eat. In it's disguised form, its mouth of course didn't function as it looked like it would, rather, his Romanish lips parted to reveal a toothless maw with a beak tucked back where a tongue would be. It was unnerving, watching the beast repeatedly toss its head back as the fish was slowly consumed in a manner of chewing not suited to it's mouth, especially considering it's likeness.

"You're a skilled hunter."

"Thank you- -gift! -i give you- -gift!"

"Oh, don't worry, I don't need any gifts. It wasn't your fault that I didn't accept."

"-Christmas gift- -live with- Logan."

Logan couldn't help but snort. "You are admirably persistent. But that would not be much of a gift. Maybe for you, but you got your present already."

"-priority. -understand?"

"I think you've latched onto that word a bit too tightly. I have other responsibilities, you're just... a big one. A very uncharted and difficult one. But just one of them nonetheless. Anyway... I should probably be going."

Remus whined and churned up the water. "-companionship. -priority. -priority. -priority." It spat a foamy film across the water's surface.

"Extremely social... needy... possessive..." Logan took verbal note to later record, though he somewhat directed his review toward the fussy creature, loud enough for it to hear.

"-needy- That's not- -though."

"You are needy. And I understand that it may be justified by your solitude but it doesn't change the fact that I cannot functionally live with you."

"Logan. -priority. -live with you. -justified- Logan." Its black pattern pulsed and swelled in distress as its mimicking became more frantic. Its tentacles curled tightly in on themselves, even those simulating hair.

"No need to throw a fit, I'm giving into a lot for your wellbeing. Now I'm going home." Logan turned and began to trudge off. Surprisingly, the creature's whimpering abruptly stopped, as if it had suddenly changed it's mind. Logan turned. It was already gone. Unexpected, but welcome. He turned back and continued to the car.

He reached the edge of the swamp and stepped out, shaking off his boots and relishing the solid ground. He made his way to his car and pulled off his boots. Driving in socks was not the safest, but he couldn't stand the feeling of wet socks marinating in a rubber prison any longer. Before he could shut the door, though, he heard a noise. Barely audible, a rustling of the grass behind his car, like a slither. Barely loud enough to convince Logan he'd heard it. Inconsequential, so Logan treated it as such and pulled the car into reverse, and began the long drive back to the apartment.

#sanders sides #remus sanders #logan sanders

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doctorguilty · 5 years ago

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ok you’ve all been waiting for it my thoughts on the sonic movie!!!

under cut cause long

so overall! I really liked the movie! I think it sorta landed pretty in the ballpark of what I sorta expected quality-of-plot wise and how much I’d be entertained by it. which is satisfying!!! I’m going to like, stream of thought this, starting with some criticisms which are gonna be kinda hefty cause im critiquing something I care about

so right away I really disliked the “record scratch so this is me I bet you’re wondering how I got in this situation” opening like I’m not sure if it was intentionally a self aware joke on that being cliche and dumb but it does like, really frustrate me cause my philosophy for most stories is Start your story where it begins!! which made the backstory infodump more frustrating on top of that, like, I think that’s an easy mistake to make to want to spill your Backstory right away but it’s not necessary! the audience doesn’t NEED to know immediately what sonic was like in his homeworld and his tragic separation from it. we already have the audiences suspension of disbelief in play because they know they’re watching.. a movie about sonic the hedgehog in the real world. I think the backstory stuff would have been much more impactful as a flashback later on, especially when sonic’s whole arc is how lonely and isolated he is. it would be a better punch in the heart to later on be like so by the way as a child his guardian probably died and sent him to earth for his own safety. so that was like AUGH you blew it

next up that i think was unnecessary like, completely, was establishing that sonic already knew the main cop guy and his wife (omg I already forgot their names..because they were not memorable but we’ll get to that fjdsg) and like, secretly immersed himself into their life that’s ?? odd to me? I think it would have been fine to just have sonic be like attached to the whole small town and he thinks the cop is cool and calls him donut lord, and that’s the extent of it like cause the problem is later down the plot when sonic finds out cop guy is leaving green hills and flips out about it.. I’m like, not sure if I believe sonic, immersing himself in their life, had NOT known that was a thing cop guy wanted to do like he NEVER heard about that??? but that’s like whatever

I don’t really like the cop guy as the protag human like. oof he was very bland and I’m trying to figure out how to put this into words............ I feel like a character like him isn’t someone the audience can really connect to. this guy has a virtually perfect life with a house and a dog and a job and a wife, his Conflict is that he wants to move to california and see more action and save people, but the WEIRDEST thing about it is that the prospect of leaving his little town behind isn’t really shaking him up at all. it shakes SONIC up later, but up until that point.... the cop just has legit a perfect life and it’s kinda sad because sonic appearing in it physically becomes something that immediately has the effect of “starting to ruin it” and thats why the cop is so like, mean about things at first.

see I don’t really like that it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. if I were to rewrite this keeping the general ideas in mind, I would have opted for a ... paul blart crossed with judy hopps. a guy who’s life isn’t all in order, maybe not living in trash but he doesn’t have a wife, he DREAMS of being a cop and saving people, but he doesn’t quite have what it takes physically/mentally or maybe he’s too afraid to even try. he loves his rural town but thinks like, maybe if I move to the big city I’ll find myself maybe he’s offered a job there for something boring and is like resigning to a boring life idk there’s a lot you can do but you get the idea! a lonely underdog with big dreams. so when Sonic comes into his life, its WAY more impactful to paul hopps.....judy blart...... that Sonic pleads for help saving his life and this sudden adventure isn’t ruining his life either.

then LATER when we get to sonic being upset that paul hopps wants to leave, it’s less this awkward confrontation “how dare you wanna live your already in motion dreams somewhere ELSE because people love you HERE” (like .. oof bad take tbh) it would be a much nicer “why do you want to leave your home to become a hero when everyone here already sees you as one” and instead of the shabby like “well I guess I’ll stay because i crossed off saving someone from my bucket list” paul hopps would feel fulfilled he saved sonic and I actually you know what? I’d change up the whole scene with the turtle to be at the end where paul hopps becomes a cop in green hills and he like, saves a turtle crossing the road and is like! that’s what its all about being a hero! like thats cute and resonates with an audience, the message like, being a hero just means being kind and doing the right thing, which is way more suitable for a sonic movie when the sonic series has always been a campy power of friendship thing.

in a similar vein, the cop being a lonely underdog would give him a better connection with sonic, so that even if he was annoyed by him at first he’d later have the understanding they’re one in the same, you know? connections people!! themes!!!!

anyway but enough of that au

so the last thing I’m like iffy about is how robotnik was handled. like jim carry is funny and stuff but it felt like a bit of a mess like, this character is repeatedly reminding us what a hard ass I’M SUPERIOR THAN YOU MY IQ IS HUGE but then being super mega goofy, like I’m all for eccentric scientists but it felt kind of disconnected? and idk like not to be that guy but man.. i remember when sonic 06 came out and everyone hated how eggman was slimmed down to what he looked like in that game jfkdfsgksdj like my brain really doesn’t find a fully slender bodied eggman palatable like......... let my mans be fat ... WHICH tbh I’m a little nervous because at the end of the movie we see this implication that robotnik is turning more visually into the eggman we know with the stache and bald head but I’m worried they’re gonna also go with “and he also gets fat” cause I don’t like that sort of thing, you know?

i think that’s all for my major criticisms!! but otherwise like! the movie was genuinely really fun and goofy and it felt very in spirit with the sonic franchise!

if you read bogleech’s post I agree with him whole heartedly that this is the best characterization of sonic. it feels almost like?????? the characterization he was MEANT To have but he always ended up going TOO MUCH in the direction of confident and cocky and being too cool and successful about it? I love sonic with that hyper teenager-like personality, it’s incredibly charming and cute, like I never Hated sonic as a character but he was defs like... lower on my list of characters in the franchise I found interesting. I felt like I could connect with movie sonic a lot and like! i’d want to be his friend, you know? I really really want to see more of him like that!

I also agree big time that the movie had the best use of bullet time I’ve ever seen! I’m like omg?? WHY hasnt that ever been a mechanic in a game?

and overall just like the cuteness like............I literally almost cried when the little girl gave sonic her shoes like AAAAAAAAAAAAA WEEPS............ and the end with sonic getting his own room thats so super cute too!!!!

oh and the post credits scene with tails was SO FUCKING HYPE like, people in the theater audibly gasped and started being like YESSSSSSS tails looks really great!

so like YEAH dabs ,, being a story snob aside it was a fun and cute movie and I’m glad to hear it trumped detective pikachu for a video game movie I’m glad it’s brought some attention to the sonic franchise! like while it’s cool in some aspects that Nerd Culture is mainstream now, it’s absolutely exhausting the HUGE focus on that is marvel and DC and all that stuff........ like theres nothing wrong w/ liking that but its like.. hm.... idk how to explain it but................. as someone who was bullied a lot in school for liking things like sonic.. like I guess stuff like that people usually see as lame stuff for babies??? superheroes are more like, macho and palatable to adults?? it’s been a good experience for all my normie coworkers to ask what I did for valentines day and I tell them “I saw the sonic the hedgehog movie” and I BRACE myself reflexively to be laughed at but not a single person did they were just like oh cool! how was it? like it really makes me appreciate I got to at least grow up and feel a little more accepted!

so THATS my thoughts feel free to comment and discuss!

#seth speaks

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sometipsygnostalgic · 6 years ago

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Assessing writing in homestuck: The difference between appealing characters and well-written character stories.

i was rambling about this to /u/cookiefonster in the discord earlier

theres a big difference between what qualifies as "good narrative" and "good character", even when the narrative youre discussing is focusing entirely on that character.

lets give you a couple of examples:

Terezi:

Terezi's a character who has a kind of fucked up storyline that just constantly loops back in on itself; she spends all of act 5 deciding whether to deal with Vriska or not, then gets in abusive relationships in act 6 after not being able to cope with her death. Terezi ends up with massive self esteem issues. Following from THIS, she dies, and retcons the story to undo her mistake and try to prevent the collapse of her self esteem. Sounds like an epic resolution to an arc, right?

Nope - post retcon, they brought Terezi's self esteem issues back but didn't give her the time of day to properly interact with other characters about it. She was unconfident around Vriska and insecure about her altself. Then she has a bit of a breakdown, unlocking some of the potential of her seer of mind abilities, and having a realisation of who truly is. You'd think, wow, Terezi after Remem8er is going to be interacting so much more with the other kids and FINALLY overcome her battle with depression, RIGHT?!?!

uhhh..... she doesnt say anything again until after the comic is over. then shes seen travelling through space.

When the epilogues drop she's interacting with John, they're building on top of their already amazing chemistry, they seem to understand each other like nobody else does in the entire fucking saga. Then Terezi nearly "dies" but another John finds her and they have a heart to heart before Terezi decides it's time go home.

WOOOOOW, you think, Terezi is FINALLY LEARNING TO LOVE HERSELF?!¬?!?!?! an interaction with a HEALTHY PERSON?!?!?!

Then John dies. Then Terezi hates Earth C so much and is so isolated from everybody she knows that she doesn't hesitate to join the villain in space. And it's implied Vriska texts her but she never reads those messages insofar as the canon material ends.

Overall, a rather anticlimactic story about a character whose arc is constantly recycled, not allowed to be given closure at any stage, falling into the same tragedy pit. It's like an art form of cockblocking.

So, why is Terezi as cherished as she is? How come even in the face of the ending, the epilogue, where it feels like Terezi has just been going round in circles, she is probably one of the most loved characters in homestuck?

There's a few factors:

Humor - Being able to make your audience laugh in a genuine way will put you in their favour. Terezi's dark humor, which works in tandem with her general naivete, has always been delightful.

Relevance - The part where Terezi's popularity might have actually struggled would be during Meteorstuck where she was pushed on the sidelines. Every moment she's been around after GAME OVER, however, she's been one of the most active character pushing the plot and generating excitement for whatever thing she's going to do next, even if it does become a loop. Killing John>Killing Vriska>Killing Gamzee>Retconquest>Remem8er>Finding Vriska>Finding John>Leaving with Dirk to save John>??? - she's always on some sort of mission which means if you're thinking about the plot then you might be thinking about something that ties into her storyline.

But most importantly, Authenticity - Terezi's dialogue is actually very well-written, in that she's one of the least wordy characters, but she gets exactly what she's feeling across whenever she talks about it. If you look at all the conversations she's had with Vriska or John or even Dave then you can tell Terezi feels very strongly about whatever she's feeling, and is either trying to disguise that feeling or is trying to put it to words she's struggling to find. Yet even when Terezi can't describe what she's feeling, the audience knows, because her condensed dialogue is expressive enough for us to be able to tell. It also helps that Terezi is one of the most invested in the other cast members, being - if not more righteous - then more analytical of her friends, taking in why they behave the way they do. It doesn't matter that arc-wise she goes in circles, because you can tell exactly how it keeps happening.

I feel like if Terezi didn't have that factor, if there wasn't so much weight to her emotional presentation and if the audience wasn't able to "feel" for her, then she would probably be significantly less popular. I guess that’s why many people feel it’s better for her to still be stuck in the “plot” of homestuck, to lack closure, because maybe closure would feel forced in this universe that’s taken so much from its kids? How can you “forget” what happened and just act like you never entered the game to begin with? Some of the other characters have this issue and it harms them deeply.

Let’s get into that!!!!!

Lord English and Calliope :

I feel so bad for Hussie. He clearly put a lot of thought into the relationship between Calliope and Caliborn, how their characters intertwine throughout this epic story. Yet despite them being the narrative fuel for the entirety of homestuck, and having an awesome thematic ending to their tales, it feels like the "cherub wars" part of homestuck never stuck its foot too deeply in the public consciousness.

Like, let's describe their narration: Two people born in the same body, one good, one evil. One is predestined to rule over the other.

In one universe the cherubs are left in their natural state. The Just cherub, Calliope, predominates... but because the universe is rigged, she is forced to be put into obscurity, residing for billions of years in a hidden dream bubble until the time is right. In another universe, there is intervention - Gamzee introduces the cherubs to humans, and they start to imitate their concepts and feelings. Because of this, Calliope becomes a softer being, engaging happily with the humans. She even wants to take mercy on her brother! But Caliborn takes on human ambition and grows determined to stop his sister from predominating, taking advantage of the human concept of “cheating” in order to beat her at their own game.

Caliborn defeats his sister, and is thrown into a session where he’s forced to overcome seemingly impossible challenges. He succeeds, and is given the ultimate power. Caliborn can will the universe to how he sees fit.

Caliborn’s given just desserts by getting trapped in the juju by the alpha kids but not before the monkey’s paw of trapping all the (alternate) beta kids for millenia, and in becoming trapped, he ends up becoming Lil Cal and Doc Scratch, who manipulate events so that he will rise again as an adult.

But the one thing that drives Caliborn more than anything is the desire to destroy his perfect sister - Calliope. A never ending thirst for her death. For predomination Caliborn never predominated normally so he never gets over it. This is part of why he’s so obsessed with showmanship and art too, to one-up her character. He circles the universe destroying all that is irrelevant, all that is obscure, in the hopes of demolishing all versions of his sister, having the primal fear that she will one day catch him out.

Our predominated calliope meets with the ghost of her alternate self, who tells her that her purpose as a softer human version is to just live her life. To be free. To appreciate all that humanity offers her. Whereas the Alternate Calliope’s role is to commit the ultimate sacrifice, to put an end to her brother’s ego. She absorbs the Green Itself into a catastrophic black hole that erases what is left of the universe.

You think that is the end, but Calliope is reborn in a new form, rewarded for her hard efforts, and becomes a full narrator for the story itself, protecting it from the evil of the Prince. She’s an active guide for the characters of Homestuck, wastching over them. She destroys her brother once and for all, absorping him inside herself.

Wasn’t all of that FUCKING AWESOME?!?!?!??! “Wow”, you think, “Calliope sounds so hardcore!!! I’m sure she’s an amazing character to have such a conclusive storyline like this!!”

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Literally nobody on the internet sees Calliope as their favourite character, except for maybe Past!Shelby Cragg who was her artist. And while Caliborn has his fans, nobody is a big fan of Lord English either. In fact most people tend to forget about the Lord English part of him because it’s just not that engaging!

Basing this on the above analysis about Terezi, what is lacking in terms of these characters?

Humor - Caliborn is a hilarious character, absolutetly no doubt about that. He’s so stupid and the way he sees the world is hilarious. It’s almost Terezi-ish even, except far more exaggerated in terms of his vulgarity and naivete, since he was locked in a fucking cage all his life. Caliborn makes us laugh pretty much every time we see him... but this character is lost entirely in Lord English, who does not wish to engage with the audience at all. Lord English is entirely a machine at this stage, just acting to destroy. As for CALLIOPE, she was never that great in the humor department. I’d be surprised if the original Callie knows what “jokes” are. Alt Calliope was also a stooge until the Epilogue where she trolls Dirk, and yes those parts are delightful and boost her in my eyes significantly, but in the core part of homestuck she is incredibly serious all the time.

Relevance - After reading me narrate the entire Cherub plot and how impactful it was on the entirety of homestuck you’d think I’m a fucking idiot for trying to argue that Calliope and Lord English are irrelevant, right? Well Too Bad!!! That’s exactly what I think. Doc Scratch was relevant to what was happening to our core cast of characters, manipulating them behind the scenes, taking advantage of them and fuelling their personal drama for his greater gain. This is why we love Doc Scratch so much and can even enjoy Ultimate Dirk for doing the same thing. Caliborn had a reduced impact on our main cast, but Lord English’s impact is pretty much nonexistent outside of the first time we see him in Caliborn: Enter. Once again, he’s literally only there to destroy the fucking universe, but when our main characters are either enjoying themselves in the new Alpha session or in Earth C, you have to ask why you or they should be interested in what LE is doing? Dave says so himself, that LE has not done anything wrong to him so he’s not hyped to go kill him. Calliope, meanwhile.... Her relevance is split in two, and neither is too substantial to what our main guys are doing.It “makes sense” as she’s such a passive character, but Calliope’s struggle with relevance doesn’t take me as impacting her too much, and I’ll get onto that in a second. Only one alpha kid ever thinks about her, she doesn’t think about anyone except herself, and while Jade has some kind of relationship with Alt!Callie, it isn’t a personal one by any means. Calliope’s impact on the emotional arcs of homestuck is so minimal that she was erased from the epilogues which she wrote herself. Even Calliope can’t think of anything to do with Calliope!!! How about that!!!

Oh, and of course, Authenticity - Caliborn feels like an authentic character because he deals with actual struggles. Caliborn finds it tremendously difficult to do things other characters might have an easy time with, like drawing, thinking in anything OTHER than straight lines... but he perseveres. Caliborn faces his impossible and brutal tasks head on to claim the Ultimate Reward. He’s fucking EARNED that ability to destroy everything in reality, and by god he’s let us know!!! This is why Caliborn is such a cherished character. Even though he’s evil as fuck, he feels like a real kid somehow. It goes without saying that although Doc Scratch has a different kind of authentic creepiness, Lord English has nothing on him that makes him feel real. He’s just a machine, as said before. CALLIOPE’s authenticity.... The alpha Calliope is a character who became “so nice” and so “perfect” that she ended up losing her fight against her evil brother just because she was that good a person as to let him get the better of her. Nothing that ever happens to her is her fault. She never gets in any conflicts with any character ever, except for that one time she yelled too loud in Candy but nobody told her off for it. Calliope is perfect at art, a fair enough writer. The closest thing to a “flaw” she’s ever had is getting so excited about her friends that she writes creepy fanfic about them, something that is parodied in Candy, which has been implied to be narrated (or at least retold) by Calliope herself in Meat. Simply put, Calliope is... a mary sue. A flawless character. There is absolutely no authenticity and no way to relate to her. Alt Calliope.... she’s a martyr? But why does she want to be a martyr? What does she care about the human characters? She’s even less authentic. It is badass to watch her tear down Dirk, and the story takes advantage of how unreadable she is by making her intimidating as fuck, an all knowing force to contest - no, overpower - that of Dirk or even Hussie himself. Alt Callie is more knowing in her fakeness, she has a better struggle as well what with having to escape from obscurity and overcome her brother, and therefore is a better character, at the end of the epilogues, than the original.

TL;DR: It’s not just about making interesting things happen to your characters. It’s making sure they have interesting reactions to what is going on. If your character becomes someone who things just “happen” to, and who does not respond to those things in an authentic way, then nobody is going to care for them no matter how important or existentially poetic their arc is.

#long post #homestuck #terezi pyrope #calliope #caliborn #doc scratch #lord english

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