#only in main verse. i think.

[polardestiny]

hey besties, can we just talk? can we talk about frankie w a blackout half sleeve? i want to talk.

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[lil-vibes]

Hi! Sorry for notification spamming you but wanted to tell you that your TROD tags made me lol, I LOVE your art so much and I’m interested in your AU too. Anyway, love your blog!

P.S. maybe I missed it but you said somewhere that your Narinder was pretty messed up for a few years post revival. Could you give some more details on that? Did he try to hurt them? Who had to take care of him, the lamb? What’s been the downstream effects? Basically, how is this cat still messed up lol.

dont be! everytime i get a notification i go yuppiee!!! im glad you enjoy my art :DD

okay okay its prime yap time under the cut oof i love my fucked up cat sm

Lambert, mainly, took care of him! They made sure that every comfort he needed was provided and were worried out of their mind the entire time. Their disciples helped watch over Narinder when he was unconscious, just so he wouldn't bolt the moment he awoke, and Witness Allocer stitched some of his wound and prepared a special painkiller blend for him. (in my au the high priests, aka the mini bosses, and the witnesses were very close to the bishops! Allocer made the same painkillers for Shamura as well.)

Okay so obviously his wrists and ankles were pretty fucked up from being chained for a thousand years and he's got a lot of internal damage as well bc some of the chains went through him (og Stychu hc that I adopted bc it's so good). Also just general wounds from the final fight and the unfathomable pain of shrinking down from his godly form.

Upon being spared, he did attack them in a post battle adrenaline and hate fueled delirium, right on the indoctrination stone and not only broke his arm (bc he put too much weight on it), but probably gave himself a heavy concussions by slamming his head on said stone seconds after the break happened lmao. After waking up in,,, just a Haze of agony he tried to get up and run away bc he was scared that the lamb would just keep him existing in this special Purgatory and shattered his opposite calf so there's that as well. Unlucky tbh

He bleeds like,,, constantly. All of the time, for literal years on end. From his eyes mostly, but also nose and ears and he throws up ichor a lot in the beginning as well bc his body is adjusting rapidly to being smaller and there's just No Space for the ichor to go, other than out. He’s constantly exhausted and spends a lot of time sleeping, and is very frail physically, if snapping two bones by simply putting weight on them didn't make it obvious enough lol

All and all not a great shape to be in, but! His wounds aren't actually what caused him to be bedridden for so long. It was the fact that he no longer saw himself as a god while still being one and suffering injuries befitting of one!

His body/the Red Crown isn't healing him as much as it’s literally regenerating parts of itself while he suffers everything that comes with that, alongside being out of the Veil/Gateway for the first time in forever and emotionally dealing with the deaths of his acolytes and the supposed betrayal of the one he allowed himself to trust after his family. In fact, Narinder barely heals at all for a while bc he was just mentally stopping the process. And also unconscious for a lot of it.

The other big reason is that god hearts are a great power source, but his heart has been in Lambert's chest since Silk Cradle. So he is Struggling ™ but he’d actually rather die than take his heart back he’s a simp like that smh

After he inevitably breaks and he and Lambert finally talk, he gradually starts seeing himself as a person again and his healing process gets easier. He still has chronic pain for his joints but eventually everything else heals alright :3

On a side note, his siblings bleed excessively and are disoriented for the first couple of days but are ultimately fine within the week. They are kind of horrified to learn that their brother is STILL struggling with the side effects of his imprisonment

[novella-november]

Is this fanfic friendly? I feel like an outlier.

I guess this is my sign it's time to throw together a FAQ post to link to lol.

Yes, every event for this blog is fanfic friendly :D

Though as I mentioned on my Ominous October post, for events that include multiple short stories, I encourage everyone to flex their creativity and take one of their planned short story fanfics, and at least *attempt* to turn one of them into something entirely original; rebuilding a character and story from the ground up to stand on its own two legs is no easy feat, and that is what makes it so fun!

It really gets your creative gears turning, to make an "au of an existing material" to be something entirely original, and you can be pleasantly surprised about the things you come up with!

As a few people say, its not just a matter of "filing the serial numbers off" -- you have to add in just as much *or more* as what you take out when you are turning a fanfiction into something that is original and completely divorced from its original source material / inspiration, and that is a hard, but very rewarding challenge!

Obviously, this is not a requirement (there's no hard requirements for any of the challenges, other than no cheating, including no using AI),

but if you would like an extra challenge for the short story events and you're planning on doing entirely fan-fiction, I highly recommend trying it out at least once, and seeing where it leads you--

you may find yourself pleasantly surprised by what you find down that rabbit hole!

[brrdhouse]

bweirdoctober day one: fav oc

i haven't drawn her in literal years, but my beautiful baby rae <3

she used to be my persona, but there was a stint where i humanized her and made her a black woman and i, as a white man, didn't want to claim that energy lmao

i also haven't done a month-long challenge in.. uh.. ever! i think! very happy to do it this year! i'm gonna try and stay on it, but things happen. i'll at least do the mandatory days haha

more info about her under the cut:

rae! yay!

in her universe, the dying gods made 5 "avatars" of their elements to rule their subjects. rae and her siblings are those elements, with rae representing the stars above, her older brother alifer representing water, evangeline and fire (later stone and metal), and twins casimir and circe with nature and the skies respectively

they have a big war eventually, evangeline has her emo arc, and all of the siblings stop talking to each other and rule their own separate kingdoms

one day, rae just leaves her kingdom and never returns, leaving her subjects floundering while she skips off to do whatever, and that whatever ends up getting her put in hibernation for another thousand years or so

she wakes up to a kid finding her and she takes on a motherly role to him, then she collects two more kids and they become a little adventuring party. her starness makes her really good at prophecy and magic in general so she teaches these 3 kids (now young adults by the time they're all together) magic. yaay cool family unit

the big main character of her universe is a fire sprite named cyl who becomes the "new rae" aka head of the party and kind of leader of another kingdom with the rest of the group

not super important to her backstory, but rae also has endless toxic(? not as toxic as it could be, depends on when we're talking) yuri with a person named friday who keeps getting reincarnated and they find each other in every lifetime, they're cute and i love them and eventually i'll draw them together again (need to ask friday's creator if she has a new design.. i'll do that eventually)

um! ask questions if you want? she's been my main oc since about 2017 so i've been cooking her for a long while

[doomxdriven]

DRABBLE: THE HEARING (PART I)

The Bakkoto, parasitic organisms that take the shape of weaponry, these days forged in secret by a process remembered only by the Kumoi (a cadet branch of the more prominent Kasumiōji Clan). Thanks to a bit of clever thievery long ago, Amagai was the owner of such a weapon, and had kept the true nature of his Bakkoto hidden for ages now with the help of Kido, having successfully passed the weapon off as a Zanpakuto.

However, Amagai should have figured that eventually, Central 46 would take notice, the nosy bastards.

"With exception to the Greater Nobility and their Ancestral blades," one judge starts rattling off, "it has never come to pass that a Shinigami could wield two different Zanpakuto, which means that you are--"

"I don't get why the Nobility is always an exception when it comes to anything and everything," Amagai cheekily interrupted, "I think we should be talking more about that, all the leeway they get over everyone else, it never seemed fair."

The presiding judge glares at Amagai, and then without addressing his statement (because of course they wouldn't talk about that) they pick up where they left off, "which means you are one of two things, Captain Amagai, special, or a liar who is hiding something."

"Special sounds about right for me I'd say," Amagai replied in a jestful though arguably flippant manner, "I don't do the whole lying thing, unless my seated officers are asking me how much paperwork I've done, but only then, honest!"

Many of the surrounding judges grumble in the wake of Amagai's remarks, none too pleased with his attitude. The judge who has spoken before seems especially annoyed, however, they continue on, pointing at Amagai as they sharply say;

"Mind yourself, Captain Amagai-- we will prove here today whether or not you truly wield a second, unique Zanpakuto, and if it turns out you do not, we will also uncover the true nature of whatever that weapon truly is."

The nerve of these verminous geezers, these leeches, Amagai wished he could light this whole chamber up in flames right now, take all of these bastards out… but it was too soon for that. The day would come when Amagai put Central 46 to the flames, but for now, he needed to keep a leveled head and bullshit his way through this hearing.

"I really feel like none of this is necessary," Amagai replied, giving a casual shrug, "we could all be spending our time on more important things if you ask me, but alright, how are we going to do this?"

Amagai goes to draws his second 'Zanpakuto', which to everyone in the room, would appear as a tanto-like blade, and he then waves it around for all to see, while half-jokingly and half-contemptuously saying, "do you all want to hold it? Pass it around maybe? Give it the old taste test? Be my guests."

The presiding judge sighs deeply, and then motions to the chamber doors, before announcing, "we have brought three experts to weigh in on these matters today; 11th Division Captain Zaraki Kenpachi, Grand Kido Chief Bansui, and his Excellency Ōetsu Nimaiya."

As the doors to the Central 46 Assembly Hall begin to slowly open, Amagai turns to glance at them, and then back at the presiding judge, replying, "why those three specifically?"

Ōetsu Nimaiy, they were the creator of the Zanpakuto, if Amagai remembered correctly, so he understood why they might be called here. That was going to be a massive problem in and of itself, but why did they call Zaraki, and the head of the Kido Corps? Nimaiya was probably all these Central 46 bastards needed to unravel the little scheme Amagai had been running here with his Bakkoto, so were the other two just insult to injury?

"Kenpachi Zaraki," the presiding judge went on to reply, "has crossed blades with you multiple times in the past, and can provide firsthand, reliable testimony as to the nature of your supposed second 'Zanpakuto', the Grand Kido Chief can ensure there is no interference from high level Kido-related machinations during today's proceedings, and his Excellency Ōetsu Nimaiya will--"

The doors to the Assembly Hall fully open, but only one figure is standing there, hunched over, cloaked, and yawning as they finish the presiding judge's sentence, "--not be… joining us, for today's, proceedings."

Multiple gasps and surprised grunts can be heard sweeping across the Assembly Hall as the various judges and wise men all turn their attention to the newly arrived Bansui, the Kido Corps Grand Kido Chief.

"Captain… Zaraki Kenpachi, has gotten lost, on his way here, and shall not… make it, in time. Whereas… Lord Ōetsu Nimaiya has… declined, today's summons, and sends his…" Bansui reaches into his cloak and pulls out a piece of paper, presumably a letter from Nimaiya themselves, which he then reads from and says imitative, " 'coolest apologies'."

Listening to all of this, suddenly Amagai doesn't feel as worried about this hearing, but Bansui was still here, the Grand Kido Chief, supposedly the strongest Kido user in the entire Soul Society; they could still be a problem if they started poking around the illusions he had set up around his Bakkoto.

"It's just going to be you then, Grand Kido Chief?" Amagai asks, briefly turning to look at Bansui before turning back to the presiding judge, "or does this mean we can call all of this off and go home?"

The presiding judge, clearly frustrated beyond belief and rubbing both of their temples, stands up and steps away from their podium for a moment, where they begin to congregate with a few other judges in the background.

In the meantime, Bansui languidly descends the stairs that led to the Assembly Hall stage where Amagai currently was, eying the 3rd Division Captain closely, and their supposed 'second' Zanpakuto.

Amagai, at this point, turns around and spots the approaching Bansui, feeling a little uneasy with every step closer they took, wondering what their actions here might be today if this hearing was to go ahead. More than that, Amagai simply didn't like the vibe of this guy-- he had heard rumours about Bansui and the Kido Corps over the years, none of which painted a pretty picture, and he started wondering if some of those rumours might be true.

"Hey now, no need to come all the way down here, you can stay up there, it's fine," Amagai jovially called out to Bansui while waving at them, "I don't think these guys are going to follow through with any of this now, anyway."

Bansui, in return, is silent, continuing downward toward Amagai, their one visible eye now meeting his, staring right through him.

Amagai went to continue, "er, uh, or you can come down here I guess, if you really feel like it--"

The presiding judge would suddenly return to their podium and announce, "it has been decided that today's hearing shall go forward as planned despite the absence of two experts; Grand Kido Chief, please begin your examination, you have the floor."

Amagai, turning slowly to look up at the presiding judge and all the others who had also returned to their places, mouths under his breath, "damn it."

[volivolition]

dude the TOP song you posted (truce) fucking kills me and the way you described the animatic is??? so good???? I'd bawl actually /pos

I need to know if there's any other TOP songs you relate to the furies/any DE character really, or any slower songs even if they aren't by TOP

OH AGREED ABSOLUTELY!! TRUCE MY BELOVED... and THANK YOU!! we are imagining animatics and crying together! /pos :'] <3

ooh!! well, i havent listened to a lot of TOP in a while, so i don't have many recommendations there unfortunately :'] but for other slow, soft songs, let's see... i'll put them under a cut with all my explanations, but ☀️ "See The Day" by The Altogether (Volition song!), 🍃 "Rounds" by The Oh Hellos (Shivers song!), 🦋 "Would You Be So Kind" by dodie (general skills song, Suggestion primarily!) are the best contenders!

Pretty sure you've seen it already, but from a different ask, i recommend "Almost (Sweet Music)" by Hozier! (and "Like Real People Do" if you want to cry and yearn with me, though my DE ideas for it are very loose hkjhg) these are slow ones i like hkjhg <3

"Goodbye" by The Altogether is a Harry and Dora song :0

"Soldier, Poet, King" by The Oh Hellos is one i specifically relate to Volition (my beloved protector/motivator/crownhead blorbo! [picks him up and wiggles him!!!]), but i would make one of those animation memes for it with every skill slotted into a "soldier" "poet" or "king" position.

☀️ "See the Day" is both another The Altogether song and another Volition song! a real "the worst is over. we made it through. we're going to survive this. it might not get easier yet, but we'll come out the other side and we'll be alive" song. it makes me cry hkjgh

🍃 "Rounds" by The Oh Hellos is a soft Shivers song, though the lyrics don't start until halfway in. ough my god listening to it makes my heart ache (/pos) <3 La Revacholiere singing to Harry in the wind. "Will you start when I end? Yeah, I'm long in the wind..."

"Northern Star" by Dom Fera, a song Harry would sing for karaoke and dedicate to Kim, and then they'd waltz a little clumsily on the dim, starlit sidewalk on their way home for the evening... <3

🦋 "Would You Be So Kind?" by dodie BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS VERSION, because i love everyone's crowded but earnest vibes. this one is led by Suggestion ("oooh you wanna fall in love with us so bad right? right???") and makes me grin, you GOTTA imagine all of the skills squished together in the front of Harry's brain all trying different tactics to get Kim to fall in love with them, (rhetoric: "I HAVE A QUESTION..." ency: "let's write a story! be in my book!") at 2:35, after all the skills singing together loudly, it's just Harry himself singing to Kim, with all the skills slowly backing him up. the ending is all of them fucking ECSTATIC celebrating when harry finally kisses kim hkjhg jesus this'd be so cute hold on i have to go plan this out i have so many thoughts hkjdh

"Seven" by Sleeping at Last would be a sweet Reaction Speed song (ironic that im adding react speed to a list of soft, slow songs though hkjgh) "I'm ready for whatever comes next!" <3 Reaction Speed is a fast, restless little fella who can't sit still for long, always loves moving, acting, doing. he's like the personification of a verb hkjhg <3 i would also accept an interpretation for echem <3

"Cosmos" by Jawbreaker Reunion is a song that The Furies recently suggested to me as a jean song and it's so right for that, very soft and i like it very much :'] (you should also ask The Furies if you want to, it's much more musically inclined than me, i feel hkjhg <3)

awuahg thank you for asking and for reading!! i appreciate it!! <33

oh and here's links to all of the songs in the tags: Come Together Now, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, Nine, RPG Animation Meme (<- homestuck lmao)

[pilonciillo]

on another note

[halfdeadsacrifice]

[I've memed about the nightmare zone enough I think. I actually don't know if it's like "canon" to the d&d verse anymore. what's wrong with just trying to kill him.]

[boatdriinks]

RULES  :  share four songs / pieces of music that represent your muse. repost. don’t reblog.

this absolutely is more just "sets of lyrics" rather than the songs themselves in some cases, but y'know. they work. 🙂also, i did young kerry and older kerry so yee.

crossing the line - mandy moore, eden espinosa ; this has to stop now | this thing where you think that you've been my friend | and don't even hear how you condescend | the way you've always done

secrets - maria mena ; i'm beginning now to see | what you must've thought of me | in a body cast of glass | life changing information should just pass | but i don't break that easily | and if you dared then you would see | that i can carry all the weight | of the burdens on your plate

all that matters - jeff williams & casey lee williams ; thought that i could pull you from the shadows | maybe help you spread your wings and fly | but you're a path the longer that i travel | the more i'm just defeated | my past mistakes repeated | i'll risk it once again to have you near my side | another chance to let you just destroy my pride

make me wanna die - the pretty reckless ; you make me wanna die | i'll never be good enough | you make me wanna die | and everything you love | will burn up in the light | and every time i look inside your eyes | it makes me wanna die

farewell wanderlust - the amazing devil ; i promise you i'm not broken | i promise you there's more | more to come, more to reach for, more to hurl at the door | goodbye to all my darkness | there's nothing here but light | adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night | this here is not makeup, it's porcelain tomb | and this here is not singing, i'm just screaming in tune

takes one to know one - maria mena ; now i can understand how | you'd be scared to trust again | seeing how fame would be a magnet for attention-seeking friends | but what i can't fathom is | if your friends lie to keep you calm | you wouldn't ever ask yourself where they got that idea from

out of the dark - dia frampton ; i was like a matchbox sleeping in some gasoline | i was like a ripped wire breaking down the whole machine | memories sure have a deadly trigger | i'm searching for a way, i'm closer than i've ever been

brand new day - jeff willians & casey lee williams ; well i finally saw what i became | beaten at my own damn game | in drunk loser hall of fame | but now i think there's time for me to make corrections | turn this ship around | gotta look inside, a little introspection | a better me might come around

tagged by: @lycaonthropy (thank you!) tagging: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (say I tagged you if you wanna do it~)

[arolesbianism]

Hello miss Marker Bills can I help you…?

[friendscfmine]

[withering, languishing with my arm over the back of the couch like an ailing victorian woman] ugh....... stenny........

[enchaentd]

pspspsps silly allie starter call, accepting!  ˎˊ˗             featuring;  @bnjmin ♡

       “ you look like that one guy from that show.   ”  she’s tilting her head to look at him,   swishing her cup around like it will help her think.    “ you’re also kinda’,   like,   my favorite lil’ guy.   ”

[chillin-at-partys-bar]

Send me ♕ to bump into my muse at a masquerade ball @ryuusake asked: ♕ - Shanks

It was either his sixth or seventh drink of the night and the buzz was starting. Out of the corner of his eye he could see through Beck's blue mask into his own golden one a searing glare. In response, Shanks simply lifted his drink and gave a nod before downing it.

They were supposed to pretend to not know each other, this whole ordeal was merely information gathering. The ball itself one with quite a few big wigs ignoring the idea of a masque meaning anonymity. When you got rich people with imagined importance and mixed some liquor and pissing contests, there was quite a bit that they would spill.

The crew had been too busy lately - running around, trying to stop shit from going down, watching the seams of the world unravel as the younger generation made names for themselves and made the elders uncomfortable. Shanks welcomed the change.

But he felt bad for his crew, things were too serious. So he was listening for hints of treasure that may be buried. Some adventure that they may go on that didn't involve marines or politics or the government. Some good ol' fashioned treasure hunting was what he was listening for. And if he heard some other bits about the world government's dealings, then so be it.

It was as he was fielding the glare and maneuvering to get another glass that he bumped into a person. His red hair was slicked back, under a tricorn hat with golden trim that matched the deep gold mask that was over his face, covering his scars. A cape was draped over his left side to hide his missing arm. All signs of who he truly was was hidden.

Except for his tendency to drink a place dry.

"Pardon me," he offered a deep, polite bow. Beckman might find him to be mocking, and he might be a little, but he was sincerely sorry for bumping into someone. "Shall I make it up to you with a drink?"

[trinitea-fics]

halfway through pride month and haven't heard "born this way" a single time. peace on earth!!

[onigiram]

TAGS. i didn't like the other ones asjbfjbsdjgb