#oohhhh this is super interesting!

[couriwaytown]

judging by its super hidden placement in the actual game, the fact that the Duke's design is different to the one in the released game, how he looks more like the concept art for 06 (and Elise's design is slightly different too! her hair is different) PLUS the clear similarities in style between this and Elise's portrait they use to show Elise's role in Soleanna's government i'm willing to bet a LOT that this is from one of the previous versions of the story from 06.

since we know that sth2006's story got changed a LOT through its creation and the game went through the deepest pits of developmental hell, and they were changing things in the story until the upteenth hour, i think it's pretty safe to say this is most likely an asset that was created for a different story and they just decided to reutilize it. since we never get to explore the castle/Elise's balcony in the game there was no chance of regular players encountering this one item and in the one cutscene it DOES show up we only see Elise's side. not only is it super tiny but it also doesn't show the entire painting so unless you were looking for it, digging in the files, you most likely wouldn't find it

this is SO interesting!!! i take from this that in a previous version, the Duke was alive with Elise and they must've ruled Soleanna together .... oohhhh this is such an awesome find omg

[moonspirit]

More bilingual Annie and or Annie expressing her farthers culture!!!!

Some ideas

- no one knows she can speak tbis language untill they are traveling for work and she just speaks it to the locals. Armin finds it really cute

- she speaks it when she is freaking out and or angry

- she doesn’t teach her kid this language fully but says a few words here and there

- insults Reiner in it

Oohhhh are you the same bilingual anon from a few months ago?!

I admit it's really interesting to imagine Annie speaking a language none of the others know xD Very endearing, to be honest.

It'll be super funny if she just swears left and right in this tongue when she's angry - nobody knows exactly what she's saying, but it sounds downright horrible oh god. But even when she isn't all that mad, sometimes a few words just slip, confusing and terrifying anybody who's listening. "Like wait- you called me a dirty pig and an arrogant asshole and then what?"

Also! Can I say this language sounds... rreaaaaallly fucking lovely in her voice? The way the words and accent just roll off her tongue... super enchanting. You can listen to it for hours. And by that I mean Armin can listen to it for hours.

[N/SFW] Btw, if she's swearing in this language while they're having sex, he gets 10x more turned on because of the language + her voice when she's speaking it. Also we can be sure he knows what every single word means (he bought a dictionary because... well, he's like that, okay?)

Doesn't mean he knows all of it! It takes time for him to learn, but gets very proud of the fact that his girlfriend/fiancée/wife can speak another language and all. Whether she's reading a very important speech or swearing at someone, his face looks like this: ❀₍ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ₎❀

10/10 very proud and supportive boyfriend/fiance/husband

Plot twist that it's not Armin who gets to the hear the maximum of Annie speaking in this language, it's REINER because of how much she bullies him and insults him in it, to the point where one day he can't take it anymore and yells back a curse word she just said and-

Oh welp. Game over.

[twicesserafim]

Forbiddingly Yours [2]

I'm yours.

...

"chouu" "hello, hellooo. whacha playing?" "a shooting game and the people have like super powers or like special abilities" "ooh" "yeahhh" "what's your character's special ability?" "money" "what?"

"he's so rich that he used money to buy special equipment and like machines made out of pure gold that no one else has, like each character has 3 abilities and then their strongest one that they get once they reach a certain amount of point in the game"

"that's interesting.." "yurpp" "what are you abilities?" "i have 2 teleporting machines, 2 machines that slow down the enemy which is really good because if the other team are trying to go into like the main battle ground, we have time to take up more of it then they do"

"oohhhh" "and then i have a one shot one kill typa gun thing" "that seems like.. you need a lot of aim- shit. hold on, give me a sec. someone's knocking on my door." You nodded, turning off your camera and muting yourself.

"yes?" "who are you talking to?" "oh, i was mumbling to myself to get ideas for my characters in my writing project" "oh? is it just freestyle writing?" "yeah" "ohhh that's nice" "it is" "did you shower yet?"

"yeah" "okay, mom and dad are on their way home" "okay, bye" Her brother left and closed the door as tzuyu let out a sigh of relief "he's gone" "you have a brother?" "yup"

...

It's been a month, almost two months since the two of you started talking, you've gotten closer and talk every day, laughing, joking and tzuyu felt herself falling for you harder everyday.

She didn't want to accept it, but she knew it was true, she knew she was falling for you, and nothing was stopping her from falling deeper.

Slowly, you guys started hanging out in person instead of only on the phone, eating ice cream and just talking, although you had to hide. Because you guys knew, if anyone saw you and they told your parents.

You guys are dead.

"im so sleepy" you mumbled to tzuyu, she nodded in agreement. "my brother is on a break and went with my parents to their cabin for the weekend.. do you wanna stay over?" "can i really?" "yeah"

You smiled and agreed, tzuyu held your hand, taking you back to her place. You spent the night just watching some movies, joking around and ending up sleeping, but you woke up in her arms.

Her lips slightly parted, soft breaths leaving them. Her chest rising and falling slightly as she looked so peaceful. She was stunning and you couldn't deny it.

You couldn't deny that you were falling for her too, that she interested you so much, you wanted to spend every minute with her, you really enjoyed tzuyu's company.

Oh and how you wished every morning could be like this.

You felt your heart race slightly and a light blush covers your cheeks when your heard tzuyu left out a sleepy whine in her sleep, wrapping her arms around you tighter.

You held back a smile by biting your lip, but with the comfort of her holding you, you fell asleep once more.

...

"y/n?" "tzuyu, what's up?" "we started like talking.. 4 month ago, right?" "right, why?" "i have something i have to say" "okay, go ahead?" "i love you." "i'm sorry?" "i love you, okay? i fell for you."

"oh..?" "i know we're not aloud to, but i really did fall for you, and i don't know if i can get back up, i fell really hard for you." "you don't have to get back up because.. i fell for you too." "huh?" "are you that clueless?"

"well.." You chuckled, kissing her cheek as tzuyu smiled, "you missed." you raised an eyebrow, you cupped her cheeks and she grabbed your waist, your lips connected as your heart started racing. Tzuyu's heart doing the same.

You pulled away with a small laugh and she let out a giggle, "i wanna be with you all the time, i wanna be like this all the time.." "me too.."

"I want you to be mine, Lu."

"Then i'm yours, Chou."

[nought-shall-go-ill]

NOUGHT NOUGHT NOUGHT HI!!!!! <33333 So good to see you again, friend! For the ask game:

👻 What is your wildest headcanon?

✍️ What’s your ideal writing setup?

@kay-elle-cee!! So good to see you too! And, oh, aren't they just the most exciting questions.

👻 What is your wildest headcanon?

Oohhhh! This is such a spicy question! I have a fair few that I think could be considered quite wild, but the problem with my headcanons is that I'm a bit of a fair-weather friend to them. Sometimes they are non-negotiable headcanons that the characters must adhere to, and other times they're just "eh, wouldn't that be interesting; not gonna marry it or anything though." Anyway, to actually answer your question it would be that James' parents were actually rather ignorant and borderline prejudice to muggleborns. In fact, one of my fav fic ideas, that I will absolutely come back to one day, is this one-shot where Euphemia is a champion for Muggleborn Rights, but then is actually really snooty and prejudice when James starts seeing Lily. Fleamont is less snooty but even more ignorant, in more of an Arthur Weasley sort of way. They aren't Death Eaters or anything nor would they ever say the 'M Word', but their ignorance shows in their everyday prejudice. Why am I so stuck on this head canon? Well, because I think it is unfortunately more adherent to what real life is like. I also think it allows a lot more growth for the Wizarding World. In my fic, the Potters would learn a lot from Lily. They aren't these super hip people who know everything about Muggles and Muggleborns, and they're never perfect, but they overcome their prejudices and become better people. To me, that's a far more interesting story than people who have never thought an ignorant thought once in their lives. On the other end of spicy, a friend of mine brought me around to the idea that Snape and Petunia once had hate sex and I find myself mildly obsessed with the implications of that. ✍️ What’s your ideal writing setup?

Ooh! Ok, so in a totally fictionally scenario it would be a sunny day without a cloud in the sky. I would have views of either the beach or a fun and interesting landmark. There would be unlimited Coca Cola with butter croissants and fresh sushi appearing out of thin air as and when I need them. The drinks would, of course, have lots of tiny ice cubes in them. Occasionally, I may have a FAB lolly. The room is not too hot nor too cold, and I have a fairly large desk and swivel chair that has good back support and occasionally massages me. The fairly large desk has upon it my MacBook Air, a tablet with a pencil and a keyboard, two notepads (one for writing; one for brainstorming) and a ball point pen. To splash out, I may have a second differently coloured ball point pen. The room has people in it and they are just going about doing their own thing, but they aren't too loud and they aren't close enough to see what I'm writing, yet crucially they will judge me if I procrastinate outside of the allocated procrastinating slots. I must attend this fictional place from 10am-2pm every weekday (unless I get the call to adventure in which case that absolutely comes first) and I would somehow get paid for this service. In reality, I would say a busy cafe or office with lots of natural light, a decent amount of room (so I can comfortably write and type) my MacBook, still two notebooks and a single ball point pen, and my earphones playing brown noise so I can drown out anybody who is too loud. I don't really need dual screen or anything like that and have happily written out fics in 100 yen notebooks in the past.

[camzverse]

CASSIDY MICHAEL AND ROXY!!!!!

YAAYYY

sorry for answering like two weeks late btw 💀💀💀💀 ignore rhattt

(i wanted 2 do all three but like theres practically no canon information about cassidy.. this shit a travesty forreal. like what do we even know about her besides some logbook and ucn stuff. Sighh............ so just mikey n roxy i GUESS)

michaelllll

favorite thing about them: either the way he just watches that little vampire soap opera every night (So silly) or the fact he can draw. his little drawings in the logbook...

least favorite thing about them: him being a little BITCH in fnaf4. he was straiggt up INFURIATING. if i ever encountered 1983 mike its ON SIGHT

favorite line: "he tripped and fell on freddys teeth not our fault" <-ITS SO FUNNY TO ME WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM . that or his whole "i should be dead but im not im going to come find you" speech it was pretty cool tbh. he ate

brOTP: Does he even have friends. wait do him and helpy count theyre so silly. freak corpse father and little toy bear son... im not sure what does and doesnt count as a brotp lmao

OTP: dont really care that much for shipping him but jeremike is soo fun :3 i like them

nOTP: ummm idk i guess just. Not the icky stuff yk. cant really think of anything else

random headcanon: i personally lov the idea that he kinda designed foxy. like he came up w the idea in like a drawing. i think its neat

unpopular opinion: idk exactly how unpopular this is but ive seen a loott of people saying it and. i dont think mike was mean 2 evan bc elizabeth died and he took it out on him or Whatever tf it is people think (i also dont even think she was dead at this point. imo) i think he was just mean bc. he just was mean yk. he just enjoyed being mean to ev and scaring him. as older brothers often do. i just dont think there was some deeper reason i really believe he was just being mean for the sake of fucking w his sibling. side note i dont think he ever wouldve taken it as far as the bite incident on his own i think that was jst a special case bc his bullying was being super enabled by his equally dickheaded friends. ykwim? not like he wasnt at fault he absolutely was but like i think it was a mob mentality kinda thing. if thta even makes sense. Anyway

song i associate with them: cop car by mitski.... something something "i will never die" Also michael afton + dog metaphor makes me insane

favorite picture of them:

he is Lookingg..

roxyy!!!

favorite thing about them: i LOVE her design. and also her personality. shes just a really cool and interesting character as a whole i like what theyve done in creating her. Ok thats not really a fav thing ermm im gonna go w her design cuz it goes so hard

least favorite thing about them: shes a gregory hater and i cannot get behind that !! Sorry queen u fell off

favorite line: def either "sign up today and be a WINNER! nobody likes a loser 🙄🙄" (i love the way she says it its so funny 2 me) or "i remember because you are number one—twice :)" (aww CRIES)

brOTP: do her and cassie count. Theyre everything. i really do not think i am understanding brotp correctly but its not like theres that many options either. whatevr. OOHhhh yk what i really fw roxy-freddy friendship. their dynamic intrigues me....

OTP: also not big on shipping for roxy but i yhink roxica is cutee ^_^

nOTP: umm i have no idea actualky. lmao

random headcanon: she is a #lesbian she kisses girls shes a big fan of women etc u get it. also hc that when kids go in her green room and they play the racing arcade machine she starts backseat gaming them like crazy . shes just mad she cant play the game herself lmao

unpopular opinion: umm i dont think i really have one Question mark.. tbh i feel like people dont talk about roxy that much so im not sure what Is a popular opinion. people should talk about her more shes interesting

song i associate with them: what you waiting for by gwen stefani!!!!! actually bc of that one roxy drawing u made that had that song LOL

favorite picture of them:

shes so cool..

[official-kenralie-fanbase]

Thoughts about Kenric being alive? Would he have a dramatic comeback? How would Oralie react? Or is he evil now?

Sorry this took so long! (everyone else who sent me an ask recently I'm not ignoring it I promise I've just been super busy lately)

Oohhhh my goodness this is the type of thing that I think about a lot, no matter how unlikely I think it is. At this point, I highly doubt he's still alive, but a girl can dream, right?

But... that being said, there could be the potential for an EPIC comeback. And there are three ways I think it could happen:

OPTION #1: Dramatic entrance during a battle

Picture this: The entire Keeper gang, including adults, is in a battle against the Neverseen. It's not going well. The Neverseen had greater numbers than they thought, and they're much more experienced in their skills/abilities than, I don't know, the literal children they're fighting

Suddenly, a cloaked figure comes in and begins demolishing the Neverseen

Sophie and her friends, bloodied and beaten, watch as this person fights off the Neverseen, killing some of them but not everyone (because that would be a really cheap way out of the final battle)

They're too exhausted to fight back as some of the leaders of the Neverseen get away, preparing for their final vengeance.

As the cloaked figure stands among the bodies of the Neverseen members they've destroyed, they watch, incredibly curious to see who this person is.

The person turns around and removes their cloak, revealing messy red hair and an all-too-familiar wide grin.

"Hey, Ora," Kenric says, looking at no one but her.

Oralie would simply stare at him, not believing her own eyes.

The silence is deafening as the two of them simply stare at each other.

And then Kenric says something like, "I never wanted to leave you," and I start sobbing in my college dorm room

He explains what happened, how he couldn't come back to the Lost Cities for some reason, and is beginning to go on a long ramble, apologizing for how it was all his fault when Oralie walks right up to him and stops him with a kiss.

There would be a long reunion between the two of them and then several short ones with him and the others

Probably a really cute moment with him and Sophie where he says she's just like her mother or something

Oralie would probably quit the Council soon after, and the two of them would just become Black Swan members, helping the others win the final battle against the Neverseen.

OPTION #2: Prisoner of the Neverseen all along

I think this is the most likely one if any of them were to happen.

Especially now that we know Elysian is a person.

Potentially Elysian and Fintan were working together, and Fintan captured him during the Healing and imprisoned him because he knew too much.

In this scenario, he probably would have been a prisoner of Elysian, and maybe the gang would discover him after searching the hideout.

He'd probably be beaten and tortured, but after a few visits to Elwin, he'd be good as new and become a member of the group.

He would have vital knowledge for them of Fintan and/or Elysian's plan

Oralie would stay by his side the entire time he's being healed, and I can just imagine Sophie also being in the Healing Center and hearing a really cute interaction between them while she's "asleep"

In this scenario, I imagine Oralie wouldn't quit the Council right away.

She'd spend every waking moment that she possibly could with him, but she'd also want to be on the Council to help stop this from happening to anyone else

And there might be an epic battle between her and Fintan or her and Elysian as she takes revenge on them for what they did to Kenric

I think there'll be a showdown between her and Fintan regardless, but that would make it especially interesting

OPTION #3: He turns evil

This would obviously be my least favorite, but... it has the potential to be really interesting

This could go down in several ways:

He might be being brainwashed or pressured or something like that, which I would love (love me some good old "forced to join the villains" plotline)

Or he might have been on the Neverseen all along.

Which... after reading some of the scenes with him in Stellarlune... as much as I loved those scenes and as much as I love Kenric, it's not entirely impossible.

Because like... I know other people have pointed this out (and maybe I have already too who knows) but three of the people Kenric talks to in his cache are later arrested: Prentice, Benham Aria, and Fintan

Could be a coincidence, but knowing Shannon, it's unlikely.

Oralie would be heartbroken.

She'd try to talk sense into him, but quickly realize that the Kenric she knew and loved was a farce

Perhaps he simply tried to get close to her to get information and never really loved her at all...

Or maybe he did end up falling for her, but put his duties over his heart.

Either way, now he would despise her and aim to get revenge.

There would be a battle between the two of them where Oralie tries to get him to realize what he's doing wrong, but then she fully realizes that he'll never be the Kenric she thought she knew

She'll end up having to kill him.

But when she grieves, she'll grieve once more for the Kenric she loved, not the Kenric he'd become by the end.

[stregoniconiconii]

I think Steddie is boring so I don’t really read it unless it’s like super background or it’s one of those posts that start out being about stobin and end with their love interests (and then i’m just sitting there feeling i’ve been tricked<3) so maybe this does exist but like. I feel like I haven’t seen anything like eddie getting used to dating a guy who basically comes as a set. It seems like Robin is always happy to step aside for him and I just don’t think it would be like that. third wheeling in your own relationship isn’t fun in general. third wheeling in your own relationship because the guy you’re dating is already emotionally committed to their best friend is probably hell.

I think my issue with steddie rn is that it's become a given that they will get together or be attracted to each other so it becomes like this thing like ohh I was alwayyyysssss attracted to you or I met you 5 minutes ago and im already planning the wedding and it's likeeee idk a bit teenagerish for me (I know most of the time they are teens lol but still) like I get the honeymoon period and everything and I doooo like steddie but sometimes I just dont get it lol

ive definitely read Some things about the partners of stobin adjusting to stobin being Like That but I think often the solution is all of them being the same weird codependent (I've also done this when I'm in a stobickie mood lol) or the romantic pairings breaking up and then getting back together when stobin realise theyre the problem and tone it down. which the latter isn't the funnest for me bc I like the problems stobin being codependent causes <3 I Don't want them to get better

the other side of it is that the level of codependency I like to imagine stobin having is..a head canon. you can totally write stobin as more normal best friends which I think most people do even if they talk about stobin's codependent swag (because codependent is one of those words that the internet has completely misplaced the meaning of lol) so it's like when I realise that that's when im like oohhhh that's why robin's fine with some dude just coming in and sweeping Steve off his feet <3 she's being written like 10% more normal than I would write her. lol

[nonbinaryaubrey]

oh my god I love her. silly little walk look at her go!! but yeah the deer stuff is so interesting... if you want more deer stuff, there's also deer head in black forest 1 I think it's called? it's dialogue is really interesting to me... maybe there's some symbolic stuff with deer? looking through websites about deer symbolism right now, here's one thing I found: "dreaming of one often means some loved one who has passed is messaging you from the afterlife." -⭐🖤🐈

OOH ?? I DONT REMEMBER THAT BUT I SEARCHED IT UP YEAH... oohh... OOHHHH.. I dont know much about dream symbolism stuff but thats SUPER INTERESTING OHH MY GOD I DIDNT KNOW THAT??? that actually . makes a lot of sense. especially since dorothi being a something -> representation of mari in some way..

[whispersxwhimpers]

i'm not sure, but we'll figure it out!

thank you <3 and awww omg i love that?? i absolutely adore cats, i don't have any right now (i've got 3 dogs) but i'd love to get one in the future. do you have any photos of xiao? she sounds adorable T^T

agreed, they're both very pretty!! and hmm... i would say the ones i listed in my other message, garchomp, alolan ninetails, and houndoom ^^ what are some more of your favorites? you said a few in the last message, im curious !!

oh gods... i wanna ask who your favorite is, but i'm kinda scared because i'm not finished yet 😭 i'm just starting the first episode of season seven as i write this, so like... do you know WHAT season they died in? i do recommend watching it tho!! it's really good, this is literally the only anime i've watched that's been able to keep me invested TT

oohhhh i love genshin a lot!!! i used to play among us whenever i was younger with a few of my friends, i've never played apex or fall guys but they both look really fun ^^

i haven't played kingdom hearts or tekken, but omg jackbox-- i haven't played that in so long??? i forgot it even existed 😭 and omg life is strange, i used to watch people play the first one (i think it was the first one??) like there was no tomorrow kafkwjfks it's such a good game!!

helluva boss is awesome, it's definitely one of my favorite shows. i wouldn't say you're an alien, just a little behind maybe !! but that's alright!

SNIFFING CRAYONS 😭😭 I ACTUALLY LAUGHED OMG i can promise you i don't do that!! i would say everything is listed is pretty much it? but i'm interested in a lot of stuff, you name it and i've probably had something to do with it at some point in time 😭

ooh, i prefer rapping over singing (i can't sing either omfg TT) but doing that while you clean is actually so valid--

– 🩶

Hahaha, that would mean I get to find out who you are! The mystery would be revealed! 🤣

Awww!!! I love dogs haha, what kind of dogs do you have??

This is Xiao! 🥰 she likes to lay on my pillow with me, lol

Very nice choices! Hmmm, some others that are my favorite are Lucario, Gardevoir, Mew, Psyduck, Cubone, I could go on and on 😂 love many, many Pokémon, but mostly Gen 1-4

It's very, very recent haha don't worry, you have ways to go

Raiden Shogun/Ei can step on me. Anytime, anyplace. 😂💕 she's definitely my favorite Archon

Fall Guys is super fun to play with friends 😂 I call it the Jellybean Olympic Games cos you're basically a jelly bean just running through obstacles

The first LIS ripped my heart out! I definitely chose Chloe though 🥺💕

Hahaha no way, I have a backlog of so many movies and shows I have to watch 😂 like I haven't seen Star Wars. I promised someone I was gonna watch it with them haha 🥰

Lmao you sure?? Not even curious a little bit?? 😂 jkjk!

Haha, nice! Who are your favorite artists??

[noctilucous-sunni]

more reversed sagau brainrot!! | a lot more under the cut

- when scara sorta just ✨materializes✨ in your apartment and you’re like excuse me wtf is happening, so u pinch yourself to see if its a dream and its not apparently so you must be going insane BECAUSE WHAT OTHER EXPLANATION WOULD THERE BE FOR ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTERS EXISTING IN YOUR APARTMENT

- i’d feel like in the sagau or reversed sagau he wouldn’t be too fond of the all-creator bc if thats the all-creator wouldn’t that mean that you’re the one responsible for his existence and his suffering?? but when he just sees you being so genuinely nice and caring and yet strong and doesn’t take his shit he kinda lets down the guard a little

- plus he literally has nowhere else to stay so when you threatened to kick him out he realized it was either live with you or out on the streets. and he kinda hated the streets, so he ended up trying to find your place all dirty and stuff from tripping in way too many godforsaken random holes in the ground. poor gremlin.

- he is just super bratty and still has that air of “i think im better than you” but it never works on you bc you dont take his shit and you make him do half of your chores when your pissed at him (and you make sure there are no complaints)

- he wouldn't call you your grace after a while and just uses your name, you however come up with a million nicknames for him and you think its funny that it annoys him on occasion

- you argue. A lot. like so much that your neighbour and the apartment below you complained several times and also kinda tried to make the landlord kick u out so you made scara apologize to them bc hes mainly the reason its so noisy

- he will actually follow you everywhere, sorta like a guard dog. everyone around you is pretty intimidated by him but they are even more scared of you when they see that you basically keep him in check

- he can’t fucking cook dear lord. you told him to stay in the fucking apartment bc you had an important meeting today and he couldnt come with you and he was like “i didnt want to come anyway” and you just said “fuck you” (affectionate) in return (note: wrote this before his signature dish came out and he’s actually a really good cook don’t judge me ahaha)

- but when you come back your apartment and kitchen especially is a mess. you forgot to teach him how to use online delivery. and hes just like chilling out watching tv with mild interest, acting like half of your apartment isnt covered in eggs and flour and who knows what else

“scara what the fuck happened here”

“the stupid stove of yours doesnt work and neither does that beeping machine”

“clean it up”

“no”

“well i guess we wont have any food today or tomorrow, until you clean. it. UP." *glare*

he then leaves it but by the next afternoon he's actually getting hungry and grumpy and eventually starts cleaning it up the next day when he can't take it anymore and you finally come home to a clean kitchen bc thank god, you didn't know how much longer you could live on your co-worker's lunches

- you're both just so stubborn. he's stubborn and so are you and that leaves the apartment just with a tense silence AND when someone sees u at that time they feel so uncomfortable bc the atmosphere is just so tense between the two of you since neither of you agree

- silent treatment happens a lot and its really fucking stupid bc you both wanna talk to each other after like a few days but neither of you want to be the first one to admit that

- omg you absolutely hate having guests now BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU MEANT TO EXPLAIN HIM??? also he has to have normal clothes now and he looked at all your clothing choices in disgust

- everyone thinks he's just a friend until they realize he actually lives with you and then they're like "oohhhh are you together??" and think that he's your boyfriend/partner. and honestly you dont even deny it bc there is no feasible way to explain who he really is (without sounding crazy) + you get your parents off your back abt getting a boyfriend bc they kept trying to make you go on blind dates and now you're free from that phew

- but some of your friends/co-workers are all like "really? this lil guy? and they often say this around him and it just annoys and offends him to no end. but also you're surprisingly defensive of him, like yes he's a bitchy emo gremlin but he's your bitchy emo gremlin

[sehnsuchts-trunken]

Hii🥺 Can I request a Riven imagine where you lost your powers and he is trying to teach you basic self defence to be able to fight for the times he csnnot protect you?🥺

oohhhh yes this is super interesting! thank you!

"I can't do it", you said, flopping down on the grass and pulling your knees up so you could hide your face in the fabric of your trousers, not wanting Riven to see that you were starting to tear up.

"Yes, you can", he reassured, sitting himself down next to you. You tilted your head so you could look at him, half of it still smushed against your legs, watching him watch you.

"No, Riven, I really can't, I'm a lost cause."

Your tears did start to fall down now, you voice turning shaky. You hadn't wanted it to be like this. It never was supposed to be like this.

"You're-"

"Not, I know", you interrupted, trying to ignore your sniffles. "You've been saying that for two hours. But that's because you're good at this, you're so good at this and I'm not, I never trained, you spent years training! I practiced my magic, evolved it, and now it's gone! Gone! And you can't possibly know how devastating that is, Riven, it's like a part of me is missing, it's like my soul is somehow detached. It's not just that... that I can't defend myself. My magic was- is a part of me. It's a part of me."

He grinned at you. "You think I'm 'so good at this'?"

You groaned and hit his arm, letting your hand rest there because you had no more energy left to move a single muscle after the practise he'd drilled you through. Or perhaps because you just didn't want to.

"You're a bastard, is what you are", you complained. He was trying to joke and make you feel better, of course. And he managed. As always. To distract you, at least.

He leaned forward until your noses almost touched - you swallowed hard, not daring to even blink. You and Riven had never really been official. You'd flirted, yes, sure, you always did. You were great friends, spent a shit ton of time together, and yeah, maybe there had always been a weird feeling in your stomach when you looked at him. And yes, sure, you had kissed a few times. At parties. When the two of you had been tipsy, or drunk, or wasted. And yes, you'd kissed sober, too. But that had been months ago. And you'd never - well, you'd never been on a date. Not on a real one. You'd both seen other people as well, never made it official, never made it exclusive.

And now he was so close again - too close, almost. Depending on what he was about to do.

His gaze flickered down to your lips. Your breath caught in your throat.

"You're not useless", he whispered. "I know you think that. You're not. Your magic will come back, you'll find a way. And until then, I'll help you." His lips twitched upwards. "Understood?"

You really couldn't help but stare at his mouth, not when he was grinning like that, like he'd won some game the two of you hadn't been playing.

"Yeah", you muttered, not quite knowing anymore what you were agreeing to, only that he was so certain of it that you couldn't help but trust him.

"Good", he said. There was a moment of silence - you debated nodding. But then his lips were on yours and your eyes shut by themselves and you pushed forward into him. Riven chuckled into the kiss. Suddenly, you pulled back.

"I want you to be my boyfriend", you babbled, your words definitely quicker than your mind. Heat rushed into your cheeks the second you'd finished your sentence.

But Riven only captured your lips in a second kiss, his hands finding your waist, your arms crossing behind his neck.

"You're cute", he grinned in between kisses, his voice deep and slow, like it was in the mornings or when he'd drunk something.

"Is that a yes?", you asked, catching your breath, pushing away from him for just a moment to look into his eyes.

"What do you think?", he said, already pulling you back in again. You barely had the time to shake your head in disbelief at his cryptic answers. He was indeed a bastard - yours, though. And he'd help you through this. Both of you knew that.

[weirdlandtv]

Outasight! The inimitable Mary Jane Watson, from the Spider-Man comics. The evolution of her character is quite interesting. She started out as a typical Sixties party vamp, human confetti, spouting that crazy Stan Lee hip youngster lingo that today reads like a guided tour of catchphrase hell, all swinging go-go poses and cheeky dimples, but gradually she developed into a more layered character, after the death of Gwen Stacy. (The comic book genre as a whole basically evolved with the characters—grew up.) Eventually we learned that MJ’s life of headlong hedonism was really—wouldn’t you know it—a kind of exuberant escape from an abusive childhood. Everyone in the Marvel universe is traumatized one way or the other.

From that famous introduction panel on (“Face it, tiger… You just hit the jackpot!”) Mary Jane really leaped off the page, didn’t she. Her red hair matches Spider-Man’s costume the same way Doc Samson’s hair matches Hulk’s skin (what an insight), and I was surprised to learn that she wasn’t actually intended to be Peter Parker’s main love interest—surprised that Stan Lee and John Romita didn’t immediately SEE it (they kept pushing Gwen—poor MJ losing their brief dance duel). At one point Mary Jane was even pretty much written out of Peter’s life, and thus the comics, until other writers dragged her back again. Then, famously, after years of circling around each other Mary Jane married Peter, and then, just as famously, the marriage years later was annulled again by the gods at Marvel. Marvel stories are often contrived to the point of absurdism anyway of course but that particular story seemed to go for some kind of world record. (In the newspaper strip the annulment turned out to be a bad dream, so Peter and Mary Jane remained married there. Mysterio can only dream of causing so much confusion.)

There’s a neat bit of characterization in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #130 (image below, art by Ross Andru) where Mary Jane visits Peter’s apartment and casually checks out his record collection while she and Peter are talking about college. It’s such a smart bit: it’s exactly what a music lover like her would do. (She often heads for the record player, but to dance; here, it’s more subtle.) There she is, impossibly cool in her 1970s Afghan coat and platform shoes (miraculously her ankles survived the 70s), sparring a little with Peter, exchanging glib quips, while checking out an Aretha Franklin record (and leaving her fingerprints on it). She obviously longs for company. (Whenever she appears in the comic during that period she’s inviting people or being invited.) Peter however, more often than not, seems to regard her as a bit of a nuisance. He’s amused by her, but he doesn’t take her seriously. It could have gone on like that forever. Their romance only grows because Mary Jane does: she consoles Peter after Gwen’s death and at that point she stops being a caricature.

Apart from her personality, MJ’s look changed too over the years. John Romita Sr.’s original design is elegant, buoyant. Mary Jane is the sole happy creature among the super-powered heroes, the freaks, the kingpins, the lizards, the cackling leprechauns on flying skateboards, and ol’ Aunt May. (How old is Aunt May supposed to be by the way? 120? She looks like the Crypt Keeper and she always seems just one jumpscare away from death. “A squirrel! Oohhhh… my heart… Peter…”) Later artists would give MJ big aerobics hair, a bare midriff and long muscled legs, like she came out of a computer in WEIRD SCIENCE; in the hands of yet later artists she became a pouting child-woman or a big-eyed cartoony trooper constantly ready to kick ass. She has become younger I noticed, from a woman she has changed into a girl. (All the characters grew younger. When you look at the early comics, the gang (Peter, Gwen, Mary Jane, Flash, Harry, etc) all seem like old youngsters—they are your grandparents as young people.)

In the newspaper strips especially, MJ’s career was all over the place. She could be a big movie star running away from adoring fans one day and a model struggling to find work the next. Sometimes she took on regular jobs, like selling computers. At one time she worked for Kraven the Hunter, with predictable consequences. But she was always bopping along, active—alive.

The newspaper strips might actually be my favorite Spider-Man stories now that I think about it. People complain that they are so slow, reading them is like experiencing time being killed, but I like slow. I’m slow myself. (I’ve never been fast with anything in my life.) The newspaper strips were different than the comics, more Life with the Parkers than splashy superhero action; but the loose, casual storytelling has the effect of a leisurely sightseeing stroll in the Marvel universe, and I guess that just appeals to me. (The newspaper strip shows what the characters are doing when they’re not having epic adventures.)

Anyway. Whatever she was doing, Mary Jane was always trying to become famous. That was her main drive. So, it’s good to know really that there’s at least one universe where she hit the jackpot: ours.

Art by John Romita Sr. mostly, and Ross Andru. First image by Alex Saviuk (taken from one of the handbooks I think but the original was in PARALLEL LIVES). (I should probably also mention inker Mike Esposito.) That great cover art to the 1985 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN annual is by Mary Wilshire and John Romita.

[nagaparadise]

So you know how snakes go in blue before shedding? They're pretty vulnerable, bc it's called "blue" because their eyes turn a milky blue color as the outer layer of skin gets ready to come off. Now idk how much of of their skin a naga sheds (like, if it stops at the human part), but just imagine a big bad naga having their s/o take care of them while they're super anxious and trying to hide somewhere safe. Is baby.

Oohhhh interesting~ I would think that half-human/half-snake nagas would only shed from their tail, but would still be pretty anxious when they’re shedding.

Buuut I think that full snake nagas would definitely go blue when shedding! That being said, I would absolutely love to take care of a menacing looking naga turned literally and figuratively soft while shedding~

[clonehub]

Help i cant stop thinking about how reductions could be different for a clone dialect of basic... idk why this specifically is so interesting to me i love studying them in real languages but thinking about them in the hypothetical is maddening. Yet I am intrigued. Can't stop thinking about how speaking clone lang also would influence how a dialect of any other language would develop. Thoughts

(cries I had to Google reductions)

Oohhhh that's so interesting but tbh I don't think we'll get a proper sense of reductions down until we have a structured enough language to figure out which most commonly used words end up getting chopped up.

But in the meantime we can play around with who's got more or less usage of reductions by battalion. Like maybe the 212th has a tendency to stay away from them while the 501st uses them heavily and then the 104th has an even mix

But also I've been thinking, what about how constants are handled between battalions? What's a rhotic r versus an alveolar trill in some places (I had to Google that lol, a rolled R if I got it right) versus just becoming the letter L in others.

And not only that, but I was wonder about language lengths and density in space time. This is gonna be SUPER specific but I learned that Spanish and japanese tend to sound fast because each syllable is not as information dense as "slower" sounding languages, meaning that you need to make more sounds to get the same point across.

So for instance in English, we say "Rex's blaster". In Spanish it's "El (blaster) de (Rex)". Two versus four words. In Igbo, it would be "(blaster)(Rex)", so also two words (translated, idk how to say blaster in Igbo and this is complicated by it being a rather literal tonal language)

But this makes me think about how info-dense clonelang would have to be in order to match up with their fast paced lifestyles and need for efficiency and high volumes of information to be traded quickly (not that any other language is inefficient or anything like that).

So I think that the clones' language would sound slow to us, but it's because they're getting a lot more info across given the same amount of time as other language speakers. Ik I went on a WILD tangent I'm so sorry anon fbaksnak but this actually wraps back around to what you said!! I think the clones would then make use of reductions if it means being able to convey more in a given time. Maybe it's compounded by both their battle lives and the fact that they're just here shorter than we are, life span wise.

Please bear in mind while I am studying anthropology, I'm not a linguist dbaksja I think I'd have a better understanding of language ideologies than the mechanics, although this is all really cool! I had to force myself to stop

[sasubaeuchithot]

OOhhhh, its so interesting to hear that perspective because I see it the opposite way but very similarly. I think his survivors guilt manifest more in the opposite direction. He doesn't feel unworthy of life, he feels unworthy of death. He doesn't think about how he doesn't deserve to live if he can't defeat Itachi he thinks he doesn't deserve to die which ties into Itachi's manipulation that Sasuke isn't worth killing, he doesn't deserve death. He is unworthy of being called an Uchiha. Killing Itachi would cement his worth in the eyes of the clan, only once he beats his brother is he worthy of dying because now he's strong.

In a similar vein I think Sasuke doesn't think to himself, I don't deserve a family, I'm unworthy, I'm incapable, I think he tells himself he isn't worth anything if he can't carry on kekkai genkai. As in his worth as an Uchiha is the only thing he takes pride in as a member of the clan he is so devoted too. Whenever he shows pride in his abilities it's not an individual pride but an expectation, because of course he's great he's an Uchiha. I think Sasuke sees his worth as a member of the clan but struggles with his insecurity and self esteem towards himself as an individual, which is why I think he would be pretty devoted to making sure the clan is revived, not because he wants or feels he deserves a family.

That's also a much more interesting arc for him as an adult character to resolve.

i love this because he’s so super complex, and you can paint him in these colors and it still fits him! you can make plenty of arguments either for or against his motivations. especially since sasuke is still so young at the end of shippuden, he has a lot of developing to do before he’s the age for fatherhood. it all depends on what story you wanna tell

[doodleybugg]

for the ask game: orchid and cactus

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

this might just be because i'm super sad right now but start a riot by banners is PERFECTION and i can't even describe the feeling it gives me because i relate to the lyrics, the metaphors are spot on and OOHHHH MY GOD don't get me started on the literal music !!!! the SOUNDS and the BASS the INTROOO

cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?

i'm super invested in trying to find my art style and tips n tricks for art because i'm OBSESSED with lavendertowne (a super super cool youtube go check her out she has SO MUCH interesting content and she also teaches you during her videos?? like she has a series about "drawing deadly poisons as people" and she doesn't JUST draw them, she teaches you how the poisons work, what the symptoms are, when they were really popular (if ever), etc. she has so much to watch and is a comfort youtube for me haha