#opera of the urchin

[dantegotitwrong]

god this song slaps

the whole album bangs too go listen to it

[madc0w]

https://open.spotify.com/track/0D2dV2lLmrYeUo88wKLN7I?si=XFYIs0pPQ76urZ5NikqQAQ

thanks! i am too far gone alright...

[dragon-subway]

the new grim salvo album is so wonderfully brain scratchy but i do think bellows should come after baphomet in the album order, esecially since it was the first of the songs to release and bellows hits much harder when you're already used to've had a month to get used to baphomet

[hexfloog]

"Opera of the Urchin" - for a friend on Discord (dental fundraiser commission 1/5)

[omgthatdress]

Barbette grew up as Vander Clyde Broadway in Texas and was always fascinated by the aerialists he saw at the local circus. She started her career when she replied to a billboard looking to replace one of the sisters in the famed Alfaretta Sisters. One of the sisters had recently died. The fact that she would have to dress up and perform as a woman didn't faze young Vander at all.

Soon, Barbette was experienced enough to begin her own solo act, debuting in the Harlem Opera House in 1919. In 1923, she made her European debut.

In a 1926 essay, "Le Numéro Barbette," Jacques Cousteau wrote, "[Barbette] transforms effortlessly back and forth between man and woman. His female glamour and elegance Cocteau likens to a cloud of dust thrown into the eyes of the audience, blinding it to the masculinity of the movements he needs to perform his acrobatics. That blindness is so complete that at the end of his act, Barbette does not simply remove his wig but instead plays the part of a man. He rolls his shoulders, stretches his hands, swells his muscles...And after the fifteenth or so curtain call, he gives a mischievous wink, shifts from foot to foot, mimes a bit of an apology, and does a shuffling little street urchin dance – all of it to erase the fabulous, dying-swan impression left by the act."

[worldly-fluster]

Had another idea.

LADS boys when...they get a tattoo?? And it's your name????

I'm writing this because well, I have been asking my parents to get my name tattooed on them practically my entire life, they have my siblings names tattooed but not mine, and I'm currently almost 24. It bothers me so much for some reason so yeah.

Sylus, Xavier, Zayne, Rafayel

***lol this looks different because my brain is fried from a panic attack and I wanted to do something simple and fun to let me focus on something lol***

Sylus-

"What is that?"

"it's a tattoo Sweetie."

"but... isn't that my name??"

"yes, yes it is."

"You got my name tattooed..."

"I remembered you saying that you would like to have your name tattooed at some point, so I took that as permission to get one."

"Sylus..."

"Yes?"

"You're gonna make me cry."

"Love you too Sweetheart."

Xavier-

"Xavier?"

"Hm?"

"You have a tattoo?"

"Ah, yeah I got one recently. After you told me you would like to have your name tattooed on someone. I figured since we were partners that it would be okay?"

"Xavier, I meant that I would like a boyfriend or husband to get my name tattooed at some point..."

"Oh..."

"..."

"So does this mean we're getting married?"

"Xav-"

"I need to know your ring size."

"Xavier, No."

"...yes."

Zayne-

"Wait-Zayne is that a tattoo??"

"Yes."

"When did you get a tattoo?"

"A month ago, it still itches so please stop rubbing it."

"...Zayne- that's my name."

"Yes, I knew that since we were kids you always liked the idea of someone getting your name tattooed."

"...Thank you."

"No need to thank me. I was curious on how it felt to get one anyway, I thought I may as well get your name. So you're always with me."

Rafayel-

"Oh, is that a tattoo?"

"I forgot about that actually."

"It looks kinda old...is that my name??"

"uh...I liked the name so much I got it tattooed on me?"

"That's kinda...cool I guess, I always wanted my name tattooed on someone."

"I can get another one, we can style it together and put it over my old one! I needed to get it refreshed anyway."

"Really?"

"Of course! We can get matching tattoos, maybe crabs holding knives, sea urchins with fedoras, dolphins playing basketball, or or, maybe even goldfish doing taxes! Sea lions doing origami, seagulls singing opera..."

[chaos-vixen]

Wait- did we cross-over again?

Idea rant time:

So Danny Phantom (Fenton depending on how much you know about him) has been traveling after (Mm let me pick a card) “Reveal Gone Wrong™️”! Let sprinkle that with a lil “Can’t Return/ Nothing to Return to” and we have a decent base for a fic.

Now comes my Idea

So here he is, in the R&D labs of Stark Tower after fully completing the plot with one Peter Parker (Spiderman to those who know him about him) and one Shuri, Crown Princess of Wakanda. And these three have already done their bit, payed their dues to the plot gods, when for some reason:

A) Danny’s lil side project malfunctions and opens a portal

B) Villain of the week opens a portal

C) Clockwork decides he needs a new plot point for his favorite soap opera

D) Danny is summoned and PANIC

E) Something else

And where does our hero(es) end up? Gotham, DCU! Which results in in two options!

I) Just Danny, goes with Alley street urchin route (most plausible ending being adoption, might stay)

II) Danny + Peter, dispute the intelligence between them, they go pizza delivery boy route (might be adopted, will be building tech, prob should work on getting home, Mr. Stark will worry. High chance of underground fighting)

III) Team Nirvana (Danny, Peter, & Shuri [GO READ The Ghost of Heroes!!!] And Shuri tells the boys that the pizza delivery plan is low-key dumb (honestly she might go with it but doubt it) and instead they’d get a proper set-up going and find the quickest way to make money is:

a) Undergound fights (Danny, Peter! Why is that your first though?!)

b) Sell tech (Profit↗️)

c) Get adopted(?? P: How will that make money? S: Have you seen yourself and Danny? Perfect adoption bait.)

Goodness this is turning out to be a build-your-own-adventure! But anyways, the plot depends on the options chosen,

(ex: B, II, a - Objective is cash, need to find an in to the underground for fight info and where they can register to participate)

(ex2: D, I- prob just needs to quickly deal with issue (1 Cult summoned [effete and find JLD to go home], 2 John Constantine summoned [likely needs help defeating x threat], and find a way home)

you could pretty much do anything with it (I know I said a lot of different ideas here, I’ve never seen a cross over like this, and I can see why [so many characters!!] but tbh it’d be fun [also Tim Drake + Team Nirvana + Everlasting Trio is a shit show waiting to happen)

I’m not sure who to share this with either (if you play with these ideas plz tag me– I want to see it!!!!!) but I might tag some ppl I’ve seen around the fandoms.

Honestly I thought my rant was going to be about Barista Danny

apparently not.

[dystopicjumpsuit]

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I'll tag a few folks below, but if I don't tag you and you'd like to play, please jump in, and feel free to tag me so I can play along with you if you want!

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[sweetfire01]

House of hearth brain rot cause i love all the characters involved in it <3 i have never written for agere before so i hope this is good? Im sorry if this seems so long and drags on ;^;  ANYWAYSS you inspired me to do my own take on this idea <333

You were a street urchin. Often living off of scraps and stolen goods whenever possible in the streets of fontaine. You had only lived your life in a small part of the nation, too scared to leave what left you feeling safe and comfortable- not to mention your unsteady income to provide for yourself, you couldn't really risk leaving to explore the nation you lived in. Sometimes there would be street performances, small looks into what the Opera House entailed whenever it was not being used for court trials. There were singers that you could hear from streets above, dancers who hypnotized you with their elegance, but your most favorite of them all- the magicians, specifically the twins Lyney and Lynette. They were held in high esteem in the eye of Fontaine, though their popularity had dropped because of their recent trial and some discoveries that had been leaked through it. Youd hadnt known of what exactly happened, let alone did you care. You were after all a bit too busy trying to survive than to gossip about other people and their own well beings. 

Still, even with all their controversy you had been there for most of their street performances. You always were one of the firsts to arrive, vibrating with excitement and childlike glee to see the twins work their magic. Even with your adoration of them, you realize their performances having become more and more recent, and closer and closer to where you had placed your “home,”- which was hardly any such a thing in the eyes of the twins- having been some makeshift tent in between crevices of homes and stores. 

You felt this time was different though. Their performance this time around was exceptionally close to your home, and way too late into the night to be considered reasonable.  

“My, my! It seems we have ourselves a small crowd tonight, Lynette!” Lyney exclaimed. You looked around curiously, seeing no one else. A bit confused by the antics of this situation, you looked up at them shyly, bringing your hands together to fidget with them nervously. He continued on, “I suppose this would be more of a personal performance then. Shall we get to know our lovely audience!” He looked towards his sister proudly, to which she responded with a short agreement and nod. They made their way closer to you, each one holding a fist with something unknown to you inside. You took various steps back but found yourself backed into the corner of an alleyway. “Such a shy audience member we have…. No worry, we can just ease your adjustment to your new home!” Suddenly, with the quickness of a cheetah, they had both opened their fists and blown dust into your face. Your vision instantly became blurry, and your body weak. You fell forwards, your heart pounding in your throat, and felt the hands of two people catching you, gently petting and coddling your body before you lost consciousness. 

xxx

When you awoke a few days ago, you had been fitted to what had seemed to be a onesie- kitten themed no less. You were quick to realize that you had been abducted by your most admired performers. In a sense, you felt like you had been betrayed and thus your heart having been broken. You wanted to cry. To curl up and sob in a corner of the room they had provided you with, but also  to lash out and scratch their faces in defiance. You were incapable of doing either, however, the two consistency drugging you in your meals since your attempt to do the latter. 

At this point, any sense of control felt like a sort of defiance to them. You refused to talk to them or show them any emotion, holding only a scowl to them whenever they arrived to help clean you or feed you your food by hand. Their only response was mostly to belittle and baby you, saying such things as “Is my poor sibling a little grumpy today? A quick nap will help to turn that frown upside down!” Or something similar. 

You were getting tired of it all by the time a week had passed. You felt as if you were about to snap with all the emotions you had attempted to withhold and bottle up. It was getting harder and harder to isolate yourself from the two as well as these tiring feelings made you in need of the two loving and babying you. It was a cycle, as you only felt as if you were proving their point and therefore attempted to ignore them more. 

One morning came, the drugged meal of last night having been worn off of your body, but not yet your mind. In a routine, the twins came in with your breakfast ready which had been increasingly consistent with softer foods and liquids. This time, they came with a baby bottle of milk. Locking the door behind them, in horror you backed up to a corner as they gained closer to you attempting to coax you closer to them. They cooed at you, awwing and baby talking you. “My wittle baby sibling is so shy today.” Lyney would start, with Lynette only encouraging him. 

 “Theyre still adjusting. Perhaps we’ve scared them with our loud and sudden entrance?” 

“A very reasonable conclusion! Well, no time better than the present to get them used to us.”

Suddenly, the two had sandwiched you between them, still cooing as they attempted to feed you the bottle. In a fit of rage you used your limp feeling hand to knock the bottle far from you and your captors. The two didnt look very pleased. A sigh left the both of them. “Dont make us force you to correct your behavior little one. Just because we are nice now, doesnt mean we dont know how to punish you and put you back in your place.” Lyney, in a hushed tone, threatened you. In complete shock and fear, your body stilled- but out of your will your mouth began running, throwing taunts at them to shame them for your actions. “Y-you kidnapped me! Im- Ive- I dont want to be here, let me go home! You abducted me, you monsters!! I hate you! I hate you!!!” 

“Goodness! Such a big, big word for my little, little sibling. Are you sure youre aware of that words meaning? You shouldnt be using words all of a sudden that you dont know the meaning of, just because you heard it being tossed around without context!” Lyney began speaking almost at you, in something that youd had felt was to be mocking you and your attempt to yell at them. “Tsk, tsk. But no need to be upset, my dear easedropper! Soon enough youll learn the rules of the House of Hearth, and- oh- I just know youll fit right in once youve learned to be nicer to my sister and I. You do realize your actions have made us quite upset and worried!”

Tears began forming in your eyes, snot coming down your nose with your non subtle attempts to sniff it away. 

Soon enough, sobs escaped your voice along with big fat tears rolling down your reddened cheeks. You whined and whimpered as you repeated, “I hate y-you! I-I h-hate you!”

It was almost a switch had flipped in the both of them, returning from their threatening aura, to a caring and loving atmosphere with nothing but smiles as they fetched your bottle and attempt to feed you once more. This time, their grip on you had hardened, less gentle than it was before and more difficult to move, causing only more scared sobs to come from you. 

“Youre only upsetting yourself. Dont fuss.” Lynette uttered softly to you. “Just take the bottle in your mouth and youll feel all better. Less fiesty. Im sure youre just hungry.” She forcefully shoved her index finger into your tightly closed mouth to make way for the the tip of the bottles nipple. You cried out more as she did this, which was only covered up by Lyneys attempt to shush bounce you in his arms. You gurgled up some of the milk in a last ditch effort to refuse the bottle, but that could only last for so long as they kept it in your mouth and cleaned the liquid that had dribbled down your face. 

“Wow Lynette, who would have thought our baby sibling was such a messy eater! Poor baby probably doesn’t understand how to properly drink their bottle.” Lyney cooed, looking down at you as more and more helpless tears escaped. Soon enough, the drugs in the bottle were once again making its way through your system, with your body becoming numb, and whimpers becoming quieter, you eventually had no choice but to keep drinking the milk they had brought you. Your eyes became heavier and hard to keep open as you fell into a deep slumber. The last things you having heard was, “Youre ours now. Nothing you can do can deter us from taking care of our new baby siblings. We will make sure your attitude is corrected when you wake up.”

Oh my

OH MY, IT WAS SO GOOD! YOU'RE AWESOME👏🏻

I love how they both went from caring sibiling to treating you. And then back again to their sweet side. Ooh, they're both so obsessed and full of love for their new little sibling.

Obviously they have to teach you how to behave properly: the rules aren't strict per se, but imagine what could happen if you say you hate everyone - in front of your other new siblings and the Father. Or even worse, if you try to run away! Isn't loyalty the most important rule in the House of Heart?

[a-different-equation]

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Exploding Christmas Pudding (2024)

Holmes: Repressed homosexual feelings. Watson: I'm not sure that I'd heard you correctly, Holmes. Holmes: Come, come, Watson. There is no need to look so surprised. Surely all the signs are there. You must really learn to see with your mind as well as with your eyes, Watson. Watson: Holmes?

Below the cut the coming out of Sherlock Holmes. If you don't want to read about a canon gay version, look elsewhere. If you want to listen to the complete audio drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MInSppVPCiw

Holmes: Let’s apply my celebrated deductive methods to myself, shall we? Observe: I, a solitary man in my prime, cohabitating exclusively with another man – you, dear Watson. I possess a palpable disdain for the fairer sex, an unbridled passion for theatrical disguises, and a peculiar fondness for opera. And let us not forget my troupe of juvenile informants, the Baker Street Irregulars. Watson: Yes, well I did wonder about that lot. And the show tunes. Holmes: Here I am, a man full grown, and I have any number of prepubescent street urchins at my beck and call night and day to help me in my endeavors. Does that not bespeak of anything to you, Watson? Watson: I've always felt that you were a might eccentric, but never homo... Holmes: Watson, I am surprised that a medical man would be so shocked. Surely you realize that it is a natural enough occurrence. All manner of animals have there quota of non-heterosexuals, why should man be any different, eh?

[mysticstarlightduck]

Seven Deadly Sins

Thanks for the tag, @the-golden-comet (here)!

I'll go with the cast of Supernova Initiative and What Lurks In The Hollow for this one!

Rules: which of your OCs would you assign to which of the seven deadly sins and why?

GREED

Jasper Astrophell (Supernova Initiative)

Jasper's the son of an intergalactic billionaire arms dealer, and is someone who not only was raised with the world on a silver platter but who was very much sheltered from their galaxy's true realities. He loved going to parties, buying the finest flying cars and spaceships, going on dates, etc - standard "rich spoiled playboy" stuff. But he also takes after his father's sense of business and is a brilliant inventor, being also incredibly intelligent when it comes to making brand deals and is pretty much a space opera version of the Wolf of Wall Street whenever he gets involved in the company's dealings.

Savvanah Hahn (What Lurks In The Hollow)

Savvy embodies the sin of "greed" in a non-monetary sense - she's not really interested in money and honestly hates people who waste it. She embodies greed because she is a very intense person who wants to have control over the spheres of her life she can control - because she feels that, if she loses that control, bad things could happen to her and those she loves. She is also very serious when it comes to "her stuff" be it her turf, her & her boyfriend's favorite arcade machine, or her seat at a concert, and is not at all afraid to get into brawls to "keep her territory" in a very troublemaker teen way.

WRATH

Vesper Foxx (Supernova Initiative)

Vesper's life ever since the day she lost everything as a child, was dictated by rage. Rage at the destruction of her homeland by foreigner invaders, rage at having to hopelessly watch her brother be tortured to death, rage at escaping and being too young to have her revenge just yet at the time. She left her younger sister and cousin behind to pursue revenge because no matter how much she tried and tried and tried to move on, that primal anger born of trauma would never leave her. She would never have peace unless her brother's killers suffered the same fate as he had. No matter how many lives she reaped on her wrathful path to achieve it. Full alien girl John Wick.

Liam Steele (What Lurks In The Hollow)

A troubled youth, Liam has a reputation for being an incredibly defiant, almost antisocial, teenager who gets into fights for the most trivial things. He's seen as a bully by kids who do not know him well and as a nuisance by any authority figures around him. But that's not what he really is - he's not a bully, he only gets into fights with people who provoke him or who try to hurt others (a.k.a. he beats up the ACTUAL bullies), and just has a short patience because no one other than Savvy ever tried to understand him, so he never bothered letting down his guard. Since he thought being vulnerable would only get him hurt, he embraced the "tough teen who listens to rock and spends the day at the arcade or skulking around town" facade to be left in peace.

GLUTTONY

Jack Tithus (Supernova Initiative)

Jack dictates his life in the pursuit of having more than what he had when he and his siblings were just street urchins on their crime-ridden birth moon. Even though so much time has passed and he's now a rich and renowned intergalactic thief, the wound of all the shame and toil they went through still haunts him. He wants all the fun, food, clothes, and adventures because deep down, he wants to prove to himself that he's more than what everyone once called a "filthy street rat." He's obsessive about being free to do whatever he wants and his incessant pursuit for more, and more, and MORE, is what drove him to continue the path of a thief in the first place - he's hungry for the opportunities he never had in the past, restless to never stop indulging himself in freedom and always keep having more and more adventures, because he fears that if he does stop, he'll prove his enemies right.

Christine Nespor (What Lurks In The Hollow)

A former wanderer who found solace in the solitude of the small town of Vinethorn Grove, Christine is a creative soul who, stifled by the toxic expectations of her shitty family, left her life behind to indulge her soul in who she really wants to be. She is hungry for adventure, for the freedom to express herself and feed her soul in beautiful sights, to see nature, see unique places, and generally indulge herself in being alive. To her, life is a wonderful buffet, and those who know how to make the most of it, are the happiest! She knows how to find the silver lining in any situation, even if others cannot.

LUST:

Kye Thalax (Supernova Initiative)

I considered putting him in the "Wrath" category, but then I realized that Kye - despite wanting bloody revenge for the death of his father and the pain they suffered in the past - is far too calculated and cold to be considered wrathful. He is bitter, but his emotions rarely get the better of him. Kye is known to take a deceitful and cunning approach to taking down his enemies, sometimes even resorting to seduction to destroy them. He uses those people's vices against them - if someone he wants to kill drinks too much, he poisons their drink; if they gamble, he poisons their cards; if they just want to have sex, he seduces them and poisons them in the safety of their chambers; if the person is obsessed with killing, he poisons the hilt of their weapons so the one who dies is the killer and not the would-be-victims.

Mrs. Draycott (What Lurks In The Hollow)

OKAY SO THE ONLY ANTAGONIST ON THIS LIST LET'S GO lmao.. Mrs. Draycott is a middle-aged woman, somewhere in her very late forties or early fifties, who is considered a very "upstanding citizen" in the small town of Vinethorn Grove. She's an active member of the local community and often uses her reputation to get what she wants. Mrs. Draycott (her name is Adelaide btw) is the embodiment of a Karen and takes a creepy liking to Dylan Millihan after he and his sister Amy move into town. A "lonely" widow drawn to his youthful (23M) looks and who all too soon becomes very stalkerish towards him- often paying them unwanted visits saying she "just wanted to drop by", or stopping by Dylan's jobs, or just generally following them around town, hoping he "becomes smitten with her too". At first, the siblings just tried to politely ignore her, but as she became more insistent and annoying, Dylan eventually snaps at her at a community event and tells her to leave him alone. Feeling spurned, Mrs. Draycott then showed her full aggressive personality and became a true Karen, trying to make the siblings' lives a living hell and turning the already wary townsfolk against them.

PRIDE:

Artemis Zreeth (Supernova Initiative)

Artemis is a very prideful and cocky young man. One of his fatal flaws is that he is often too stubborn to realize he is in the wrong and wants to do things his own way even if they eventually go wrong. A lot of why he clashes with Kye when they have to work together is that Artemis refused to consider Kye genuinely wanted to make amends and redeem their friendship.

Dylan Millihan (What Lurks In The Hollow)

Dylan has a strong personality and generally pushes people away rather than be friendly. He's also someone who isn't very approachable and generally wants to do his own thing, live his life and hates people who try to pry into his personal business. He is very bitter about the fact he had to give up his budding medical career - he was halfway through medical college when their toxic grandmother died leaving behind only MASSIVE GAMBLING DEBTS and regret - and some percentage of that resentment comes from the fact he hates the fact he was never able to fulfill his potential and got stuck as someone who in his point of view was only "half-good" - his self-esteem is kind of shitty, if you can't tell lol, and he hides it behind a layer of a harsh pride.

ENVY

Aleks Keldora (Supernova Initiative)

Not necessarily envy but Aleks suffers from severe social anxiety and thinks he's "never going to be good enough" so he's "better off pretending to be somebody" else like a social chameleon.

Erin Niemand (What Lurks In The Hollow)

Erin's a loner who holds some considerable resentment towards kids who are able to be popular - which she isn't able to do - and deep down also feels "lesser" than the kids who have full families, since her mother abandoned the family - which made Erin develop some serious trust and self-esteem issues.

SLOTH

Meridian Shardd (Supernova Initiative)

Not on purpose - but they can be overwhelmed by being given too many tasks and may panic and not do anything instead, or will be halfway through a task and get distracted by something else and ditch the task to do that something else instead.

Indigo "Indie" Lauriel (What Lurks In The Hollow)

She's a laidback hipster girl who rarely takes things seriously and has some serious procrastinating issues, and can be generally pretty lazy.

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@winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart, @ray-writes-n-shit

@writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid @thecomfywriter

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@differentnighttale, @leahnardo-da-veggie

@cherrychiplip

[tvmigraine]

Random Doctor Who RPG Facts about the Paternoster era

A possible Time Lord is still alive in Victorian England. Running the Diogenes Club is Dame Regina Smythe. The club itself is able to change size, miraculously gain rooms and have its interiors change on a whim, making it appear as a TARDIS. The game suggests they could be a Time Lord who's been chameleon arch'd, but I like the idea that it's an incarnation of the Doctor.

The Artful Dodger was a real person - specifically, they were Sam Swift the Quick (The Woman Who Lived). He isn't immortal but he ages at an incredibly slow pace (basically making him Jack Harkness). He looks after street urchins called "The Raggedy Children" while continuing to do crimes.

There is a giant Labyrinth underneath London. One suggested theory is that it's a dying TARDIS, due to its ability to traverse through history when travelling through it.

Madame Vastra and the Doctor both stopped a Krynoid Pod from hatching in London.

Ada Gillyflower (The Crimson Horror) has her own K-9. Their K-9 is an actual dog that's telepathic.

The political history of Who is further complicated by a wholly new Prime Minister for London - his name is Nathan Fairfield.

There is a female splinter of Scaroth. Her name is Scarlett Valentin and she is both an actress and opera singer hailing from Paris. The book states that she stole her skin from a prostitute in order to specifically appear young and healthy.

A splinter of Clara works for Torchwood - her name is Rhona Austen. It is suggested that she was only recruited as bait for the Doctor, but she is said to be a capable Torchwood member.

Jackson Lake's TARDIS (Tethered Aerial Release, Developed In Style) is available for aerial rides above London. It is now a business run by a brother-sister duo called Henry and Charlotte.

The Silence are a threat in London - specifically there is one called The Revenant Reverand, who uses his position hiding in a church to place suggestions into people's minds.

One of the main plotline hooks they offer is continuing the adventures of Victoria Waterfield, exploring what she did after leaving the TARDIS. It is not what I expected in this book.

Saving my favourite pint for last... there is a Dalek hiding in the criminal underworld called "The Napoleon of Crime". He was pulled out of the Time War following the events of The Evil of the Daleks and is trying to return to the TIme War. After acquiring Cyberman technology (The Next Doctor), he uses it to try and build a Time Corridor and get back into the Time War.

He has two lieutenants - the first is Mister Steele, a partially converted Cyberman who's fighting against his programming. Because of that programming, he is still planning to build a new Cyber-King and convert London, but fights against this so he can remain loyal to Napoleon. The second lieutenant is Miss Lovelace, a clockwork robot that is almost fully human that is entirely devised to be a rival to Steele, all for Napoleon's continued entertainment.

Napoleon also has an alien army thanks to his collected alien wares. On top of Cybershades, he now has Chessmen - pawns in his games that are controlled through Cyberman, Clockwork Robot and other alien technology. He has recruited The Revenant Reverand and Scarlett Valentin before, along with the Borad who is still alive!

Notably Napoleon commissioned the Borad to create a Dalek clone as a form of company - he eventually managed to create Josephine. She has a scrapped, bulky shell made from leftover pieces, being dubbed a "Steelclad". She was originally a woman named Lyssa Marden who the Borad "saved" from a fatal accident, although she does not realise what she's been turned into.

I love this character - he enjoys being a leader of the criminal underworld, especially being a nemesis for the Paternoster Gang (the book suggests Napoleon unconsciously sabotages his own plans because he would enjoy remaining in Victorian London).

Cubicle 7 beat Big Finish, this is way more fun.

[trollblivion-ooc]

If your characters had fursonas, what species do you think they would pick?

HELLO I LOVE THIS!!!!

ANSWERS ARE UNDER THE CUT!!! i went into detail because i was so excited

Cherie: a GIANT monstrous fluffy centipede (with anthro arms n stuff)

Coleop: it depends on his mood, either an anthro bug that looks eerily like Cogito (its prettyy small) orrrrr… a fluffy and pretty moth, its people sized and much more anthro than the green beetle.

Cogito: troll (never a stickbug.)

Noraxi: its a little on the nose but she would choose to make herself as this beautiful sun cow goddess…. so warm and radiant with nice white flowers… huge and beautiful…

Akrine: a simple fish… maybe a sea urchine. just. straight up. like barely anthro, not even. maybe some eyes on the urchin or legs on the fish. thats it.

Teevie: a combo of dinosaur and kitten probably, maybe like a plushie version. stegosaurus tail+spikes but kitty paws and ears… lots of pastels and bright colors. part of the fursona is a hoodie because its cloth and plush. optional multiple arms, tails, wings, more heads, just more.

Magnus: a mantis obviously. but like a huge one. him-size. maybe a maned mantis.. like a lion mane on that thing. i dunno

Cosmos: a combination of the Rainbow Lorikeet and the Sarus Crane.

Chiani: bull. but like in the greek labyrinth way.

Luciel: the most beautiful white furred cat with bright blue crystal eyes…. her name is Lizzie.

Endur (Consci): some really cool moon whale. like with a whale tail, but with paws too sort of.

Corallite:

/j

she’s so special, she made a closed species for herself and only herself cuz fuck everybody else (in her eyes yk), it would be called a Coral Angel. it changes form to whatever she wants. (yeah)

BONUS!!!!:

Septir Lamroa: angel lamb, so very angelic and white and blue. the fursona is called Respit Loamar (for no reason at all)

The Companion: a protogen!!!! his lights have a lot of blues (but specifically teal/light blue, no harsh blues… for no personal reason that mun has on harsh blues.) The base of the protogen would be black with lighter grey and white accents. The fur is also a darker color (perhaps black or dark blue)maybe with some stripped patterning… or color blocking…, the pawpads are white/light blue..

What’s strange about this protogen is that it only has a circle on its face screen 0_o!!! how peculiar!

Vievna Fissus: another closed species.. but its a COMBO!!! a Spinxyn and Cccat!!!! (hahahah)

Goldie: ouhh you know that shes fuckinn it up and getting turnt with the damn Phantom of the Opera themed White Panther!!!!

Yiffany2 (Stacy): Digimon fursona. Its Agumon.

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when yuuji and megumi finally got together, what were everyone’s reactions? like inumaki and panda obviously threatened yuuji in the most nonsensical way possible but what about gojo and nanami and the others? like finally seeing their little boy grow up to be old enough to date and immediately going for the worst possible candidate in a lot of people’s minds *cough—the zenin—cough*.

if gojo was on the verge of a mental breakdown from just giving Megumi The Talk, i can’t imagine just how hard it hit him that his little sea urchin was growing up so fast.

What must be understood is that the second years have been following their relationship from its inception like it’s their favorite soap opera. Maki clocked it when Megumi tried to kill Kamo Noritoshi with an elephant over him and all of them have been overly invested in it since. Those are their beloved kohais. They’re both so stupid and vulnerable. Like idiot babies. They want them to be happy idiot babies who hold hands.

Yuuta would fight special grade curses with one hand and text Maki with the other to find out if they were dating yet and maki would text back “no but they each killed a special grade and megumi has a domain expansion now” and Yuuta would text back “what am I MISSING”. Inumaki thought if they gave them nine years or so megumi would work himself up to a hand graze and Yuuta would freak out because they don’t have that kind of TIME. Panda texted Yuuta in a panic weeks after everyone else figured it out to tell him that he thinks megumi and the kid who’s sukunas vessel like each other and Yuuta had to pretend to be surprised as if the entire matter was not giving him stress sweats from Africa.

The unofficial reaction was that maki sent a gif of a ship coming into port into the group chat and everyone celebrated like it was new years and the ball had just dropped because thank fuck it finally happened.

As a side note, the second years all consider themselves parents of three and are only half joking about that fact. It’s so hard raising teens. The little shits keep fighting things. None of them have any social skills. All three of them are completely feral. They’re pretty sure nobara bit a purse snatcher the last time they went out into the city.

But that was the unofficial reaction. They can’t tell Megumi or Yuuji about that.

Yuuta actually gets a call from Megumi to tell him that he has a boyfriend, and he had to pretend like all this was news to him as if he had not spent the past three months more invested in this than anything in his own life. Yuuta told him that he was happy for him, and that he couldn't wait to meet Yuuji, and lived in blissful ignorance about the fact that Yuuji screamed into his own pillow for twenty minutes that night because Megumi came and told him that Okkotsu-senpai was important to him and he'd like it if they got to know each other.

Maki started a campaign of teasing Megumi about his new boyfriend, because she sort of loves giving her little nephew shit. Megumi wonders why life has to be this hard.

Inumaki and Panda had already given Yuuji the shovel talk (it was part of what made Yuuji realize he was completely in love with Megumi) and had a stunningly moving congratulations and dating advice speech for Yuuji that featured a power point presentation.

Its moving nature was slightly impacted by the fact that Inumaki gave it.

Inumaki patted him manfully on the back, and Panda gave him a brotherly hair ruffle, and Yuuji continued to be confused as to what the hell was up with the second years.

The issue with Gojo is that they can never tell when he's taking the piss or if he's being genuine. Like, Gojo loves giving him a hard time. It's a classic "Fushiguro is getting hit on" conundrum. Is he actually devastated that his little boy is growing up or is he just doing it to fuck with them?

Megumi insists that he's doing it to be an idiot and refuses to speak to him for days, which does not help with all the weeping.

Whatever the case, it's enough to annoy Nanami, because he keeps agonizing over how his baby was swept up by some jock who was going to steal his sweetness and Nanami would take offense on Yuuji's behalf because Itadori Yuuji is a gentleman and a delightful young man and Gojo should be glad that Megumi is dating someone like him.

Megumi wonders why life has to be this hard sometimes.

Nanami is just happy for them both and gives them both private congratulations wherein he tells them that he's glad they have each other and that they are good together. He is the most normal of them all.

[stinky-fuck-swag]

Aaand here's the brackets!

Wacky ass formatting, i know- Matchups under the cut, polls will be starting soon!

(note: i know nothing about like. 80% of these characters. if their names or where theyre from is incorrect, just lmk cuz i have NOO IDEAA) also i am fully aware of every mistake made in this bracket. whoops

BRACKET A, SIDE A

Henry Oak (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Normal Oak (Dungeons and Daddies season 2

Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased) VS Stink (Epithet Erased)

Anders (Dragon Age) VS Isabela (Dragon Age)

Deandra the new girl (Most Popular Girls in School) VS Peach (real life)

Randy Jade (Dialtown) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

Stunky (Pokemon) VS Stinkeye (Yo-kai Watch)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) VS Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Moonbeam McSwine (Li'l Abner) VS Marc Spector (Marvel Comics)

Link (BOTW) VS Lt. Columbo (Columbo)

Yoda (Star Wars) VS Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Dob the Half Orc Bard (Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons) VS Caleb Widogast (Critical Role campaign 2)

Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3) VS Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)

Gyro Zepelli (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) VS Guido Mista (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Tokkori (Kirby right back at ya) VS Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Elon Musk (real life. sadly) VS Berdly (Deltarune)

Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune) VS Susie (Deltarune)

BRACKET A, SIDE B

The Great Mighty Poo (Conker) VS The Poop Smith (Homestar Runner)

Michael Afton (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Manjoume Jun/Chazz Princeton (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) VS Datz Are'bal (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice)

Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) VS Humans in general (Star Trek)

Captain Rockhopper (Club Penguin) VS King Micah of Bright Moon (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Frank Gallagher (Shameless) VS Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)

The Riddler (Batman: Arkham Knight) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) VS Every Dog (real life)

c!Technoblade (Dream SMP) VS c!Wilbur Soot (Dream SMP)

Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Submitters Brother (real life) VS Prosperity Redding (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) VS Goobleck (Just Roll With It)

Enoch O'Connor (Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children) VS Smores (real life)

Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) VS Erik (The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical & movie))

The Voters (Tumblr) VS Equius Zahhak (Homestuck)

Rotten Apple (Showvember) VS Loki (real life)

BRACKET B, SIDE A

Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) VS Smudge (Cascão) (Monica’s Team (Turma da Monica))

Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) VS Stinky Pete (Toy Story 2)

Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa) VS L (Death Note)

Stink Bomb (Skylanders: SWAP Force) VS Slugcat (Rain World)

Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) VS Vice (Kamen Rider Revice)

Dr. Iceberg (SCP Foundation) VS Dr. Alto Clef (SCP Foundation)

Ash Ketchum (Pokemon) VS Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359)

Estinien Wyrmblood (Final Fantasy XIV) VS Alphinaud Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

Raphael Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Gobber (How To Train Your Dragon)

Keaton (Fire Emblem Fates) VS Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Bill Lenz (Black Christmas 1974) VS Stinkor (Masters of the Universe)

The Sewer Urchin (The Tick (1994 Animated Series)) VS Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid)

Barfbat (Ward (Parahumans series)) VS Kevin (Synthesizer V)

Yellowfang (Warrior Cats) VS Big Mac (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Heppokomaru (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) VS Captain 3 (Splatoon 3)

Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls) VS Linus (Stardew Valley)

BRACKET B, SIDE B

Jeong-Jeong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Pigpen (Peanuts)

Beelzebub (Good Omens) VS Stinkfly (Ben 10)C

Hiravias (Pillars of Eternity) VS Chell (Portal)

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) VS Bacterian (Dragon Ball)

Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) VS Kimchi (Chowder)

Stinky (Moomins) VS Stinky (Animal Crossing)

Mitchell Shephard (Hunt Down the Freeman) VS Melly Plinius (Identity V)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) VS Yato (Noragami)

THAT FUCKING THING IN YOUR BANNER (my banner lol) VS Harold (Fallout 1, 2, and 3)

Barik of the Stone Shields (Tyranny) VS Samuel Gladiator (Yandere High School (minecraft roleplay))

John Hart (Torchwood) VS Orochimaru (Naruto)

Dung Defender/Ogrim (Hollow Knight) VS Zane (Borderlands)

Pumbaa (The Lion King) VS Enki (Fear and Hunger)

Goro Majima (Yakuza) VS Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy)

Finn Mertins (Farmworld) (Adventure Time) VS John Doe (John Doe / John Doe+)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS Ed Sheeran (ginger people fandom)