#otto malpense

[dr-nero-is-god]

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NOBODY GOT OTTO SO HE IS OUR BIRTHDAY BUNDLE EXAMPLE

By me, mitch, who just took 5g of melatonin and meant to do an example post earlier

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A Playlist for Otto

Crocodile Rock by Elton John

Love, Love, Kiss, Kiss by Alkaline Trio

Why Don't We Do It in The Road by The Beatles

Sex Over the Phone by the Village People

Buddy Holly by Weezer

Jump by Van Halen

Strip by Adam Ant

Midnight Star by Weird Al

Yes these are the first eight songs I thought of

A Art of Otto

(Marker on paper 2024)

Prompts for You!

Otto and Shelby argue about whether or not she is a basic bitch. Franz asks, "can I be a basic bitch if I'm gay?"

AU where Otto is a mouse and the UK parliament is represented by an entire owl: what is Otto's backstory?

"I don't think anyone ever loved me, really. I was tolerated, certainly. Cared for, yes. But loved?"

Will Otto's hair turn gray as he ages? The group discusses

Otto accidentally invents the magic school bus. Whose open scab will he sail into?

Fan Fiction

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Tags: G, threat of violence

Otto lay awake, troubled by the events of the day. Everything had worked out (so far, anyway) and he was relieved that no one had been crushed by elephants or driven to the brink of madness in general.

"Do you think I am in trouble?" He whispered to Wing, who was also awake by virtue of the fact that he was not snoring.

A knife thudded into the headboard no more than a centimeter from his nose.

"Otto, go to sleep or I will put you to sleep," Raven said.

Otto closed his eyes very quickly and did not say anything after that. The end.

[wing-shot-first]

[stanning-one-wing-fanchu]

Otto: Pick a card, any card

Shelby: Okay

Otto: Wait, no that’s my credit card

Shelby: You said any card

[eliotquillon]

i like the idea of shelby/otto for a lot of reasons (they’re hypercompetitive prodigies with similar senses of humour) but the main one is that i do think they just Get each other in a way the other core four pairings don’t. they’re selfish and ambitious and covetous and sometimes mean and so, so desperate to pretend that they don’t care what anyone else thinks of them; nero makes a point of asking otto what he really has to go back to in book 1, but the same applies to shelby. everything she has she’s built for herself. everything otto has he’s had to claw away from that unshakable truth that he was born with his fate already decided. they would never, ever last long term because i think they’d turn on each other in order to protect themselves, but equally i think they would always regret not giving things a go at least once. loving each other would never be enough. they’d always try too hard to hate each other.

[crimmycram]

When in doubt, grab your blorbos, shove them into colorful bottles

[citrusscale-remastered]

Quick rundown of the Malpense sibs

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Summaries under the cut

The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin

Annabelle Doll is 8 years old--and has been for over 100 years. Nothing much has changed in the dollhouse during that time, except for the fact that 45 years ago, Annabelle's Auntie Sarah disappeared from the dollhouse without a trace. After all this time, restless Annabelle is becoming more and more curious about her aunt's fate. And when she discovers Auntie Sarah's old diary, she becomes positively driven. Her cautious family tries to discourage her, but Annabelle won't be stopped, even though she risks Permanent Doll State, in which she could turn into a regular, nonliving doll. And when the "Real Pink Plastic" Funcraft family moves in next door, the Doll family's world is turned upside down--in more ways than one!

Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows

The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn't be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide quickly, Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charming and addictive introduction to Ivy and Bean.

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

For youngsters of the Dutch village, the time is especially exciting. But Hans and Gretel Brinker, with their hand-carved wooden blades, can hardly expect to compete against their well-trained young friends who own costly steel skates. Raff Brinker, their father, is seriously ill, and the desperately poor family is struggling to survive. To win the race, the siblings will need a miracle — and a helping hand.

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

The year is A.D. 793; Jack and his sister have been kidnapped by Vikings and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless and his terrifying half-troll wife; but things get even worse when Jack finds himself on a dangerous quest to find the magical Mimir's Well in a far-off land, with his sister's life forfeit if he fails.

A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin

Squirrel and her brother Bone begin their lives in a toolshed behind someone's summer house. Their mother nurtures them and teaches them the many skills they will need to survive as stray dogs. But when their mother is taken from them suddenly and too soon, the puppies are forced to make their own way in the world, facing humans both gentle and brutal, busy highways, other animals, and the changing seasons. When Bone and Squirrel become separated, Squirrel must fend for herself, and in the process makes two friends who in very different ways define her fate.

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good oldfashioned children. Following the models set in lauded tales from A Christmas Carol to Mary Poppins, the four Willoughbys hope to attain their proscribed happy ending too, or at least a satisfyingly maudlin one. However, it is an unquestionably ruthless act that sets in motion the transformations that lead to their salvation and to happy endings for not only the four children, but their nanny, an abandoned baby, a candy magnate, and his long-lost son too.

H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden

Otto Malpense may only be thirteen years old, but so far he has managed to run the orphanage where he lives, and he has come up with a plan clever enough to trick the most powerful man in the country. He is the perfect candidate to become the world's next supervillain.

That is why he ends up at H.I.V.E., handpicked to become a member of the incoming class. The students have been kidnapped and brought to a secluded island inside a seemingly active volcano, where the school has resided for decades. All the kids are elite; they are the most athletic, the most technically advanced, and the smartest in the country. Inside the cavernous marble rooms, floodlit hangars, and steel doors, the students are enrolled in Villainy Studies and Stealth and Evasion 101. But what Otto soon comes to realize is that this is a six-year program, and leaving is not an option.

With the help of his new friends: an athletic martial-arts expert; a world-famous, beautiful diamond thief; and a spunky computer genius -- the only other people who seem to want to leave -- can Otto achieve what has never been done before and break out of H.I.V.E.?

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. She believes she is in for brightly colored macaws, enormous butterflies, and "curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from the trees." Her British classmates warn her of man-eating alligators and wild, murderous Indians. Unfortunately, no one cautions Maia about her nasty, xenophobic cousins, who douse the house in bug spray and forbid her from venturing beyond their coiffed compound. Maia, however, is resourceful enough to find herself smack in the middle of more excitement than she ever imagined, from a mysterious "Indian" with an inheritance, to an itinerant actor dreading his impending adolescence, to a remarkable journey down the Amazon in search of the legendary giant sloth.

Babe the Sheep-Pig by Christ Grant-Bear

When Babe arrives at Hogget Farm, Mrs. Hogget’s thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops—until he reveals a surprising talent for sheepherding, that is. Before long, Babe is handling Farmer Hogget’s flock better than any sheepdog ever could. Babe is so good, in fact, that the farmer enters him into the Grand Challenge Sheepdog Trials. Will it take a miracle for Babe to win?

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones

Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.

[do-you-ship-this-book-couple]

Do you ship....

[theanomily]

I like to think Otto never truly finds out why Block and Tackle ran that fateful day. Like I can imagine a similar (but more funny) interaction between Otto and Raven while they're hunting the Disciples:

Raven: Sorry, kid- you're going to have to sit this one out, I'm afraid. It's just too dangerous.

Otto: I can be very intimidating when I want to be.

Raven: *looks him up and down critically.*

Otto: I'll have you know, I made older Henchman students flee from me on my second day at H.I.V.E.

Raven: ...

Otto: ???

Raven: Denial is a river in Egypt, Mr Malpense.

Otto: ???

[narcissisticpdcultureis]

NPD culture is Otto Malpense from the H.I.V.E. book series :3

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[wing-shot-first]

[stanning-one-wing-fanchu]

Two low resolution memes

[eliotquillon]

i love spreading my hive/alex rider propaganda to anyone who will listen like here are two stories about boys who more or less had their fates decided from the moment they were born and who kept trying to fight back anyway even though they were up against an entire military complex and throughout it all they keep choosing time and time again to make the right choices instead of the easy ones. here are two stories haunted by the ghosts of parents who died years before anything really began. and also funny russian assassins lol

[crimmycram]

Mark Walden streams have a grip on my psyche now

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: H.I.V.E.

Author: Mark Walden

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2007

Genres: fiction, science fiction, adventure, fantasy, mystery

Blurb: Otto Malpense may be only thirteen years old, but so far, he has managed to run the orphanage where he lives, and he has come up with a plan clever enough to trick the most powerful man in the country. He is the perfect candidate to become the world’s next supervillain. That is why he ends up at H.I.V.E., handpicked to become a member of the incoming class. The students have been kidnapped and brought to a secluded island inside a seemingly active volcano, where the school has resided for decades. All the kids are elite - they are the most athletic, the most technically advanced, and the smartest in the country. Inside the cavernous marble rooms, floodlit hangars, and steel doors, the students are enrolled in Villainy Studies and Stealth and Evasion 101...but what Otto soon comes to realise is that this is a six-year program, and leaving is not an option. With the help of his new friends - an athletic martial arts expert, a beautiful and world-famous diamond thief, and a spunky computer genius (the only other people who seem to want to leave) - can Otto achieve what has never been done before and break out of H.I.V.E.?