#party animals sharing a braincell

[ask-another-cringey-fantroll]

💘: who developed a crush on the other first? Interested in most ships answers but anyone you think will be most interesting is also good

Bestie this blog is so dead I'm gonna take full advantage of this ask and go down the whole list

Infodump (Dollos and Meekra): Likely Meekra because Dollos is pre established as the blog's Prettyboy

Lets Go Lesbians (Minera and Jolene): Definitely Minera

Party Animals Sharing a Braincell (Minera, Jordan, & Medusa): Probably Jordan, but that one's complicated because of the circumstances surrounding Minera and Jordan's relationship.

Dame's Rockets and Orange Lilies (Minera and Zurlov): Honestly who's to say they both kinda hated each other from the getgo and it mutually evolved into a more romantic hatred over time

Midnight Double Feature (Mertix and Vorrai): Definitely Vorrai, I would say. Vorrai's really loud lusting after Mertix is what caught Mertix' eye in the first place.

Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc (Deshok and Edeuar): Deshok really met one (1) fuchsia and said "is anyone going to latch onto this as their new purpose in life?" and didn't wait for an answer.

[nica-my-beloved]

Things I Love and Dislove About Ikemen Games

These are my opinions!

CONTAINS ADULT CHARACTERS

You don't know how much this means to me because most of the time I try finding shoujo mangas I end up with stories that involve high school kids.

I'm a die heart fan of demon romance but majority of the shoujo manga that explores supernatural beings involves a 1000 year old demon king falling in love with a 16 year old high school girl. This sickens me not only because of the age gap but one of the party is a freaking minor.

As an adult, I'm so happy the Ikemen Games doesn't involve younger characters or at least characters that are 'minor' as a romantic partner.

MC's ONLY JOB IS TO SIMPLYFY THE STORY

I have said this before, MCs are just props to simplify the story and characters to us because the writers think we're too dumb to understand what the character is saying. They're like Paimon so that we don't use our braincells to understand the characters better.

I wish they didn't do that and have MCs backstories that describes their personality. I mean, all the MCs want to 'prove' to the male leads that they wanna be 'strong' but I'm tired of this trope.

Why does MCs have to always be innocent and prove themselves? Why does she always want to 'understand' the male leads? Can't we...for once have a romance that doesn't involve MCs teaching male leads true love?

Also STOP give MCs odd jobs! Book stall employee...letter carrier? I mean who is happy and satisfied doing this? How about giving the high-paying jobs like Auditor or Businesswoman or Scientist or etc etc...I know Mai is a fashion designer and businesswoman and Mitsuki is a travel agent turned maid. Alice is a baker and Yoshino is a pharmacist. The only MCs that continues to follow the path of their dreams is Mai and Yoshino.

MATURE ROMANCE

I enjoy seeing two adults slowly fall in love.

There is something different about teenagers falling in love vs adults falling in love. The romance is more realistic. They don't talk about how they're gonna plan their future together or which college they're going to go instead their chat is much more deep and that's refreshing.

NO BAD ENDINGS

Happy endings are nice. Everyone deserves one! But when there are no bad endings, the story won't have stakes.....and when there are no stakes, I can't take any gunshot sounds, blank screen and MCs saying 'Is this the end?' seriously.

Just stop being cowards writers! Put some bad endings!!

FAIR SHARE OF ROMANCE

Although I have played my fair share of Maiden games, majority of them are not that romantic.

I love cute romance moments to lighten up the mood and I really need them. Ikemen games delivers that too well....way too well...

I do have some criticism for random steamy scenes, I don't mind as long as they have context and mood.

The story is not so story focused all the time and also has time for mischievous romance which I like! It helps in calming me down and enjoy at the same time.

BULLSHIT GACHA SYSTEM AND NON-EXISTING GRINDING SYSTEM (Not very F2P friendly)

Even though Genshin's gacha system is shit (you need mf 90 wishes to get a guaranteed 5 star and 180 wishes to get the limited 5 star you want!) I still think it's ways better than the gacha system of these Ikemen Games.

Yes I agree that both the games are different in genre, one is an open world anime rpg and other is a maiden game with gacha mechanics. But that doesn't mean that I have to always pay to buy limited gacha tickets!! At least genshin gives us an open world to explore and grind primos (even though its time consuming)

Yes they do give limited tickets when you enter an event or complete the mission board but that's only ONE TICKET and you need 50 LIMITED TICKETS to get your guaranteed limited 5 star card. On the other hand, they give out many standard tickets but what am I gonna do with it if they aren't gonna update the standard banner?

These games are NOT F2P friendly and if you wanna...like say, want rank no.1 in an event you'd have to save a lot of items.

Ofc I know about the subscription thing and you do indeed get a lot of items, but the most essential thing for me is limited gacha tickets and diamonds because I wanna collect as many beautiful cards as possible and you don't get them from these monthly subscriptions. It's a waste of $5 very month. I'd rather buy a nice hair care or skin care items from that.

INTERESTING SETTINGS

I have my criticism in some of their stories but I can't deny that I LOVEE their story settings. Their premise for each game is solid to the point it makes me wanna actually try it.

This is something I find very rare in 'shoujo' genre.

For example, I don't like Vampire themed games because they suck! (both figuratively and literally) but Ikemen Vampire interests me because they take real historical figures and makes them vampire, which is a really cool idea! You don't know but I'd die to get myself in situation like that because it would be an honor to meet some great historical figures, chat with them and make them lose all their brain cells just like me. I would die to meet especially Isaac Newton and grill him for making those torturous physics theories that gave me brain tumors in my school.

Very cool setting! I can't wait to see what's in store for us in the future!!!

EVENTS ARE INSANELY BORING

I've never enjoyed a single story event from Ikemen Villains. They are boring and makes me fall asleep immediately at chapter 1. I think that kinda spread to Ikemen Prince because I barely open Ikemen Prince app now.

I honestly don't find the stories of these events interesting at all. It always feels like 'I have seen this before' maybe in some other game or some other manga.

And the Collections events.....yeah, I hate them! I wish they never existed!!! They keep the fan-loved characters at the butt-end of the list where 90% of the players don't even make it unless they burn their whole month's salary. I know that's why they do these anniversary elections because I bet if Sariel was the most voted character, his story would have been the most expensive one to get.

VERY LIKEABLE MALE LEADS

This is a personal thing but I love charismatic male leads a lot! Male leads with a lot of suave and beauty! Yes I care about these things when I play gacha games okay! I play gacha games to look at hot guys (because I know I'm never gonna get one in real life!)

But I also love that the devs puts an effort to make them feel good too. So I wanna give a shoutout to them!!! 'KEEP GOING!!! JUST DON'T MAKE TRIGGERING MEN WHO SAYS 'I'LL KILL YOU'!!!

[fumifooms]

Marchil crumbs part 3

Part 1 - Part 2 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6 - part 7

Count of times canon reminds us that Chilchuck is very attracted to blondes: 3rd For context: this is the canon explanation for everyone's shapeshifters

I can’t get over Chilchuck seeing Marcille like she has anime sparkles around her hair. How long have you stared at it. It’s like with the handsome Senshi where everyone is like "no this looks legit and absolutely like the real one" but her hair is shinier/prettier in the changeling than in the actual her

It drives me crazy that Marcille styles her hair every day for herself but little does she know she’s giving Chilchuck the show of his life, daily arranging his favorite thing aka blonde hair into different unique ornate hairstyles. Not that he cares about the details but ohh my god.

It makes sense that Chil would be the first one to notice her hair being all loose and messy then. He’s bothered by seeing her like this and wants her to tie it up again, and is even more unsetled and shocked when she says she doesn’t want to anymore. Though he also recovers from the shock quicker than Laios and takes charge of the situation. HE NOTICED. HE CARESSSS. IT BUGS HIM

^ That is what you call a character arc, of becoming attached to her hair lmfaoo(more like to Marcille and her habits). Or lying. "Man I sure wish she'd shave her hair I'd be less distracted on the job. Her golden majestic hair is so blinding with how shiny and sparkly it is ugh" /j

He chose to do a portrait teehee <3

Chilchuck defending her honor even under mind control that makes them honest zombies

Marcille out there defending his VIRTUE. It’s not just that he didn’t commit infidelity, he HAS A PURE HEART!! Honestly, assigned virtuous by a bicorn would so be the type of novel shenanigan that Marcille would hella romanticize. Which we do see her do lmao but <3

They're so funny together in the golden kingdom chapters. First of all, sitting in front of each other at the table? Nice. Second, them being on the same wavelength all throughout lmao.

Them. Sharing the same numerous braincells, nodding together and making good use of it to make good decisions for the party. Valuing their noses

Also can we apreciate that they like, can talk together. Communicate and debate. Even under tougher situations or more sensitive topics. Shit this would have been a good place to put the pages when Marcille was dungeon lord... But they're lined up for part 4 and part 3 is already full with pics... You guys have no idea how much Tetris I'm doing for these marchil crumbs posts

I wanna do a full compilation of every time he laughs at her but in the meantime have this small imperfect collection as well as this reddit comp. I swear she's the person/thing that makes him laugh and smile the most. Besides alcohol maybe

The gang and Chilchuck both knowing her well and not at all lol. Gotta love Chilchuck's confidence about knowing her favorite meal, and him remembering the bare minimum that even Laios hasn't lol

Marcille infesting his life to the point that, quote, "her delusions" are even part of his adventurer’s bible life timeline. The only picture in fact, in the streamlined canon reference to Chilchuck's life. "Hey is Marcille imagining herself as an halfling and Chil's wife with a mini Chilchuck baby Chilchuck's canon family appearances" canon: well no but actually yes /j

Chil at her bedside <3

Looking out for each other comp Yes thank you Chil captain obvious (he's trying his best and doesn't want to die let's not be mean c'mon). But like you know with that whole scene of the mad sorcerer attacking, for Chil it must have been the most terrifying thing ever. Ancient magic?? By an elf, targeting them with murderous intent?? With only an elf with also ancient magic to keep them safe attack by attack in the nick of time?? His biggest nightmare. I'm also reminded of when Chil talks with Leed about how "our magician held under the mad sorcerer's attack" all fond and 'I am so relieved I can trust her with my life' and Leed is like "That silly looking elf?!" and Chil was like "Yeah she's silly. At least she's strong tho." I'm getting carried away but yes this scene was relationship-defining in some ways

But they keep each other in check too

She was trying to make conversation and sharing her interests aw Chil come on

They're sooo domestic. "Chil are we there yet" "Marcille I swear to god if you ask me that one more time-". Also second time through the manga that Marcille squishes Chil against the ground/wall.

Get squeezed idiot

Part 4 is here!

[thecryptidgrey]

As an avid lover of his Dark Materials I have yet to see a BG3 daemons concept and that is a Crime. So here are some Thoughts below the cut :)

(Also something something about the representation of religion in HDM and how it correlates to BG3's depictions of faith and trauma. I have the Idea but I am too tired to do much with it; may return to the thought later.)

Shadowheart- a borzoi. Elegant, spooky looking, dramatic. Borzoi don't make much vocal noise but are very playful- instincts surpressed by Sharrens that thrive with the party (see that very cute night orchid scene specifically). Generally very sweet, loyal animals, like SH when you get to know her. Plus they look amazing.

(Act 3 spoilers- I also appreciate that she'll match it when she dyes her hair. Seems suitable dramatic for her.) Anyways, I also really like borzois and think it's be funny af to see in them trotting around in game like the weird willow tree ghost things they are.

Lae'zel- Githyanki don't have daemons; she finds them baffling. Very impractical to carry one's soul on the exterior, although perhaps an efficient companion in combat to have someone you share instincts with. After much discussion by the others she decides for them if she did have one it would be a red dragon. Nobody argues with that.

(She does decide she'd have to prove herself worthy of such a beast first, and if she trusts Tav admits that maybe she'd like if Vlaakith could give her a daemon bond with her future dragon. Would she get a dragon if she became Vlaakith's chosen? Idk, she would now.)

Karlach- Tieflings also don't have daemons. She wants one wholeheartedly. The party finds her a magic ring that allows her to summon a familiar- she gets a direwolf puppy as enthusiastic and adoring as she is :)

Said ring is obtained somewhere in the Shadowlands after she gets the cooldown upgrade so she can hug it as soon as she has it. Also it grows up absolutely massive. Its paws are the size of its head when it's a puppy. All the better for cuddling with!

Gale- Tara. Wizards, sorcerers, etc, tend to have magical creatures as familiars. This AU he had Tara since the beginning. He still summoned all the other weird shit he did as a kid, just with Tara's help. She is his voice of reason and holder of the braincells; he gets to keep one and it's all about Mystra. She's protecting the rest from its corruption. He gets them back when the party convinces him to tell Mystra to go fuck herself.

(I do chew upon the trans Gale headcanon sometimes. If anyone wishes to muse with me on how daemons, which are typically of the opposite sex to their human, would be incorporated into that, please do.) Edit- pls see comments for very illuminating interpretations of daemons and gender!! Very cool stuff!

Wyll- lanner falcon. Medium sized yet formidable bird of prey, the head of which was often depicted on Egyptian gods like Ra and Horus. Beautiful, noble and nimble creatures (good for a dexterity based build, which I focused on for him alongside charisma).

Mizora's pact significantly lengthened their tether; her devil-form punishment broke it and weakened their bond significantly, much to their distress- they hate to be out of vision of one another as a result. Halsin, Jaheira and especially my Tav Cerewyn helped him adapt to and understand the new tether.

Druids and their daemons are based on the His Dark Materials witches, who have significantly lengthened bonds. Druid bonds are just as strong in markedly different ways; each is more independent and their personalities more distinct. I will definitley expand more on this; I adore Wyll and really want to do his character justice. He's the knight in shining armour but he also made a deal with a devil to be said knight, so, y'know. His daemon should really reflect that complexity.

Astarion- luna moth (changed when he turned- he can't remember what she was before.)

Beautiful in a fragile, showy way. Short-lived. Desperate for the light. A silkmoth; silk for embroidery. He resents her for being such a reflection of the self he tries so desperately to hide yet is fiercely protective of her, so beautiful and soft and hopeful- moths exist to seek light, craving it like he longed for a knight in shining armour, like he yearns for the sun.

Cazador liked to pin her wings.

(I love my sad wet cat very much and so as payback for hurting my soul he is subjected to the tragedy that is my attempting to be poetic :) )

Halsin- bear. Druid daemons reflect their favoured Wild shapes. Strong, steady, reliable, protective. Optimal shape for snuggles, very nice and warm, overall :) vibes to look at and be around. (Bear is not present for That Scene. That Scene and daemons are not up for discussion, you degenerates. Thank you <3)

Jaheira- Eurasian lynx. Struggled a bit on this one- didn't think any of the wild shapes suited her as a daemon- so looked up the national animal of Romania (supposedly Jaheira's accent?) for potential inspiration. Got the lynx, which seems perfect. Medium sized, elegant, very dignifed and deadly hunters who inhabit forests. Notably very quiet and hard to track. Endangered, which resonated with me because of Jaheira's status as one of the last of the Old Guard, so to speak. Nocturnal, which I like because we meet Jaheira in the shadow-cursed lands. Ambush predator, which just goes with my Gloom Stalker build for her. Overall seems perfect for the legendary druid.

Minsc- Boo? Fuck knows man, Minsc gonna Minsc. I spent way too long thinking about Jaheira and now I don't have the energy left. If Gale can have Tara, Minsc can have Boo. I do love Minsc so I will be back to expand on him if the mood strikes me but also I think maybe I don't need to? Daemon Boo just seems Right. Will consult Minsc's backstory and update later if necessary.

Minthara- yet to recruit her so uncertain. Displacer beast seems apt, maybe? Something felinoid would really fit her tbh. Elegant and lethal, very aloof but loyal once you've got her. Input would be appreciated.

My Tav, Cerewyn, just in case ya'll are interested- a raven named Gwyn, short for something I haven't figured out how to spell yet.

Clever, calculating, very blunt and sarcastic to balance out Cere's generally stoic, quite, calm demeanour. Sharp eyed bird for a sharpshooter ranger's daemon. Cere is a beast master ranger/ druid of land multiclass; ravens are summonable both for wild companions and familiars and are a wild shape (Cere's preferred wild shape too).

A common species but not to be underestimated and generally unpredictable, which suits her. She romances Astarion and both she and the raven think he and his luna moth are the prettiest things they've ever seen. They're also very patient and perceptive of trauma due to (Extensive Backstory), so they're more than happy to take their time with earning his trust. Astarion is very appreciative of all the shiny things the raven likes to bring him, and also that it clawed one of Cazador's eyes out for daring to speak to Astarion like That.

CONC.; symbolism is fun and also painful :)

Daemon names are a work in progress; the muses gave me this then said lol nope and fucked off before I could ask them for appropriate names. Might post them with some sketches of the party and daemons together?

(I wrote this in Notes app at an ungodly hour with fuck all editing. It is incoherent, but if anything is genuinely incomprehensible, please tell me so I may at least try to fix it. Much love <3 if you made it this far you get to know I welcome suggestions for NPCs to give daemons next!)

First edit- I misspelled quiet so many times omfg

[baenyth]

Bethany's Bizarre Miraculous Reviews Episode 4-12: Crocoduel (Plus an OC!)

Oh baby, another Juleka episode! And with her as a hero instead of an insult to Clownkind! I think Luka's a big part of this episode as well!

I think I've seen those animations before.

Julerose in the first few seconds! Yippee!!!

That was one of the worst lies I've ever heard.

Lovers, ideally, not buddies. I refuse the Adrienette gravy train. It's like if gravy was bad.

I refuse to believe Luka and Juleka are twins. You cannot convince me. I can barely buy them as siblings, honestly. Luka has to be two years older than Juleka and they're half siblings because I doubt Deadbeat Stone would wait even a year to ditch Anarka for fame. My father and his father shared the same birthday, so Luka and Juleka can too!

As always, Juleka is being disrespected.

Oh my god, Marinette is using her braincells outside of Ladybug!

Fuck. Marinette is cooking. She knows she can only be down bad for Adrien. She knows she'll only hurt Luka.

"Talking garbage can? Awesome." Alright, that's the best line of season 4, if not the entire show.

How is Marinette hiding in that garbage can anyways? Is she just noclipping in and out of it or something?

Jagged doesn't even seem aware of Juleka's existence. I can feel myself growing more right. He only seems to acknowledge Luka as his child.

"Hey Juleka, can you make sure your brother isn't at his own birthday party? Thanks."

Oh baby! People apologizing for doing crappy stuff!

Japed

Roblox Flamethrower noise

Oh hey. Woman with Mylene's VA.

You have the space powerup. Which is being forgotten for plot reasons.

Alright, after three and a half seasons of being disrespected with akumatizations, Juleka finally becomes Purple Tigress. I think it's my favorite design and powerset. The ability to generate energy is surprisingly versatile. She can jumpstart cars. She can make ludicrous amounts of heat.

Have Hawkmoth's quips been weaker lately? It feels like they have.

Bellissimo. Juleka is now my favorite character.

Aaaand they had to end the episode with absolute and utter friendzoning. I will rage about this until the end of time or when I write a fic or two about it. Lukanette disrespect.

So yeah. If you noticed in the title, I have an OC to talk about. A Miraculous OC. That goes against the canon in this episode because I refuse to believe it.

His name is Gregory Steel. I think he changed his last name to not be associated with his old family. He has a black 2000s boycut covering his left eye and a goatee that shouldn't look too bad on him. I imagine his default outfit being some jeans and a black T-shirt for the Seattle grunge band he plays bass for, Screaming Crow. He's also a music teacher.

In 2000-2001, he met a French-Canadian woman named Anarka Couffaine, who was tired of big celebrities and wanted to settle down with her infant child. The two hit it off, going inbetween raising a child and working smaller gigs for cash. They even had a child together. However, on that new child's first birthday, the two had a falling-out, albeit one with good communication and the two are still friends to this day. Anarka moved to France to live on a boat in freedom while in the modern day of 2016 Gregory now is married and has two nine-year-old twins: a boy and a girl. Still, he does pay child support and give birthday and Christmas gifts to his other two children, Luka and Juleka. He also does come to visit but infrequently. He doesn't have that much money.

In a hypothetical rewrite, instead of this episode, Gregory decides to come over to Paris on his kids' birthdays, only to see Jagged the deadbeat trot on over and act like he's ever been a loving dad, even worse is the bias he's giving for Luka while ignoring his little darling Juleka. You can probably guess where this goes: Hawkmoth akumatizes him into Screaming Crow, a giant one-eyed crow that screams and attacks Jagged, Purple Tigress still gets introduced because she's the best and I love her and I want her to be the third permanent holder, and so on. I'm pretty sure Marinette and Luka have broken up by now but at the same time Marinette is starting to date Kagami. Or maybe they're still dating.

[insideliascrazyhead]

Ebara Commerce High Headcanons

Shoji

-uses the defeat Todoroki revenge plan only for entertainement

-owns the actual braincells of the group

-lovingly insults his friends

-actually enjoys tea with no sugar

-chaotic,kinda lazy

-listens to 90s grunge music

-loves thrift shopping

-likes to read but with Fujin and Raijin always creating chaos it´s hard to do so

-has a venus fly trap plant he calls Chompy

-romantic

-dares his friends to do dumb shit all the time

-he´s the kinda friend that nearly pisses himself laughing when you fall but will help you anyways

-loves to cook

-retired skater boy

-introvert

Fujin

-he and Raijin share one braincell.The party braincell

-probably uses energy drinks instead of water to make coffee

-sprays way to much deodorant and parfum

-loves fast and pimped cars

-no impulse control

-anger issues,shortest temper known to history

-hella protective

-uses axe bodyspray

-thinks hot sauce will never freeze cause it´s hot

-sprays grafitti´s

-has three older brothers

-extrovert

-listens to electronic and house music

-hobby dj

-great at pimping cars.repairing?not that much

Raijin

-all that man eats is candy or what contains thousand tons of sugar

-when he cooks the pot always catches fire

-owns a white fluffy cat he called Bunny

-does Yoga to help with his anger.It doesn´t

-wants to be a tattoo artist specialiced on old school tattoos

-actually wears glasses

-colors Fujin´s hair for him

-snorted chilly powder on a dare once

-forgetful as fuck

-they´re all old childhood friends

-favorite anime is Jujutsu Kaisen and Tokyo Revengers

-scared of Spiders

[seawater-aurelia-writing]

The Lost Daughter

Pairing: There are NO romantic pairings here!

Disclaimer: She/Her, Fem!Reader. Not spell checked either lol. Brief mentions of blood. I don't think there's any other warnings to add....other than it's short lol Not the best title ever but this is a random snippet I found in my wreck of a WIP folder from 2 years ago. I thought it'd be a fun post!

Summary: Someone comes to the Twisted world for M/C.

It didn’t take long for people to notice that MC had some very peculiar quirks, and that was putting it lightly. Not to say that there was  no one else at NRC had odd habits or behaviors, far from it,  but for a supposedly, magic-less human from a world where magic didn’t even exist? 

She was odd.

She was terrified of the harsh chill of winter. When it was time for everyone to leave for Winter Break, she all but demanded the warmest clothes she could get from Crowley, then Ace and Deuce, and even others like Trey and Jack. Ultimately, Professor Crewel had to give her clothes to stave off the cold – if only to quiet down Crowley’s own whining.

She held a preference for raw and undercooked meats; A diet that truly rivaled that of  even Leona. Her friends couldn’t remember the last time they saw her consume any grains, fruits or vegetables. When asked, even Riddle couldn’t recall seeing her eat any sweets at the Tea Parties nor did Jamil notice her eating at Kalim’s parties. 

Epel was the one who told the group about the Rook hand noticed;  the Pomefiore Hunter Leader once mentioned the gaze she held behind the other’s backs; Focused and unwavering, like a predator, deadly and lethal but one that he couldn’t place. Ace and Deuce could say nothing against that observation – they may have been sharing a brain cell collectively, but even that braincell remembered what MC once told them.

‘I like you both…Mother hates man-things but you two are fun…I?’ll make them play nice’

They never did learn what she meant, nor did they even want to ask, honestly. Not until the accident with the mirror.

“A rather peculiar situation.” Malleus smirked, the gathered students watching as the Dark Mirror emitted ghoulish cries and groans; Upon it’s face, there was images of a dilapidated village, an ornate castle, and even a putrid reservoir. “How did this come to be?”

“That is what we all wish to know, Mr Draconia.” Crowley glared as the First Year Trio, “These three were the last to use the mirror!”

“Ace! Deuce! MC! Explain this mess now! Or it’s Off With Your Heads!” Riddle practically screamed at the three, his face brilliant red with his anger. Ace and Deuce flinched, stammering over their words but MC didn’t look phased. Instead she grinned.

She recognized those noises from the mirror, the images upon it’s surface. 

“It’s my home!”

“WHAT?!?!?” Adeuce and Grim yelled as nearly every head turned to face MC. She was grinning widely, nearly as wide a Floyd, with odd look in her eyes. 

“Child of man, what do you-”

A breathy, almost maniacal chuckle was heard from inside of the mirror, cutting off Malleus’ words

“Hahaha! Such a strong voice~” Came a female voice, older and with a more excitable lit than MC’s voice had ever been. “Sister, you’ve been having fun, haven’t you?”

“It’s not like that! I don’t play like you do, Daniela!” The first years perked up as they heard MC’s voice, so animated and lively – but who was the first woman that she was talking to?

“Now, now, MC.” 

“Yes, mother.” MC continued to smile but immediately settled while a collective shiver went down the spines of a majority of the others present– Jack’s ears stood straight up- as a commanding voice rang out. It was similar to the first voice but calmer, more confident,  and-

“Whoever that is sounds sexy as hell…” Ace whispered, eyes widened. MAlleus tilted his head, the void reminded him of the commanding tone of his grandmother, even the power that it held rang familiar - a draconic voice.

A black gloved hand emerged from the mirror, gripping it’s ornate frame as another followed suit. A  massive figure soon followed suit, kneeling down to step through the frame. From this sight alone, they appeared much larger than even Malleus. A silken gown flowed out of the mirror, draped elegantly over a well-endowed and curvaceous form while a wide brimmed black hat concealed their face. Once they were fully through the mirror, the figure stood up fully and upon lifting their gaze, froze the room with a stare of gold. “There you are, daughter.” The being in front of them chimed as MC darted over to them, barely reaching her hips. “Now then, tell me. Who had the audacity to take you from us?”

[major-fukkup]

@hyperobsession here goes!

So, I've created several different DnD pcs, as one does, so I can use them for different things BUT in my mind they all also exist in a separate AU where they're all in the same party and the problem with this is three of them are rogues.

Two of them, Ezian (catfolk) and Vargas (tiefling), become best friends almost immediately (just kidding it takes at least a week or two) bc it turns out they share a braincell and work reeeaaally well together. And they basically force the third, Sivain (half elf), to join their lil mini group within the party just bc ya know, they gotta, but he's traumatized (to be fair they all are lol but his trauma was the most recent) and doesn't wanna get close to anyone. Eventually he learns to trust them, and they never let him down. At least, not intentionally.

They are, for all practical purposes, being babysat by Storm, the chillest bard ever (you may remember him - he's a dragonborn), and Ash, a wood elf druid with a moral compass that won't quit. They basically become co- party leaders on account of being the smartest, and also the biggest and strongest (in a "the strong protect the weak" kind of way, not a "might makes right" way lol).

Storm doesn't really care what the rogues do as long as they aren't actually hurting anybody, but Ash tries to talk morals into them - to be fair they do have standards of their own but they struggle quite a bit with reason and logic, and Sivain believes quite heavily in destiny and luck. For example if someone drops their wallet or whatever and doesn't notice then it's fair game - bad luck for them, good luck for him.

Ash eventually learns to look the other way sometimes, but not if there is an objectively morally correct course of action that can be taken. She chooses not to partake of any goods that she knows are stolen but she isn't going to deprive her companions of stuff they actually kind of need, either.

Also Volstar, the edgy halfling sorcerer, is there but he mostly keeps to himself. He spent the first few months with the party constantly assuring them (himself actually) that he was ONLY in the same place at the same time as them because they happened to be investigating the same thing (they asked for his help one time with one thing and he was already looking into it so he figured why the hell not but he expected them to leave him alone afterward and they very much did not).

He talks to his mage hand and minor illusion more than any of them. ...Until one day he finds himself calling the party his friends. He never regrets it, either.

And of course we can't forget about Mark, a high elf ranger who doesn't give any fucks about anyone or anything except himself and smoking weed (I originally made him a high elf just for that joke even though wood elf would make more sense). He's literally just a hunter but he always wondered what was beyond the forest so he agrees to accompany the party into the city they're heading toward.

While there, they find a raccoon and he tries to kill it but it starts talking and the other party members decide to adopt it. Its (his) name is Roadkill but it's unclear if he already had that name or if they gave it to him.

Roadkill immediately decides Mark is his favorite person, you know, the guy who tried to kill him at first sight, and spends the majority of his time sitting on his shoulder. He refuses to get within five feet of Ash despite the fact that she's objectively the most adept at animal handling.

He is also a thief (I'm not giving him a class simply bc he'd be a rogue and that would make four, and also bc he's a raccoon and doesn't deserve a class [affectionate]) and frequently attempts to steal from Mark, who in turn chases him around trying to stab him. This continues nearly every night until Mark is given a reason to care about someone other than himself and has a change of heart (it is unclear how much time that takes, and also unclear exactly what happens to incite this reaction - I have some ideas but nothing set in stone yet).

Roadkill also fights with the rogues over shiny things. They don't try to kill him like Mark did but he does find a dagger somewhere and they quickly give up on trying to take it away from him.

That's about it for these guys, for right now anyway. I have so much more to say about each one but that can be done another time, in another post.

I'm also working on a couple more pcs including a half orc paladin and a drow cleric but since I'm not overly familiar with either of those classes I'm waiting 'til I have time to consult the Player's Handbook before continuing their development. I also want to add a barbarian to the mix but I don't have any exceptionally good ideas for one so I'm not sure yet. Maybe a gnome bc I love the idea of a really strong tiny dude. I was considering a gnome fighter instead but again, not sure.

I have a number of npcs as well that I'd love to talk about, but that's DEFINITELY going in a different post.

Anyway feel free to ask for more info about any of these guys! Like I said I have a lot more to say XD

[buyakasha]

started a new bg3 campaign cuz i dropped the other one for too long and forgot everything. so this is Kai'ral, they're a big sweet pally/bard, ex-soldier, not very bright but has good instincts about people. looooves animals; you usually only hear Kai speak exuberantly when they're talking to animals or singing, otherwise they're quite soft-spoken and only say what needs to be said. best buds with Karlach - they share a braincell but she does the talking. still figuring out who the rest of my party will be

not sure who the romantic interest will be either, i was leaning toward Gale but if that little shit kills me with necrotic aura one more time it just ain't gonna fly

[pockethexapod]

Miniature lineart for my current IRL Pathfinder table! Clockwise from top left:

Amber Stolas, Tiefling Rogue - Seemingly the sole survivor of a powerful nation that was reduced to dust only a year ago. The kind of rogue that is all skill with no social skills.

Aqua Kadelaryn, Half-Elf Barbarian - An eccentric warrior from a seaside nation. She enthusiastically murders animal abusers in sadistic and gory ways. Kinda dim, though her stats claim she isn't supposed to be.

Arora Nyx, Elf Summoner - A talented if naïve mage hailing from what is essentially a magically teleporting nomadic hippie commune. She and her panther-like eidolon Nyx are inseparable, mostly because they share the same braincell.

"Bushmagic", Human Monk Druid - A... strange, terse fellow with a deep love of animals. Has an enchanted elephant companion and aspirations of godhood. Looks like a monk, acts like a monk and calls himself a monk despite definitely being a druid.

Amber's player (my wife) is the only one with any tabletop experience, the others are complete newbies and its been very fun showing them the ropes. So far the party has remodeled a tavern basement, been arrested, crashed through castle doors on the back of a frightened pachyderm, accidentally delivered sugar free chocolate to a king and queen thus saving their troubled marriage, bought a scary sword from a sketchy goblin and tamed a flock of pigeons. I'm so proud of them.

[ask-another-cringey-fantroll]

Medusa, describing Minera: She was angry, which is the more productive cousin of fear.

[penbwl]

Pffff why are we all sharing one green braincell - once I was deep in Bowuigi Tumblr I immediately dressed up as Luigi in animal crossing AND to a motto party irl. The brainrot is real heheh

It really is,,, my autistic hyperfixation riddled brain wants to make everything about Luigi and it’s making me go crazy😭

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

Part 1: Marlene's P. O. V

"YOU GUYS ARE FUCKING IDIOTS!! COULDN'T YOU JUST BEHAVE? COULDN'T YOU JUST BE CIVIL FOR ONE NIGHT, YOU ANIMALS!!"

Everything had been going smoothly, so Marlene thought. Then Peter and Mulciber started fighting in a corner. Peter punched him. Mulciber grabbed his shirt angrily. The Marauders jumped on defense of Peter. The Knights jumped on defense of their friend. Then everything became chaos after that. Insults, threats and pushes. At the end, Marlene and Dorcas had to intervene. All of the girls were stopping the stupid angry boys.

Marlene liked Dorcas so much. So so much. Dorcas was perfect. And she made Marlene feel so happy. But her friends were the problem. Alecto, Alice and Josephine were a trio of brainless bitches. The Knights were known to be terrible assholes. Worst of them all: Nicolai Mulciber. He was nasty. He was a bigot. He was a pig. And he also happened to be Dorcas' step brother.

Marlene and Dorcas knew there was conflict between their friend groups. Plus there was the stupid rivalry between houses: Gryffindor vs Slytherin. It got weirder when Marlene and Dorcas started dating. So they tried to fix it with a nice party at The Gryffindor Common Room. They just wanted their people to get along. It didn't go so well. Marlene felt they were being very Romeo and Juliet at the moment. And she hated that. She hated that stupid love story.

This was very important for Dorcas. Marlene could tell. And maybe it was important for Marlene as well.

After Dorcas left the room, practically running, Marlene yelled at everyone to shut up. And she pushed her way after her girlfriend. She didn't care anymore. They could kill each other if they liked.

Marlene found Dorcas sitting by the stairs outside. Marlene's heart ached for her. Marlene's friends weren't the problem,  the problem were Dorcas'. She probably felt guilty about it all. She felt frustration that they had been trying really hard for it to work and it didn't. So was Marlene.

And God, Dorcas was so beautiful that sometimes she left Marlene speechless.

Marlene sighed as she took a seat besides Dorcas. She could tell she had been crying and wiped her tears very quickly.

"Well that was shit..." Marlene said "I think we woke up the whole Gryffindor Tower with the chaos.... I think Minnie is going to be angry..."

Marlene chuckled trying to lighten the mood but Dorcas simply smiled sadly.

Marlene grabbed her hand.

"Is it possible for our worlds to collide?" Dorcas asked.

"Honestly, who cares? The important thing is that we like each other, right?"

Dorcas smiled at that.

"I do like you... A lot"

"I do like you a lot as well" Marlene smiled back.

They shared a sweet kiss.

Then Dorcas sighed.

"But it is going to be really difficult if our friends hate each other"

Marlene didn't say anything. She knew it was true. She wished things were different. She liked Dorcas. What was the crime in that?

"It was Peter who started everything... He punched Nick" Dorcas said softly.

"Well I am pretty sure the wanker of your brother said something to provoke him... Peter is not aggressive..."

Dorcas sighed and dropped Marlene's hand.

"Why do have to demonize Nick all the time?"

"He demonizes himself... He is a dick!" Marlene said it as a joke but Dorcas wasn't laughing.

"Marly... What do you think about my friends?"

The truth was that Marlene hated them all. They were everything Marlene detested in people: fake, pretentious, superficial. Marlene couldn't believe Dorcas could like them. She was different. She was better than all of them. She cared about deep things, important stuff, she had wonderful dreams and ways to see life.

"They are.... aam...." How to describe them? "Interesting?"

Dorcas looked down.

"Interesting?"

"They are peculiar..." Marlene nodded desperately "It is very interesting how for example Alecto has only one braincell and she uses it to fix her hair every two seconds..."

Marlene giggled. It had been a joke between them. It had been funny. Dorcas had laughed about it before. But not this time.

"Marlene, it is not funny" she snapped "You hate them, right?"

"I don't hate them..." Marlene's voice sounded so small.

"You don't even know them, Marly" Dorcas tutted, now more angrily "They are not as bad as they seem and they are my friends! And you certainly are not making the effort to get to know them better"

"I am trying! I have to stand them every week in dance classes! And what about today, ha?"

Another idea they had had was to form a dance group with Dorcas leading. She was an incredible dancer. It had been fun to spend more time together like that. Dumbledore had even let them perform at Rugby matches. If it weren't for the constant fights...

"I do like your friends, I spend more time with them lately" Dorcas said, crossing her arms.

"Because my friends are not pretentious idiots!" Marlene spat.

Dorcas rised from her seat quickly, ready to leave.

"Dorcas!" Marlene begged "I'm sorry... I don't want us to fight"

Dorcas stopped.

"I think our worlds are too different, Marly" Dorcas said "Should we be together at all?"

"Of course we should! I like you! You like me! That's what matters!"

Marlene sounded desperate. The idea of breaking up with Dorcas hurt her like nothing else. She wanted to be with her. Why couldn't it be easier? It was simple when it was just the two of them. Marlene felt like she loved Dorcas.

Dorcas turned slowly.

"I am not asking for you and them to be best friends but at least try to be friendly..."

Dorcas was right. Marlene was a complete wanker sometimes. She didn't think before acting and perhaps she had been a bitch with them. Perhaps they weren't that bad. If Dorcas liked them, there had to be something good at least. Dorcas had tried to be gentle with all of Marlene's friends. Even if they were chaotic and reckless.

"Okay... I promise I'll try" Marlene pouted "Can you give me a kiss?"

Dorcas smiled and Marlene was relieved. When Dorcas got closer, Marlene pulled her in for a kiss and Dorcas giggled.

"The stupid world can fall apart but we are going to be fine, right?"

Marlene whispered as she touched Dorcas' forehead with hers.

Dorcas closed her eyes and nodded.

"They have to accept that we make each other happy and try and be gentle, right?"

"I like how I am when I am with you, Marly" Dorcas whispered back "I love you"

Marlene's heart started beating fast with those words. But those three words weren't enough anymore. What Marlene felt was stronger. And all she could do was to try and show Dorcas how she felt through a delicate kiss.

When they kissed nothing around them mattered. It was just the two of them.

Marlene bursted into the boys' dorm later that night.

James let out a girly shriek as he covered himself with the sheets.

"Jesus, Marlene! Knock!"

"Not interested in your junk, James"

"Lily is..."

Marlene frowned "Ew..."

She focused on the person she wanted to see. Peter was lying on his bed, books opened in front of him but he wasn't making any effort to read them. When he noticed Marlene was looking at him, he moved uncomfortably.

Marlene walked towards him.

"You are not supposed to be here, Marlene" Sirius spat from Remus' bed.

"Shut up, asshole!"

"Me?" Peter panicked as Marlene approached "What did I do? Please don't hit me!"

Marlene stopped in front of his bed.

"I am not gonna hit you" she rolled her eyes "I need to know why did you punch Mulciber tonight, Pettigrew"

Peter sighed in relief.

"Well..."

"That was pretty great, Wormy!" Sirius smirked.

"That bloody bastard deserved a really good punch" James added.

Peter seemed satisfied about his friends' comments.

"He deserves more than a punch" Marlene commented crossing her arms. Then she cleared her throat "Why, Pettigrew?"

"Peter was being a gentleman and defending a friend" Remus said, winking at Peter.

"What friend, Peter?"

Peter shrugged.

"Peter!"

"Mary! He was saying nasty things about her"

Marlene blinked in surprise. And when she processed what Peter said, she felt rage. Pure rage.

"What did he say about her?"

Peter looked down without answering.

"What did that wanker say, Peter?" Marlene insisted.

"That she is easy and stuff!" Peter bursted out "That he can have her just by snapping his fingers... And that girls like her would never look at guys like me"

"What an absolute asshole!" Sirius exclaimed.

"I am going to kill him" James added.

Marlene's anger was different this time. It felt more like sadness. She couldn't believe someone like Nicolai Mulciber had to be related to Dorcas. Her Dorcas. It seemed like a curse. Marlene actually felt guilt for what Mulciber had said. As if she had said it herself.

Mary was her best friend. Marlene loved her. And Peter was her friend too. And she wanted to kill Mulciber for hurting them. But she also knew Dorcas loved Nicolai. That they were siblings after all. And Dorcas would have to take his side while Marlene had to take her friends'. Marlene hated that. It wasn't fair.

Marlene sat on Peter's bed and gave him a hug. Mainly to hide the fact she wanted to cry. For sadness. For rage. For both... Who knows?

"She is hugging me" Peter said to his friends surprised.

"You did great a great job at punching him, Pete"

Marlene patted his back.

"Thanks?"

Marlene pulled away and stood up. And she realized The Marauders were looking at her as if she was about to explode. They were good people. Marlene secretly loved those boys. Though she would never admit it.

"We shouldn't probably tell Mary about this" Marlene sighed.

"Don't tell her that Peter acted like a hero for her?" Remus asked, smiling at Peter.

"Oh shut up!" Peter blushed.

Marlene gave Peter a quick glance. Was he really into Mary? How cute.

"We are not going to tell her, okay?" Marlene repeated.

The Marauders nodded.

"Have a good night boys" Marlene sniffed sadly and she started walking towards the door.

She felt guilty about tonight somehow. Her sweet Dorcas had to be related to the devil himself.

"Are you okay, Marly?" Sirius asked.

"I'm fine!" Marlene snapped "Just go to sleep"

Marlene closed the door behind her. What to do? Was it convenient for Marlene to date Dorcas? Should she put her friends through this?

[xfriki26]

I was starting a new miitopia playthrough and acidentaly made 10 new ocs.

Might as well tell you a little about them:

Nax (she/it) Thief -> Scientist -> Wizard / Stubborn / 30

• Protagonist, doesn't want to be here.

• Anxiety ball

• She's not human, but it doesn't even know what it is.

Jacob (he/him) Thief / Laid back / 32

• The party's weed carrier, he gets high in the inn.

• Doesn't care too much about saving the kingdom.

• Tragic backstory? Nah, he's that way by default.

Samu (he/she) Chef / Cautious / 40

• The parent of the group.

• Uses the party's shared braincell most of the time.

• If it weren't for her, everyone would have died of stupidity.

Chenoa (he/she/they) Pop Star / Airhead / 34

• Retired singer.

• Born in the forest, talks to animals like a Disney character.

• The most intense ADHD in history.

Slash (they/them) Cat / Kind / 31

• The most normal of the group

• Always willing to listen to their friends.

• Suffers from insomnia.

Diane (she/her) Imp / Airhead / 28

• Huge nerd.

• Worked at the library before joining the party.

• Always tries to please people.

Elijah (He/they) Warrior -> Vampire / Cool / 29

• Slightly imbecile.

• Bitten by a vampire in the postgame, not happy about it.

• Apart from Samu, the only one who knows what he's doing.

Candy (She/her) Tank / Energetic / 23

• Creature of chaos.

• Uses her friends as proyectiles without warning.

• Social butterfly.

Jule (they/them) Flower / Kind / 35

• The other parent of the group.

• Dad jokes.

• Abandonment issues.

Gadea (She/they) Princess -> Elf / Kind / 31

• What is she a princess of? She doesn't even know.

• Everyone likes them.

• Make her cry and the party will make you bleed.

[tenander]

For both of em uwu 4, 14, 28, 30

4: If your Tav was a companion, where would they be found?

Crim would be at the ruined Jergal temple, on the little balcony. He can be either approached first, in which case he informs you that he overheard a group of mercenaries in the ruins talking about raiding the Nautiloid wreck and was just about to avail himself of their belongings. If the mercs are approached first and convinced to leave, Crim comes in afterward and suggests exploring the ruins together. If the mercs are engaged in a fight, Crim joins in to help.

Solstice is a bit of a latecomer... he is with Scratch, praying for the dead courier. Talking to him reveals he's been wandering the woods for a while (somehow avoiding every single person in there without realising it) and is feeling really very lonely and a bit worried about his worm at this point, but luckily he found this good boy. If Scratch is spoken to, he remarks that Solstice is a very nice new friend, but he's worried about him surviving on his own and perhaps it would be best if Tav adopted him.

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14: What hobbies does your Tav have?

Crim loves reading. Non-fiction, primarily, but also porn. The lewder the better. Don't go through the bookstack in his tent unless you are mentally and physically ready. Beside that... can you call bathing a hobby? It's not really swimming because he prefers to just sit or float, but boy does he love being in water, especially if it's warm and scented.

Solstice does pottery. His favourite to make are saucers and bowls for drinking and generally anything made on a pottery wheel. He can also make little figurines (mostly animals, they are simplistic but cute), but he prefers the meditative movement of the wheel.

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28: Is your character the de facto leader of the party? Or do they consider someone else to be the leader?

Crim shares leadership with his co-Tav, Kell (courtesy of Phex up there). They escaped the Nautiloid together, and started out with Crim leading the group, but once they entered the Underdark, Crim deferred to Kell instead since this was his home turf, and after that, they're equally guiding the party and driving the events forward.

Solstice is very much a follower. His co-Tav Eloryn (also Phex's) leads the group. Solstice is way too impulsive and guileless to lead a group like this through events like these.

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30: What's your favorite thing about your Tav?

My favourite thing about Crim is that he's a perfectly sculpted catholic lucifer statue like so many spellcasters in the world of D&D, he is often skirting the line to Being A Bad Guy due to his insatiable hunger for magical knowledge and power, and his selfishness and recklessness associated with it... but he never once even touches that line due to his strong sense of morality and integrity. (And also because behind all that perfectly manicured and seductive appearance and complete confidence in his magic is just a scared and grieving circus boy from Rivington.)

My favourite thing about Solstice is that he is the archetypical himbo (which is not my normal OC type): he is pretty, he is beefy, he is kind and generous and he is extremely pure of heart and dumb of ass. There is something very relaxing about RPing him... make all the Good Boy decisions, expend no mental effort, enjoy the bite-able tiddy. None braincell with left beef.

[anonymous-bush]

god i love starting facebook drama and then just logging off and going to sleep my pores have never felt clearer 😘