#point is i wanna loredump lol

[chiimeramanticore]

it's like, day 4 of packing charm orders and i'm itching to talk about part of the band... consider sending asks? :]c

[superscourge]

Could you tell us some lil fun facts about the imposter au, please? It’s genuinely so good I adore it-

i can try to loredump about it real quick!! just off the toppa my head..

just to establish what the au is again: imposter au is an au set in the idw-verse where scourge is a literal clone of sonic created by dr. starline using chaos energy in order to replace sonic! he began to think for himself too well for starline to control at some point and started seeing through his lies and manipulation, and he eventually broke away from him and went to the restoration to help him take starline down as revenge for selfishly creating him and bringing him into the world without an identity of his own..

some little tidbits ive thought up that i wanna explore in some way down the line (i could do fics or mini comics idk. depends on how i feel):

scourge keeps his true identity as a sonic clone a secret from the resistance for as long as he can, telling them his name is scourge from the start--the name he chose for himself after escaping starline--and he doesnt get his identity revealed until starline outs him during a confrontation where scourge helps the restoration bust into one of his bases but starline already knew they were coming so he made it look like scourge led them into a trap as part of a bigger plan :P

scourge and the restoration (convinced by amy) agree to help each other because they both share starline as a common enemy, but scourge is basically assigned a babysitter to watch his every move because they definitely dont feel like they can trust him after everything so far. that babysitter is silver!

silver 100% does not trust scourge for a while at first, but after spending more time with him and getting him to open up a bit more (accidentally..) and i guess kinda seeing him more as a person, they form a sorta bond that is kinda similar to sonic and tails ^^

scourge was meant as a sort of "prototype" for surge and kit! he didnt know this though until he's confronted by them later which is great bc he was already having issues with feeling like he didnt have a place in the world and then surge shows up and further hammers in that he was expendable from the start :P (this actually ties in with a mini comic ive been wanting to do for agesssss i hope im able to get it out eventually..)

shadow actually shows him how to better control his chaos energy and abilities that he's been kind of wild with up to that point! this comes in handy because the first time scourge fights surge she completely wipes the fucking floor with him, but after shadow helps him learn to use his power better (and he discovers the additional power of friendship), he's finally able to best her in battle ^^

over the course of his time with the restoration, scourge kinda learns how to be more of a person as it were :] he unintentionally makes friends and slowly realizes people actually care about him (and that he is able to be cared about in the first place), and eventually, once he finally finds security in his identity apart from being sonic's clone, he decides to stay with them as an ally!

and of course, yes, by the end of it all he does get his cool jacket and shades <3 just. probably a little redesigned lol

genuinely i have brainrot for this au occasionally. it flares up every now and then and i am obsessed w it... i love it a lot

[a-pagancongregation]

I am back

having reread TLT

I am also late

apologies to my 4 followers

ooh

they nailed the vibe of the attic

Percy really just insulting every mythological being he sees

thats a cool visual

oh

they aren't showing the last two lines

interesting

percy immediatly going for annabeth

hes knows how smart she is

love how they included grover talking to animals

ooh

they just saved the last lines for a more dramatic moment

by this grover means tin cans

i hope he eats at least one at some point

love the drachma design

more varied than the books

THE SHOES

cant wait for grover to almost be pulled to tartarus

i love how the wings look

IS HE GONNA TELL LUKE THE LINES

i dont think hes going to

thatd be crazy tho

thalia appearance v2

grover loredump v who knows

i mean

he right tho

she is in charge

and we've got 3 tweens on one

well

2 tweens and grover

who is 24 years old

i wonder why they got rid of "names have power"

love sassy annabeth

sleep song?

magic?

no

sadge

tbf to annabeth here

they gave 12 year old $200

oh no

"thats bees" lol

interesting new monster lore here

wise girl knows

ooh

sass off between annabeth and one of the scariest monsters

i wonder where the other two furies are

mist is fucking strong huh

there they are

good fuckin throw

aww

they cut the fight

uncle ferdinand mention

annabeth managing to give a pep talk and insult at the same time

poor percy still not realizing how much the gods suck

why did grover sound so excited

hes vegan

i guess it was more curiosity

why did she know immediatley

i guess to save time

i love the furies' design

love how they all immediatley looked away

dont fuckin look at her percy

shes just

not hiding it huh

i do like how Medusa's nice

i feel like people treat her worse than they should

it isn't her fault she got cursed

girl

"snacks"

hes so real for that

love the fancy glasses for lemonade

oh?

oh right

she was a priestess

my mind immediatley went to "gay Medusa"

i like that it isn't shown as Medusa's fault

she's a victim

annabeth

girl.

she is not

remember Arachne

i know they'll probably end up killing her

but im fruitlessly hoping they wont

shes not a villian

she never talked about him that way caused she fell in love with him at nineteen fucking years old

and he impregnated her

and fucked off

i think nineteen atleast

she was definitley young

what was in the box?

i cant remember

i cannot look at her eyes

it feels unsafe

i guess that just goes to show how good this is

what is this?

oh

thats fucking scary

fighting Medusa in low light could be good and bad

hes just gone

oh right

the shoes were in the box

the snakes look sick

oh

thats smart

that mustve been weird to act in

aww

is he not gonna send it to olympus

there goes alecto

oh

i knew this was going to happn

and its still so sad

ship it to olympus perhaps?

yall are really arguing infront of his dead (maybe?) uncle

oh

he told them

thats interesting

poor percy man

thats a heavy fucking prophecy

this is just how demigods answer questions

violence

YES

HES GONNA DO IT

THE MADMAN

im so happy

HE SAID IT

you might wanna clean that hat

the hard cut there

is amazing

Hermes?

ARE WE GONNA SEE THE GODS' REACTION

aww

i wanted to see their reaction so bad

and also just see them

i guess it makes sense theyd hold off on showing us the gods for now

that was a good episode

the only criticism i have is that they cut the moving bus fury fight

mostly because percy did the most stupid shit in that fight

THATS RIGHT

we have the water park next ep

and the chimera looks sick

cya

ill be back next week

hopefully not late this time

Watching PJO TV and liveblogging, a thread

Don't read if you haven't read the PJO and maybe HOO books, there will be PJO spoilers for sure

Sally best parent

Just gave him Riptide huh

"Don't stand up for yourself", he's so sadly real for that

Love Percy's protective instinct

Yooo water grabbing

She really just attacked him in the middle of the street huh

I just realized Grover's not crippled in this

Grovers a fuckin narc

Fuck Gabe

I am going to hit him with a baseball bat

I'll let Sally get the kill though

She deserves it

Sally's a mood tbh

BLUE FOOD

WOOOOO

Sally best parent v2

Love Sally's accent coming out when she's angry

Demigod dream wooo

Percy's a little shit (affectionate)

I'm not neurodivergent can someone let me know how accurate Percy's description is I'm curious

Poseidon mention#1

Poor Sally trying to explain this

Why is Percy christian

Sally Jackson loredump

Grovers back woooo

Percys so confused as to why Grover knows his mom

You bursted into the loredump g-man

Grover loredump

Minotaur appearance

THE UNDERPANTS

"I'm actually 24" g-man you can't fuckin do this to me

Welp, that other cars dead

Sally first? Murder

Not the last

Holding out hope she still kills Gabe

YOOO THALIA APPEARANCE

Totally thought we were about to get the first River Styx oath

Sally best parent v3

Sad they made this scene so much less dramatic

Why are you just standing there my guy

Keep running

Slightly disappointed Percy isn't going to rip out it's horn and stab it with it

I'm about to eat my words aren't I

Yep

Wise girl you are so in love

Like

Girl.

Anyways

loved that

Final thoughts

Less dramatic than the book

Hope the fight scenes get cooler

Good episode

Ooh post credit scene

[rontra]

ANONYMOUS ASKED:

i really like mwot and was wondering, do you wanna talk/loredump/etc about mwot during this blessed month of pride? (if not that's totally cool!!! i really like the au and am curious about it!)

REPLY:

YES!!!!

umineko spoilers below and LONG POST KSDJDKSKD i really went infodumping......you got me right in an infodumping mood....

also im being very casual in this post so if something is like weird or vague its probably because i got tired of thinking about it and skipped ahead. SKJDSJD

mwot is an umi au and its very gay and very trans because i, a gay trans, decided it was TIME to INDULGE

LIKE A MOUNTAIN WIND FALLING ON OAK TREES also known as MWOT, MW/OT, Mountain Wind + Oak Trees, MW+OT, or literally any combination of its parts, is an eva/natsuhi au, set in a vague modern big city setting

https://rontra.tumblr.com/tagged/mountain-wind-oak-trees

it’s a comedy, mostly? it has elements of backstory transphobia and  stuff like that but that’s not really the story i want to tell with it, so  i don’t go too deeply into it in the main fic. it’s mostly comedy and Self Care: The  Story (once these nerds get around to acknowledging that self care is  good, anyway!!!!)  

Eva is 20, nb lesbian (though she doesnt know half of it to begin with). generally a bitchard at the beginning but also deeply craving that Validation. Invested in making the fic harder to write due to pronoun shenanigans (shoutout to the lengthy section of intimate emotional scenes that uses no pronouns at all for eva but is narrated by them in 3rd person)

Natsuhi is like 21 i guess because im a sucker for her having like an annoying 1-3 years on eva bc eva would get mad about it. Also she’s trans, gray-ace, hopeless romantic, generally full of “quickly raising your eyebrows and looking away while sipping your drink and thinking Yikes” energy. weaponizes indifference but is no stranger to harder means. she’s a smart cookie

Sayo is also 20, gender clown car living her best life. Presents differently depending on mood and whim

krauss is like 22 or whatever. for housekeeping’s sake, rosa and rudolf are too young to matter (8 and 10, or something like that). dont even worry about it

honestly the weirdest part of the au is eva and sayo being the same age

also this au is the origin point of me & my friends using akikaze as nat’s maiden name. the more you know!

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USHIROMIYA GOLD dishes up that yellow metal like you wouldn’t believe. led by kinzo whos so fuckin good at sniffing out that sweet sweet gold people are half convinced the man has psychic powers. Any piece of land he’s got his eyes on, he WILL get his hands on, no matter who owns it right now.

the land kinzo wants At The Moment is owned by the AKIKAZE FAMILY who have been notably on the decline recently. they’re in the economic shithole so this land is basically all they’ve got right now, so when kinzo wants it and it suddenly Has Value, they’re like “oh, shit,

anyway the deal basically shakes out that like, he gets the land and all the gold that may or may not be in it. he offers his eldest son in exchange for this land, to marry their daughter: in the bonds of marriage graciously ensuring a part of the winnings will spill over on them, while keeping them under his control without money coming into the picture.

Everything’s working out great and coming up kinzo. the deal is closed and everyone’s happy (i guess). until ONE DAY, just a few narrow weeks before the akikaze girl is set to move in with the ushiromiyas,

KINZOS

OLDEST

SON

DISAPPEARS

!!!!!

Krauss dislikes being told what to do, and his father’s ideals never lined up with his own. He thinks this entire thing is sort of fucked up and can’t live under his dad’s thumb anymore. That's why, immediately following Kinzo’s agreement with the Akikaze family, Krauss disappears. He’s just kinda left for greener pastures, to unfold his own life and pursue his own interests independent of the Ushiromiya name. He leaves behind a letter explaining it & basically he forfeits both name and inheritance, and Kinzo’s incredible deal is suddenly in jeopardy.....

obviously this is kinzo though, and all of his solutions are like, 20 times more complicated than they have to be? he’s DETERMINED to have this land so he’s like “i need an eldest son. shit rudolf is only like 9. fuck. well okay i have an eldest daughter with a deeply complicated need for validation and success entirely driven by her overall neglect at my hands“ and the rest. as they say. is history (???)

Ushiromiya Eva always saw Krauss as unworthy of the inheritance, and to her, his disappearance confirms this. She grew up always being made to feel inferior to her older brother, usually being ignored in favor of him, and it's bred a complex need for validation in her. Her values and strengths are more like Kinzo’s than her brother’s, and Kinzo recognizes this in the wake of Krauss’ disappearance.

basically he concocts this really wild scheme where eva has to pretend to be his oldest son and marry this girl or whatever so he can seal this stupid gold deal and she’s like “well lol if i get to be family heir” and hes like “yes that’s what im saying” and shes like “awesome let’s do it”

all of the servants are in on it too of course. specifically kinzo enlists SAYO who works there as normal staff and isn’t otherwise tangled into this family’s mess in any way whatsoever. she’s just here to serve tea and looks. anyway he’s like “you work on this with eva--i mean evan, my son, you must have misheard--and eva you have to listen to whatever yasuda says” and eva is like “that last part will not be frustrating for me at all”.

Yasuda as reigning Household Gender Presentation Expert is like “i think i just got orders from the master to bully eva?” and eva is like “i wish i could fire you but my dad just banned me from doing that” and then gradually...over the course of the project......they become....friends.........

(the au is tagged eva & sayo for a reason. they become FRIENDS!!)

mostly its just various combinations of shkanon dunking on eva and its all VERY good.

during all these shenanigans we make some startling realizations like “gender euphoria is a hell of a drug” and stuff, which is extremely harrowing for everyone (note: not for everyone. just for eva, who makes 10,000 realizations every day, and should not have been counted.)

(ok sidenote did anyone else put on their first binder & go like “hmmm. i live here now” because. mood. im projecting entirely into this fic)

Gender Clown Car yasuda (currently as lion) is like “you know there’s like more than 2 genders” and eva’s like “you fucking wehat”.

i also make a REALLY INVOLVED JOKE ABOUT CASTIGLIONI GOLD, THE RIVAL COMPANY, and how BEATRICE’S KID LOOKS A LOT LIKE LION, and EVERYONE thinks this is all VERY funny

(i would like to see it. also kinzo owes beatrice castiglioni $20 and she’s never let him forget it.)

now wrapped up in this stupid impostor scheme AND full of big wild nonbinary energy AND!! WITH AN INFURIATING NEW FRIEND!! IN THE STAFF!!! this one funky ushiromiya is all ready to get in on an arranged marriage or whatever. provided NO ONE EVER FINDS OUT that they’re faking it and replacing the Actual Heir, which would no doubt ruin the scheme AND bring kinzo’s wrath on everybody involved, of course.

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AKIKAZE NATSUHI IS READY TO PUNCH HER FIANCE IN THE THROAT IF HE EVEN LOOKS AT HER but she understands what’s happening here. she knows she didn’t have a say in this from the very beginning. that the deal was sealed for her as soon as the name “ushiromiya” was said. she knows her family married her off quick in a bid to get rid of her. if she’s humiliated by this ordeal, she is far too proud to show it. she packs her bags and walks into the mansion with her head held high........and immediately has this exchange with her fiance

and this one

so that’s kind of the energy we’re going for with these two.

(natsuhi’s line in the second cap was going to be removed for being Way Too Intense, but everyone i talked to said it was too hot to cut, so i decided to indulge us all. blame the lesbians)

they IMMEDIATELY don’t get along but they kinda agree to like, mind their business, since neither of them are interested in playing house here. if they can get the wedding to go off without a hitch they can basically go back to never talking to each other again.

natsuhi’s entire angle here is essentially: her family was not that good, and this family likely won’t be better, BUT here she has a chance to build something new for herself. she’ll be out of her parents’ house. She needs this deal to stay for her own sake, but she has to get out ahead of her husband and set up a dynamic that favors her. when she meets evan she essentially gauges the kind of person she’s dealing with and picks her approach accordingly: this is not a soft man, and she has to be hard in turn to avoid being steamrolled.

and its VERY hot

anyway some stuff happens and it eventually they both sorta get each other’s secrets. eva is not the firstborn son and natsuhi is not the card kinzo thought he was pulling from her family’s hand and theyre both toast if word hits the public. directly after the wedding they establish a tense alliance of keeping each others’ secrets....

and then they.....fall...in l

there’s some fun tensions and realizations. eva is like “so im quickly catching on that no praise i ever received from dad was on my own merit and he’s kind of a dirtbag all around and his validation is kind of not worth it” and nat is like “word our parents are chains” & they run kinzo over with the down w cis bus. it’s fine. they get postcards from krauss sometimes. he has a motorbike now.

DID I MENTION THE PRACTICE KISSING

BC THEY HAVE TO PRACTICE! FOR THE!! PUBLIC WEDDING!!!!

and thats mwot i guess. it’s my au where natsuhi’s accent color is red and some other stuff happens too. happy pride month