#rage buddy flint

[zairaalbereo]

I’m sorry, but that’s my emotional support criminal. My weirdly relatable, tragically romantic train wreck. My fellow middle-aged, perpetually exhausted, sarcastic shit.

My rage buddy.

Drawing him feels inspirational.

[reedenthusiest]

Does anyone fw the hyperspecific version of pre cogs inc firesaw i made up in my mind that I don’t even know how to explain but it’s been on my mind this week.

I WAS gonna post my backlog of flint fridays but tumblr decided to not work so.

[ltbkpod]

Episode Fanfic Reference

Here is a link to every fic we've discussed on the pod:

Ep 1 - Stucky: Mistake on the Part of Nature by idiopathicsmile

Ep 2 - FinnPoe: the coat thief by Gretahs

Ep 3 - LOTR: Cabbages and Kings by Mickleditch (Merry/Pippen)

Ep 3 - LOTR: Finding Comfort by scarletjedi (Gimli/Legolas)

Ep 3 - LOTR: On the Cold Hill Side by marycrawford (Gimli/Legolas)

Ep 3 - LOTR: Lords of Misrule by FabulaRasa (Gimli/Legolas)

Ep 4 - Ineffable Husbands: i'd like for you and i to go romancing by dollsome

Ep 5 - Grindeldore: Relationship Counselling by Anonymous

Ep 6 - Hannigram: La Maison Rouge by Randstad

Ep 7 - JohnLock: The Internet Is Not Just For Porn by cyerus

Ep 9 - Cherik: Order Up by ikeracity

Ep 10 - Leverage OT3: your body is a war zone but you are not a ruin by postcardmystery

Ep 10 - Leverage OT3: the warmth of your doorways by gyzym

Ep 10 - Leverage OT3: safe as houses by thecanaryfalls

Ep 10 - Leverage OT3: The Not Your Teaching Tool Job by BlackEyedGirl

Ep 11 - 00Q: Synchronicity by stereobone

Ep 13 - Sterek: Lock All The Doors Behind You by entanglednow

Ep 14 - Comedies: Anniversary by Desdemon (Nick/Schmidt)

Ep 14 - Comedies: My Gay Jungle Fever by typicrobots (JD/Turk)

Ep 15 - McDanno: Love's a Battlefield (and the Navy Did Not Train Steve for This Shit) by cyerus

Ep 16 - Kirk/Spock: Translating Ennoia by WerewolvesAreReal

Ep 17 - Buddie: a leaf falls on loneliness by iimpossible_things

Ep 18 - Nygmobblepot: flowers grow out of my grave (grave, grave) by CallicoKitten

Ep 19 - Starsky/Hutch: Blue by molo (esteefee)

Ep 20 - 80s Action Movies: My Word Is My Bond (But So Are These Handcuffs) by SirRobin126 (Midnight Run)

Ep 20 - 80s Action Movies: Probably Safer Together and Fabulous Face by fakebodies (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot)

Ep 21-24 - Destiel: Dean Doesn't Listen to Eurythmics by Annie D (scaramouche)

Ep 21-24 - Destiel: things happen (they do, they do, and they do) by sobsicles

Ep 21-24 - Destiel: according to all known laws of life by sobsicles

Ep 26 - SamBucky: warm blood (feels good, i can't control it anymore) by notcaycepollard

Ep 26 - SamBucky: just won't do right by glittercake

Ep 27 - Loki/Mobius: Compliments? That's suspicious by Ijustlikereadingcutefics

Ep 28 - Top Gun: people like us. by Skyuni123 (Rooster/Hangman, Iceman/Maverick)

Ep 28 - Top Gun: Men Like Us by DancingDisaster (Rooster/Hangman, Iceman/Maverick)

Ep 29 - Blackbeard/Stede: Close Quarters by FortinbrasFTW

Ep 31 - Cowboys: Northward Drive by Keiko Kirin (sakana17) (Red River)

Ep 31 - Cowboys: Blood and Whiskey by astolat (Tombstone)

Ep 32 - Kirk/Spock Kelvin: The Genetic Soap Opera (or, One of the Less Dignified Royal Weddings) by waketosleep

Ep 32 - Kirk/Spock Kelvin: a sequence that you never learned by annataylor

Ep 33 - Black Sails: Nature's Delight by Fyre (Flint/Thomas)

Ep 33 - Black Sails: Until death it is all life. by Craftnarok (Flint/Silver)

Ep 34 - Captain Marvel/Maria Rambeau: flying homeward down your highway by gdgdbaby

Ep 35 - Leverage ot3: the war outside our door keeps raging on by spinninginfinity

Ep 35 - Loki/Mobius: out of focus/eye to eye by markofalover

Ep 35 - BlackBonnet: Impulsivity and Authenticity by Skrifores

Ep 35 - Ineffable Husbands: Drinking Buddies and Diaries by dove_dove

Ep 36 - Due South: Locked Room Puzzle by Speranza (Fraser/RayK)

Ep 36 - Due South: All We Gotta Do is Be Brave and Be Kind by spuffyduds (Fraser/RayV)

[nicolos]

been rewatching clips from S2 and thinking about silverflints big fallout which basically starts when flint lies to silvers face and ends w silver lying to flints face

and I think it's so interesting that it's resolved only in 303 when silver says fuck you, im smarter than you think and also we should be friends . because in hindsight I don't think it's we should be friends that gets to flint.

like look. silvers whole thing is using what he knows about people and watching them to get his way. flints is being convincing through power of will and belief. when flint tells silver the gold is still valuable, after silvers watched him convince people things with lies for a season and a half AND been his partner in crime for half a season, he's like cool cool cool, I thought we had a thing but guess not :) this is obviously made worse when Max calls him one of flints men. he's not one of the crew, max, he's his evil little buddy! he doesn't get taken in by flints little ideas and speeches?

ofc right after flint does this again twice in the season: once when he asks him where the fuck else he has people who care what he says (even though it was also true) and again when he was all "hello ~mr quartermaster"

and I think combined w the loss of control and the fact that flints "where would you even go" has become more evident than ever w the leg, silver *has* to get his own back. sure, the truth about the urca gold would out as soon as they got back to Nassau, so he does need to seize control of the narrative, and pretending it was the mens' idea (men whom he chose!) is saving his own skin, but this is the actual moment of fracture for flint. not - i think - because he thinks silver is lying, but because if this is true, silver isn't who he thinks

from his pov silver is useful (and funny and hot) because of his observational skills and ability to see the truth of men. one of the wildest things he does early in the season is ask silver what he thinks of him! and immediately gets upset when silver can identify his problem! SO he's been having a fun and flirty time right until he wasn't (for other plot reasons). i don't think he can fathom that silver knows he's being lied to, because he doesn't think that he's lied; flints whole thing is believing himself very much, to whatever end. but if silver couldn't tell that those guys were (1) unsuitable for their task and also (2) lying to him about the gold being gone, then silver isn't really as good as he thought. and if he can be taken in by one of the crew - that means his being able to read flint and match him isnt because he's partner material, it's just guessing and hoping. he is - after all - just one of flints men!

it's not about usefulness because obviously silver is doing the quartermastering fine, and it's not Quite about the loss of the gold, the whiplash between 210 and 301 - it's because from that pov silvers silly little asides look like trying to be something that he's not. (also because of the grief and rage and depression that he's not interested in looking at, but *is* willing to talk about like a month later after their shark-based heart to heart)

silvers upset because flint is underestimating him is obviously layered, but it's the evenness lost that he seems so deeply aware of. "he had me there, Billy" "i see him! (and he doesn't even acknowledge it!)" theres fear and paranoia and wanting to do his job right, but he is, i think, aware of the reason for this underestimation, and knows and hates when flint is playing him because flint thinks he CAN. the solution to both can only be the awareness that yes, we can deceive each other, no, no one else in our immediate vicinity can, and yes, this is best when we're working together

i think after 303 is also the last time they have any serious lies between them - which is also why the 410 flashbacks bother flint so much, because silver tries to tell him an easy story and a lot of silvers lies are about being small and helpless (in contrast to flints self-beliefs about being big and powerful), and also why nothing flint says after silver finds out madis alive could convince him to do anything but take the most direct way out - because it sounds a lot like "the gold is still a priority"

[thewinevoyage]

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[cerastes]

The Gavial event was so funny because it had no stakes at all, it was A Fun Romp, A Good Ol’ Time, the closest the game has had to a goofy event, even the designated summer events had higher stakes (Siesta and Dossoles). Flint goes “Leave Bond to me...” and then immediately gets fucking destroyed by Blaze, Tomimi shot you down with an air to surface missile launcher, Eunectes built a Metal Slug boss from scrap and junk. Utage becomes a raging warlord for all of 3 hours because she just found it fun to go on a rampage and fight the locals, and when asked to stop, she immediately says “yeah sure lmao” and drops it. Gavial is established as Doctor’s Homie, as their Buddy, their Pal, and given Doctor is physically fragile, Gavial keeps an eye on them so they don’t just drop dead in the harsh Sargon rainforests. Tomimi is extremely jealous and wants the same attention from Gavial. Gavial tells her to wipe her own ass. You can further provoke Tomimi even though Doctor and Gavial are strictly Homies. Gavial gets punched DBZ style by the Metal Slug boss, but not before actually stopping it in its tracks for a good amount of time with just raw physical strength. Gavial asks Doctor if that swimsuit looks good on her. Doctor can just troll her and say her tail looks fatter. Tomimi sends 100+ dudes to beat you up. Gavial and Eunectes beat the crap out of them Dynasty Warriors style. Tomimi gets spanked by Gavial and then has the audacity to apply as an Operator for Rhodes Island. Tomimi starts beating the shit out of dummies with Arts and it flabbergasts hers examiners so much that they let her be a Caster that beats the shit out of things. Tomimi turns out to be the ultimate grillmaster. Flint regularly picks fights with people way out of her league. Kal’tsit nearly murders Doctor because the airplane got shot under their supervision. Eunectes also makes her way there entirely and exclusively because she loves Lancet-2. Ceobe singlehandedly created the best game mode by getting high as fuck on shrooms and going on a rampage in the rainforests.

The Great Chief Returns and Fungimist were good.

[piratemadi]

Even if you're never going to write it, please share how you'd integrate Flint (and Miranda) into your modern au. To make a life has such god tier characterization and I'd love to know how you'd insert Flint.

its me and @wordforworldisforest 's creation! basically miranda and thomas are best friends since childhood in a very expensive ivy feeder private pre-k-12 school. in high school flint gets a sports scholarship (i think we were originally thinking soccer altho im liking the idea of boxing or wrestling makes more sense?) to their school. blah blah blah throuple years and then thomas is sent to conversion therapy camp where he commits and thats for real sorry thomas. in revenge miranda and flint kill thomas's father, but he's super rich and super influential so they're forced to go on the run and they do that for 10ish years.

they reach the town that the rest of the group lives in about a year after the first one ends, so the baby is born and the six of them have very much settled into a routine. miranda gets a job as a bookkeeper in town and flint gets a job on a fishing boat, which is where he meets anne and vane. miranda meets madi at the library (she keeps up w the news in case there's anything abt her or thomas's families). miranda gets close w madi first and flint develops an incredibly antagonistic relationship with vane. later flint vane and madi will bond over communism etc they'll get him to start reading more and finding purpose in life again bc when he and miranda first killed thomas's dad he had all this righteous rage but after 10 years of just running around the states it's mostly burned out

miranda's actually first to spend more time with madi and then max bc the three of them have drastically different perspectives on life but in a weird way it is complementary. so flint sees that first that she starts brightening that she starts really liking the town and bringing up the idea of staying there. she eventually drags him to the bar to see jack anne and vane perform (there's love here...and music......) which is where he meets silver for the first time. and hates him!

anyways...i dont really see flint being as close to the rest of them as miranda will end up being like that's something him and vane will end up having in common which is that they dont feel close to every single person in the group but as he falls in love w silver and months (and eventually years) go by he finds real peace purpose and love in having roots/family for what's kind of the first time in his life.

he and max end up as bitchy gay lion drinking buddies which is good for both of them. him and anne work out together he teaches her to box but they dont really talk. him and jack aren't particularly close, altho they do talk about books sometimes with miranda. him and vane will never be FRIENDS friends, and in fact for the first few months literally cant be in the same room together, but madi likes and trusts flint, which softens vane up, and they do end up respecting each other. him and silver develop a weird codependence which is slightly less pronounced than the show since miranda's alive and still flint's close friend but i was thinking that they grow to have some distance as time passes bc they were so close for so long and it was so painful for both of them. so they both develop other relationships that are probably healthier.

miranda madi and max end up really really tight like a little girl friend group they're all very different but they are all talkative in exact complementary ways so they spend a ton of time together. miranda doesnt know how to talk to anne but likes her a lot. she doesn't know how to talk to vane either and likes him way way less. as for jack him and her click very very well bc his music is the first thing that makes her take the idea of staying seriously and they're very stimulating to each other like they find each other super fun and hang out all the time

thats the vague premise. idk what the plot would be but thats what we wouldve written if either of us had the time or inclination. if you read all this you're odd but thank you <3

[possibly-eli]

heartless classpect continued >:)

Classpect definitions are based on both the mspa wiki page, and the homestuckexamination blog's definitions :) ;;

Gonne add a read-more thing because this is a LONG post lmao

Heartless Crew

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Heartless ;; Thief of Life

Thief of Life: The classpect I view as the most fitting for Heartless, tbh Not only is it confirmed by THE ABD-illustrates that Heartless steals life from the plants and creatures around him to fuel his own magic, it is ALSO confirmed that his little ghost buddies can temporarily steal the magic of their target for themselves,, pretty thief-like to me tbh

Alchemy ;; Thief // Rogue of Light/Knight of Heart

Thief // Rogue of Light: Very clear classpect(s?) for Mx. Alchemy. They know their worth, he's very open and confident about themselves, both when it comes to their magic and their identity, and their job of a performer means they draw a lot of attention to themselves, which is pretty typical of a stealer of light. I cant decide whether theyd be a rogue or thief, though

Knight of Heart: I think one of my personal favourites out of these classpects so far, a knight of Heart means ''one who serves Heart, one who serves others with/through Heart''. Alchemy is not only knowledgable of their own identity, both as a witch AND a genderfluid person, they're confident in themselves, and are very open about both aspects of their identity. Thus, its not too much of a stretch to think theyd do the same thing for others (this is also emphasised by the dubiously-canon fact that Alchemy prompted River to name her magic after herself ((and the added fact that Alchemy named his own magic after herself)).

Flint ;; Knight of Hope

Knight of Hope: A knight of Hope means ''one who serves Hope, one who serves others through/with Hope''. Flint holds his family's (tradition?? i guess???) as his core Belief, and serves his friends through what he's learned from his family. He is also seen casting doubt on certain things he disagrees with (being the dubiously-canon fighter he magic-duels when he meets Alchemy and Heartless,, who uses magic to cheat a competition) ((though that is more a Rage-bound thing,, though honestly Hope and Rage are fairly similar in the belief-related aspects of their,,,, aspects lmao)). This particular classpect is also kiiinda backed up by the fact that Flint has been described as the, (not verbatim), 'most level-headed, calm member of the group''. Rage is the aspect of negative emotions, so it makes sense that hope would be the inverse of that, being that a hopebound wouldnt let their negative emotions dictate them. So, Flint serves his friends with his levelheadedness, being the only fucking voice of reason in the group of silly little gay fictional dudes,, thus, he serves his friends through Hope :)

Eira ;; Page of Heart/Page of Breath

Page of Heart: The Page of Heart is 'one who is served heart' or 'one who serves through Heart for themselves'. It is also pretty clear that pages have a deficit in their aspect at the start of their adventure, which VERY clearly matches up with Eira in my opinion. Eira refuses to accept his magical abilities, and also doesn't know his sexuality. Throughout the adventure, he begins to not only accept and hone his magic, he also slowwwly realises that he is, in fact, a homosexual. It is also explained that Eira gained his position as a knight from his friend, the prince, that gives him a purpose, and a source of income (note: Heart is also the aspect of romance, which could tie in to his sexuality in some way)

Page of Breath: A page of Breath is 'one who is served Breath' and ''one who serves through Breath for themselves''. Breath is the aspect of freedom and flexability. Eira is given freedom from his friends, who are (obviously) accepting his magical ability, which gives him freedom in that particular aspect of his life, giving him not only a way to defend himself and his friends, but allow him to express himself in a way. This also allows him to be more flexable, as he can do more damage with his magic, or defend his friends better with an icy shield. The prince also TECHNICALLY provides him with freedom, via giving him a job that not only gets him off of the street of the kingdom he lived in, but eventually leads to him meeting the Heartless crew, which grants him more freedom.

Dopple and Glass ;; Thief of Breath

Thieves of Breath: Breath is the aspect of freedom and flexability. A thief of Breath is one who steals through Breath, or steals Breath itself for themselves. Dopple and Glass stole freedom for themselves (mainly Dopple, tbh), via,,, literally stealing things. Their flexibility allows them to accept their situation and lay low until they escape. They also steal through freedom, being able to steal and escape with (probable) ease.

River: Heir of Space

Heir of Space: Space is the aspect of creation, and the physical world, and things relating to it. An heir is ''one who manipulates their aspect for others''. River's magic is said to (not verbatim) 'affect the unseen elements in the world' (example: gravity, velocity, etc). The added fact this class is passive (group/other-oriented) ties in perfectly to the fact that River can't affect herself directly with her abilities

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The Jury

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Alastor: Muse of Hope/Lord of Doom/Rage

Muse of Hope: (Note: I am completely disregarding the gender-exclusivity of certain classes,, Sorry if thats like an issue but its just easier for me) A muse is ''one who commands through their aspect for others''. Alastor is the leader of the Jury, their main symbol of their belief(s?). He commands them to destroy things that are against their beliefs. He is not technically menipulating them with false beliefs, as it is seemingly something he genuinely believes in, and inspired the same belief in others.

Lord of Doom/Rage: A lord commands their aspect for themselves. Doom is the aspect of,,, well,,, doom, commisoration (commiseration?), empathy and suffering. A lord of Doom commands suffering and doom for their own gain. Alastor commands doom to destroy witches, who he seemingly has no empathy for, despite the fact he is a Wonder himself, being technically magical. (The Doom aspect also ties in to the fact that Alastor is a sickly victorian child lmao) The lord of Rage is one who commands rage for themselves. Rage is the aspect of,, yk rage,, negative emotions, contempt for lies and disdain towards beliefs they disagree with. A lord of Rage is one who commands these emotions for their own gain (in this case being the destruction of witches, who oppose their beliefs). (Note: I wanted to make this sickly little weirdo ragdoll wet kitten of a man one of the master classes being 1) I'm tired and wanted to make this easy for myself and 2) to emphasise how much he sould really be feared seeing as he can cancel out magical abilities)

Dock: Prince of Life

Prince of Life: The prince is the aspect of pure destruction of their aspect. They destroy their aspect, and destroy through it for themsleves. Dock's wonder works as, essentially, damage-transfer. He hurts himself and then places the harm done to himself onto his enemies. The Prince of Life destroys life both for others, and themselves. This alligns with Dock's wonder-ability, as he must hurt himself (decrease his own Life, in a sense), which he then sets upon others, decreasing THEIR life (technically). One of my favourite Heartless-classpect :),, (note: ''destroying theough Life'' could also relate to plantlife, which can be used to make poison )

Loreli: Thief of Light/Witch of Mind

Theif of Light: Similar to Alchemy, I view a possible classpect for Loreli as 'Thief of Light'. She ALSO works as a performer (iirc), being one to command attention towards herself. She steals peoples attention.

Witch of Mind: This is the classpect I view as more fitting for Loreli. A witch is one who ''changes their aspect for themselves'' or ''one who manipulates their aspect''. A witch of Mind can manipulate the minds of others, which ties into Loreli's siren-esque abilities (specifically the memory-erasure). A witch of mind can manipulate other's minds, changing or removing their memories, or influencing what they think, and manipulate Mind for their own purposes, being able to keep up a facade easily. This, I feel, suits Loreli to a tee.

Bandy: Witch of Space/Mage of Hope

Witch of Space: The active equivilent of the Heir of Space, the witch of Space manipulates Space for themselves. However, we will have to take Space more literally, this time referring to the positions of things in space. Bandy's ability of swapping objects freely for his own gain is practically perfect for this interpretation of Witch of Space

Mage of Hope: A mage is one who 'knows their aspect, or knows through their aspect for themselves' or ''one who benifits themselves with knowledge pertaining to their aspect''. A bit less obvious for Bandy, but I can kind of explain. Bandy is a morally-grey character, who joins whichever group will benifit him the most. Bandy understands what the Jury is about, he knows their whole thing and knows it will benifit him to be powerful in a group that will most likely win the favour of most people. I like this classpect :)

Diana: Mage of Breath (note: gonna be honest I fucking struggled even thinking of a TITLE for Diana lol)

Mage of Breath: A mage of breath is 'one who understands breath, freedom and flexability for their own benifit'. They understand their own freedom, and what they need to obtain it. They also understand flexability, which could be interpreted as understanding what a foe will do (which kind of ties in to her tracking ability).

Lance: Prince of Hope

Prince of Hope: A prince of Hope is one who destroys through hope for themselves, or destroys hope itself, for themselves. Lance, being the evil bastard man he is, destroys through Hope, using his belief in the Jury both as fuel for his anger and/or ''fighting spirit'', but as a crutch, using it to explain his own longing to fight (though, honestly, the latter part is kind of headcanon-y) He may also destroy other peoples Hope, making them feel Hopeless. His ability to change weapons completely in the middle of a battle makes him very unpredictable, and unable to really counter very easily, destroying the foe's Hope in winning. (Note: a Prince tends to ghost/mimic the aspect oppositve of their own. A prince of Hope might mirror a Ragebound player, for example)

and, thank FUCK, that's done good god my hyperfixations know no bounds, it seems lol feel free to add on to this, by the way! :) thanks for uh, reading this far as well /gen

[illwilledomen]

If I ever made an SCP themed mod, here’s how I’d do some of my favourites.

Mob one, SCP 1529

It’s mob name (like on spawn eggs and the likes) would be The Mountain King, and it would be a boss. (Or atleast a mini boss)

It would spawn in a new biome variant of frozen peaks which would be classified as its exceptionally highest points. It’s chance of spawning is doubled if it is a thunderstorm/blizzard.

Just like in lore, if you stare at it, it’ll pull an opposite-enderman on you and force you to keep looking. When you first meet eye contact, a pop up will appear similar to an elder guardians mining fatigue jumpscare, but of its goggle visor which would be illuminated with an orange glow.

It will inflict you with Hypothermia (like from powdered snow), Nausea, Slowness and Saturation. The Mountain King will slowly approach you and inflict damage in short intervals, maybe doing something similar to an Iceologer and crushing you with ice? Idk. It wouldn’t kill you too quickly as it is a sadist.

It will be a difficult boss to defeat, due to its paralyzing effects and considerably high health (probably slightly less than the wither, I don’t want it to be too high)

It’s weaknesses are weapons enchanted with flame & fire aspect, or smite, as I imagine it to be classified as an undead mob. It will gain a health boost if it is on powdered snow or blue ice, and will stand back if you hold a flint and steel, giving you some time to prevent it from attacking you again.

As a fun Easter egg, it would give an Iceologer (and vice versa) from any compatible mod which adds one a brief regen effect if two are attacking you at the same time. 2 evil ice buddies!

When killed, the Mountain King will, rather humorously, drop a cup of cocoa, as well as his viser. The viser can be used as a weapon, paralysing enemies when worn. The cocoa will give you the saturation effect for five minutes.

Mob 2, SCP 096.

It’s mob name would be Shy Guy (example: /summon Shy Guy). A retextured Enderman (textured with the shy guy features, obviously) with a few model changes and made slightly shorter.

It’s health would be somewhere around the Wardens, making it an absolute beast of a mob. It would also have extremely strong attacks, most likely able to do a good chunk of damage even if one is in enchanted netherite gear. Like the Warden, due to its strength, your best course of action is to try to avoid it entirely.

Shy will rarely spawn in snowy or frozen peaks and will wander around or sit and weep when not in a rage state. To trigger Shy, a humanoid entity/mob such as a player, villager, illager or witch must look at it in the manner which would trigger an Enderman if a player had. When triggered, Shy will do his usual screaming and moaning thing, and attack it’s targeted entity. If a player, such as yourself, have triggered Shy, you will receive an effect called Haunting Stare. Depending on how long or how many times you’ve looked at it, the effect will increase.

Haunting Stare is basically bad omen: screaming crying naked dude edition - instead of a raid being triggered by entering a village, the effect will trigger an event called a Pursuit, which means if you have swiftly left the area you observed Shy (by elytra, minecart, teleportation or other means), Shy will spawn in roughly a 30 block distance from near where you are, and pursue you.

The only way to end a Pursuit without killing yourself/being killed, or killing Shy (very difficult), is by somehow transporting/summoning either the old man (106) or the mountain king (1529) which, while they will not directly attack Shy (instead staring at him), Shy will cease the Pursuit and attempt to flee from either entities (destroying any blocks obstructing its way, excluding obsidian, netherite or bedrock) as it is incredibly frightened of them.

That Easter egg is based off of the theory that the Shy Guy was created from one of the Mountain King’s victims, and from the SCP 106 and SCP 096 cross testing story, where 106 basically beat the shit out of him in 57 different ways within his pocket dimension.

When you kill the Shy, you will get an item called a lost man’s tear. This can be crafted into a potion of reassurance, which stops you from triggering shy guys or endermen, or you can make a banner pattern called ‘Shriek’ which will cause any humanoid entity looking at the banner to get the Haunting Stare effect - a great way to torment your unsuspecting friends!

Iron golems will be hostile to the Shy regardless of whether it has been enraged by a villager, as well as Ravagers.

Finally, the last SCP humanoid hostile mob is the Old man (SCP 106) or as I like to call him, Grandpappy Larry.

Larry can be found in a new structure called a Dilapidated House. This house will be constructed with a few new block variants, called Corroded Stone, Decayed Wood, Decayed Logs and Corroded Iron blocks, doors and bars, as well as a new block similar in nature to glow lichen and vines, called Mucus. When walking on any of the corroded/decayed blocks, you will be slowed and given weakness. If you walk or brush up against Mucus, you will be given a withering effect for 2 seconds. A good way to stop this is to sneak when walking.

Particularly since if you take damage without sneaking, you may accidentally Larry to spawn, or at least up the chances, since your pain makes him hungry. To properly summon Larry, you will need to craft a Corrosive Knife, with one stick, one bar of iron and one bar of corroded iron (made from 1 iron ingot and a piece of mucus) in a diagonal configuration. You will need to transport a villager - if you bring an adult, it may not work, but if you bring a baby villager, it has a 100% success rate - and hit the poor individual with the corrosive knife.

A portal will open to Larry’s pocket dimension underneath the villager (stand back!), and he’ll come out and drag them down in a unique animation. Larry will re-emerge after he’s taken the villager, and a boss bar will appear. No matter what you do, you can only get Larry down to half health outside his dimension - To finish the fight, you must let him abduct you in the second phase. This happens if he does a special attack called a grab, where he yanks you down into the sludge.

You will be transported to a new dimension called the Labyrinth (it sounds way cooler than just ‘Pocket Dimension’, okay?) which is a giant maze constructed from Corroded iron, corroded stone and decayed wood. You will also receive withering for 5 seconds upon entry (you gotta really gear up for this, that sludge is nasty). Larry will pursue you periodically, and you may encounter a new mob called the Corroded Villager, a variant of a zombie villager. It won’t attack you but rather benefit you as it will distract Larry - with a downside, as approaching it will alert him of your location.

There are multiple loot chests in the labyrinth jn it’s various rooms (which are as diverse as woodland mansion rooms) - your objective is to find an item called a Rusty Compass. This compass will locate the closest opening into the real world, but be careful, because nobody hides from Larry…

Larry has a strength and speed boost in his labyrinth which makes him even more of a threat. You also cannot sleep in his dimension, expect that to go as well as it would in the nether or the end, with the added threat of Larry tracking you down from the carnage.

In its method of exploration, the labyrinth is similar to an ancient city (be stealthy, avoid the sludge, steal stuff). You can also, like with ‘5’ in ancient cities, find a new music disc called 106, which is mostly unintelligible except for the faint tune of ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ and weird sizzling. You can also find high rates of Disc 11 and 13 in loot chests, as well as very rare instances of wither skulls.

An Easter egg is that if a dilapidated house has generated inside a village, and a raid is occurring, Larry will detect any nearby villager that is in panic mode and hunt them. While he attacks Illagers as well, if the raid is won, he has a celebration animation.

[jaynovz]

Would like to announce that my every waking thought is consumed by Black Sails

I don't have a buddy to talk to about this so it's going into the ether:

Okay so... At the beginning, all Silver wanted was freedom, right? But then he cares about the crew and so he loses his freedom bc of that loyalty (to Flint, to the crew), his freedom is forever compromised after losing his leg. But also, he can't abandon them bc he let himself care about something besides himself. Maybe he'd never been liked and needed so much before and it was hard to ignore.

Anyway, he digs himself deeper and deeper into this bondage to the crew, to Flint, to the war, the crusade and it's clearly turning him into an entirely different person than he started, a darker one.

But what does he do?

He sees that Flint is also in bondage to the war and cannot let it go, literally it's so much a part of him to try to make reality of Thomas's dream for Nassau or make sense of his death with a war against England... Basically Flint keeps trying to find a way throughout the series to make that death/loss meaningful and he goes darker and darker, tearing himself apart, twisting into different shapes constantly to evolve as the situations escalate and break and reform into new goals. So Silver sees all that, understands it, and what does he do?

He goes to find Flint's freedom. He finds Thomas and delivers James back to him, essentially absolving Flint of the need for a war or to unrelentingly fight and rage until one day he dies miserably. Like, the LOVE and SACRIFICE of this decision. Silver betrays Madi by taking the war away from her without her consent, essentially trashing his own future, delivers the other person he loves back to an earlier time where he (Silver) is not needed.

What I'm trying to say is, this character who began as a selfish little shit who valued freedom above all else ends the series by giving away all things he's grown to value--the crew, being needed, Flint, Madi--to free someone else instead bc he fucking loves Flint so much

It is a goddamn bittersweet tragedy and I can't stop thinking about it 😭😭😭

Tl;dr:

Silver loves Flint so much he selflessly sacrifices all his own prospects to free him. HEY CAPTAIN I FUCKIN LOVE YOU SO MUCH I FOUND YOUR DEAD LOVER AND GAVE YOU UP FOR YOUR OWN HAPPINESS

[jaideite]

Main 1-A (shoto, izuku, bakuhoe, and Iida) boys playing Minecraft with their s/o

*cries in ender pearls* I’m such a loser cause I don’t even remember most of everything that goes on in minecraft. Don’t @ me if something is wrong. Debating if I should buy Minecraft on my phone and play it

i felt bad bc i haven’t posted any good content so heres an old request ima shoot out the inbox for y’all I’m probably so rusty KWKD :(( <3

first time writing for Iida let’s see how well we do hMM ;))

TODOROKI, BAKUGOU, MIDORIYA AND IIDA PLAYING MINECRAFT WITH THEIR S/O (PLUS MIRIO TOGATA)

SHOTO TODOROKI

— doesn’t understand a single thing but still plays because you do

— he spawned into the world and moved two spaces

— he fell into a cave and survived

— then died because a cave spider attacked him

— “That’s rough buddy.”

— He’s one of those people who mines straight down and finds a whole bunch of diamonds

— “What are these light blue things in the stones?”

— “It’s an ore for a gem. You mine them and you get diamonds or emeralds. Is it like a really light blue?”

— you’re on like the other side of the cave you both went into so you can’t go over and mine them with a certain pickaxe you made specifically for mining

— you’re pissed because you always struggle to find them and here he is breaking the first rule of Minecraft and finding them

— jerk

— “So I should just get rid of them?”

— “Well I mean—“

— he throws them in lava and they make that burning “sss” sound and you just slowly look up at him from your screen

— “Shoto...what did you do with the diamonds?”

— he kinda just “oops” from his side of the room and you just rub your hands over your face and sigh

— “Oh god I’m in for a rude awakening.”

— he makes an underground farm and house and has collected sea lanterns as lights

— has collected all the diamonds in the world I’m not even kidding he just followed your rule of mining them with the gem pickaxe and diddly doo went off

— “This world sucks there are no diamonds.”

— “Oh I have some in the chest by my crafting table.”

— it’s literally a large chest and it’s full of diamonds

— like STACKS 64 DIAMONDS ALL TOGETHER

— you are just shook

— “sHOTO HOW—“

— lives in the side of a mountain too it’s actually kinda cute cause he used like stairs as chairs and stuff

— unless y’all are playing with some type of mod that allows chairs then other than that pfft your little “house” is decked out just like his bedroom

— your Minecraft beds are right next to each other too

— he thinks it’s romantic

— kinda looks more like an apartment lmaoo

— he’s more of a peaceful Minecraft player but he can survive survival mode if being asked to play

KATSUKI BAKUGOU

— blows everything up

— but not with TNT and flint and steel oh no that’s too easy for him

— the easy way is not for him

— he’s going to learn how to set redstone traps so you walk into them and don’t know

— you walk into your house and you hear the click

— “What just—“

— next thing you know your getting eaten by endermites that have been spawned in

— or your screen just freezes because of all the explosions that go off

— “No No No my stuff—“

— you just watch from the ‘respawn’ screen while he moves into your house to steal your stuff

— “Haha, I knew you had some good shit in here—fucking taking these— what the hell is hitting me—OH SHIT! NO FUCK OFF STUPID RAT LOOKING FUCKS NO DON’T FUCKING KILL ME—“

— your rolling on the floor at the situation of him raging cause the endermites killed him

— katsuki works hard but karma works harder bitch

— raids your stuff when all else fails

— “YOU TOOK ALL MY DIAMONDS?!”

— “They’re mine now bitch.”

— he is a survival mode player only

— no exceptions

— plays it at the hardest level and rages when he dies but manages to get the hang of it after a while

— the meanest and worst minecraft player to ever play with

— and on top of it all he only plays so he has your attention

— what a clown i swear

IZUKU MIDORIYA

— best one to play with tbh only second to mirio

— knows the basics and a little more

— if he made his own world he could survive pretty decently

— he keeps a notebook on the world you guys share with all the weapons and stuff you could need

— has memorized the most important potions needed like invisibility, etc.

— when you first made the world you had an icon that looked like you so you were looking for a little green haired character amongst the grass (assuming that’s where y’all spawned)

— and you are just so confused cause where is he

— “Izuku where the heck are you?”

— “By the flowers and grass.”

— “Oh no wonder I didn’t see you your hair probably—“

— and like once you finally get to the flowers you see him (or his character) and you just stop in your tracks

— cause there’s a tall, buff pixelated All Might staring back at you

— “Izuku—you know what? I ain’t even surprised.“

— “Haha...sorry.”

— you had to turn away because oh god the face on that thing was going to give you nightmares

— the armour—oh goodness the armour

— of course it’s customized to look like All Mights hero costume

— other than that—he’s a decent Minecraft player

— he has a secret world where he has built the city and all might fighting the villains

— it’s a huge flat world and it’s dedicated to all might

— he can survive pretty well at going off mining on his own but he won’t go without you just in case he dies and loses his stuff

— gets excited when he finds ores especially diamonds

— you get excited when you find emeralds because

— “Oh my god Izuku the emeralds look like your eyes.”

— all_mights_1_fan has left the game

— “Oh wow.”

TENYA IIDA

— y’all know those Minecraft books that they used to have that used to help you with like enchantments and stuff?

— Thats Iida

— he plays by the books

— has the complete handbook collection

— I do too lmaooo

— you ask him does he want to play and he just ??

— two days later he’s knocking at your door with the books in hand ready to play

— “I would suggest you go over these should we play!”

— “...Tenya—“

— when you guys play he immediately wants the rules

— “Theres only one.”

— “One—“

— “Don’t dig straight down.”

— he just stares at you mouth agape before he just starts going oFF

— “That rule is absurd! Surely there are more—“

— “NOpe that’s how you play.”

— he’s just ??

— no wonder you’re so chaotic you play games with oNE RULE

— what kind of g a m e has o n e r u l e ?

— so you guys are playing and yknow Iida isn’t having the best of luck

— he’s fallen into caves, burned by lava, and been buried alive by gravel and sand

— lowkey kinda feel bad for him lmaoo

— “This game is chaotic! At least these strange green fellows are coming to greet me.”

— “Strange green fellows?”

— “Yes! Some have no clothing on, but that’s alright!”

— you’re confused for a bit until it just it’s you

— “IIDA, NO, RUN, NO OH GOD DONT—“

— when the first creeper explodes and he goes flying and he starts scolding it for doing that you know you’re in for a ride

MIRIO TOGATA

— also best person to play with

— a combination of everyone lmaoo

— he’s like midoriya except no notebooks

— can also survive on his own but like not in hard mode like katsuki that demon

— you guys play mini games like bedwars and are definitely a couples teams just like in real life

— you guys are like pros at playing

— “Get that blue bed guy over there.”

— “You have a yellow bed behind you, watch out!”

— wholesome is what it is

— if you are like me and just chaotic at Minecraft and life

— which includes missing almost everything, forgetting the names of stuff, and building a little house on the side of a mountain for the next seven days and being scared of everything

— “Babe where are you?”

— “Uh...I’m... I’m in a cave.”

— “We are in the jungle how are you—“

— “I saw a pig and I wanted to kill it and on the way I just dropped into a hole in the ground.”

— poor mirio is just exasperated

— oh boy y’all are in for a ride

— best therapy for him if he gets depressed about the losing his quirk

[toku-explained]

The Master Swordsman

SSSS.DYNAZENON: Chise is now also practicing with DynaSoldier, doing pretty well, and Yomogi and Koyomi test DynaSoldier Striker Combine, but they struggle to balance. Yomogi and Yume meet Urita, who shares footage of Kano, while Koyomi meets with Inamoto-san, wondering if its okay to be out drinking with a married woman, and recalling a misspent youth with her. At school Yomogi and Yume wonder about Sizumu, when Chise invites everyone to Beach Land he gets himself invited, Gauma intending to use the chance to capture him. On the day, Yume notices Chise is still wearing her black sleeve with her swimsuit, Gauma orders Yomogi and Yume to act as lovers so they can catch Sizumu off guard, his attempts at catching him are held up by lifeguard warnings. There's a fun day, until Yume goes into shock after seeing a woman fall in the pool. Today's Kaiju is melting objects. Yomogi doesn't realise why Yume's freaking out, Gauma seems in rough shape. Sizumu tells Yume and Yomogi more about the Eugenecists philosophy, of humans hurting other humans and themselves because of expectations. Juuga, Onija and Mujina turn up, grabbing Sizumu for the day's operation, though Mujina at least definitely wanted to enjoy herself. Sizumu awakens Neophobia, as the team rush in as well. Neophobia prevents a proper combination into Dynazenon, targeting DynaWing, so they form DynaSoldier Striker Combine again, struggling to balance to hit Neophobia long enough to break the attack. Dynazenon forms, struggles, quickly forms DynaRex, and wipes Neophobia out. The Eugenecists head back to the pool while Onija rages until nearly being hit again. Gauma and Chise decide to have fun in the river, Yume is about to join when Urita messages, saying he can get her contact with Fuuma, who had been club vice president. She and Yomogi meet him, and reluctantly informs her that the rumour was that, Kano's death was not an accident, but suicide.

Heroes' Odyssey: After a quick look at Z Gamma Future, we look at another hero using Tiga's power, Ultraman Orb Specium Zeperion, and his battle with Maga-Basser, followed by a short look at Orb Burnmite facing Maga-Jappa, Gai battling Juggler, Orb Hurricane Slash against Hyper Zetton Deathscythe, Orb Thunder Breaster against Maga-Orochi, and the reappearance of Orb Origin.

Saber: Southern Base are highlighted to have Ikazuchi, Gekido, Suzune, Noroshi and Kaiji, and the Wonder Ride Books Lamp do Alangina, Genbu Shinwa, Hanselnuts to Gretel, Konchu Daihyakka, Ocean History and King of Arthur, with Master Logos wanting the other Seiken retrieved and Ren eliminated by Reika. Kento cannot understand Rintaro's prevailing over Zooous, and receives another vision of sealing Ikazuchi. Mei apologises to Sophia for losing the key, Yuri explains Viktor and the First, which the Northern Base knows not of, Touma decides to try and convince Kento again, while Rintaro, Yuri and Mei look for Ren. Reika raises her new concerns to Ryoga about Master Logos and the Megiddo, but won't hear it and tells her to just follow orders. Desast appears to Ren, telling him to forget Kento and join him. Touma finds Kento to talk, while Mei loses Yuri and Rintaro. Touma tells Kento what he now remembers from 15 years prior, he and Luna had fought, and when Kento brought him back to apologise the Megiddo attack was in full swing. When his saving Sophia is brought up, Kento reveals she was created by Master Logos in Luna's image as a bridge between worlds, and is needed for Master Logos to complete the Original Book. Touma asks Kento to explain his visions, and he recalls seeing Touma vanish from the world, when Master Logos appears holding his Book and Ikazuchi, while Reika appears to Ren and Desast. Kento did a bad job sealing Hayate, as Ren is still able to become Kenzan to face Sabela, but he doesn't separate the blades. Master Logos explains how he intends to make a world where he rules over all humanity. Saber Elemental Dragon and Caliber Jaaku Dragon face him, Master Logos confirms it was he who manipulated Hayato into sacrificing Luna, the fact it was a sacrifice in particular is the key revelation, but looks like Kento already knew, and Master Logos pulls out Gekido to use both Seiken against them, both swearing to save Luna. Rekka reacts again, causing Wonder World elements to appear and a gap in space with Luna, Touma runs for her but it vanishes before he gets there. Amused, Master Logos leaves. When Sabela has Kenzan on the ropes Desast joins in, allowing them to take the advantage, Desast takes a finisher for Kenzan right before Rintaro arrives. Blades Tategami Hyouju Senki forces Reika to retreat, but Ren runs off as Yuri and Mei get there. Desast reforms, and Ren, annoyed nonetheless agreesvto follow him, and defeat him in the end. Touma again asks Kento to join him, and he cobsiders it, but refuses, not saying its because Touma is doomed if they fight together. Sophia finds the book she had secured gone, and Storious is busy using it to make his own Sophia. With Luna having reappeared, Master Logos decides to open the Book of Ruin once more.

Zenkaiger: Zyuran and Magine are the only ones wary of new arrival Zox Goldtsuikar, but questions quickly turn to his sentai Gear, but he just wants to eat. He eats at Colourful along with his fellow World Pirates, younger sister Flint Goldtsuikar, and the twins, diminutive robots Twokai Katana and Twokai Riki. Secchan questions if they're connected to the Gokaigers, but Flint says after seeing them on their own world she stole their design for Twokaiser, they're originally from Kaizokutopia. They then steal Colourful's entire stock, after Yatsude frees them Kaito challenges Zox to have him pay his bill. Stacey lays into Ijirude, as does Boccowaus, and then while Ijirude works on plans, Barashitara has sent Kashiwa Mochi World out. Zenkaiser and Twokaiser battle, seeing they use Gears, Zox asks if he stole them from the Tojitendo, explaining that when the invaded Kaizokutopia him and Flint did a retaliatory raid. Kashiwa Mochi World affects Flint, Magine and Gaon, who all ate it yesterday, sending them off for more. Zenkaiser uses the Denziman Gear, activating the Denzi Punch. As more and more people go crazy for Kashiwa Mochi, with even shady dealers, Kaito tries to go help, but Zox won't stop the fight, until Riki calls out about Flint being affected. When ZenkaiZyuran and ZenkaiVroon arrive, Kashiwa Mochi World is even able to set his victims on them. Twokaiser, pissed that his sister has been messed with, changes the battle to be about who defeats Kashiwa Mochi World. Twokaiser uses a Riki Gear to join with him into Ohren Form, which appears to be inspired by Kingranger and/or Gunmazin, here he clearly has Riki's will as well as his own. He then uses a Katana Gear to join with him as Shinken Form, inspired by the Shinkenger's Super or Hyper forms. Zenkaiser rips Kashiwa Mochi World's leaf off, which allows a Shinken Issen to finish him. Dai Kashiwa Mochi World springs up, ZenkaiOh ZyuraGaon faces him and wins. Kaito is glum about failing to win, when Zox shows up at Colouful to pay his debt, since Kaito technically defeated Kashiwa Mochi World, so he also won't pillage them, and hands them some other world's currency.

Dogengers Nice Buddy: Great Z and Shaberryman celebrate Maid Shitsuji's upgrade, Great Z intends to continue the fight, but seems to become fatigued, and leaves with Shaberryman, Maid Shitsuji is also fatigued. Yabai Kamen pines for the Dogengers while refusing to look at Hanagata, Shaberryman tries to convince him to work with them, revealing they've now brought the Karamis, Marou Kaijin, Nectaris and Uzagi to the house to join the show. Yabai Kamen asks what Hanagata gets from this, and he recalls a young boy playing with a Great K sofubi, but says something different before getting a call and assigning Gulf and Gallia to CM work, Shaberryman continues trying to convince Yabai Kamen, saying something about Maid Shitsuji, which actually excites Yabai Kamen. Cut to Maid Shitsuji requesting help from the "family" of Papaqman, Mamashiron and Boy Brave, but Fukuokaliber decides to let them stay. They wonder what happened to Tanaka and Ohgaman right as they get back, revealing they wound up in Kagoshima and met with Kojjn Senshi NEW Ex. Kitaqman tries to get a rise out of Maid Shitsuji, who holds it in until Kitaqman and El Brave leave. Gulf, Gallia and Great Z film a CM for main sponsor Pizza Cooc. After Great Z broods on the legacy he's maintaining, and the Dogengers being in the way. A scene is being refined when El Brave and Kitaqman crash it, leading Great Z to warp them away. They hold him up, but Kiaqman can't get his Nice Buddy to fire, so Great Z tells the Marou Kaijin to handle it. El Brave does manage to fire, but his shots go wide. Gulf continues to fight them, with Gallia more pranking. Kitaqman gets distracted, unmasking as Taki Yuki to talk about his helmet, El Brave gets mad at him, so Kitaqman takes his mask off, but of course El Brave has his wrestling mask underneath. They then flee when Kitaqman agains can't fire, but the Affect System warps Gulf and Gallia away, confusing them.

[matan4il]

I'd love to know your top 5 characters of all time. But to make it easier, give me 5 each for TV shows, movies, and books.

Oooh, thank you, yekara sheli! God, still not easy, but better than just five ever... so double thank you! ;)

5 top TV characters: I’m currently obsessed with 911, Buddie, Chris and their beautiful family (can a family be considered a character? ‘Coz then I’d choose Buddifer in a heartbeat), plus I love the other characters on the show so much, which means it’s hard not to choose all of them, but I’ll admit Buck is my fave.  From the show Black Sails, I love Captain Flint. (spoilers warning!) His rage at the homophobia that killed his lover was gonna set the whole world on fire, how can you not love him? From Emmerdale, there’s Aaron Dingle, who was just such a fantastic character, he was the least stereotypical gay guy ever, but still with a heart of gold and I loved him. From A Place To Call Home, an Australian drama, I loved the protagonist Sarah, she was hands down the best Jewish rep I’d ever seen on TV. It was so good, at a certain point it even made me break down and cry, I’m so not used to having good rep. From The Closer, Brenda Lee. My God, she was fantastic! She was everything that every female character should be, smart, capable, tough, human, caring AND flawed in a way that made her more real than most characters out there. She cared with her whole heart and at the same time, feared her heart was too small (spoiler: it wasn’t).

top 5 movie characters: From my second fave comedy ever, The Pentagon Wars, I’d say there’s Col. James Burton. Based on a real story, the movie brilliantly shows how career considerations drove the development of an army vehicle more than anything practical or even care for the lives of the soldiers who would be riding inside it. Brilliant tale and James Burton was the real life hero whistle-blower everyone should get to have. From The Last of the Mohicans, there’s Hawkeye and let me just tell you, this is one of the few movies that are better than the book, okay? Both love stories and the final conclusion of utter heartbreak and devastation over the realization that as much as Hawkeye IS Chingachgook’s son, he is not and would never be the last of the Mohicans and what that spells for the ruin of Native Americans and their cultures, it’s just... it’s so much more than the simple adventure book the film is based on and Daniel Day Lewis is so fantastic in the role, I dare anyone not to fall for him. Speaking of which, I also adore his character in My Beautiful Launderette, an English punk called Johnny who’s just so gorgeously and freely in love with the last person he should be, another guy and of Pakistani descent at that. Another one you can’t help but fall in love with. From Wonder Woman, TBH WW is not my fave super hero, but this movie specifically just kicked so much ass and gave us a female protagonist who was smart, kind, strong, affectionate and badass. She was fucking iconic in the battlefield scene. I love her so bad, plus you know. Gal Gadot. Lastly, it’s a kid’s film, yes. But I love Frozen and I adore Elsa, I love how Disney tackled her mental health issues, how she’s never stigmatized for them and the whole point is you don’t have to isolate yourself just because you’re suffering. Plus the movie celebrates sisterly love as true love, how can I not adore the whole story? And I’m def a part of the “give Elsa a gf” camp.

OK, this got long enough, I’m sorry! XD So maybe I’ll skip books, but I loved this and I hope you enjoyed the answer! Thank you, love you loads! xoxoxox

ask me one thing you’d like to know

[im-the-punk-who]

BLACK SAILS

ELI WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.

Favourite character: James Flint why is this even a question, although I feel like Thomas and Madi need to get honorable mentions here

(I’m adding a category here for favorite writing because it’s gotta be John Silver, what a piece of work) 

(Also given how many characters I hate I feel the need to balance it out with I love and would hug immediately: Miranda, Idelle, Featherstone, Joshua, Gates, S1+2 Billy, ABIGAIL, S1+2 Eleanor, Honestly S3 Vane can sit with me too.

Funniest character:  Honestly who could forget dear RatBoy. (It’s Jack Rackham) (Although Addendum the facial expressions of James Flint and everyone around him get honorable mentions here, but if we’re talking straight up funniest written character it’s Jack what a messy slimepit). You know what, Hal Gates and S1 Billy are also getting an honorable mentions here, as is Joshua because i was so utterly charmed by him.

Best-looking character: JAMES FLINT, FIGHT ME but also Vane’s hair gets an honorable mention as do Max and Idelle’s everything

3 favourite ships: The Walrus, The Ranger, Th- oh, you mean people - James/Thomas, James/Thomas/Miranda, Idelle/Featherstone HA YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SAY THOMAS AND MIRANDA you’re right they’re also a favorite ship

Least favourite character: okay splitting this up because i have Really Strong Opinions lmao

Least favorite writing: S3+4 Billy Bones, S4 Eleanor Least Favorite because I want to punch them in the nose whenever they’re on screen: Dufresne, Peter Ashe, S2+S4 John Silver also...That Scene in S3 you know the one, Woodes Rogers, S4 Billy, Israel Hands, uhhh I am honestly very full of rage for anyone who messes with James Flint’s plans or hurts my queers lbr, also Ben Gunn fuck that guy, Jack Rackham gets a dishonorable mention here, as does Alfred Hamilton

Least favourite ship: Eleanor/Rogers and Silverflint txt it, Madi/silver (For those wondering who I do ship Silver with, it’s Realizing-Your-Actions-Have-Consequences-And-You’re-Just-Gonna-Have-To-Own-Up-To-That-Buddy)

Reason why I watch it: Is Toby Stephens’ thighs an answer (the answer is everything about it, the writing, the gay angry gingers, james flint’s beard, that they allow characters to have deeply rooted and well written flaws, The Gay Love Story, just all of it)

Why I started watching it: My ex was like ‘Hey do you want to watch an angry gay ginger fight a giant?’ and i went BOY HOWDY DO I (Yes, the first part of Black Sails I watched was the fight between Flint and Blackbeard)

[dr-gloom]

The Makings of Greatness: Chapter 12

Fandom: Sanders’ Sides

Pairing: platonic logince, platonic moxiety, platonic anxeit, familial ThVi

Tags/Warnings (for this chapter): pattons so cute lol, idk i cant really think of any tags, injury, conspiring

Ko-fi

AO3

Masterlist

Prologue  Ch 1  Ch 2  Ch 3  Ch 4  Ch 5  Ch 6  Ch 7  Ch 8  Ch 9  Ch 10  Ch 11  Ch 12  Ch 13  Ch 14  Ch 15  Ch 16  Ch 17

Virgil scoffs lightly, waiving his hands around. “Wait wait wait, what about the treasure!”

Patton looks regretful. “I wanna say… Larry.”

“The- the centroid of the mechanism, or…”

Patton smiles hesitantly. “I’m sorry, my memory isn’t what it used to be; I lost my mind!” Virgil slumps, defeated. And he was so close… “Literally!” Patton’s head spins around and he points to the gaping spot in the back of his head where the wires stick out. “You haven’t found it, have you? My memory circuit?” His head spins back around and he looks at Virgil hopefully. Virgil sighs, shaking his head.

“I… I need to find a place to hide, Patton. So… I’m just gonna… go.”

Virgil never thought it was possible for a robot to look so heartbroken, but Patton’s face absolutely fell as Virgil walked away from him. “Oh, uh…. Well… I guess this is goodbye? Okay… I’m just gonna…” He turns away from Virgil. “I’m sorry that I’m so… dysfunctional.” Virgil pauses, glancing back at Patton. “So uh… Go ahead. I do understand. I do…. Bye-bye.” Virgil looks at Morph, fighting with himself mentally. He really needed to find a hiding place, and Patton was…. Well, he was loud, and crazy, and could turn on Virgil any second. Virgil sighs.

“Look…. If you’re gonna come along, you’re gonna have to stop talking.”

Patton jumps up, smiling and running over to Virgil. “Oh, this is great!” He jumps into Virgil’s arms, and Virgil scrambles to catch him. “Me and my best buddy, lookin’ for a-!” He wilts slightly at the glare Virgil shoots him. “Being quiet. Yep.” He hugs Virgil’s head.

“And you have to stop touching me.”

Patton grins and nods, hopping out of Virgil’s arms. “Touching and talking, the two big no-no’s. Got it!”

Virgil sighs, looking around. “Okay… I think we should go that way…” He turns to walk in a different direction, and Patton grabs his arm to stop him.

“Hey! Before we go on our big adventure… search… thing. We should stop by my place!” He pulls a bushel of those tube-shaped stalks aside to reveal a strange sort of egg-shaped structure with a large opening in its side about half a mile away; possibly a previously crashed pod that had long since been overtaken by vegetation, for all Virgil could tell. He grins. Perfect.

“Pat, I think you just solved my problem.”

“Ooh, really? What’d I do?”

Virgil looks around the interior as Logan carries Roman further inside, Patton bustling about to dust things off, move clutter around, and clear a space for Roman. Now that he was actually inside the structure, it was pretty obvious that it wasn’t some felled craft. But then… what was it? Was it always intended to be Patton’s home even when Flint was alive?

The same strange pattern decorating both the planet’s metallic surface and the surface of the map was scattered across the round walls of Patton’s home. Round hatches protruded from the floor, and various random objects – a chess set, a sail and mast, a couple small barrels, bottles, pots and jars – were cluttered near the back; Virgil’s best guess was Patton’s room, though he couldn’t fathom how having a bunch of random junk was the same as having a room full of toys and books. Aside from the hatches and the clutter, the inside of the structure was essentially empty, now having been covered in moss and other foliage since it seemed Patton wasn’t too big on upkeep. And who could blame him? He was just a robot, stranded alone on a planet for god knows how long.

“Sorry about the mess, guys! You think in a hundred years I might’a cleaned up a little more but..” He laughs lightly. “You kinda stop expecting company, I guess, and I’m only a robot!” He turns around, smiling as he watches Logan set Roman against one of the larger hatches in the floor, providing a decent support for Roman to lay back in a slightly elevated position. “Aw, how cute! How about drinks for the happy couple?” He grabs a tray from behind the sail and holds it out, two flower pots (one with a wrench in it) sloshing oil onto its surface.

Logan grimaces. “Ah, no thank you. And we are not a couple, I am merely acting as the captain’s physician until we get off this planet.” He shrugs off his coat, looking around. “The markings on the walls are highly intriguing. They closely resemble the ones on the map; likely a long-forgotten hieroglyphic language.”

“Mr. Shae.” Virgil turns from his own observing to look down at Roman, who’s sitting up despite the obvious pain he’s in, one arm in a makeshift sling. “Stop anyone who tries to approach.” He grunts and curls in on himself, and Logan places his folded-up coat behind Roman, guiding him to lay back and use the coat as a pillow.

“Yes, yes, captain. Now you should listen to me. You need to rest, as you’re injured and further movement could exacerbate your condition. Lie still.”

Roman grins up at him. “Very forceful, doctor. Go ahead, say something else.”

The tone he uses has Logan blushing slightly, though Virgil doesn’t know if it’s out of embarrassment, frustration, or something else.

“Hey, look! More of your friends!” Virgil and Logan turn to regard Patton, who’s standing at the threshold of the structure and gesturing outside. He grins and turns to look back outside, jumping and waving his arms. “Guys, guys! We’re over here!” Patton gives surprised cries as he dodges a few solar gun blasts and Virgil rushes over to him, pulling him inside and to the ground.

With his heart beginning to beat harder in his chest, he cocks his own solar gun and rises from his crouch to see over the lip of the opening, firing at the rapidly-approaching pirates. It’s one against six, and Virgil can feel anxiety clawing at his chest and squeezing his stomach as he dodges solar blasts while still trying to hit the ones firing at him.

Too bad he’s a terrible shot. He’s never even held a solar gun before today. He ducks back inside to reload, the onslaught continuing.

“Stop, stop! Hold your fire!”

Virgil loads a new cartridge into the gun and cocks it, getting ready to shoot up again and resume the fight, but a voice calling up the hill stops him.

“Hello?”

Declan.

Virgil peaks over the lip of the opening, glancing down the hill to see Declan’s flesh hand waving a makeshift white flag from behind a drop in the hill’s side. “Virg-o?” Declan pulls himself up onto the hill, grinning his usual smooth grin. Normally, it would calm Virgil’s nerves.

Now it just makes his blood burn.

“If it’s alright with the captain, I’d appreciate if I could have a short word with you.”

Virgil ducks back down, glancing at Roman and Logan with wide eyes. What was he supposed to do? What if this was a trap? What if they shot him as soon as he stood up?

“No tricks, just a little palaver.”

Roman scoffs. “He must be here to bargain for the map, that worthless piece of-“ He tries to sit up and groans, Logan putting a hand on his shoulder to push him back to laying down.

“Captain, I insist you lie still. I mean it.”

Virgil’s eyes widen slightly in understanding and he grins. “That means he doesn’t know the real map is on the ship…” He glances down at the gun in his hands, thinking, and looks back up at the two adults across from him. “I have a plan.”

Virgil walks down the short hill, Declan walking up to meet him halfway. Morph flits along behind Virgil, quickly catching up and letting out a happy little titter as he flies up to Declan, rubbing against his cheek. Declan smiles and pets the blob. “Ah, Morph. I was wondering where you went off to.” He sits down on a more elevated part of the hill and rubs at his robotic thigh, letting out a tired and pained sigh. “This leg’s been finicky since that game of tag we had, back at the galley.” He grins up at Virgil, and for the first time since they met Virgil can see the malice behind it. He grimaces.

Declan sighs.

“Look…. Whatever you heard back there, about you, I didn’t mean any of it. The men… they thought I’d gone soft. They would have gutted me and killed the three of you if they’d lost their trust in me. I didn’t want that.”

Virgil almost believed him. Almost.

Declan wraps his robotic arm around Virgil, pulling him close. He glances back towards where his men are in hiding, then at the teen beside him, lowering his voice. “Listen. If we play our cards right, we can both walk away with the treasure.” Virgil puts a hand to his chin, thinking it over, and Declan grins.

“Yeah?”

Declan laughs, clapping Virgil on the shoulder. “If you get me that map, then I promise, an even portion of the treasure is yours.” He straightens up and offers Virgil his hand, confident he’d tricked- no, convinced Virgil.

Virgil sighs and shakes his head, the smile slipping from his face. “You’re…. You’re really something, you know that?” Declan’s hand falls to his side and his shoulders droop slightly. “All that talk of greatness…. Light coming off my sails. What a joke.” Virgil laughs as he paces around Declan, the sound making his chest ache and pulling the grin from his face. Oh. “I mean, at least you taught me one thing. Stick to it, right? Well that’s just what I’m gonna do.” His tone grows more aggressive, angrier, and Declan’s eyes widen in slow understanding. No…. “I’m gonna make sure you never see one drabloon of my treasure.”

Declan feels rage swell in his chest, an old, burning feeling that he’s been clinging to since he lost his arm. “That treasure is owed to me!” He snarls.

“Well try to find it without my map!” Virgil shouts back, practically in Declan’s face. Declan growls low in his throat.

“You still don’t know how to pick your fights.” Virgil shoots him a scathing glare as the cyborg stands. “Now, you listen here. If I don’t have that map by dawn tomorrow, I’ll blast all of you to dust!” Morph flinches back at the rage dripping from Declan’s voice, his body, his words, cowering behind Virgil. Virgil stands resolute, not taking his eyes off the pirate. Declan turns to head down the hill, calling over his shoulder, “Come on Morph.” When the blob doesn’t flit to his side, his anger sparks again and he spins around, shouting, “Now!” Morph clings to Virgil, cowering behind him, and Declan sneers, starting the walk down the hillside.

“Fine.”

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[purplepints]

I love this series and this statement.

I grew up in an area that was fortunate enough to have few natural disasters or destructive weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. We're landlocked and in a high desert valley, so we do get amazing thunderstorms and have had several terrible floods over the last 100~ years, but luckily my specific spot hadn't had anything horrifying happen in a very long time. Bad storms, a few unexpectedly heavy snowfalls, but nothing making the news. I was taught some basic stuff or learned it from others who had gone through them (stand in doorways during earthquake, go into basement in tornado, the 101s) but honestly worried more about running into things like rattlesnakes or coyotes or bears, maybe an occasional 'have to survive a day or two without shelter/food/water' scenario thrown in.

Then I got caught in a riptide in the ocean and it scared the living daylights out of me. But hey, I don't live by the ocean and now that I am more educated about spoting them/taking a sighted buddy along, I forgot that fear.

Then I drove through a record-breaking blizzard, sudden whiteouts, black ice, semis on their sides and nothing but snow and screaming winds for hundreds of miles all around. You very quickly realize that this is a I Could Very Likely Die Here scenarios: if you stop, you could freeze. If you keep going, you could get hit or drift off the road. If you run out of fuel, you run out of heat. Roads are being closed. Radio is sporadic. There is nothing you can fight, no punch to throw, no menace to intimidate, no heart of a beast to strike at: just Nature, unflinching and immortal.

You can learn and prepare and it means very little. At least if it's a bear I can try to make noise, intimidate it, or make a choice of action based on what I can glean from the bear. I can dig up curves of dry rivers or uproot cacti to find water, I can start a fire with flint and steel or fire bow, I can make different shelters and identify things to eat, I can avoid slopes with loose rock or canyons in storm season, but when Nature unloads, your inability to fight back or enact anything you've learned that could help you in less catastrophic scenarios just bloops out and all that is left is frustration.

Disease is Nature in the tiniest parts of Herself, unseen but no less devastating. When you have no clear enemy to fight and a growing sense of frustration and uncertainty, your mind will start creating ones. Suddenly, since you cannot fight a storm, your focus on what you can do shifts, and boy can it go sideways. What if that's the last gallons of gas going into the car in front of me? What if I freeze because he took them? What if he is just being greedy and that costs me my life? Now that, my lizard brain says, is something you can do something about. It shifts the idea of survival from a hopeless notion when staring at a storm to the potential of survival when seeing a person use resources you need. Those thoughts are dangerous and insidious and exactly why buildings were boarded up from the outside and lit up with plague victims screaming. They couldn't fight the plague, but they could fight the embodiment of it, could resources as an excuse, anything. In that moment, the victims weren't people anymore, they were the physical manifestation of Nature as the Plague, and people can be killed. Enemies can be killed.

Fear is in our nature as animals, yet it is also one of the most unstable and unpredictable part of thought process. We can be concerned or worried without ramping up to fear, and we can use our knowledge as a shield against it. Compassion and empathy have saved humanity more times than anything else, and that is the force we should reach toward.

Rosethorn, in the books, had written quarantine protocol and worked endlessly to find a cure for the strange new pox raging through The Mire. Her main skill is with greenery, but she is powerful beyond that with a will nigh unbreakable, her soft heart surrounded by jagged thorns to keep others away even as she suffers their pains. As a mage and an educated woman, she realizes what they are fighting may be a mystery and an enemy unseen beyond the damage done to its victims. She's also understanding and compassionate enough to realize that fear takes hold where knowledge is unsown, and like weeds choking out transplanted flowers, just as dangerous a foe. She sees the disease as a result of greed and apathy and ignorance, created by the real enemies: the ones who unknowingly created it with their thoughtlessness and breathtaking disregard of safety measures.

I don't want to spoil any more of her story or the Circle series, so I'll stop with that line there. What it boils down to is that Rosethorn's quote is absolutely timely considering what is happening in our world today, and I think @tamorapierce herself would agree that Rosethorn (if she was out and about) would be appalled by how pepple are treating each other and there would be a heck of a lot of sudden bursts of grasses, vines and leaves showing up wrapped around unclean hands and unmasked faces.

Briar sighs, "Rosethorn, you know that Sandry just sent us thousands of masks she'd worked up and stay on whether the person wants it to or not, right?" Sandry did not take any kind of outbreak lightly, for good reasons, and always sent a box of those 'special' masks for people who refused to protect their neighbors by wearing one. It was a simple but devious little twist, and after all, they usually only used 'em when the idiots refused the perfectly normal, removable version. Rosethorn hardly even looked over as she walked past the vaguely man-shaped bush still weaving itself fast around the idiot. "You want to get him free, wait until I'm back at Udra's. Otherwise, you can come back here with the whole box and just open it up when all his 'friends' come over to cut him out and start screaming about mages taking away their rights or whatever such nonsense, come on. "

It would, Briar thought, be much more fun to see the latter.

“You know why I hate plagues? […] Most disasters are fast, and big. You can see everyone else’s life got overturned when yours did. Houses are smashed, livestock’s dead. But plagues isolate people. They shut themselves inside while disease takes a life at a time, day after day. It adds up. Whole cities break under the load of what was lost. People stop trusting each other, because you don’t know who’s sick.“”

— Rosethorn, from Briar’s Book, Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic series.